Encyclopedia Dramatica:Article of the Now/September 3, 2022
The cancer that is killing /b/ is a phrase commonly tossed around 4chan, referring to any symptom(s) responsible for the apparent decline in the quality of /b/ over the years. It is unknown to many, and to those it is known, they know it as the big fuck you to the patient, and has been speculated by some to be various things. Many have speculated the cancer was caused by The Great Habbo Raid of July 2006, the Faux News outing of 2007, Project Chanology, and a number of other things, but since /b/tards have been whining about n00bs since day one, it is now known that /b/ was born with cancer. The cancer originally meant retarded newfags who crapflood /b/ with old memes that they discovered on ED Last Thursday.
The phrase has since been taken up by those of other boards, as well, and is used to describe any major problem of that particular community. Or any minor problem. Or anything at all that the poster happens to disagree with. So, "The Cancer That Is Killing /b/" (or rather "The Cancer That Is Killing /any board/") has sort of become a catch-all phrase for butthurt faggots who think they are being trolled and "their" board ruined. Calling the offenders newfags also comes with the territory.
Oh and what would /b/ be without newfags?
Outside of 4chan, the simplest definition of a newfag, is basically anyone who claims to be associated with Anonymous, who isn't a sociopath, and/or actually cares about other people.
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