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4chan was profitable? I find that very surprising.
by eli 11y ago
4chan 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.