With 4chan, the cost of hosting it added up very quickly and at that time when I was 18, I didn't have the income of my own so it was a challenge to make money and break even on it. — Christopher Poole Copy Share Image
The cost of failure is really high when you’re contributing as yourself, — Christopher Poole Copy Share
For a lot of people, 4chan is their tree house - they go there to hang out. You can actually see the culture shift… — Christopher Poole Copy Share
I don't hate anyone. Sometimes I wish I could interact with the community in a more normal way, though. — Christopher Poole Copy Share
What's unique about [4chan] is that it's anonymous, and it has no memory. There's no archive, there are no barriers, there's no registration. ...… — Christopher Poole Copy Share
For the longest time, the way that I had understood 4chan was this idea that the lack of an archive made the content really… — Christopher Poole Copy Share
4chan gets almost one million posts per day, hundreds of thousands of which are images. — Christopher Poole Copy Share
A racing horse is not like a machine. It has to be tuned up like a racing car. — Christopher Poole Copy Share
With 4chan, the cost of hosting it added up very quickly and at that time when I was 18, I didn't have the income… — Christopher Poole Copy Share
When we think of memetic culture, it is the 'sausage factory' of the old days. — Christopher Poole Copy Share
4chan's culture is unique and spreads and draws people in like no other. It's also important to realize that 4chan wasn't some overnight success,… — Christopher Poole Copy Share
Because there's no structural barrier to joining 4chan, the community is really dynamic; for every five people that leave, five new people join, bringing… — Christopher Poole Copy Share
4chan is a framework of pictures and text. I've always been extremely hands-off with dictating what gets posted, past general categories and rules. I… — Christopher Poole Copy Share
