I miss canv.as
Same. Managed to capture the creative aspects of 4chan meme culture without the toxicity. I loved creating memes there. I had a little following too. Then it died and it all went up in smoke and there's nowhere else like it.
4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google
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Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google
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you'd think this would be common knowledge given 4chan is literally an open website, but I always hear these mythologised recountings of it like it's some kind of mysterious inaccessible cult. It's just reddit for people who hate reddit.
I wish there was a mainstream site which has 4chan anonymity and fast pace + reddit thread format. Both become hardly usable with either elitism, censorship and people who think upvotes matter or an absolute cancer to follow conversations in threads.
I built this [1] and took it down when I quickly realized I would not have the time or desire to devote to keeping it going.
Edit- it had live (think chat room) but threaded comments and was anonymous (temporary, randomized identites)
I haven't had the heart to completely decommission it yet so I've stood it back up so you can see what I am talking about .
Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google
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Depends on the company, I work in tech but for an old company, 5 years isn't very long and there isn't much room for any movement.
The fact that there's not room for movement is exactly why people leave companies, not a reason to stay.
On the other hand, that kind of job is stable, pays well enough, and doesn't demand much outside of 9-5. For people with families, that's a lot more appealing than you'd think.
Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google
#54Literal 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.
I imagine Moot wasn't hired for technical skill exactly, but for his years of experience trying to shape a difficult community. I'd be interested in a breakdown of how Moot "fostered" the toxic aspects of 4chan. One could say that any anonymous community will be toxic and harmful to the general world, but that feels like a conclusion that is drawn after watching 4chan metastasize.
Claiming 4chan is a uniform community is like saying Reddit users form a coherent community.
Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google
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The original CNBC article https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/22/4chan-founder-chris-poole-mo... lacks this editorial spin. Tech people hop around a lot, 5 years is a solid tenure.
Depends on the company, I work in tech but for an old company, 5 years isn't very long and there isn't much room for any movement.
For Google it definitely is. Most people jump at 4 year cliff, if they have the option
Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google
#56“ Poole lasted just five years at Google, which CNBC notes is usually just long enough for any employee's shares attached to hiring to vest. It sounds like Poole never found a solid landing spot at Google, as he had three different positions during his five years.”
Lol such a dishonest representation of FANG employment. Well above average (2 years) a year past the vesting cliff, and about average in terms of team switches
Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google
#57> Poole's 4chan is an anonymous, ephemeral imageboard that is often given the title "cesspool of the Internet." The site is broken up into boards of various topics, and some of the more lawless boards are home to all of the worst characters on the Internet, like school shooters, child pornographers, and racists. It's also the birthplace of a lot of Internet culture, like Rickrolling, lolcats, and, more recently, Pepe…
The only thing common about knowledge or sense is that most people don't have it
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Without censorship... so you want a place with nazis? 'cause that's what happens.
assuming this is in good faith, please take a look at this list of banned subreddits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversial_Reddit_communiti... though the world is probably better off without a lot of those, they are not all literal nazi subs.
GP is probably referring to Voat, which was a Reddit alternative with less censorship that went down the gutter within a year.
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I wish there was a mainstream site which has 4chan anonymity and fast pace + reddit thread format. Both become hardly usable with either elitism, censorship and people who think upvotes matter or an absolute cancer to follow conversations in threads.
Without censorship... so you want a place with nazis? 'cause that's what happens.
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Re: 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google
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I wish there was a mainstream site which has 4chan anonymity and fast pace + reddit thread format. Both become hardly usable with either elitism, censorship and people who think upvotes matter or an absolute cancer to follow conversations in threads.
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.