Users ask for advice, often on romance and relationships. Users claim to have insider information on news events. A 2013 research paper reported that misogyny sustains the culture at /b/. Users may promise to post photos of acts of self-degradation in an attempt to barter. The community at /b/ sustains various customs. Consequently, users may post NSFW content on /b/ when the 4chan moderators may restrict such postings on boards without that designation. b/ is among the boards on 4chan which has a NSFW designation. b/ is consequently one of the only boards on 4chan where users can post grotesque and objectionable material such as gore and hate speech. In general, anything that does not go against US law will not be removed. One of /b/'s defining features is its lack of posting rules. b/ and /pol/ are the most notorious boards on 4chan. Mainstream media has regularly reported /b/ as both requiring explanation and defying it. Within 4chan, /b/ was the most popular and active board as of 2013.
Ī 2013 article noted that 4chan is a top-ranking website by popularity, especially in the United States, but also globally. The same analysis found that at least 90% of the posts are anonymous, though posters do adopt and discard various claims of identity at will. The analysis found that the community mostly posts playful images and links. The median life of a discussion thread was four minutes the longest in that period was six hours. During this time, users made 5.5 million posts on /b/ in 480,000 threads. A 2011 MIT analysis examined two weeks of posts to /b/ in summer 2010.
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