>>215625
It's not glorification, before the homogenization of the Internet it was just normal. Specialized forums existed for all kinds of topics and people with a lot of experience in and passion for those topics would participate in those forums and grow and advance their communities. It's a shame that 4chan is one of the only places left where that's still possible, but it is.
>>215634
Viral was maybe the wrong word for it. I'm not talking about Twitter freaks, I'm talking about words or ideas or jokes that get posted in the threads and get noticed by the chuubas. Things that bring them joy or provide them with insight just as they do for us, even if it's just laughing at the same retards that we laugh at. There's a balance to this of course, being too openly fond of 4chan or associating with it causes problems for both us and the chuubas, but there are appropriate ways of doing it that I think have been discussed to death at this point