I'm very uncertain how common these are, but does anybody have full-text (seriously, only text, no images - too heavy) archives of 4chan's /pol/ and maybe /b/? Lots of boards have dedicated archival websites, but they typically provide a web interface to their data rather than just giving you thread dumps, which is fine if I was looking for something in particular - but I am more interested in analysis of themes.
I remember seeing a /pol/ archive that somebody did academically, but it was as I recall 2016-2017 and stopped thereafter.
I absolutely could (read: should) start archiving myself, however that would not get me back to the mid-2000's.
Both /pol/ and /b/ should provide some insight into early internet politics, which has been a hobby research project of mine.
I'm absolutely willing to seed anything remotely relevant to this via dedicated seedbox for torrents and/or can mirror it if anyone would like. I would also be happy to share my work as I dig through it!
I remember seeing a /pol/ archive that somebody did academically, but it was as I recall 2016-2017 and stopped thereafter.
I absolutely could (read: should) start archiving myself, however that would not get me back to the mid-2000's.
Both /pol/ and /b/ should provide some insight into early internet politics, which has been a hobby research project of mine.
I'm absolutely willing to seed anything remotely relevant to this via dedicated seedbox for torrents and/or can mirror it if anyone would like. I would also be happy to share my work as I dig through it!
