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Re: Chris Poole

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Post by monaway »

Tehnix wrote: post #127
pervycreeper wrote: post #69

>And he’s come out the other side with his soul and his spirit intact. I have trouble believing this one. Poole has stated that the controversies 4chan was involved in in September had a big negative personal impact, principally dealing with legal threats from celebrities who had their photos leaked on the site. Two other events, which he conspicuously hasn't commented on would have unquestionably left scars on his e…

I think you give way too much credit to the severity of the 8ch migration. It was not felt at all on many boards that I frequent. As another poster mentioned in the comments, it seems more as a small very vocal group that moved, and the traffic stats seem to agree. The comparison was given that one hour on /vg/ was more than the traffic on the whole of 8ch.

Oops, I forgot that c i r c l e j y r k trips an HN filter.

I only post on throwaways these days because these moderation practices remind me a little too much of 4chan.

No, seriously, you are more likely to be banned from 4chan these days than from HN. Let that sink in.

Re: Chris Poole

#132

Post by provemewrong »

janny_throwaway wrote: post #46
irl_zebra wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"not just spam, but gore, cp, raids, etc." (I'm assuming cp means children) "The good news is that I've recently returned to 4chan as a regular, anonymous user, and I'm really enjoying it." I've never visited the site, and really don't want to. So maybe I'm missing something, but why would you want to associate yourself with a place like that? It seems like even spending time there as an anonymous user would change y…

Unlike reddit, 4chan is not a popularity contest. There are no likes or upvotes that dictate what you see; everyone in a thread sees the same content. Furthermore, there are no persistent identities, so you have no way of gauging the value of someone's post other than by examining its content. I think this dynamic is what made 4chan such a creative force: the only way for a post to "live" longer than one thread was t…

>there are no persistent identities

Oh, if only!

Re: Chris Poole

#135

Post by huskyr »

> There aren’t many who understand the Internet like Chris.

> (...) I am talking about the social architecture of

> the Internet.

I think i'm not the only one interested in how Chris understands the internet. Maybe he should write a book.

Re: Chris Poole

#136

Post by donkeyd »

huskyr wrote: post #135

> There aren’t many who understand the Internet like Chris. > (...) I am talking about the social architecture of > the Internet. I think i'm not the only one interested in how Chris understands the internet. Maybe he should write a book.

It would probably be the only book in existence to correctly explain what 'Anonymous' is. I'd read it.

Re: Chris Poole

#137

Post by okasaki »

Crito wrote: post #106
dmerrick wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reddit actually does have a number of these. I'm not sure I want to link any, though.

Reddit has subreddits dedicated to the foulest stuff that you'll ever occasionally see on 4chan. That has historically included borderline illegal content, with literally illegal content mixed in. Reddit's reputation of being better than 4chan is entirely undeserved.

>Reddit's reputation of being better than 4chan is entirely undeserved.

As someone with extensive experience with both... it is entirely deserved.

Re: Chris Poole

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Post by emptyfile »

pervycreeper wrote: post #69

>And he’s come out the other side with his soul and his spirit intact. I have trouble believing this one. Poole has stated that the controversies 4chan was involved in in September had a big negative personal impact, principally dealing with legal threats from celebrities who had their photos leaked on the site. Two other events, which he conspicuously hasn't commented on would have unquestionably left scars on his e…

>Some of the best original content creators and experienced posters migrated to 8ch, taking the mantle from 4chan as the authentic core of internet culture

I'm guessing you're one of those, honestly people from other boards outside /v/ don't even know what 8ch is supposed to be and what the scandal is.

Re: Chris Poole

#139

Post by iopq »

chris_wot wrote: post #124
janny_throwaway wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>primarily due to seeing the kind of place you get when the barrier for entry is non existent. you think reddit's bad, try 4chan! I was 4chan "janitor" (lesser-mod) for 18 months or so and I agree, these sorts of positions really twist your perception of the community you're moderating. When you're buried in reports -- and these are 4chan reports, which means not just spam, but gore, cp, raids, etc. -- it becomes all…

I was a Wikipedia admin, three times. If you have a tendency towards depression, steer clear of that site. It matters not a jot what you actually do there, you will eventually be burned. (In case you are wondering what I did for Wikipedia, I rewrote most of their USA PATRIOT Act article over a two year period, established the Wikipedia Admin Noticeboard, created the [cutation needed] tag, in the early days kept their…

Oh my god, [citation needed] was so sorely needed in the early days. I believe there was something similar like [weasel words] but it didn't fit the bill most of the time, because it only applied to "some people say X" instead of the article just stating "X is a fact"

Re: Chris Poole

#140

Post by ryan-allen »

I absolutely adored the Canvas app that he made. I don't know why it went under, but I found it much more approachable than Reddit, as you could modify people's creations along with making your own.

I had to block it for myself at work because I couldn't stop using it.

Ah, the stickers! I miss it!

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