经济与社会科学2016arxiv.org
对 4chan 政治不正确版块及其网络影响的研究
A Study of 4chan’s Politically Incorrect Forum and its Effect on the Web
入门 · 约 45 分钟读完前置知识：网络社区文化基础、社交媒体测量研究基础
导读
这篇论文对 4chan 的 /pol/（Politically Incorrect）版块进行了纵向测量研究，分析其内容特征及其对整个网络舆论的影响。论文以学术视角系统考察了这个以匿名、争议性内容著称的社区，甚至收录了'稀有 Pepe'图集等章节。
HN 关注点：2016 年大选期间 /pol/ 被认为在传播阴谋论和极右内容方面影响巨大，HN 读者关注这项研究如何量化解释 4chan 对网络话语的塑造作用。
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这几条评论里：质疑 1 补充 2 亲历 1
补充(You) 回复指示器才是改变 4chan 文化的关键机制，它奖励争议性内容
作者没谈到近年来重塑 4chan 讨论的最大因素：回复指示器 (You)。当别人回复你的帖子时，你的帖子会显示 (You) 标记并附上回复者的帖子编号。此前帖子彼此相似、完全匿名，必须读内容才能分辨；这个功能让争议性帖子在楼层中非常显眼。这相当于 4chan 自己的'评分系统'——与 Reddit 投票、Facebook 点赞奖励受欢迎内容不同，4chan 的系统奖励被反驳或被嘲笑的争议内容，于是用户竞相发布越来越极端的帖子来博取关注。
ivarious查看英文原文
It's rather disappointing that the authors didn't talk about the biggest thing that has reshaped discussion in 4chan since years. The reply indicator. For people who don't go to 4chan, you can read it on http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-here-s-your-you. Basically, if someone else replied to your post, the post pointer will show a (You) word, showing that the poster replied to a post that you wrote. Moreover, the post number of posts that replied/quoted you will be attached to your own posts. Much-replied post will have a lot of link to the posts that replied them, and very visible when you skip through the thread. This one simple feature has changed 4chan. Before, posts are similar and anonymous since they don't have visual distinction between each other. You have to actually read their content to know what's inside. The reply indicator make controversial posts very visible and "famous" in the thread. Much like Reddit's voting system and Facebook likes or Twitter's retweets/favorites, 4chan now has its own post rating system. The difference is that Facebook likes and Reddit's vote system rewards popular posts that people agree with and liked. 4chan's "rating system" rewards controversial posts that people rebuke or laugh at. The presence of this reply indicator make people try to post controversial contents, and to be controversial by 4chan standards, your post have to be very, very controversial.
亲历亲历者指出 /pol/ 的虚构'内幕'帖被截图传播并被阴谋论者当真，影响真实
这次大选中 /pol/ 的影响力让我惊讶，既奇怪又有点可怕。在 4chan 上声称掌握未来几天事件的'内幕消息'很常见（99.9% 是编造的），但这些帖子被截图传播到网络其他地方，被另类右翼阴谋论者当真。我试着向一些人解释这是 4chan、不能当真，但他们坚信这些帖子是真的。
jmcgough查看英文原文
I've been really surprised how influential /pol/ has been this election, which has been really weird and a little scary. It's not uncommon to post something on 4chan stating that you have inside information on events that are going to happen over the next few days (which is fiction 99.9% of the time). Posts like this in /pol/ have been getting screenshotted and spread elsewhere on the web, where alt-right conspiracy nuts are latching on to them. I've tried explaining to a few people that it's 4chan and you can't take it seriously, but they're convinced that these posts are real.
质疑质疑研究范围：8chan /pol/ 因审查更少可能影响更大，却未被纳入
为什么研究只聚焦 4chan 而不是所有'chan'类网站？据我所知，8chan 的 /pol/ 这次影响更大，因为它审查更少（比如不删除人肉搜索信息）。
NietTim查看英文原文
Can someone explain to me why they keep focussing on 4chan and not 'chans' in general? AFAIK 8chan's /pol/ has had a bigger impact this time around because they censor less. (Not censoring doxx information and such)
补充惊讶于学术论文收录'稀有 Pepe'章节，并补充 4chan 原帖链接
论文第 9 节标题是'稀有 Pepe'，展示了他们的稀有 Pepe 图集——没想到正经学术论文里会出现这种内容。另外作者附上了 4chan 上关于这篇论文的原帖，本身就值得一读。
dogma1138查看英文原文
"9. RARE PEPES In this Section we display some of our rare Pepe collection." Things that you have never thought would appear on a bonafide research paper for 800$. EDIT: 4Chan thread regarding this paper, this is worth the read on it's own. http://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/92612923/a-longitudinal-measurement-study-of-4chans
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