When people meet me, and I'm generally pretty sociable, and I meet some definition of normal, they're almost surprised. And simultaneously disappointed. — Christopher Poole Copy Share Image
For a lot of people, 4chan is their tree house - they go there to hang out. You can actually see the… — Christopher Poole Copy Share Image
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… — Christopher Poole Copy Share Image
Because there's no structural barrier to joining 4chan, the community is really dynamic; for every five people that leave, five new people… — Christopher Poole Copy Share Image
There isn't one way of doing anything. I'm not saying everywhere online should be anonymous, nor do I think everywhere should use… — Christopher Poole Copy Share Image
The high five card will be an insignificant bonus to the incredible time I’ll have traveling the world and meeting new people,… — Christopher Poole Copy Share Image
Areas with lots of college students/young people can be a minefield, so I tend to avoid them. — Christopher Poole Copy Share Image
There's a lot of glorification of startups and being a founder. People brush the failures under the rug, but that's the worst… — Christopher Poole Copy Share Image
I get a lot of e-mail messages from people who say thanks for giving them a place to vent, an outlet to… — Christopher Poole Copy Share Image
The cost of failure is really high when you’re contributing as yourself, — Christopher Poole Copy Share Image
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 Image
I don't hate anyone. Sometimes I wish I could interact with the community in a more normal way, though. — Christopher Poole Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Facebook does social really well, but continues to fail at community. — Christopher Poole Copy Share Image
4chan gets almost one million posts per day, hundreds of thousands of which are images. — Christopher Poole Copy Share Image
A racing horse is not like a machine. It has to be tuned up like a racing car. — Christopher Poole Copy Share Image
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 Image
When we think of memetic culture, it is the 'sausage factory' of the old days. — Christopher Poole Copy Share Image
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