Live data from Hacker News

4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

cnbc.com

191–200 of 416 posts

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

#191

It's hilarious after all these years shitty journalists still believe Anonymous is a hacker group rather than just some kids trolling. I mean imagine if Facebook had the option to be anonymous somehow on their platform and called everyone Unnamed who hadn't finished their registration or didn't want to. You'd see Unnamed responsible for nation-state sponsored terrorism and manipulating the votes of other countries. W…

"the hacker known as 4chan"

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

#192
post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Not surprised he lasted so long at Google. Is it hard to 'last' at google? I have never gotten that impression.

The median tenure of a Google employee is 1.1 years.

Does that include contractors It's generally expected you spend six months just ramping up, so this number is really skeptical for me.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

#193

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…

There's plenty of other boards on 4chan where you can find people from all viewpoints posting. /cgl/ is well known to be majority female, and posters on /lit/ usually express center or left viewpoints. Even on /pol/, within a thread there will often be dissenters from the normal far-right average poster. Compared to other sites like Reddit where communities and posters with certain viewpoints are straight up banned, it's a breath of fresh air.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

#194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Maybe it's not diverse because people like you who hold opposing viewpoints are not interested in changing their opinion despite the fact that you can post just as much as they can without being judged for who you are. Is this something you have considered?

I have never considered justifying the killing of all non-Whites, oppression of homosexuals and women, no. And I never will entertain any 'opinion' or argument in favor of such heinous crimes against humanity.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

#195

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Maybe it's not diverse because people like you who hold opposing viewpoints are not interested in changing their opinion despite the fact that you can post just as much as they can without being judged for who you are. Is this something you have considered?

Account is 12 minutes old.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

#196
post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Not surprised he lasted so long at Google. Is it hard to 'last' at google? I have never gotten that impression.

HBO's Silicon Valley even lampooned how easy it is to stick around, with "Big Head" and others hanging out on the roof all day. "Rest and Vest" is a thing.

I spent four months at Google collecting double pay and stocks and had no responsibilities. They literally paid me to vacation (e.g. I went to visit Google Japan while chilling), rest and to enjoy life without work. I didn't like any of the other teams at Google which I was eligible for so I left for Apple.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

#197
post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Not surprised he lasted so long at Google. Is it hard to 'last' at google? I have never gotten that impression.

The median tenure of a Google employee is 1.1 years.

I'm fairly sure that these very low numbers for median tenure (not just for Google but the other tech companies as well) are a result of the huge percentage of new hires. That number does not mean that the average Google employee will only be at the company for 1.1 years.

e.g. if nobody ever leaves the company, but you always double the number of employees every year by very aggressive hiring, the average tenure according to that metric is 1 year.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

#199
post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Without censorship... so you want a place with nazis? 'cause that's what happens.

This If people's opinions arent watched, selected and filtered, we might get another third reich soon.

Yeah... you just have to make sure the solution isn't worse than the problem. This works okay for a forum or a private club. Not so much the world at large.

Because it never stops at just filtering out the Nazis.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

#200

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The median tenure of a Google employee is 1.1 years.

Does that include contractors It's generally expected you spend six months just ramping up, so this number is really skeptical for me.

I heard that contractors last, on average, a few months longer than employees.
Post reply on HN