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The Man Trying to Resurrect 8chan (Starring 8chan's Founder)

Behind the Bastards

CHAPTER

The Toxicity Level Could Have Been Changed

There are things that Jim could have done to make it so that terrorists would not want to use his website. For example, he could have closed the poll board momentarily. I don't know that 8chan ever could have been like a healthy site where normal people go to express their feelings. But he certainly, certainly 4chan shows that you can have a community that's very far right without terrorist attacks. There's a lot of unhealthiness in various parts of 4chan but there's a reason it didn't spawn what we're dealing with. Yes, basically.

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