4chan was based off Futaba Channel (2chan.net), which was in turn a based off 2channel (2ch.net). So it's not like there wasn't a precedent. If you check the

4chan was based off Futaba Channel (2chan.net), which was in turn a based off 2channel (2ch.net). So it's not like there wasn't a precedent. If you check the footer on 4chan, you'll see it links back to Futaba Channel. I seem to remember Futaba linking back to 2channel as well at some point, but it doesn't look like it does now.