dChan - Q Origins Project Archive

Warning to newcomers:

WE are happy you joined us. BUT

You are entering a free speech board. This can make you feel disoriented, because you are probably coming off internet areas where censorship is the jackboot rule of the day. But the reverse is true here.

You will see everything on the chans that is legal. Only criminally illegal activities are prohibited on the chans. So if you are used to an 'offended outrage culture' you will need to develop your freedom muscles. Never skip freedom muscle day!

We know it can be tough! There is no one lurking behind the scenes to decide for you, what you should see and shouldn't see. It is up to YOU to decide for yourself and look or not look. You will be expected to use your own brain and filter those things you don't wish to see, by not looking at them. Its a very adult concept, but no one is here to make you happy. You do not have a right not to be offended. You do not have a right to be 'comfortable'. But everyone has a guaranteed right to Freedom of Speech. 'Inappropriate', 'offensive,' and 'problematic' are words that do not exist here. NO one but you are responsible for what you look at and how you feel about it. You can choose to look or not look, read or not read. And if you do read something you don't like, then remove it from behind your eyeballs yourself, and move on. It is your fault if you allow a thing you don't like to sit in your head and take root and make you feel offended. But we do not care if you are offended, so we don't want to hear about it.

Free speech is chaotic. At first you will have a tough time wading through shills and bots and trolls, to find the posts of value to you. Shills and bots intentionally try to discredit or divide the board, and mislead and distract you. But having to wade through them will make your freedom muscles grow stronger every day.

Everyone here is anonymous. We care about your ideas and your words and the value of what you say. We value your contributions. We don't care who you are, what your race or gender is, and we do not want to know. Because the game of identity politics is not played here. Here, we really are equal, and equally anonymous. Wow, that sure is different than the rest of the Bolshevik, feel-good internet! You will probably feel shell-shocked. We know, that's why we're giving you advice. Steady yourself and hang on to something! And get ready to remember how amazing it is to be master of your own experience.