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Please, please tell me you're joking about 4chan having been valued at $1.2 billion dollars by anyone.

• aaronem 13y ago
  This itched me -- I've never gotten the impression that Christopher Poole was particularly stupid, and I couldn't imagine him reacting to a genuine offer of $1.2 billion for 4chan in any other fashion than by demanding cash on the nail and then taking it -- so I scratched it. The only thing I could find was a year-old thread from 4chan itself [1], in which the supposed VC never identifies himself, and in which (someone who is probably) Poole had the following to say: >>this thread >>my sides >>the stratosphere > >If this is actually your profession, you should probably find a new job. The advice never to believe everything you read is good advice in general; with regard to anything you read on, from, or about 4chan, it's indispensable. [1] http://4chandata.org/q/VC-estimates-4chan-worth-1-2-billion-a367656 http://4chandata.org/q/VC-estimates-4chan-worth-1-2-billion-...