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Moot Sells 4chan To 2channel Founder Hiroyuki Nishimura

Posted by samzenpus on from the your-problem-now dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A year after stepping down from the day-to-day running of the site following a mass user rebellion over moderation issues, Christopher 'moot' Poole has transferred ownership of the once nefarious 4Chan to 2channel founder Hiroyuki Nishimura. “Hiroyuki is literally the only person in the world with as much if not more experience than myself in running an anonymous, large destination community that serves tens of millions of people,” Mr. Poole said in an interview. “He’s the great-grandfather of all of this.”

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  1. First time I first hear of something on Slashot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    First time I first hear of something on Slashot!

  2. Merge Math by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    That averages out to "3 Chan".

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  3. anonymous ? not so much by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Last time Hiroyuki Nishimura was involved in managing an "anonymous" board he ended up selling the its users data.

  4. Re:Now if only by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't worry . . . as soon as Dice understands what /. is all about . . . they will sell it . . .

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