4chan moderation complaints and thread deletions on /r9k/ and /pol/
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Key claims
- Threads stereotyping Indian nationals ('Jeet') abruptly ceased appearing after months of high frequency.
- Shills and moderators are warned they are identifiable and permanent outsiders to the board
- Seeking /pol/ community views on masturbation and alcohol use.
- Poster expresses frustration that the site and board have deteriorated in quality.
- Users seek an automated filter using AI to identify and remove repetitive bot threads and unwanted topic spam from /pol/.
- /pol/ users are being discredited or defeated by outside commentators.
Volume over time
Peak 4 mentions/hour · 94 hourly buckets
Source threads (50)
Every thread this story was extracted from, with live and archive links so the evidence is verifiable.
- /pol/540058841 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen 1 replies /pol/ users are being discredited or defeated by outside commentators.
- /pol/540047089 ↗ live · archive neutral evergreen 46 replies Seeking /pol/ community views on masturbation and alcohol use.
- /pol/540056232 ↗ live · archive neutral evergreen 1 replies Users seek an automated filter using AI to identify and remove repetitive bot threads and unwanted topic spam from /pol/.
- /pol/540050070 ↗ live · archive critical evergreen 7 replies Poster expresses frustration that the site and board have deteriorated in quality.
- /pol/540041823 ↗ live · archive puzzled evergreen 19 replies Threads stereotyping Indian nationals ('Jeet') abruptly ceased appearing after months of high frequency.
- /pol/540043461 ↗ live · archive hostile evergreen 3 replies Shills and moderators are warned they are identifiable and permanent outsiders to the board
- /pol/540039181 ↗ live · archive sarcastic evergreen 11 replies Mocking Army recruitment ads that highlight meal provision as incentive to enlist.
- /pol/540039506 ↗ live · archive critical evergreen 15 replies 4chan has become inauthentic and low-quality.
- /pol/540013386 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 81 replies /pol/ traffic has dropped over 60% and the board no longer exerts political influence.
- /pol/540036373 ↗ live · archive neutral evergreen User notes decreased board activity and absence of alleged race-mixing, transgender, and fetish content, speculating on moderation changes.
- /pol/540030199 ↗ live · archive neutral evergreen 47 replies Query about why the /pol/ board exhibits misogynistic attitudes
- /pol/540009243 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen 22 replies Users who employ certain repeated slurs and terms have a stereotypical appearance.
- /pol/540009047 ↗ live · archive inquisitive evergreen 38 replies Users cannot post 'soyjak' as a single word due to automatic filtering.
- /pol/540002485 ↗ live · archive fatalistic evergreen 6 replies Multiple catastrophic events are accumulating without apparent systemic consequences.
- /pol/540003340 ↗ live · archive questioning developing 3 replies An unusual number of flagged threads are appearing on /pol/ today, suggesting moderator activity or shill laziness.
- /pol/540002963 ↗ live · archive hostile evergreen 6 replies A user from Argentina expresses extreme racial animus toward non-white populations and perceived injustices.
- /pol/540000687 ↗ live · archive conspiratorial evergreen 2 replies Government agents spend work hours posting on 4chan to astroturf and manipulate discourse.
- /pol/539995768 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 5 replies Argentina has been ruined by brown/immigrant populations and poster plans emigration.
- /pol/539985450 ↗ live · archive critical evergreen 14 replies User complaints about moderation decisions and content removal
- /pol/539937783 ↗ live · archive frustrated evergreen 110 replies Complaint about repeated spam posts from single user over years with no moderator enforcement.
- /pol/539941910 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen 6 replies Political rhetoric about revolution and constitutional change fails to address actual birth rate and relationship problems.
- /pol/539927283 ↗ live · archive frustrated evergreen 1 replies The user complains about the inability to filter posters by IP address to remove perceived bots and specific nationalities from the platform.
- /pol/539822643 ↗ live · archive concerned evergreen 18 replies A moderator on /x/ is selectively autosaging and archiving threads while banning users for board-relevant topics, raising questions about moderation bias across 4chan boards.
- /pol/539817133 ↗ live · archive suspicious evergreen 8 replies Heavy thread deletion and slide threads suggest moderator censorship during critical geopolitical period.
- /pol/539805952 ↗ live · archive neutral breaking 2 replies U.S. government prohibits import of Chinese-made humanoid and four-legged robots under national security justification.
- /pol/539800699 ↗ live · archive neutral breaking 7 replies US bans foreign humanoid and four-legged robot imports citing national security; FCC also bans imported power inverters used in data infrastructure.
- /pol/539793823 ↗ live · archive suspicious evergreen Questioning why boards allow Hitler content and speculating on hidden agenda
- /pol/539788307 ↗ live · archive angry evergreen 129 replies Poster claims /pol/ moderators ban discussion of white ethnic identity and exclude certain groups from whiteness based on ethnicity.
- /pol/539787280 ↗ live · archive hostile evergreen 2 replies Brief complaint about 4chan moderators.
- /pol/539785419 ↗ live · archive critical evergreen 6 replies Mainstream users have adopted and diluted 4chan terminology, spreading opinions disguised as factual claims.
- /pol/539778144 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 21 replies China is a feminist communist state causing demographic collapse through low birthrates.
- /pol/539762271 ↗ live · archive suspicious evergreen 16 replies An unidentified group is working for China.
- /pol/539717577 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen 304 replies Users are posting a recurring humor thread while explicitly excluding specific demographic groups.
- /pol/539753838 ↗ live · archive boastful evergreen 18 replies The poster boasts that /pol/ is responsible for creating mainstream internet terminology like 'slop', 'cuck', and 'based'.
- /pol/539763883 ↗ live · archive dismissive evergreen Denial that thread derailment ('slide' threads) occurs; framed as user paranoia.
- /pol/539752613 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen 24 replies The poster mocks specific 4chan users who allegedly faced legal arrest due to the memes they generated.
- /pol/539749145 ↗ live · archive sarcastic evergreen 36 replies The poster claims China has run out of oil and is collapsing, even resorting to cannibalism.
- /pol/539753464 ↗ live · archive hateful evergreen 5 replies The user expresses intense hatred for Argentina, blaming indigenous and mixed-race populations for the country's decline.
- /pol/539741456 ↗ live · archive resigned evergreen 11 replies The poster laments the overabundance of rage-bait and low-quality discourse on the /pol/ board.
- /pol/539741328 ↗ live · archive hopeful evergreen 6 replies The poster proposes a non-profit, short-term homestay exchange network specifically for traveling 4chan users.
- /pol/539733089 ↗ live · archive frustrated evergreen 77 replies The user reports receiving 10-20 overseas scam calls daily targeting Medicare information, noting government inaction.
- /pol/539740742 ↗ live · archive neutral evergreen 4 replies The poster praises 4chan's /pol/ as the best source for understanding the true nature of human society.
- /pol/539742014 ↗ live · archive mocking evergreen The post mocks the absence of 'wet bulb' extreme weather posters on the board, baselessly suggesting they were funded by USAID.
- /pol/539735225 ↗ live · archive validating evergreen 21 replies A general thread claiming that the /pol/ board's predictions or worldview is correct.
- /pol/539743424 ↗ live · archive concerned evergreen 34 replies The poster claims 4chan is experiencing a noticeable decline in users and site activity, raising concerns about the platform's survival.
- /pol/539739509 ↗ live · archive hostile evergreen 10 replies The user claims to have doxxed everyone in the thread and taunts the community.
- /pol/539729618 ↗ live · archive critical evergreen 43 replies The poster is criticizing the /pol/ community for allegedly desiring the death of others.
- /pol/539731130 ↗ live · archive alarmed evergreen 10 replies The user is panicking and complaining that every thread on the board is an attempt to harvest user data.
- /pol/539727022 ↗ live · archive analytical evergreen 22 replies The poster lists the supposed societal pros and cons of adopting right-wing feminism.
- /pol/539729536 ↗ live · archive hostile evergreen 2 replies The user posts explicit content and slurs explicitly to trigger a ban from forum moderators.
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