Press Play with Madeleine Brand
4chan is broke. Should we care?
The web message board sometimes called “the cesspool of the internet” is broke. 4chan was launched in 2003 and became the home of racist and sexist hate speech, inappropriate – if not illegal – pictures and memes like Pepe the Frog, now the mascot of the alt-right.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe web message board sometimes called “the cesspool of the internet” is broke. 4chan was launched in 2003 and became the home of racist and sexist hate speech, inappropriate – if not illegal – pictures and memes like Pepe the Frog, now the mascot of the alt-right. To be fair, it has also featured some fun stuff, including lolcats and Rickrolling. So should we care if it’s forced to shut down?
The full episode
6 of 6
Big Pharma has spent more than $85 million to defeat Prop 61- 0:30Supreme Court considers racial bias in two criminal cases
- 7:50Big Pharma has spent more than $85 million to defeat Prop 61
- 15:30NSA contractor accused of stealing top secret government info
- 25:54‘Atlas Obscura: A guide to the world’s strangest sights
- 26:16'Atlas Obscura': A guide to the world's strangest sights
- 40:444chan is broke. Should we care?You’re reading this
The full episode
6 of 6Big Pharma has spent more than $85 million to defeat Prop 61- 0:30Supreme Court considers racial bias in two criminal cases
- 7:50Big Pharma has spent more than $85 million to defeat Prop 61
- 15:30NSA contractor accused of stealing top secret government info
- 25:54‘Atlas Obscura: A guide to the world’s strangest sights
- 26:16'Atlas Obscura': A guide to the world's strangest sights
- 40:444chan is broke. Should we care?You’re reading this