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You've got to give Christopher Poole credit, he was never dumb enough to try to police 4chan. This is as laughable as trying to get rid of trolling on IRC.
by fleitz 11y ago
You've got to give Christopher Poole credit, he was never dumb enough to try to police 4chan. This is as laughable as trying to get rid of trolling on IRC.
- gkoberger 11y agoReddit is a venture-funded company with a large staff that needs to monetize. Nobody wants their ad next to a post fat-shaming someone. I don't agree with censorship, however the two sites aren't comparable.
- fleitz 11y agoThe sites are very comparable, which is why everyone is comparing them. 4chan being profitable, and reddit not being profitable don't make them not comparable. Lots of ads have fat shaming in them, so I'm not sure why you wouldn't want diet pill ads next to fat shaming posts. Have you read any fitness articles recently? It's pretty much fat shaming content, next to ads for things that might make you less fat.
- eli 11y ago4chan was profitable? I find that very surprising.
- fleitz 11y agoI know me too, Poole described it as 'technically profitable' not sure if that is ramen profitable, etc.
- jaggederest 11y agoHe said in an interview that it was technically profitable, but that nobody was taking a paycheck. That was in 2010. It's been supposed that the 'passes' system in 2012 made the site actually-profitable, but I haven't seen any statement to that effect. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/one-on-one-christopher-poole-founder-of-4chan/?_r=0 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/one-on-one-christop...
- brobinson 11y agoHe also offered refunds for the passes last year because Google's new Recaptcha system meant that a lot of users were no longer seeing captchas at all.
- rtpg 11y agoAlternatively, Reddit is trying to build a community around a bit more positivity, and has no obligation to continue dealing with bullies and fascists. People can express their freedom of speech elsewhere, I am extremely pleased with reddit getting rid of the most egregious subreddits
- my-bullshit-job 11y agoLuckily you can choose what subreddits your ads appear in then....
- PopeOfNope 11y agoYes, he was. When GamerGate happened, that's exactly what he attempted to do. He replaced most of the mods on the site within a very short amount of time and the heavy handed policing started. Most of 4chan left in response. Many alternative chan sites were started, including 8ch.net.
- fleitz 11y agoTouche, I stand corrected.
- astrange 11y agoI recommend you stand un-corrected.
- nemo1618 11y agoYou're stating that like it's a fact. I don't think there's any credible evidence of the 4chan staff makeup changing significantly during GamerGate, other than a "leaked" IRC chatlog which essentially portrayed moot & mods cackling gleefully while rubbing their hands together like James Bond villains.
- bsder 11y ago> IRC chatlog which essentially portrayed moot & mods cackling gleefully while rubbing their hands together like James Bond villains. To be fair, I kind of always assumed that moot and mods did what they did solely for the shits and giggles they themselves got out of it. It's not like they were running a distinguished web portal that would bring them fame, riches, and glory; they run the sewage pit of the Internet.
- bramgg 11y ago> Most of 4chan left in response. Many alternative chan sites were started, including 8ch.net. A very small fraction of the worst bored on a bad website left to join an even worse website. Don't kid yourself.
- pendo324 11y agoI feel offended by your recent action(s). Please read http://stop-irc-bullying.eu/stop http://stop-irc-bullying.eu/stop
- jewbacca 11y ago> he was never dumb enough to try to police 4chan This is not true, there was a massive controversy and subsequent schism less than a year ago. A "folk history" (if you're feeling generous enough to call it that) of the episode here: https://encyclopediadramatica.se/M00t%27s_GamerGate_Sellout https://encyclopediadramatica.se/M00t%27s_GamerGate_Sellout