Christopher Poole Quotes

• 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. ... That's led to this discussion that's completely raw, completely unfiltered.

  Christopher Poole

  Memories, Unique, Archives

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• The cost of failure is really high when you're contributing as yourself.

  Christopher Poole

  Cost, Contributing

  "SXSW 2011: 4Chan founder Christopher Poole on anonymity and creativity" by Josh Halliday, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2011.

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• The ability to fail quietly without having that failure associated with your name/identity allows for more experimentation and limit pushing.

  Christopher Poole

  Names, Identity, Limits

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• There isn't one way of doing anything. I'm not saying everywhere online should be anonymous, nor do I think everywhere should use read-ID. I just want options! And for people to understand how valuable anonymity can be, and why it's worth protecting.

  Christopher Poole

  Thinking, People, Use

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• Facebook does social really well, but continues to fail at community.

  Christopher Poole

  Community, Doe, Failing

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• Areas with lots of college students/young people can be a minefield, so I tend to avoid them.

  Christopher Poole

  College, People, Students

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• When we think of memetic culture, it is the sausage factory of the old days.

  Christopher Poole

  Thinking, Culture, Sausage

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• A racing horse is not like a machine. It has to be tuned up like a racing car.

  Christopher Poole

  Horse, Car, Racing

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• I don't agree with everything Facebook does or Mark Zuckerberg's stance on identity, but he's a nice and extremely smart guy who believes in what he's doing.

  Christopher Poole

  Nice, Smart, Believe

  Source: www.sfgate.com

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• The high five card will be an insignificant bonus to the incredible time I’ll have traveling the world and meeting new people, especially fans of Nando’s

  Christopher Poole

  People, Fans, Cards

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