I had heard of pedobear... when
I was a minor and knew to stay the hell away. A grown ass adult parading all of those red flags around while posting kp is just a walking billboard to keep out and stay away from unless accompanied by a mob with torches.
And yeah, the registration thing is strange. I disabled ublock, tried in private so no extensions could interfere, just the same spiel about the administrator on opening registration. I finally had time, so I was able to register to the forummotion site without a problem.
To be fair,
wikipedia did draw the comparison to 4chan, but the only surprising part I guess is that they did so somewhat favorably:
1. I'm shocked they didn't call it "alt-right," and
2. lol@"politically diverse" because the majority of bb.com's representation of the "left" was unhinged NPCs sharing the same narrative between their collective two braincells fighting for third place. So, I guess wikipedia's idea of politically diverse is in fact mindless, schizoid groomers occupying the left wing.
In all seriousness, no way that bb.com had the reach of something like reddit, that would be pure delusion on their part. And at least 4chan still produces funny greentexts now and again. Nobody wants to remember shit like Ron, wincel episodes, or all of this pedo/butthole degeneracy.
Me trying to register: