Hackers leaked nude photos of dozens of celebrities, including Kate Upton and Jennifer Lawrence. One of the main hubs for the pictures was 4chan. Poole complied with takedown notices from Hollywood lawyers, which 4channers expected.
But then he went further. Some 4channers cried sellout. The same week news of the Fappening broke, so did Gamergate.
It started after the ex-boyfriend of indie game developer Zoe Quinn wrote a blog post accusing her of sleeping with a game journalist. A small mob on 4chan attributed positive reviews of her most recent game, Depression Quest, to this fact. They also targeted women who came to her defense, including feminist blogger Anita Sarkeesian and game developer Brianna Wu. But now, he wanted to appoint a successor so that the fate of 4chan was no longer solely in his hands.
Poole is in the process of turning over control of 4chan to three moderators who, unlike him, will remain anonymous. He hopes to find a buyer for the site, a prospect that leaves one of the moderators anxious that the wrong overlord might step in. I like hiking. Sean McCabe. Newswire Powered by. Close the menu. Rolling Stone. Log In. To help keep your account secure, please log-in again.
You are no longer onsite at your organization. Some employees and industry workers criticized the hire, since Google had just made public commitments to diversity, and viewed executives' enthusiasm of Poole's hiring as tone deaf. The company eventually shuttered the social network in after it gained little traction against Facebook and other social media sites.
Watch: Google hires 4chan founder to vamp up social media. Skip Navigation. Key Points. Chris "Moot" Poole has left Google five years after his hiring made waves. Poole is best known as the "boy-genius" who created one of the internet's earliest and most infamous messaging boards, 4chan.
Poole held several different roles within the company during his five years, starting at its social media arm and eventually taking a role in Google Maps. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. But I failed," Nisimura writes. There are three options for 4chan to survive going forward, as far as Nisimura sees it: sell more subscriptions, include "much more" — and potentially even malicious — ads, or cut traffic to the site in half.
That might be done by closing message boards, slowing down the site, or reducing the size of images that can be posted. The changes could have a real impact on the culture of the site, which has long been almost entirely unregulated — for better or, often, worse.
Needless to say, the disappearance of 4chan could have a big impact on internet culture and many would not be sad to see it go. Nisimura makes it sound bad his post is titled "Winter is coming" , but he also proposes changes to save the site. I'm open to joining the Board of Directors of 4Chan. I have replied your DM.
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