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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.
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 allows users...
4chan is an anonymous English-language imageboard website. Launched by Christopher "moot" Poole in October 2003, the site hosts boards dedicated to a wide variety of topics, from video games and television to literature, cooking, weapons, music, history, anime, fitness, politics, and sports, among others.
- English
- Christopher Poole
- October 1, 2003; 20 years ago
- Hiroyuki Nishimura
- Forget College, Start in High School
- Growing Up Online
- Not Just Bronies
- Protecting Our Online Anonymity
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...
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Mar 13, 2015 · A t 11 a.m. on January 21st, Christopher Poole posted a note online saying he was retiring as the administrator of 4chan, the notorious website he had founded as a high school student in...
Christopher Poole (born c. 1988), known online as moot, is an American Internet entrepreneur. He was born in New York City. He is best known for founding the anonymous English-language imageboard 4chan in October 2003. He served as the site's head administrator for more than 11 years before stepping down in January 2015.
Jan 21, 2015 · This morning Christopher Poole, better known to some as “ Moot ,” announced plans to step back from the site he created 11 years ago. That site is 4chan, a mega-popular message board known as...
