Chris ‘moot’ Poole on 4Chan surviving without him

In the last dozen years, there’s never been a website quite like anonymous, ephemeral community 4Chan. But perhaps no one would have bet 4Chan could survive a dozen years in the first place, generating practically half of the Internet’s memes in the process. Despite it remaining one of the last vestiges of Internet 1.0, 4Chan has continued to grow and sustain itself year after year. It’s remained one of the archetypes for anonymous online network communities, and continues to be involved in the churn of Internet culture. 4Chan’s lasting legacy exists almost entirely on the shoulders of its creator, Christopher ‘moot’ Poole.…

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