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I read a similar article (i suppose it cited this wired article) on Ars Technica this morning. Although it tries to frame the site as some sort of right-wing te

I read a similar article (i suppose it cited this wired article) on Ars Technica this morning. Although it tries to frame the site as some sort of right-wing terrorist incubator, I still found it interesting that the imageboard is owned by a toy company. I don't think these imageboards are or will ever be profitable to operate. If I had to guess, they're funded out of pocket by the likes of "hiromoot" or the owner of this toy company. I really doubt that this japanese toy company is the one pulling the strings behind these terrorist attacks.

geriatric-janny 4y ago
Journalists do this all the time now. They coordinate reporting to manufacture controversy that will hopefully shame advertisers into censoring opinions they find disagreeable. Most of the time it's a massive cope pulled out of their asses in lieu of any real solution to a societal problem. They've accepted the fact that Americans will not stop mowing each other down with military grade weaponry and have redirected their impotent rage towards cheeky memes instead. I'm sure some French motherfucker has written reams on this sort of phenomenon. I dunno if it will work on 4chan though. It has always run on an absolute shoestring budget and is not beholden to any demands to grow.
compsciphd 4y ago
ars technica is (has been for a while) owned by conde nast which owns wired. ars reposts wired articles from time to time.