Ask HN: Is 4chan Offline Forever?

12 HITBIT 7 4/20/2025, 11:28:05 AM

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brudgers · 10d ago
In my experience, it is how forums often die because adversaries leave tools in the database to create backdoors when the site comes back online and because habitual users have had their habits broken.

To put it another way, the adversary is probably not script-kiddies. But I could be wrong.

LinuxBender · 8d ago
Probably not really hacked. Probably just lost their developers after USAID funding was cut. Blame Shoe for the idea, not me.
h4ck_th3_pl4n3t · 9d ago
The adversaries are probably people that have been doxxed by chans over the years. I guess this is kind of karma finally evening out the odds.
gabelschlager · 10d ago
According to Hiro's latest update on the matter, no.

[1] https://x.com/hirox246/status/1912603340292448258

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xlinux · 10d ago
one less toxic site on the internet
chistev · 9d ago
Just to be replaced by another.
revskill · 10d ago
What is 4chan ? First time hear about it.