Tag Archives: 4chan
4chan founder: Facebook and Google do identity wrong
Christopher Poole at Web 2.0 Summit 2011 4chan founder Christopher Poole (also known by his online pseudonym, “moot”) gave an interesting speech at the Web 2.0 Summit today, all about the tension that lies between identity and anonymity on the … Continue reading
4chan founder: Zuckerberg ‘totally wrong’ about anonymity
During a keynote speech today at SXSW, 4chan founder Chris Poole (or “moot” as he’s known online) addressed two things: for one, he spoke about his currently upcoming new venture, Canvas; and secondly, he called out Mark Zuckerberg, founder and … Continue reading
4chan founder introduces Canvas
Christopher Poole, founder of the popular imageboard 4chan, has unveiled his latest project for the first time. Canvas, an image sharing website, is currently in a limited beta for now, and invites are slowly being released to those who signed … Continue reading
Tumblr and 4chan war results in both going offline
Today was the date 4chan had set to take down popular blogging website Tumblr, although earlier today 4chan itself went down as reported by Techcrunch. For days now, the tension has been rising and today 4chan were set on launching … Continue reading
4chan Decides to Do Something Nice For a Change
The anarchic online community known as 4chan isn’t known for doing things that are cute and heart-warming. In fact, the site is mostly known for posting sophomoric humor and graphic sexual imagery, and when the members of its most popular … Continue reading