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>The influence of 4chan on internet culture cannot be ignored: everything from LOLCats to advice animals and countless internet slang terms.

Moot is not community. You cannot credit him with the inventions that his community came up with. His site was the catalyst, of course, but how much credit should he personally get for it?

Maybe you could judge him by the success (or the lack of it) of DrawQuest and Canv.as.. the two projects that he spearheaded and got VC funding for.



It's a fair point. I probably wouldn't invest in his next website, but I wouldn't mind having his experience at my company.


Sure. You can't credit him with 100% of 4chan's cultural impact. But his experience is extremely unique, and likely very valuable to Google.


And 4chan itself is just a clone of a Japanese imageboard, 2ch.


*2chan, also known as Futaba Channel. Futaba is a "clone" of 2ch with support for images.




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