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Interesting to see the creator of 4chan working on a more conventional forum platform...

by Irregardless 14y ago

courtneycouch0 14y ago
Mr. Poole has no relation to this.
- jlgreco 14y ago
  And has in fact, according to wikipedia anyway, sent them a C&D.
  - DanBC 14y ago
    A /b/ C&D wouldn't be my favourite way to spend a week. :-o
    - kmfrk 14y ago
      Probably only a matter of time.
- Irregardless 14y ago
  Then that makes your choice of name very interesting, because the conventional meaning of 'moot' is 'irrelevant' (unless you're British). Something seems fishy here.
  - kmfrk 14y ago
    Irregardless. :P (Not that I don't agree with you.)
- kmfrk 14y ago
  That's absurd. Why the name, then? Just as I got my hopes up.
zacharyz 14y ago
I thought he was involved as well (considering the name) which made the manifesto claim about reducing "memes, funny pictures, viral videos" funny considering that moot builds products that are just the opposite of that.
DanBC 14y ago
I don't think this has anything to do with moot (also an HN user). He has some data from his websites (4chan, Canvas) and he has links to other people involved in web forum technology, so a discussion forum from him could involve some interesting ideas. It's interesting just how differently anonymity works on sites like 4chan (many people have said that anonymity + Internet = assholes) compared to the original Japanese version of 2chan, where the founder has said (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2channel#Anonymous_posting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2channel#Anonymous_posting) > [...] delivering news without taking any risk is very important to us. There is a lot of information disclosure or secret news gathered on Channel 2. Few people would post that kind of information by taking a risk. Moreover, people can only truly discuss something when they don't know each other. > If there is a user ID attached to a user, a discussion tends to become a criticizing game. On the other hand, under the anonymous system, even though your opinion/information is criticized, you don't know with whom to be upset. Also with a user ID, those who participate in the site for a long time tend to have authority, and it becomes difficult for a user to disagree with them. Under a perfectly anonymous system, you can say, "it's boring," if it is actually boring. All information is treated equally; only an accurate argument will work.
tipiirai 14y ago
We're friends with Poole already: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20408037 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20408037
- bentlegen 14y ago
  > Any further letters from Mr Poole and his legal team would be met with a lawsuit for malicious prosecution, they warned in comments given to Betabeat. That's a funny way to treat friends.
glomph 14y ago
I think it is an absurd choice of name, given this strong association in a very related area.

Interesting to see the creator of 4chan working on a more conventional forum platform...

courtneycouch0 14y ago

Mr. Poole has no relation to this.

jlgreco 14y ago
And has in fact, according to wikipedia anyway, sent them a C&D.
- DanBC 14y ago
  A /b/ C&D wouldn't be my favourite way to spend a week. :-o
  - kmfrk 14y ago
    Probably only a matter of time.
Irregardless 14y ago
Then that makes your choice of name very interesting, because the conventional meaning of 'moot' is 'irrelevant' (unless you're British). Something seems fishy here.
- kmfrk 14y ago
  Irregardless. :P (Not that I don't agree with you.)
kmfrk 14y ago
That's absurd. Why the name, then? Just as I got my hopes up.

zacharyz 14y ago

I thought he was involved as well (considering the name) which made the manifesto claim about reducing "memes, funny pictures, viral videos" funny considering that moot builds products that are just the opposite of that.

DanBC 14y ago

I don't think this has anything to do with moot (also an HN user). He has some data from his websites (4chan, Canvas) and he has links to other people involved in web forum technology, so a discussion forum from him could involve some interesting ideas. It's interesting just how differently anonymity works on sites like 4chan (many people have said that anonymity + Internet = assholes) compared to the original Japanese version of 2chan, where the founder has said (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2channel#Anonymous_posting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2channel#Anonymous_posting) > [...] delivering news without taking any risk is very important to us. There is a lot of information disclosure or secret news gathered on Channel 2. Few people would post that kind of information by taking a risk. Moreover, people can only truly discuss something when they don't know each other. > If there is a user ID attached to a user, a discussion tends to become a criticizing game. On the other hand, under the anonymous system, even though your opinion/information is criticized, you don't know with whom to be upset. Also with a user ID, those who participate in the site for a long time tend to have authority, and it becomes difficult for a user to disagree with them. Under a perfectly anonymous system, you can say, "it's boring," if it is actually boring. All information is treated equally; only an accurate argument will work.

tipiirai 14y ago

We're friends with Poole already: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20408037 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20408037

bentlegen 14y ago
> Any further letters from Mr Poole and his legal team would be met with a lawsuit for malicious prosecution, they warned in comments given to Betabeat. That's a funny way to treat friends.

glomph 14y ago

I think it is an absurd choice of name, given this strong association in a very related area.