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Fredrick Brennan

(1994–2026) Programmer

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Fredrick Brennan was a programmer.

Quick Facts About Fredrick Brennan

Born: February 21, 1994
Died: January 10, 2026
Profession: Programmer

About Fredrick Brennan

[Wikidata] American software developer and type designer (1994–2026)... | [Wikipedia] Fredrick Robert Brennan was an American software developer and type designer who founded the imageboard website 8chan in 2013, and repudiated it in 2019. Following 8chan's surge in popularity in 2014, largely due to the number of Gamergate proponents migrating to the site from 4chan, Brennan moved t

Quotes by Fredrick Brennan

If you shut down 4chan, shut down 8chan, you're just pushing it under the rug. Underground, it's just gonna get worse.

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Down

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The rules keep getting more and more strict on 4chan even though there is no legal requirement for them to do so.

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Even

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I saw the GamerGate controversy as a way to expand 8chan. I wanted to unseat 4chan and to me it didn't matter…

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Controversy

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I have no desire to ever be involved in the image-board world again.

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Again

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I never expected there to be so many mass shootings connected to 8chan.

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Connected

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There is no way I can go back and uncreate 8chan. If I could, I would, but there is no way to…

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Back

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You have to be a free speech absolutist if you want to be an 8chan admin because if you're anything else, you're…

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Anything

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Behind the keyboard, it doesn't matter that physically my body doesn't work properly.

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Behind

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I believe GamerGate is at its core a positive movement that fights against obvious corruption in journalism and the tech industry.

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Believe

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Whenever there's a shooting and the details are still fuzzy, I am always worried there's gonna be an 8chan connection.

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Am

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Essentially, what QAnon was - what the Q poster was doing - was impersonating a federal agent.

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Agent

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I haven't left the Philippines for many years, I haven't been in the U.S. for six years.

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Been

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Was it smart to be in a Nazi newspaper? I have no idea. Probably not.

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Idea

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If I could, I would uncreate 8chan. Of course, you know, I'm guilty to a certain extent of allowing it to go…

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Beginning

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It's really bad sometimes to be crippled in a wheelchair, and it reminds you that you can't fight back when someone's trying…

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Back

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Since the time I resigned, I sometimes wonder whether creating 8chan was a good thing. I sometimes wonder about the things that…

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Good

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I didn't spend enough time making friends in real life.

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Enough

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Even though Q is at the moment based on Donald Trump, it is certainly possible for a significant faction to rise up…

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Deep

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I found some peace in the Bible and in believing in Christ. To me it doesn't really matter if it's technically true.…

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Bible

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If I could go back and not create 8chan at all, I probably would.

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Back

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If Trump loses, I think that how a lot of people are going to view it is: the deep state has won.…

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Deep

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I guess I'm not very street smart.

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Guess

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Most of the world genuinely believes that I was the owner of 8chan and that I could shut it down whenever I…

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Could

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Anonymity should not be taken away from everyone just because of a few bad apples.

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Anonymity

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When I started using 4chan heavily, my whole life became about the Internet. And my real life stopped mattering to me.

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Internet

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