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>but why now? | >but why now? | ||
Arguably the most revisioned board | Arguably the most revisioned board history on the site. | ||
>well, then | >well then, what is it? | ||
An offtopic & meta community composed of posters from disparate origins that died prematurely due to aggression from off-site cliques then became something else entirely. | |||
Breakdown: | Breakdown: | ||
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* Leftovers of moot's big AMA stream reminisce on nostalgic memories and ponder what to do with the board. The /qa/ charter gets drafted. | * Leftovers of moot's big AMA stream reminisce on nostalgic memories and ponder what to do with the board. The /qa/ charter gets drafted. | ||
First Meta Period (2015-2017) | First Meta Period (2015-2017) | ||
* /qa/ coalesces into a small collection of meta aficionados, karens crying to the mods and anons looking for an off-topic board that wouldn't get swarmed with | * /qa/ coalesces into a small collection of meta aficionados, karens crying to the mods and anons looking for an off-topic board that wouldn't get swarmed with weirdos and porn. Most generals get created. | ||
Early raids & listing (2017) | Early raids & listing (2017) | ||
* A series of high profile events | * A series of high profile events causes /qa/ to appear on the map of a small number off-site cliques whose origins range from disparate boards, generals and the /jp/ Spin Off webring. They discover that /qa/ is practically unmoderated; Raids and angry protests ensue. | ||
Great weeb-frog War (2018-2019) | Great weeb-frog War (2018-2019) | ||
* No-fun-allowed rejects from the spinoffs determine to turn /qa/ into their homeboard by aggressively botting up the place | * No-fun-allowed rejects from the spinoffs determine to turn /qa/ into their homeboard by aggressively botting up the place and personally gaslighing all passerbys. They get resisted by an equally intense group of locals with seeming ties to /jp/ who adopt smug frogs as their callsign; This years long flamewar practically depopulates the board. | ||
Second Meta Period (2020) | Second Meta Period (2020) | ||
* Mods figure out how to kill the spambots, causing the SpinOff clique to self-exile; Frogs essentially impose a short lived era of /int/-like frogposting☼ | * Mods figure out how to kill the spambots, causing the SpinOff clique to self-exile; Frogs essentially impose a short lived era of /int/-like frogposting☼ | ||
Soijak Raids & freezing. (2021) | Soijak Raids & freezing. (2021) | ||
* Through causes yet unknown, a /pol/ derived meme☼ turns /qa/ into a thousands strong community of middleschool kids | * Through causes yet unknown, a /pol/-derived meme☼ turns /qa/ into a thousands strong community of middleschool kids; They cause site-wide havok and ultimately gets /qa/ frozen. | ||
Epilogue | Epilogue | ||
* All of /qa/ is concentrated on the 4chan Happenings General, which takes refuge on /trash/ (a gross mistake they came to regret)☼ | * All of /qa/ is concentrated on the 4chan Happenings General, which takes refuge on /trash/ (a gross mistake they came to regret)☼. /qa/ "lore", kekistani mythos and other bits and pieces of old memes are recycled by small clique of Soijak Party posters to create /qa2/ | ||
☼ needs verification | ☼ needs verification | ||
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"old" /qa/ | "old" /qa/ | ||
* metaposters | * metaposters | ||
** 4chan trivia aficionados --> made nice map threads and dug old pieces of OC | |||
** nostalgic oldfags (am I permitted to use this lingo?) | ** nostalgic oldfags (am I permitted to use this lingo?) | ||
** | ** armchair admins --> countless foolish but well-meaning "how i will fix 4chan" threads. | ||
** internet | ** internet hobbyists --> bibanon is here! - people who wished for a board best described as "/internet/ - Internet Culture" and found /qa/ it's closest equivalent | ||
* complaintposters | * complaintposters | ||
** | ** The 4chan Karen --> only here to vent and call people names | ||
** /a/ | ** Off-board Clique refugees --> when things got too heated and/or weird on other boards or sites, /qa/ would find itself hosting a thread to discuss the situation, not necessarily a problem, but they didn't find themselves obligated to respect the board ♫ | ||
** | ** /DELETEPOL/ --> primordial fire of all meta boards | ||
** /a/fags --> technically karens, but their numbers alone were enough to develop a persistent /a/ hatefandom | |||
* sfwofftopicposters | * sfwofftopicposters | ||
** board-tans general | ** board-tans general --> As drawthreads moved on to other fotms, teens found /qa/ as a refuge to safely ship anthropomorphic imageboards. more prolific than people imagine. | ||
** | ** Happenings general --> Remained oddly consisted for the better part of 6 years. | ||
** 4chan cup | ** 4chan cup ☼ | ||
** [s4s], / | ** [s4s] & /a/jp/ colonies --> other posters were ambivalent to their presence, but they were never aggressive and contributed large quantities of OC. | ||
** /bant/ / /int/ frogposting ---> | |||
"late" /qa/ (2019/2020) | |||
* late /qa/ metaposters --> jaded as they get | |||
** (Punished) Happenings general --> A thread denied it's board. | |||
* /bant/ / /int/ type frogposting ---> nicer than they looked. | |||
First Gen Raiders (2016-2017) | First Gen Raiders (2016-2017) | ||
* SpinOff cliques | * SpinOff / /ghost/ cliques --> ota-ch, merorin & GNFOS | ||
* /jp/ dissenters / OG frogposter | * /jp/ dissenters / OG frogposter | ||
* /mlpol/ | * /mlpol/ + /gsg/ + /intl/ + others --> not necessarily raiders, but used thie | ||
Second Gen Raiders (2018-2019) | Second Gen Raiders (2018-2019) | ||
* Steamchat Clique / | * Steamchat Clique / kissu.moe | ||
* Frogposters ---> is a group that was 100% homegrown really a raider? | * Frogposters ---> is a group that was 100% homegrown really a raider? | ||
* atechan | * atechan ---> Mostly hearsay. Got in a fight with kissu and supposedly, according to kissu, was a major spammer. Might be a nothingburger | ||
* leebaiter / lee / leebot | * leebaiter / lee / leebot | ||
Third Gen Raiders (2020-2021) | Third Gen Raiders (2020-2021) | ||
* Bant Cabal | * Bant Cabal ☼ | ||
* Soyjak Party --> really, really don't wanna touch on this | * Soyjak Party --> really, really don't wanna touch on this | ||
☼ --> unconfirmed | |||
♫ --> intl, gsg, infinity, and way, way more. | |||
fat sack of loot: | fat sack of loot: | ||
classic that started it all: https://desuarchive.org/qa/search/image/5XOGOo6Y78jgow5f5t%2FYhw%3D%3D/page/82/ | classic that started it all: https://desuarchive.org/qa/search/image/5XOGOo6Y78jgow5f5t%2FYhw%3D%3D/page/82/ | ||
early threadbombing: | |||
/gsg/ raids: | |||
https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/1220369/#1220369 | |||
https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/18852770/#18852809 | |||
early threadbombing: | |||
https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/1134747/#1135235 | https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/1134747/#1135235 | ||
https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/1673519/#q1673716 | https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/1673519/#q1673716 | ||
kissu astroturfing: | |||
https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/2007664/#2007735 | |||
listing sticky: https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/1654916/#1690512 | listing sticky: https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/1654916/#1690512 | ||
extremely important evidence: https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/qa/image/1496/55/1496556790721.png | extremely important evidence: https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/qa/image/1496/55/1496556790721.png | ||
curia: | |||
>Mass download every image hash uploaded to 4chan in the first two months of this year. | |||
>Calculate the similarity of boards based on how their share image hashes | |||
>Build a chart that shows overlapping userbases |
Revision as of 19:43, 18 January 2025
- DRAFT
- 2025/01/18
History of 4chan's /qa/ - Question & Answer board
>why am I writing this
Personal endearment.
>but why now?
Arguably the most revisioned board history on the site.
>well then, what is it?
An offtopic & meta community composed of posters from disparate origins that died prematurely due to aggression from off-site cliques then became something else entirely.
Breakdown:
Formative month (2015)
- Leftovers of moot's big AMA stream reminisce on nostalgic memories and ponder what to do with the board. The /qa/ charter gets drafted.
First Meta Period (2015-2017)
- /qa/ coalesces into a small collection of meta aficionados, karens crying to the mods and anons looking for an off-topic board that wouldn't get swarmed with weirdos and porn. Most generals get created.
Early raids & listing (2017)
- A series of high profile events causes /qa/ to appear on the map of a small number off-site cliques whose origins range from disparate boards, generals and the /jp/ Spin Off webring. They discover that /qa/ is practically unmoderated; Raids and angry protests ensue.
Great weeb-frog War (2018-2019)
- No-fun-allowed rejects from the spinoffs determine to turn /qa/ into their homeboard by aggressively botting up the place and personally gaslighing all passerbys. They get resisted by an equally intense group of locals with seeming ties to /jp/ who adopt smug frogs as their callsign; This years long flamewar practically depopulates the board.
Second Meta Period (2020)
- Mods figure out how to kill the spambots, causing the SpinOff clique to self-exile; Frogs essentially impose a short lived era of /int/-like frogposting☼
Soijak Raids & freezing. (2021)
- Through causes yet unknown, a /pol/-derived meme☼ turns /qa/ into a thousands strong community of middleschool kids; They cause site-wide havok and ultimately gets /qa/ frozen.
Epilogue
- All of /qa/ is concentrated on the 4chan Happenings General, which takes refuge on /trash/ (a gross mistake they came to regret)☼. /qa/ "lore", kekistani mythos and other bits and pieces of old memes are recycled by small clique of Soijak Party posters to create /qa2/
☼ needs verification
Basic demographics:
"old" /qa/
- metaposters
- 4chan trivia aficionados --> made nice map threads and dug old pieces of OC
- nostalgic oldfags (am I permitted to use this lingo?)
- armchair admins --> countless foolish but well-meaning "how i will fix 4chan" threads.
- internet hobbyists --> bibanon is here! - people who wished for a board best described as "/internet/ - Internet Culture" and found /qa/ it's closest equivalent
- complaintposters
- The 4chan Karen --> only here to vent and call people names
- Off-board Clique refugees --> when things got too heated and/or weird on other boards or sites, /qa/ would find itself hosting a thread to discuss the situation, not necessarily a problem, but they didn't find themselves obligated to respect the board ♫
- /DELETEPOL/ --> primordial fire of all meta boards
- /a/fags --> technically karens, but their numbers alone were enough to develop a persistent /a/ hatefandom
- sfwofftopicposters
- board-tans general --> As drawthreads moved on to other fotms, teens found /qa/ as a refuge to safely ship anthropomorphic imageboards. more prolific than people imagine.
- Happenings general --> Remained oddly consisted for the better part of 6 years.
- 4chan cup ☼
- [s4s] & /a/jp/ colonies --> other posters were ambivalent to their presence, but they were never aggressive and contributed large quantities of OC.
"late" /qa/ (2019/2020)
- late /qa/ metaposters --> jaded as they get
- (Punished) Happenings general --> A thread denied it's board.
- /bant/ / /int/ type frogposting ---> nicer than they looked.
First Gen Raiders (2016-2017)
- SpinOff / /ghost/ cliques --> ota-ch, merorin & GNFOS
- /jp/ dissenters / OG frogposter
- /mlpol/ + /gsg/ + /intl/ + others --> not necessarily raiders, but used thie
Second Gen Raiders (2018-2019)
- Steamchat Clique / kissu.moe
- Frogposters ---> is a group that was 100% homegrown really a raider?
- atechan ---> Mostly hearsay. Got in a fight with kissu and supposedly, according to kissu, was a major spammer. Might be a nothingburger
- leebaiter / lee / leebot
Third Gen Raiders (2020-2021)
- Bant Cabal ☼
- Soyjak Party --> really, really don't wanna touch on this
☼ --> unconfirmed ♫ --> intl, gsg, infinity, and way, way more.
fat sack of loot:
classic that started it all: https://desuarchive.org/qa/search/image/5XOGOo6Y78jgow5f5t%2FYhw%3D%3D/page/82/
/gsg/ raids:
https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/1220369/#1220369
https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/18852770/#18852809
early threadbombing:
https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/1134747/#1135235
https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/1673519/#q1673716
kissu astroturfing:
https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/2007664/#2007735
listing sticky: https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/1654916/#1690512
extremely important evidence: https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/qa/image/1496/55/1496556790721.png
curia:
>Mass download every image hash uploaded to 4chan in the first two months of this year.
>Calculate the similarity of boards based on how their share image hashes
>Build a chart that shows overlapping userbases