In the wake of the news of Fredrick Brennan's (8chan creator) passing, I was reminded that I too had some dream of creating an imageboard, but I never got around to it and I'm glad I did.

Basically, much like how 8chan was basically a fusion of Reddit and 4chan, my idea was a fusion of Twitter and 4chan, as in instead of boards, threads would be grouped via tags that anyone can create on the fly. The only rules would be to keep everything legal and all spam threads would be deleted. I never got around to it because of my limited knowledge of programming and servers at the time and I felt like my more progressive family members would disown me for creating such a site.

I'm glad I never created that site because I feel like most people who run community sites for niche and dissident audiences tend to regret it later in life and go down dark paths. Though, I'm not against such sites in principle, I just hope that if you create such a community that you are prepared for what you are getting into. At least Hot Wheels seemed to have enjoyed the final years of his life.

@xianc78 I wanted to know coding so much at one point but I realized; I don't give a fuck about that. It just serves me no real life tangible reason so I'm not interested at all to retain it. Besides every coffee I've ever met IRL was a whole ass loser I'm too active for that
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@Soy_Magnus I still code and still enjoy it. I just feel like being an admin for a site for dissidents is just the wrong path to take.

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@xianc78 xephula.com was one of my favorites I had a mass following on parler before the servers were commandeered
@xianc78 @Soy_Magnus Doing anything for anons is one of the worst possible moves. They build you up, and the moment you do something that might upset them, they make a sport of making you fall, all while demanding you keep working for them. Oh, and they're all either broke or ridiculously stingy with their money. Insanely toxic group to cater to.
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