4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google • Hacker News Board

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

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Post by russdpale » Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 8:20 PM UTC

chad_strategic wrote: post #62

chad_strategic wrote: post #25

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> At google, he took a job from someone who was almost certainly way more qualified, both technically and morally. Get the impression you work at google?

I'm always perplexed that I get down-voted. Seems like a reasonable question. The reason I asked the question, well because I was curious to see if the commentator had more in depth insight into the google / Moot issue. Google seems to make a ton of money in advertising, etc. But it can’t seem to create a social media network that anybody want to use. I'm not exactly sure that a commenter has the ability to judge som…

"I don't know Chris Moot and know a little bit about 4chan."

Ok well you should probably just sit out the conversation then if you are so ignorant of the situation.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

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Post by russdpale » Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 8:24 PM UTC

AllegedAlec wrote: post #70

russdpale wrote: post #17

Literal definition of failing upwards. He isn't a boy genuis, he copied code from japanese websites and then fostered one of the most toxic communities in human history. At google, he took a job from someone who was almost certainly way more qualified, both technically and morally.

Holy shit imagine this salty about a guy who admined a Czechoslovakian turnip farming forum.

Well there is actually competent people out there who would like a job.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

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Post by russdpale » Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 8:32 PM UTC

selimthegrim wrote: post #117

moate wrote: post #75

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I think this is a real Columbus Egg situation. There was no Reddit when 4chan popped up. It was 2003. As much as /b/ was an ocean of piss, so much of what we now consider "internet culture" consolidated or spawned there. Of course parts of it were absolutely terrible then, but to distill it down solely to OP's post is a lot of selective editing.

Let's not let Lowtax off scot-free here, even if he is a documented horrible human being SA deserves some share of the credit.

Of course. The mods did try and fight the surge of idiots, but in my opinion there was just no stopping it. SA was too toxic with its history of "free speech", and the FYAD sub leaked over into other forums and the mods just coulnd't keep up. That toally toxic mindset just set en masse from what I remember. Even after the outflow to 4chan in 2003-2004, SA was never the same (and never has been). Eventually, when Digg and reddit came around they were better alternatives and I basically left SA at that time and it seems a ton of people did as well. SA never got as bad as 4Chan, but it had pockets that were almost as bad (such as the goon squad). From 2004-2007 I didn't really post on the internet at all.

Ill check on it a few times a year, and I keep up with some friends I made there, but now its just a shell of what it used to be with an old outdated interface.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

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Post by godelski » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 10:00 PM UTC

causality0 wrote: post #167

zumu wrote: post #158

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> 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.

Mean or median? Those are two very different things and I suspect you mean mean.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

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Post by godelski » Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 10:01 PM UTC

matheusmoreira wrote: post #330

causality0 wrote: post #167

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The median tenure of a Google employee is 1.1 years.

Standard deviation?

They said the median, which is the middle number. But I suspect they meant mean.

Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google

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Post by matchbok » Tue, May 04, 2021, 3:48 AM UTC

andyxor wrote: post #328

ineedasername wrote: post #301

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Vitriolic hate speech seems to be allowed just about everywhere. Browsing through the first three items in Technology /g/ showed me 2 instances of homophobic and 2 instances of racism. One of them hit both at the same time with " faggot [n-word] ". In general I have much less of a problem with porn or gore than I do with raging hatred.

raging hatred is all over the news though, and pretty much gone mainstream. have you heard of BLM, it is probably the most racist vile hate movement since the KKK and it's so in vogue right now.

KKK: Murdered hundreds of people. BLM: "Please stop killing black people"

Yup, totally the same. You're insane. Get off 4chan, champ.