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Other => Found it on the Webs => : proxx September 23, 2015, 01:55:57 PM

: 4chan sold
: proxx September 23, 2015, 01:55:57 PM

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/09/22/4chan-sold-to-the-man-who-inspired-it/

4chan has been sold to the man who inspired its creation.

The anonymous message board was founded by Christopher Poole 12 years ago, in 2003.

In a brief post on 4chan, Poole on Monday announced that the buyer is Hiroyuki Nishimura, a pioneer of Japanese web culture and founder of 2Channel - an early anonymous online message board devoted to anime and Japanese culture that inspired Poole to create 4chan.

From his post:

    Hiroyuki is a pioneer in the world of anonymous communities, and can be thought of as the great-grandfather of 4chan. His creation of 2channel in 1999 sparked an era of anonymous-centric web culture in Japan that led to the creation of Futaba Channel, the site that inspired 4chan. None of us would be using 4chan today - or potentially any anonymous image board - if it weren't for him.
: Re: 4chan sold
: Kulverstukas September 23, 2015, 02:07:00 PM
Well dang, 4chan will be even more fucked now :D japanese culture...
: Re: 4chan sold
: puddi September 23, 2015, 03:19:21 PM
great. i hope all those goddamn SJW mods will get the fudge out now.
: Re: 4chan sold
: Money September 27, 2015, 07:38:58 PM
Well, hopefully it moves on...and in all turns better.
Hardly go on 4chan though.