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Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

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pcbro141 wrote: post #136
okareaman wrote: post #77

I've spent a fair amount of time on 4chan/pol/ for over a decade and my opinion is moot is a decent guy who sold it after he tried to reign in GamerGate and was loudly criticized on the site for it. I don't think Google would have hired him if it weren't for that redeeming quality. I'm fascinated by 4chan because it is a kind of underground United Nations. It's anonymous so people around the world can express themsel…

We're talking about this site? (NSFW): https://boards.4chan.org/pol Looks more like an international white supremacist convention than United Nations to me. And I'm not saying that just because they love using the n-word so much, but that is one of the reasons. Most posts on there don't seem to be from a diverse audience. They mostly seem to be from the perspective of a young racist white male audience, which is a ve…

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Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

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Post by pcbro141 »

urthebiased1 wrote: post #145
pcbro141 wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're talking about this site? (NSFW): https://boards.4chan.org/pol Looks more like an international white supremacist convention than United Nations to me. And I'm not saying that just because they love using the n-word so much, but that is one of the reasons. Most posts on there don't seem to be from a diverse audience. They mostly seem to be from the perspective of a young racist white male audience, which is a ve…

You know there's plenty of antisemitism around the world, especially in places like Iran, which officially denies the Holocaust, that isn't coming from a "white supremacist" place, especially not in the context of American white supremacy. Considering that we know for a fact that you don't know the ages, genders, nationality, or races of the people with these beliefs, and can only see their beliefs posted anonymously…

White males make up a disproportionate amount of white nationalists compared to the total population (obviously...?), and white nationalism is disproportionately represented on that board. Thus I suspect that white males make up a disproportionate amount of posters on /pol/.

I'm sure there are other races posting racist things there as well, but I said disproportionately young white males tend to post white nationalist talking points, which I stand by and this shouldn't offend anyone.

I am in no way implying most white males are white supremacists. I'm saying most white supremacists are white males which is an uncontroversial obvious statement that I stand by.

You cannot convince me that most white nationalists are non-white, that's a silly deflection.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

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Post by okareaman »

pcbro141 wrote: post #136
okareaman wrote: post #77

I've spent a fair amount of time on 4chan/pol/ for over a decade and my opinion is moot is a decent guy who sold it after he tried to reign in GamerGate and was loudly criticized on the site for it. I don't think Google would have hired him if it weren't for that redeeming quality. I'm fascinated by 4chan because it is a kind of underground United Nations. It's anonymous so people around the world can express themsel…

We're talking about this site? (NSFW): https://boards.4chan.org/pol Looks more like an international white supremacist convention than United Nations to me. And I'm not saying that just because they love using the n-word so much, but that is one of the reasons. Most posts on there don't seem to be from a diverse audience. They mostly seem to be from the perspective of a young racist white male audience, which is a ve…

That's partly true but I like to know what that group is thinking. As bad as it is, I don't detect any energy towards violent overthrow of the US Govt as was expressed by Timothy McVeigh in Oklahoma City. Maybe elsewhere, but not on 4chan/pol/

There are a lot of people on 4chan from non-European countries. I've seen vile anti-semitism expressed by someone with a Saudi flag. It's not uncommon.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

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Post by TigeriusKirk »

okareaman wrote: post #114
superflit wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Welcome to /pol/ you will never leave.

It's more interesting now for a couple of reasons. The board was raided by "social justice warriors" during GamerGate and many stayed to keep arguing. Another reason is 4chan/pol/ is tamer that it used to be. The worst kind of uninteresting stuff moved to 8chan after GamerGate.

I suspect some also go siphoned off when the larp that was Q migrated from 4chan to 8chan.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

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Post by artursapek »

okareaman wrote: post #132
pgt wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In a way, it's more equitable if everyone has a slur.

I asked an Australian once why everyone was a C word and he said it was easier than remembering names.

lmao love me some Aussie humor

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

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Post by WanderPanda »

johngehrig wrote: post #32

Long time HN lurker here -- I find the mention that he was a PM with Google Maps to be particularly interesting. In case it has gone unnoticed, "Google Maps" and Google's associated business product "Google My Business" appear to be silently being developed into Google's successor product for Google+. Google My Business now allows business owners to "post" updates to their Google Business listing which appear on Goog…

And there is also this thing (don't recall its name) where celebs can post short stories now, answering e.g. questions

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

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Post by pcbro141 »

okareaman wrote: post #77

I've spent a fair amount of time on 4chan/pol/ for over a decade and my opinion is moot is a decent guy who sold it after he tried to reign in GamerGate and was loudly criticized on the site for it. I don't think Google would have hired him if it weren't for that redeeming quality. I'm fascinated by 4chan because it is a kind of underground United Nations. It's anonymous so people around the world can express themsel…

In order list of threads from browsing /pol/ for people who want to know how 'diverse' it is without visiting:

- Anti-vax

- Anti-gay parents

- Goose

- Ben Shapiro praise thread with a dash of anti-semitism and a whole lot of "i hope all ni**rs die"

- Praising George Floyd mural vandalism

- Anti-transgender

- Praising white nationalism/white ethnostate

- Praising 'national rape day'

- Anti-Islam

- Anti-race mixing

- Illuminati

- Celebrating police shooting blacks

- British royals news

- Anti-mask, anti-Biden

- Silver

- Anti-liberal white women as betrayers of the white race

Keep in mind I just am reading the threads in order. This is not diverse at all. Maybe 'diverse' in the sense that these white supremacists are posting from across North America and Europe. This is almost all far right white supremacist and misogynist talking points (strong overlap between the 2), almost surely disproportionately posted by young white men.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

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Post by zumu »

ericbarrett wrote: post #21

Chris Poole visited the Facebook campus in 2011, while he was still running 4chan, for an hour-long talk and some questions. About thirty engineers attended. The Anonymous hacks had been all over the news for the last year or so, so a couple of jokers showed up in Guy Fawkes masks, and kept them on for the whole thing. During the Q&A, Poole answered a question from one of the masked employees. After his answer, he as…

> Not surprised he lasted so long at Google.

Is it hard to 'last' at google? I have never gotten that impression.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

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Post by andyxor »

pcbro141 wrote: post #157
okareaman wrote: post #77

I've spent a fair amount of time on 4chan/pol/ for over a decade and my opinion is moot is a decent guy who sold it after he tried to reign in GamerGate and was loudly criticized on the site for it. I don't think Google would have hired him if it weren't for that redeeming quality. I'm fascinated by 4chan because it is a kind of underground United Nations. It's anonymous so people around the world can express themsel…

In order list of threads from browsing /pol/ for people who want to know how 'diverse' it is without visiting: - Anti-vax - Anti-gay parents - Goose - Ben Shapiro praise thread with a dash of anti-semitism and a whole lot of "i hope all ni**rs die" - Praising George Floyd mural vandalism - Anti-transgender - Praising white nationalism/white ethnostate - Praising 'national rape day' - Anti-Islam - Anti-race mixing - I…

/pol is awesome what are you talking about

it has nothing to do with race, calling George Floyd an overdosed junkie is just stating the facts.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

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Post by occasionally4ch »

pcbro141 wrote: post #136
okareaman wrote: post #77

I've spent a fair amount of time on 4chan/pol/ for over a decade and my opinion is moot is a decent guy who sold it after he tried to reign in GamerGate and was loudly criticized on the site for it. I don't think Google would have hired him if it weren't for that redeeming quality. I'm fascinated by 4chan because it is a kind of underground United Nations. It's anonymous so people around the world can express themsel…

We're talking about this site? (NSFW): https://boards.4chan.org/pol Looks more like an international white supremacist convention than United Nations to me. And I'm not saying that just because they love using the n-word so much, but that is one of the reasons. Most posts on there don't seem to be from a diverse audience. They mostly seem to be from the perspective of a young racist white male audience, which is a ve…

We're talking about these white supremacists? Google image search "pol meetup"

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/001/975/547/c10...

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