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With 4chan, the cost of hosting it added up very quickly and at that time when I was 18, I didn't have the income of my own so it was a challenge to make money and break even on it.

~Christopher Poole

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When we think of memetic culture, it is the 'sausage factory' of the old days.

~Christopher Poole

Topics: Culture Days Factory Old Old Days Sausage Think

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For the longest time, the way that I had understood 4chan was this idea that the lack of an archive made the content really ephemeral, and it took me a while, but I finally realized that that's just totally wrong.

~Christopher Poole

Topics: Content Ephemeral Finally Had Idea Just Lack Longest Longest Time Made Me Realized Really Time Took Totally Understood Way While Wrong

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For a lot of people, 4chan is their tree house - they go there to hang out. You can actually see the culture shift with time zone. Seeing how threads unwind and unravel is just a thrill, and you can't really share that magic.

~Christopher Poole

Topics: Actually Culture Go Hang House How Just Lot Magic Out People Really See Seeing Share Shift Threads Thrill Time Tree Unravel Unwind You Zone

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There aren't many sites like 4chan where you can pop in every hour and see all new stuff.

~Christopher Poole

Topics: Every Hour Like Many New New Stuff Pop See Sites Stuff Where You

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Because there's no structural barrier to joining 4chan, the community is really dynamic; for every five people that leave, five new people join, bringing their perspective and culture. A lot of other communities get set in their ways.

~Christopher Poole

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4chan's culture is unique and spreads and draws people in like no other. It's also important to realize that 4chan wasn't some overnight success, and there was never 'hockey stick' - like growth.

~Christopher Poole

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4chan gets almost one million posts per day, hundreds of thousands of which are images.

~Christopher Poole

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Anyone who posts illegal content on 4chan is an idiot.

~Christopher Poole

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When people meet me, and I'm generally pretty sociable, and I meet some definition of normal, they're almost surprised. And simultaneously disappointed.

~Christopher Poole

Topics: Almost Definition Disappointed Generally Me Meet Normal People Pretty Simultaneously Sociable Some Surprised

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

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