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There's a lot of glorification of startups and being a founder. People brush the failures under the rug, but that's the worst thing you can do. You kind of have to face it head on.

~Christopher Poole

Topics: Being Brush Face Failures Founder Head Kind Lot People Rug Startups Thing Worst Worst Thing You

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I don't hate anyone. Sometimes I wish I could interact with the community in a more normal way, though.

~Christopher Poole

Topics: Anyone Community Could Hate Interact More Normal Sometimes Though Way Wish I Wish

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As kids, we say stupid things, and because there's not a record of it, nobody is going to give you a hard time at 30 years old about something you said or did when you were 8 years old. Online, you have all these social networks that are moving to a state of persistent identity, and in turn, we're sacrificing the ability to be youthful.

~Christopher Poole

Topics: Ability About Because Did Give Going Hard Hard Time Identity Kids Moving Networks Nobody Old Online Persistent Record Sacrificing Said Say Social Social Networks Something State Stupid Things Time Turn Were Years You Youthful

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As a teenager, I used to use the nickname 'Moo' as a moniker online, and then I turned into 'Moot' for fun, which I didn't even realize was a real word at the time, and it just stuck with me.

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4chan is a framework of pictures and text. I've always been extremely hands-off with dictating what gets posted, past general categories and rules. I support providing a place to discuss anything, although I don't agree with everything that's posted.

~Christopher Poole

Topics: Agree Although Always Anything Been Categories Discuss Everything Extremely Framework General Gets Past Pictures Place Posted Providing Rules Support Text

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A journalist asked this to my father. He spent a day with me and interviewing my friends/colleagues and didn't understand how I could be the one that created 4chan and, as he put it, 'couldn't understand how to fit the square peg into a round hole.' The best way I have of describing it is, 'I didn't define it, and it doesn't define me.'

~Christopher Poole

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I didn't want my parents to know about 4chan at first because of the adult content. By the time I was 18 and could talk about it, the site had become notorious for its exploits and the adult content on there.

~Christopher Poole

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I get a lot of e-mail messages from people who say thanks for giving them a place to vent, an outlet to say what they can't say in real life with friends and work colleagues - things that they know are wrong, but they still want to say. Is it right? No, of course not. People say some disgusting, vile things.

~Christopher Poole

Topics: Colleagues Course Disgusting Friends Get Giving Know Life Lot Messages Outlet People People Say Place Real Real Life Right Say Some Still Thanks Them Things Vent Vile Want Who Work Wrong E-Mail

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The world is changing so quickly, it's hard to get anything right for long.

~Christopher Poole

Topics: Anything Changing Get Hard Long Quickly Right World

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I think 4chan is going to stay the same.

~Christopher Poole

Topics: Going Same Stay Think I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

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