Sadly,its still there.

Well depends on the way you look at it. Think of them spreading all over internet, instead of just being where you don't have to look at them.

Oh and I thought 4chan was a joke..

Pseudo-serious question: Everyone talks about how terrible 4chan is. What about 2chan, which was supposedly its inspiration?

Edit: I refuse to lurk moar to find out my answer.

I thought 4chan was part of 2chan?

Meh, there are much worse websites out there. 4chan's not all horrible either, depending on the board. There can be some shit posting at times, but that's the price of anonymity I guess.

Well... it is. In a way. Although who the joke is on is another matter.
4chan is twice as bad.

just checked 4chan Looks stupid

most NSFW (Not Safe For Work) pics and stupid Hentai and a few other pieces of crap

This::

*Japanese Culture*

Anime & Manga
Anime/Cute
Anime/Wallpapers
Mecha
Cosplay & EGL
Cute/Male
Flash
Transportation
Otaku Culture
Pokémon

*Interests*

Video Games
Video Game Generals
Comics & Cartoons
Technology
Television & Film
Weapons
Auto
Animals & Nature
Traditional Games
Sports
Science & Math
International

*Creative*

Oekaki
Papercraft & Origami
Photography
Food & Cooking
Artwork/Critique
Wallpapers/General
Music
Fashion
Toys
3DCG
Do-It-Yourself
Worksafe GIF

*Adult (NSFW)*

Sexy Beautiful Women
Hardcore
Handsome Men
Hentai
Ecchi
Yuri
Hentai/Alternative
Yaoi
Torrents
Rapidshares
High Resolution
Animated GIF

*Other*

4chan Discussion
Travel
Health & Fitness
Paranormal
Literature
Advice
Pony

*Misc. (NSFW)*

Random
Request
ROBOT9001
Politically Incorrect
Social

basically run by 13 year olds who haven't been with a woman yet..

I only check the paranormal section now and then, but I mostly avoid that site. Bring brain bleach if you must enter it.

There are far worser sites like IronStar mentioned.
One time in my younger days, when i was brave and thougth internet was a pretty safe place
i jumped in with both feet and started swimming around.

My delusions soon got shattered and i was wondering for the longest time afterward if i was still sane or if i neded to place myself in a mental institution, thats how disturbing some of the stuff i came across was.

I think it took me a year or something to recover.
i never try to swim/surf on the internet withouth aim or to experiment ever again.

I went on once to check it out. Really wasn't impressed. Just a bunch of porn (of varying legality) and indecipherable comments.

When people think of 4chan, they mostly think of /b/. Which is a shame, because /b/ IS the fetid pus-weeping shithole that everyone thinks it is. However, the other boards are places of incredible awesome, especially /tg/, /wsg/, /co/, and /x/. There are many great things that have come from there, from the Angry Marines to the SCP and Slenderman, and probably 50% of all memes. In a way, it's interesting that so many internet goers have a fear and misunderstanding of one of the primary sources of internet culture.

You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

I'm actually surprised how many people didn't know/were ignorant of 4chan & /b/. I always thought it pretty much entered mainstream culture by now.

I always think of it as the anti-thesis to Facebook, and I'm not easily offended, so I don't mind hanging out there - but usually only at times of complete boredom, nothing I would visit regularly.

Mind you: Nobody seriously thinks the stuff they post there. It's just trolls trolling trolls trolling troll...

I mostly hang out on /co/, which is pretty decent most of the time. /mlp/ can be funny, but has too much porn . I only go to /tv/ for the Breaking Bad and Walking Dead threads. /b/ is worthless, and I can't understand why people still frequent it.