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Apr 22, 2021 · Chris Poole, who founded controversial online community 4chan before joining Google in 2016, has left the search giant after jumping among several groups within the company, CNBC has...
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ReadWrite:What’s it like to be a founder and a coder at the same time? Chris Poole:Actually, I would say I don’t even fall into that bucket. I was probably a better programmer as a teenager than I am today. Which is kind of like the inverse of I guess what’s normally the case. I don’t count programming as one of my talents. So I spent a number of y...
RW: So why did you keep it on anonymous? Why didn’t you tell anyone? CP: It was a privacy and safety thing. I was young and wasn’t even 18. The site had some, even in the early stages, inappropriate content like the pornography would be posted to it and choice language. I just didn’t think it would be appropriate if others found out about it. Later...
RW:4chan has become a springboard for many memes. Did you ever imagine that it would be so influential? CP:No I didn’t imagine it. But I think that it makes sense [because] the two things that really define 4chan are its anonymity and the ephemerality of its content. So the anonymity I’ve advocated in the past for allowing people to share using a p...
RW:Let’s touch again on the anonymous thing. You’ve been a large proponent of maintaining anonymity online, and even the hacker group Anonymous was formed on 4chan. Is there a message that you want to give people regarding Internet privacy, especially now with the NSA and big Internet companies coming under fire for user privacy? CP:Yeah, I’ve alwa...
Learn how Christopher Poole, also known as "moot", founded 4chan, one of the Web's best-known meme-launchers and online communities, when he was 15. Read about his journey from coding in secret to managing a global platform and other projects.
Mar 13, 2015 · Christopher Poole, the founder of 4chan, the notorious website for memes and mayhem, quit in 2015 after 11 years of running it. He talks about his decision, the site's impact and his personal struggles in this Rolling Stone interview.
Christopher Poole founded the messageboard site in 2003 as a 15-year-old under the pseudonym “moot” and it quickly became one of the most influential online communities ever. 4chan...
4chan is an anonymous imageboard website created by Christopher Poole, also known as moot, in 2003. It is a hub of Internet subculture, memes, and controversies, and has influenced hacktivist and political movements.
Apr 5, 2024 · The documentary unravels the roots of this phenomenon back to 2003 when a 15-year-old boy launched a website called 4chan under the alias “Moot.” Though Christopher Poole, the real identity behind “Moot,” does not appear in the film, his role and the impact of his creation are extensively discussed by various commentators.
Learn about Christopher "moot" Poole, the creator of 4chan, an anonymous imageboard that spawned many Internet memes and controversies. Watch his TED talk on the case for anonymity online and his role in shaping the web's subculture.
