teh last time i actually needed to post on 4chan, I
1- waited 5 minutes to request a captcha
2- solved 5-step the captcha
3- captcha has timed out while I was proofreading my post, solved 5-step captcha again
4- got a notice about my IP range being blocked, asking to either buy a pass or "verify" myself
5- waited for 10 minutes to be able to be eligible for requesting a verification e-mail
6- created a throwaway proton account (an ordeal on its own rly)
7- solved some other 5-step captcha so they would send the e-mail
8- IIRC, after clicking the verification link in my mail, I went through yet another 5-step captcha before my session was actually "verified"
9- to request a captcha in the thread, waited some minutes once again
10 - finally got the last 5-step captcha
11 - solved that and quickly pressed the post buttan

No surprise 4chan users don't create OCs anymore, that energy goes into going through that ritual for posting in threads these days