As bandwidth became cheaper, a new technology emerged from Japan: the Futaba Channel archiver script. This allowed for automated, real-time archiving of entire boards without the need for human voting.
Memecry: tracing the repetition-with-variation of formulas on 4chan/pol
For researchers, this was a gold mine. For the users, it was a double-edged sword. While they loved revisiting old jokes, they hated the loss of privacy. "Doxxing" (finding and publishing a user's real identity) became easier when you could cross-reference posts from an archive.
As bandwidth became cheaper, a new technology emerged from Japan: the Futaba Channel archiver script. This allowed for automated, real-time archiving of entire boards without the need for human voting.
Memecry: tracing the repetition-with-variation of formulas on 4chan/pol 4chan archives
For researchers, this was a gold mine. For the users, it was a double-edged sword. While they loved revisiting old jokes, they hated the loss of privacy. "Doxxing" (finding and publishing a user's real identity) became easier when you could cross-reference posts from an archive. As bandwidth became cheaper, a new technology emerged