Who here does NOT monitor 4chan to keep up with the internets?
 

Well? Let's hear it.

my tv has 200 chan so its better

I'm sure there are quite a few who don't...

I forgot to bring my decoder ring today.

that board is fast as hell and i cannot keep in touch ... gfy is enough for me :)

wtf is 4chan? I see it mentioned alot.

I never heard of 4chan until THIS minute...

post link or it didn't happen

GFY is the only message board I read/post on atm

behold the power of the internets: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan

GFY is updated at the speed of 4posts per second (my guess lol) and i already cant keep up, so its best nto to go another place :P

Isn't the place more techie / programming / hacking oriented and less business?

Never been there even one time.

I guess I don't.. I think I ended up on there once looking at some necro porn, but never been back

amazing how simple the site design/interface can be and still be in the top 2 busiest board in the world and alexa ranked between 900 - 80 at times.

I go there, and have no clue what to look at, what board to watch, all seems like chaos to me!

Go to /b/ (random), look at random long threads, learn from it.

Seriously, if you make your money with online marketing, you NEED to check on /b/, digg, reddit, youtube and a few others. If you don't, you'll be out of the loop - which costs money.

/b/ series of events for a newbie:

1. End up there for some reason. (Maybe by googling "where did o rly come from?" and clicking through links.)

2. "This is stupid." Forget about it for a year.

3. End up there for some reason. (Maybe by googling "what is pedo bear" ...)

4. "This is stupid." Forget about it for six months.

5. End up there for some reason. (Maybe by googling "anonymous wtf" ...)

6. Refresh 30 times daily. Needle in vein.

I've been a few times to the random board.

As I am older than dirt, I refrain from posting and just read. :)

mine has over 9000

:banana

yeah, my PPC porn campaigns will become non profitable if I NEVER visit these sites :(

edit: seriously, I visit only youtube of the sites that you mentioned
and only look for things that interest me personally

am I of the loop of a huge sector of the internet? for sure... do I care? No

i used to read playboy for "research" too.

all I know is there is no way in HELL that Jupiter could host it.

Haven't heard about it before

I dont keep track of the internet, I focus on being ahead of the "fads"
Fuck what some broke collegekid thinks

I just went there and it seems to chaotic to keep me amused for any length of time. I need order or some kind

is 4chan good to promote ur sites on ;)

first time I went there was today...I don't see the big deal.

Alexa top 1000?

More than meets the eye I think.

spent maybe 5 minutes there in the last 5 years, complete waste of time

Can't barely deal with you tards, how am I gonna deal with that?

not to mention the fact that those people don't believe in paying for porn or anything at all

Never heard of it.

That would be a BIG NO. /b/tards once the feel like they are being abused are an incredibly dangerous group to mess with. Not only will the DDoS your site to a smoldering pile of ashes, they are very astute at finding the identities of the perpetrators (name, address, family members, every social media app) and exact a serious real life toll. The point of /b/ is to troll and basically act retarded however many of them have serious professions (a lot in computer sciences) so they are good at causing mayhem online. Their old nickname use the be the "Final Boss Of The Internet" if that's any indication.

They operate on a mob mentality in the thousands and will often "raid" just for the "lulz". Bottom line you don't want to be on the wrong end of their wrath.

Picture related.

http://i43.tinypic.com/mkaas.jpg

:1orglaugh, go right ahead

tell them you believe in scientology also....

there are actually forums and websites that will close a thread and delete it at the mere mention of 4chan.

cant say I spend any time there

Yea DO IT. lulz. :1orglaugh Picture once again related.

http://i40.tinypic.com/347tqp2.jpg

why are you guys spamming gfy with 4chan anyways?

Don't know how a conversation is considered spamming. There is nothing to gain by talking about it, unless your name is moot.

I have to admit to hanging out around /b/ and /x/, mostly.

How does 4chan make money?

Selling subliminal ad space to Dial Soap?

how much would you pay to have a giant banner there for your fave sponsor or your own program?

LOL. :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Awesome first response. :thumbsup

4chan bot was the most quick and easiest to write ever.

Around $4000/month, I believe. Or at least that's what it was the last time I spoke to moot, and assuming I'm remembering correctly... I'm pretty tired =/

no, not how much you think it costs, how much would you PAY to advertise there, how much you think it's worth in the 18+ adult sections.

Oh, sorry, misunderstood. Like I said, I'm tired... probably shouldn't be trying to answer questions right now =)

Personally, I don't know, since it is pretty much a mecca for people who subscribe to the 'never pay for porn' rule and/or underage b&. See /rs/.

Sarah, I never get a response when I email their advertise address. How do I get in touch with someone over there?

Even if you don't do anything viral and never plan to, you never plan to cash in on upcoming hypes by creating simple related sites, you aren't the least bit interested in which sites in the industry are upcoming popular destinations for the tech-savvy 16-24 demographic, and really only stick to ppc campaigns...

Not visiting those sites will make sure you won't know about a number of keywords that are increasing in value but haven't increased in price yet.

Simple example, and there are many more.

Your description is a surprisingly eerie parallel to what my geeky National Instruments disgruntled programmer friend uses to describe the place. I sure as fuck wouldn't want to piss them off.... they're the kind of guys I would want on my enemies, but wouldn't have the balls to try to get them on my enemies in fears that they would turn on me for the fun of it (All of this is based on what I've heard... but I've heard enough to stay away!)