This is a fairly sensitive topic so it may as well be a short and sweet description. Now, I am in no way promoting this website but a few months ago I saw a thread on MMO C about what the "scariest" website on the internet is. 4chan was a pretty strong contender, and so I decided to genuinely educate myself since. I know there are subsections of that site that are less than pleasant, but I anonymously browse the video game and Japanese-related boards time to time and apart from the memes and shitposting there is nothing I find to be intimidated by. On another name, I even met numerous, normal people in some games I play that don't even remotely radiate any psychopathic tendencies like I initially expected.
So while it's a very safe and neutral approach I am taking with my occasional observations, I want to know what is the real reason the site is feared and reviled. Are there dark secrets related to murder or animal abuse or some conspiracy? What should I really FEAR because so far my ventures to it are no different from reddit or tumblr. That is to say, it's not overly exotic or too interesting.