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Hiroyuki Nishimura the previous administrator of 2ch.net sold the user data of 2channel users and he was fired by Jim, who happens to be the host of 8ch.net. S
by arpstick 11y ago
Hiroyuki Nishimura the previous administrator of 2ch.net sold the user data of 2channel users and he was fired by Jim, who happens to be the host of 8ch.net.
Sweet sweet irony.
- ijktdot 11y ago2ch also offered a paid post deletion service used by political parties when Nishimura was running it, after the 2ch coup he scraped the site and started 2ch.sc This is the guy who runs 2ch/8ch https://twitter.com/xerxeswatkins https://twitter.com/xerxeswatkins
- pervycreeper 11y agoPuts this quote in a new light: >He is one of few individuals with a deep understanding of what it means to provide a digital home for tens of millions of people for more than a decade. There is nobody more qualified than Hiroyuki to lead 4chan, and I can't think of a person better suited for the task.
- arpstick 11y agoThe Japanese government payed him to take down politically sensitive posts on 2channel[1]. He's probably the worst person to put in charge of a community according those who were subjected to him in the past. [1] http://www.anonymous-japan.org/fake2ch/ http://www.anonymous-japan.org/fake2ch/
- rrego 11y agoIs there any source on this?
- anonamon 11y agohttp://www.anonymous-japan.org/fake2ch/ http://www.anonymous-japan.org/fake2ch/
- mcantelon 11y agomoot making sure his users are looked after. Nice.