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Why would 4chan stop existing? Since when do people stop using websites, "just" because user data was leaked? The hosters can just fix the security issue and move on.
Apparently the source code is full of vulnerabilities severe enough that if they try to put the site back up, it'll be ripped to shreds in an instant.
Fixing everything might not be viable either. There's a reason the site hasn't been updated much in years, they don't have staff to actively work on it.
You could probably rebuild it in a short amount of time with fewer bugs. It doesn’t seem like that complex of an app.
I have no idea how much money 4chan which would determine whether it’s worth the effort at all.
From the bits of code I’ve seen in the leak the quality is pretty terrible.
I have no idea how much money 4chan which would determine whether it’s worth the effort at all.
Spoiler alert: it's not worth the effort.
In recent years there have been some feeble attempts at monetisation, but it was probably a failure.
Unless a cabal of billionaires secretly donates to keep it going.
Under this administration, they might do it openly too. Declare it cultural heritage and get government funding.
That's not going to happen for lots of reasons. For a start, no way will the current US govt will spend any more money on bullshit such as "cultural heritage".
Put your best AI bots on the case, should just take a weekend
i'd imagine the only real factor for hosting 4chan is just handling the amount of activity
Because no one has done shit with it since moot left. As in, the servers haven't had a system update in 7 years.
No one gives a fuck, that's how sites die
Even if it would not come back online, wouldn't someone just make some sort of clone and business would continue as usual?
Well, there's been clones out there for a few years already. But I don't think, it's going to be quite as business-as-usual, since they can't coordinate a switch to a specific clone, not to mention this clone very likely does not have the server capacity to take on all the users.