2004 - 4chan > 2004 5chan > 2004 some long-forgotten incest site that had a thread on hentai, which is where I heard of 5chan from.

2006 Deviantart 2007 Gaiaonline 2008 4chan

2007- 4chan
Before that...nothing really. Oh no wait, Yahoo answers! God, the fun I had on that site, how could I forget!

Guessing at some of these time periods

2006 - 4chan > 2006-2004 > Some wrasslin forum > 2004-2003 Celicans CAW College (an eZboard forum that helped with creating wresters on WWE Smakdown video games) > 2002 GameFAQ

I can trace it all the way back to when I hosted a Sven-Coop server, but I don't feel like it.

Hell, no idea. It's just like... always 4chan.

vidyagaem forums > anime and sonic furfaggotry > newgrounds > 2006-2008, 4chan

2003 - 4chan > heard about it from a real life friend

Usenet -> 2chan -> SA -> RH -> world4chan -> iiChan -> 4chan

starting probably in around 2002 or so, before that I really only used the internet for gaming and porn

some crappy link aggregator and few blogs < ubersite < Something Awful < YTMND/Something Awful < 4chan

2001 I started watching animes
2002 I went on /a/

From then it went to /v/ and /b/ and now it's just /r9k/

Started out in some furry comic's forum around 2005, migrated to YTMND mid 2005 to 2006, then found 4chan somewhere around late '06/early '07. I was a /b/tard for a while, but eventually realized how awful it was and settled down in /co/.

Then /r9k/ came along, and...here I am.

deviantart (2005-6) --> lolgaia (2006) --> 4chan (2007)

On 4chan, i started as on /b/ (who doesn't?), then went to /x/ before finally settling on /r9k/ when it came out.

i realized how gay gaia was. but i have gone back to devart.

I was part of the YTMND mass exodus to 4chan circa summer of '06. People were starting to realize that half of YTMND's content was taken from 4chan, but it took the Habbo raid to really open the flood gates.

mid 2007 youtube (the faux news anonymous report) --> october 2007 youtube ( the 4chan 4 year aniversary video) --> november 2007 youtube ( davemaster funny .gif video) --> 4CHAN!.

but i started browsing and posting regularly in january 2008.

Hanging out with the fags from Raspberry Heaven, yet another SA animu offshoot forum and DC hub, and I think moot showed up to pimp his new imageboard.

The rest is history.

newgrounds -> gaia -> smogon -> 4chan /b/ -> /co/ -> /r9k/

2005
WoW(lol not anymore) -> WoW Forums -> Offtopic Forums-> Thread about 4chan-> 4chan.

2002 - Something Awful

2004 - 4chan /b/

2005 - 4chan /a/

2006 - 4chan /co/

2007 - 420chan /vg/

2008 - 4chan /r9k/

deviantart (2003) -> 4chan (late 2004)

Primary school > friend > 4chan (about 2 years ago)

2006 occasionaly browse SA, not being a member -> thread "what is a /b/tard?" -> 4chan

newgrounds -> eskimobob (wat) -> #eskimobob -> /b/

2007- Camwhoring on Stickam > 2007- 4chan

Vidya gaman -> Internets -> Vidya gaman on the internets -> IRC -> Links to 4chan
Around 2004 or so.

Isshinryu class --> Kendo --> some guy named mike who also did kendo -> mike "Lulz! cat pictures on this site 4chan"

2006- 4chan > School buddies.

short link.

Stupid anime chatrooms > GameFAQs pokemon social board > LUE > YTMND > 4chan /b/ > 7chan /b/ > /r9k/

2006(?)- i was a ytmndfag who wondered why people downvoted shit because it came from "4chan"

>>2117850

Oh and that was over a seven year time period.

2006- 4chan > 2005- YTMND > 2004- DJ Trunks ezboard forums (Southern California Bemani community) > 2004- BemaniX, DDRFreak forums (Bemani community)

Word of mouth from my brother -> www.eskimobob.com -> eskimobob community IRC server -> one guy posting images from /c/ -> he posted a few images from /b/ that intrigued me and I reverse engineered the URL for /b/ -> 4chan in December 2004

This thread makes me realize what an oldfag I am compared to everyone claiming 2006 introduction.

I found 4chan in early 2005, maybe it was late 2004.

Internet > Neopetzzzdsdfhsgjfg > Gaia (where I became aware > Nothing > World of Warcraft (more reminder) > Bored > /b/ > HEREASfuiashjkzchngjkchjynj6wcftdrj

>>2117869

fffffffffuuuu- I have to know you, I am >>2117810

2006 - 4chan > early 2006 7chan > 2005 uncylopedia > 2005 youtube > 2005 wikipedia

search for porn-> found some awesome hentai that was...alternative-> search for the rest of it brought me to /d/. i /d/welled there for some years, before visiting /b/, then retreating back to /d/. i visited /w/, /wg/, and /hr/ until /r9k/ came along. thus i have expanded to another board.

scientology > youtube > 4chan YESTERDAY

>>2117877
no one gives a fuck how long you've been on 4chan, take that oldfag/newfag crap back to /b/

1998-2002 Friends who like anime
2002-2004 Me liking anime
2005 Friends sprouting memes. Me going WTF.
2006 Checking out where those stupid fads come from.

>>2117939

did you notice what thread you are in

2000 - SomethingAwful, Fark.com
2003 - Deviantart, SA
2004 - 4chan (found through a google search for high res images)
2005 - 4chan, Deviantart (second account)
2007 - Blogger, 7chan
2008 - Various chan sites and Deviantart (third account)

Heard from a friend in primary school about a game called Runescape > Runescape Forums > world of warcraft > WoW off topic Forums > 4chan

Porn lead to
Hentai lead to
Futa lead to
Futa/shota webring lead to
/d/ lead to
/b/ lead to
4chan addiction

>>2117961
This is thread is about the journey not the destination`~`*`~`*`~ `

some anime site, the first of which was fansub.tv, but I doubt that's where I heard about 4chan

>>2118008
thanks for sharing your chillhood with us but this thread is about "how did you find 4chan"