Christopher Poole
Christopher Poole
Christopher Poole is an American entrepreneur. He is best known for founding two web sites, 4chan and Canvas. He started 4chan pseudonymously, under the screen name moot. In 2016 he began working for Google...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth22 December 1988
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
definition generally people
When people meet me, and I'm generally pretty sociable, and I meet some definition of normal, they're almost surprised. And simultaneously disappointed.
thinking culture sausage
When we think of memetic culture, it is the sausage factory of the old days.
people fans cards
The high five card will be an insignificant bonus to the incredible time I’ll have traveling the world and meeting new people, especially fans of Nando’s
horse car racing
A racing horse is not like a machine. It has to be tuned up like a racing car.
memories unique archives
What's unique about [4chan] is that it's anonymous, and it has no memory. There's no archive, there are no barriers, there's no registration. ... That's led to this discussion that's completely raw, completely unfiltered.
cost contributing
The cost of failure is really high when you’re contributing as yourself,
added break cost hosting income money quickly time
With 4chan, the cost of hosting it added up very quickly and at that time when I was 18, I didn't have the income of my own so it was a challenge to make money and break even on it.
interact normal
I don't hate anyone. Sometimes I wish I could interact with the community in a more normal way, though.
adult content exploits notorious parents site talk time
I didn't want my parents to know about 4chan at first because of the adult content. By the time I was 18 and could talk about it, the site had become notorious for its exploits and the adult content on there.
hour pop sites
There aren't many sites like 4chan where you can pop in every hour and see all new stuff.
barrier bringing five joining people perspective structural
Because there's no structural barrier to joining 4chan, the community is really dynamic; for every five people that leave, five new people join, bringing their perspective and culture. A lot of other communities get set in their ways.
colleagues course life messages outlet people thanks vile work
I get a lot of e-mail messages from people who say thanks for giving them a place to vent, an outlet to say what they can't say in real life with friends and work colleagues - things that they know are wrong, but they still want to say. Is it right? No, of course not. People say some disgusting, vile things.
I think 4chan is going to stay the same.
nickname stuck time turned word
As a teenager, I used to use the nickname 'Moo' as a moniker online, and then I turned into 'Moot' for fun, which I didn't even realize was a real word at the time, and it just stuck with me.