Hi I saw a link posted to bunkerchan (bunkerchan.net) and saw bunkerchan was running off lynxchan ( i was impressed the site was functional without javascript!).
I hit the EDU link first and there was some cool marxist torrents and interesting threads on the DDR
However having visited a few times since then it has…such a weird vibe to it.
Like there’s people posting threads about polpot, a load of reactionary shit, nazbols posting… Like what is this?
Just a fed run honeypot? Bored 4 channers?
Bunkerchan is just a 4chan clone for communists. After the 8chan debacle, they had to set up their own chan to ensure they wouldn’t be shut down again. That’s been a rocky process that’s resulted in at least one crisis, but from what I hear they’re coming a long way towards stability.
To address concerns of brocialism and western leftism on /leftypol/, though yes that used to be a major issue, the people in charge of Bunkerchan are well-read Marxists and are trying to turn the community around on those things. I don’t scroll it myself, however. The information I’ve shared is entirely second hand from a close friend who’s a respected member of the community.
(also, for clarity, it might not have been specifically the 8chan shutdown that forced them to make their own chan. My memory could be wrong on that.)