Might be alone in this but I did appreciate 4chan for chatting about niche topics that don't really work elsewhere. Reddit is just the same 3-5 topics over and over mixed with horny shit and you can't really have a conversation on Twitter, so unless there's some forum that's been running for 20 years about your hyperfixation, 4chan was the best option. Gonna miss weekly manga dumps and some of the smaller videogame generals.

If 4chan had shut down a decade ago it might have been nice, since the culture was more confined to the website, but now even Hexbear has fucking wojaks so what's the point?

[–] micnd90@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yes, there are some niche communities in /toy/, /ck/, /sp/, and /sci/ that I appreciated. It gives "old internet" vibe of niche hobby, slow forums instead of everything gets swallowed by the "everything app" that is reddit, Facebook and twitter.

Like for example, there is always thread about people showing photos and collection of their army men figures and dioramas. I personally don't collect them and don't participate in the discussions, but I like seeing people touch grass, play with army mens and post their photos posing the army men in their backyards, with sometimes hilarious scenarios and scripts. Same deal with /sp/, people coming together to dunk on Manchester United losing never gets old.

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