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    “We’re making propaganda for fun. Join us, it’s comfy,” the 4chan thread instructs. “MAKE, EDIT, SHARE.”

    It’s just some random fun, guys; it’s not at all a coordinated campaign by white supremacist fascists to inundate people with racist and fascist propaganda.

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      We’re making propaganda… Join us… the 4chan thread instructs

      So the campaign is coordinated

      4chan

      The visual guide instructs potential posters to create images that are “Funny, provocative. Redpilling message (Jews involved in 9/11). Easy to Understand.” Under an image that shows a crying Pepe the frog with a needle next to its arm and a gun pointed to his head, the guide says “vaccines enforced by violence.” Under an AI-generated image of two Black men with gold chains chasing a white woman, the guide said “redpilling message (migrant crime in scandinavia).”

      So they’re white supremacist fascists

      MAKE, EDIT, SHARE

      So they are inundating people with it

      whether you think it’s random fun or not is subjective, but the way they’ve described it is accurate.

  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    Sounds like some people still need to learn about the goat fucker corollary: if you fuck a goat as a joke, you’re a goat fucker. There’s no “irony” or “just trolling” exception.

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      Even during those times and before they were doing butt sharpies and pools closed. 4chan had always been for the mindless cheap lulz

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    I miss the times when they sent Pitbull to Alaska or Taylor Swift to a deaf school. Hell, I even miss Boaty McBoat face.

    At least those were fun and interesting.

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      That was around the time they turned Tay the twitter AI into a racist woman hater. 4chan has always been just…chaos. Sometimes they do evil. Sometimes they do good.

      Like one time they used their autism powers to blow up Syrian rebels? But also around that same time they just…broke Shia LaBeouf.

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    “Flood the internet” apparently means making shit for other trolls and posting it on an image board for trolls.

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      Teaching losers that Nazism is normal (and even fun!) is not harmless.

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    Oh look it’s exactly what I predicted with generative AI. We’ve wound the clocks back to 2014, when Russia used 4chan and reddit to fuel organized campaigns of hatred that paved the way for the alt right, Trump, and his ilk.

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    Really? We’re doing this again?

    Haven’t we all learned by now that there will always be a part of 4chan that will do something bad purely because they think it’s funny? Just ignore these people. If we don’t give them attention and doom about them, the five people on the site being little contrarians will get bored in a week, and they’ll stop doing their stupid racism garbage.

    Simple as.

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    4channer post method of tricking 4chaners into doing things that might get them fired, for the lols

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    I’m glad the internet still has this side to it, makes me laugh lol.

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        Have you seen the actual images that are posted on 4chan, rather than the curated content posted to news sites? The shit they’re making is hilarious.

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        In this one instance yes? It’s actually good it happened this early in the techs life and in such a obvious way.

        It means it can be addressed and is a focus problem to be solved.

        It’s a lot better then subtle racism that has a agenda attached to it.

        This is just blanket internet fuckery with little to no reason behind it beyond haha we make racism cause is funny. Better this then the alternative.

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          There are far-right Discord servers where they praise mass shooters that target minorities.

          The most popular topic of discussion is “how to make more people more racist” and the most common suggestion is “memes”, since they appeal to kids and are what started most of them down their path of dogshit.

          It’s not a joke.

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            This very much is a joke compared to that. This is a mass flooding and is actually more helpful to preventing further abuse. Unlike a controlled and curated slow release of tailor made messages.

            Don’t let your out rage boner ruin your ability to actually see the world around you. You do your own cause no favors if you are nothing but a zelot.

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              Or I can tell the difference between “making jokes” and “pushing far-right propaganda using jokes”.

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        I’m glad the internet hasn’t fallen so far that I can’t laugh at a company getting trolled.

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            Anyone who enjoys pretending to be racist is just a closeted racist.

            Like those guys that’re always “pretending” to be gay for laughs. “Watch me grab this guy’s butt, it’ll be so funny!” No, you just want an excuse to grab another guy’s butt. At least own it; you’re gay.