There was a new change on 4chan that gave every user a special role corresponding to a random plant. Depending on what plant they got, they would also get a custom name and pixel icon next to it, representing things such as berries, leaves, or flowers. Every 30 minutes or so, the “season” on the board would change, affecting the icons of new posts made within that time frame. Whenever it became “winter”, a large portion of threads would be randomly deleted, simulating the falling of leaves. There were quite a few anons complaining about this gimmick in particular because of how disruptive it was to ongoing conversations. I scrolled through the catalog in search of the r/a/dio thread.