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- 4chan alias: moot
- Age: 21 in 2009
- From: Long Island, New York
- 2003: Started 4chan with money charged to his mother's credit card
- Currently in college
- Created his first message board when he was 15 years old
- The first board was about anime, but graduated into porn and other images and posts
- He remained anonymous due to his age
- Poole's expenses run $6,000 each month for the site and he has no employees
- When his 4chan hackers rigged his votes, they also arranged the top 21 names on the list so that the initial letter of the names spelled out "Marblecake Also the Game"ZDNet: ...Most Influential' Hacked (April 23, 2009)
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Christopher Poole created the popular website 4chan. Until July 9, 2008, he was known only as "moot."
In 2009, "moot" received millions of votes in the annual Time magazine's online poll for the top 100 people in science, politics, entertainment and technology. Unfortunately, the votes were fake and came from "autovoters", when Poole's 4chan followers hacked the polling process.ZDNet: ...Most Influential' Hacked (April 23, 2009)
Revealed by Time and Wall Street Journal
On July 9, 2008, Time magazine and The Wall street Journal both revealed that the mysterious "moot", founder of 4chan, was actually a young man named Christopher Poole.4chan
4chan is a popular website, known as the starting place for a number of popular memes, including the LOL Meme and Rick Rolling.
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Christopher Poole on Amazon
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Christopher Poole on Amazon
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Penn & Teller - Bullsh*t - The Complete Fourth Season - $29.98
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Christopher Poole Questions
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How to get rid of frogs in a pool? 3 AnswersJoke answer: Put the camembert and pâté on the other side of your yard. Real answer: I have a huge garden, and keeping pests out has been a war second only to ... read more -
Anyone know what those indoor pools are called with waves for swimming 1 AnswerThey are called exercise pools, swimming machine, swim spas or endless pools though endless pools is actually a trademarked name. http://www.poolwarehouse.com... read more -
Is sitting in your swimming pool safe if you are caught in a fire? 3 AnswersIt isn't a recommendation I've found, and I can imagine it would be dangerous because of how fast the water could become heated. You wouldn't want to be boiled ... read more -
I found all 7 pools, drained the dam and there is still a pool on the map by the dam. Can u help me find it? 1 AnswerThat isn't really a pool by the dam. You're missing a pool (or more likely, a fountain) somewhere else. The pool icon by the dam apparently signifies that you h... read more
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Christopher Poole Blogs and Commentaries
- Nerd World (Time): Now in Paper-Vision: The 4chan Guy (July 10, 2008)
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