4chan started memeing about how funny it would be if modern people believed the earth was flat. So they founded the flat earth society, and started satirically posting about the earth being flat. And then idiots (who weren’t in on the joke, and completely missed the satire) took it as gospel and ran with it. And at that point, 4chan thought it was fucking hilarious and sat back to watch the idiots play. At a certain point, it had grown beyond even 4chan’s expectations, and there was nothing they could do to stop it even if they wanted to.
The old joke is that Reddit is where stupid people go to act smart, and 4chan is where smart people go to act stupid. And the latter part of that joke is really exemplified by the flat earth society.
4chan started memeing about how funny it would be if modern people believed the earth was flat. So they founded the flat earth society, and started satirically posting about the earth being flat. And then idiots (who weren’t in on the joke, and completely missed the satire) took it as gospel and ran with it. And at that point, 4chan thought it was fucking hilarious and sat back to watch the idiots play. At a certain point, it had grown beyond even 4chan’s expectations, and there was nothing they could do to stop it even if they wanted to.
The old joke is that Reddit is where stupid people go to act smart, and 4chan is where smart people go to act stupid. And the latter part of that joke is really exemplified by the flat earth society.