• 4chan now owned by Hiroyuki Nishimura, founder of 2channel
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[img]http://img.asiajin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/moot-and-hiroyuki.png[/img] [QUOTE=Moot]Today I'm pleased to announce that [URL="http://archive.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/16-06/mf_hiroyuki?currentPage=all"]Hiroyuki Nishimura[/URL], best known as the founder of 2channel, has taken my place as the owner of 4chan. Hiroyuki is a pioneer in the world of anonymous communities, and can be thought of as the great-grandfather of 4chan. His creation of 2channel in 1999 sparked an era of anonymous-centric web culture in Japan that led to the creation of Futaba Channel, the site that inspired 4chan. None of us would be using 4chan today—or potentially any anonymous image board—if it weren't for him. [/QUOTE] [url]https://www.4chan.org/news?all#120[/url] Wonder how it will go down among it's users, since Nishimura was fired for [I]selling user data[/I] [editline]fak u[/editline] [URL="http://hiro.asks.jp/93612.html"]hiroyuki's message[/URL] [quote]my comment to 4chan users is: "I am proud to be working together and a member of the 4chan community, which has been dedicated to the Internet meme industry and anonymous history for a long time." Let's build something great together, shall we? [/quote]
Is this a good thing or a bad thing
4chan isn't taking it too well.
[QUOTE=Hergan5;48731545]Is this a good thing or a bad thing[/QUOTE] Bad.
[URL="http://pastebin.com/pVt99MEi"]Guy's got some history, and not precisely good.[/URL]
What bad could he possibly do to [I]4chan?[/I] It's an anonymous forum site, what could go wrong?
I hope 8chan gets another influx of users because of this.
[QUOTE=Coment;48731562][URL="http://pastebin.com/pVt99MEi"]Guy's got some history, and not precisely good.[/URL][/QUOTE] Reminds me of when 4chan had a few of it's pass database hacked Only affected a small amount of members, all of which were notified and given permanent gold accounts
Maybe they ban all pornographic content after the buy out?
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;48731569]What bad could he possibly do to [I]4chan?[/I] It's an anonymous forum site, what could go wrong?[/QUOTE] They may still have my name and credit card number who knows
[QUOTE=BCell;48731576]Maybe they ban all pornographic content after the buy out?[/QUOTE] The place would be a ghost town within hours.
[QUOTE=BCell;48731576]Maybe they ban all pornographic content after the buy out?[/QUOTE] That would pretty much be like banning alcohol in a bar
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;48731569]What bad could he possibly do to [I]4chan?[/I] It's an anonymous forum site, what could go wrong?[/QUOTE] Selling user data?
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;48731569]What bad could he possibly do to [I]4chan?[/I] It's an anonymous forum site, what could go wrong?[/QUOTE] he could sell your interests to advertisers via your ip's browsing habits
[QUOTE=Javelin;48731588]The place would be a ghost town within hours.[/QUOTE] Any further restrictions or trust issues isn't gonna be good for the user numbers.
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;48731569]What bad could he possibly do to [I]4chan?[/I] It's an anonymous forum site, what could go wrong?[/QUOTE] Selling userdata. Letting mods ban willy nilly so people buy passes. Then selling the data of people who bought passes. Allowing paid post removal.
[QUOTE=mini me;48731589]That would pretty much be like banning alcohol in a bar[/QUOTE] not all of 4chan is a festering pornography hive
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;48731569]What bad could he possibly do to [I]4chan?[/I] It's an anonymous forum site, what could go wrong?[/QUOTE] We'll come back to this post in a few months and we'll see
There's a QA starting on /qa/ in 8 hours Right now everyone's just having one meaningful discussion and :shitposting:
if /pol/ is removed, there will be war
[QUOTE=EdvardSchnitz;48731608]if /pol/ is removed, there will be war[/QUOTE] The only reason I want pol to stay is that it's containing its shitty users, the kind of people it created would just spill everywhere and shit everything up if it was removed
[QUOTE=rampageturke 2;48731615]The only reason I want pol to stay is that it's containing its shitty users, the kind of people it created would just spill everywhere and shit everything up if it was removed[/QUOTE] you have no idea what will be upon us if that board is gone no idea
[QUOTE]The guy was kicked from 2ch for selling user data and blackmail. When he was kicked he set up a 2ch clone that mirrored all 2ch posts and content by flooding it with bots. He was paid by the Japanese government to snitch on suspicious but not illegal user for political wrongthink. 2ch hates his guts. Japan hates his guts.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]>His online fans may adore him, but 2channel is becoming increasingly controversial. There have been stalking incidents and suicide pacts supposedly planned through the site. (Nico Nico Douga is more supervised: Users must log in, there's a six-page agreement, and Dwango responds to takedown notices.) Nishimura's nonchalant response to complaints and libel suits probably doesn't help. "I used to show up in court," he says. "Then one day I overslept, and nothing happened. So I stopped going." >[B]Nishimura has lost about 50 lawsuits and owes millions of dollars in penalties[/B], which he has no intention of paying. "If the verdict mandates deleting things, I'll do it," he says. "I just haven't complied with demands to pay money. Would a cell phone carrier feel responsible when somebody receives a threatening phone call?"[/QUOTE] More info here [url]https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/2ch_Chronicle[/url] [url]http://pastebin.com/CJPHJSmC[/url] [url]http://www.anonymous-japan.org/fake2ch/[/url]
8chan is already partnered with 2channel right? I could see either nothing changes, or they sterilize 4chan to move crazy shit to 8chan [editline]21st September 2015[/editline] Oh I see, it's not 2channel, it's the original founder of 2channel 4chans about to have a bad time
[QUOTE=Xonax;48731553]4chan isn't taking it too well.[/QUOTE] When do they take anything well?
[QUOTE=rampageturke 2;48731615]The only reason I want pol to stay is that it's containing its shitty users, the kind of people it created would just spill everywhere and shit everything up if it was removed[/QUOTE] A lot of the worst ones migrated to 8chan just before moot left, which is why 8chan's /pol/ (as well as /n/, /christian/, /tv/, and several smaller boards) went from tolerable to completely unbearable around that time.
[QUOTE=Aredbomb;48731647]A lot of the worst ones migrated to 8chan just before moot left, which is why 8chan's /pol/ (as well as /n/, /christian/, /tv/, and several smaller boards) went from tolerable to completely unbearable around that time.[/QUOTE] 8chan has always been unbearable
[QUOTE=EdvardSchnitz;48731622]you have no idea what will be upon us if that board is gone no idea[/QUOTE] yeah i do, tons of shitters on boards that are usually "normal" i just want to post about cars on /o/ i dont give a fuck about this unless something drastic changes
[QUOTE=synthiac;48731654]4chan stores neither of those. See above.[/QUOTE] Looked up the blog post of the intrustion [quote] all payment information is processed securely by [B]Stripe[/B]—we never see nor store any of it, and thus no payment information was compromised. [/quote]
[QUOTE=.Lain;48731657]8chan has always been unbearable[/QUOTE] 8chan was really nice for a good two-three months, /pol/ had serious discussion, all boards stay relative to themselves. but after /pol/ harbor, everything just got filled with stormfronters and "gimme everything no rules!" shitposters, we need a new wave of people to balance it out
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