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The Founder Of 4chan Leaves The Controversial Company After More Than 11 Years
Chris Poole, the founder of the controversial forum 4chan, is leaving the company he founded more than 11 years ago at age 15. "As 4chan's sole administrator, decision maker, and keeper of most of its...
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How the creator of the 'trollface' meme turned an MS Paint cartoon into a...
Like Nyancat, "the cake is a lie," Tron Guy, and Doge, "trollface" is a bona fide piece of internet history.And more than that: It's an incredible profit-generating machine for its creator.Kotaku...
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This horrific Twitter ad shows why harassment is a threat to growth
Earlier this year, Dick Costolo identified the toxic culture and hate speech that permeates Twitter as a major obstacle to the company's user growth. Now, with an incident involving the flagrant misuse...
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Notorious forum 4chan has been sold to the creator of the Japanese site that...
Notorious internet imageboard 4chan has been sold to the creator of the Japanese site that helped originally inspire it.Founded in 2003, 4chan is an anarchic melting pot of internet culture. It has...
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The founder of the one of the most controversial websites on the internet is...
Chris Poole, the founder of the controversial online forum 4chan, is joining Google.Google confirmed to Business Insider that Poole will be working under Bradley Horowitz, VP of Google Photos and...
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Googler promises G+ won't become a 'den of infamy' after hiring 4chan founder...
Even though Chris Poole, the founder of controversial online forum 4chan is joining Google Plus, the social network won't become a "den of infamy." That's the promise of one of Google's lead engineers,...
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The real reason Google hired the founder of one of the internet's most...
When Chris Poole, the founder of the controversial online forum 4Chan, announced in March his plan to join Google, it looked as if he was going to work on the social network Google+.After all, Google...
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How the human 'punching bag’ who created one of the internet's most...
Before he was old enough to drink, Chris Poole controlled one of the most influential internet communities in history.At 15, he founded the freewheeling online image board 4chan, which achieved...
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Hackers tried to take down pro-Clinton phone banks the day before the...
Hackers tried to knock out political call centers on Monday in an effort to "harm Clinton's chances of winning," but they may have done equal damage to Republican phone lines, according to the company...
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Right-wing militias recruit young soldiers on 4Chan
(Mic) — On small hill in Boston Common, a crowd of black-masked anti-fascists shouted taunts down the grassy slope toward hundreds of far-right demonstrators gathered before a stage. Inside the...
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Starbucks shoots down viral rumor that it's giving away free coffee to...
Starbucks has shot down rumors that the coffee giant was planning to offer discounts to undocumented American immigrants."All undocumented Americans will receive any item on the Starbucks menu 40%...
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Google is touting 4Chan threads which incorrectly name the Las Vegas shooter...
Google is touting threads from controversial message board site 4Chan as people look to find out who is behind the Las Vegas shooting massacre.At least six threads on 4Chan wrongly named democrat Geary...
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Internet trolls are spreading fake Starbucks coupons exclusively for black...
Fake free Starbucks coupons for customers of "African-American heritage" are circulating on social media. Controversial website 4chan seems to be the source of the hoax, with coupons containing hidden...
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'Fortnite' is finally coming to the Nintendo Switch
The world's most popular game, "Fortnite," looks to be headed to Nintendo's Switch console.The game showed up as rated by the Korean Game Rating and Administration Committee — one of the final steps...
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The alt-right is calling Taylor Swift a 'traitor' after she broke her...
Members of the so-called alt-right are calling Taylor Swift a traitor, attacking her appearance, and calling for violence after she endorsed two Democrats running in Tennessee.Swift is generally silent...
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#RIPBianca: A 17-year-old social media star was found dead, and photos of the...
Bianca Devins, a 17-year-old social media influencer, was found dead on Sunday in upstate New York, police said. Her suspected killer, Brandon Clark, 21, took photos of the crime and posted them...
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8chan, the online message board that's been repeatedly linked to mass...
8chan is an anonymous message board that's been repeatedly tied to mass shootings.Over the weekend, 20 people were killed and more than two dozen others were injured at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas in a...
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Someone who may have had inside information on the death of Jeffrey Epstein...
An anonymous user on 4chan posted specific medical information about Jeffrey Epstein's death by apparent suicide before the news became public on Saturday.The 4chan post at 8:16 a.m. ET said Epstein...
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A US soldier working at Mar-a-Lago uploaded photos of an underage girl to a...
US Army Staff Sgt. Richard Ciccarella was stationed at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida from August 2017 to March 2018.During that period, prosecutors say, Ciccarella uploaded...
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We analyzed every message ever posted by 'Q,' the enigmatic persona that...
Summary List PlacementAmerica's biggest newfangled conspiracy theory began with a failed prediction. Hillary Clinton would be imminently arrested, the prediction said, widespread riots would follow,...
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