Thread: moot, owner of 4chan, speaks at TED

That's actually pretty cool.
I know 4chan is known for some pretty bad stuff, but when you really look into it you can see they do some very amazing things.

Awesome how they got that vote thing to get him to the top as well as spell out cake or whatever.

And get dusty's owner arrested within 48 hours using only the evidece provided in the YouTube video. That's actually pretty damn impressive.

And quite scary when you think about it .__ .

Knowing they can find you just from a youtube video.

Yeah, true. Of course they had about 20,000 people working on it. Note to self: NEVER piss off 4chan.

<3

This is great.

Great enough for what little is given. But yar, good to see him talk.

I just realized, remember when mario's spam empire was "break the world record for most posts in a thread"? 4chan could do that in a couple weeks, probably less. Is there something stopping this, or has there actually been not one person to think to do that?

There's probably been a lot of people to try that. I think things go by so fast there it wouldn't last unless someone really got it organized.

He looks normal, wtf.

Originally Posted by Spartiate

He looks normal, wtf.

What better way to appear anonymous?

Nothing new or earth shattering, but he can deliver a good speech.

Still haven't visited the site tho.

Imagine if lucid dreaming became a 4chan pastime.
That would be... interesting, to say the least.

Originally Posted by YYNYM

Imagine if lucid dreaming became a 4chan pastime.
That would be... interesting, to say the least.

It would ruin the community.

4Chan is full of fags and trolls if u ask me.

Originally Posted by Lucidness

4Chan is full of fags and trolls if u ask me.

Of course it is. But this is more the fault of the bigness of 4chan. The trolls all feed off each other and reach new heights of flaming. In a community like DV there will probably be an equal ratio but they can be banned and often will. 4chan isn't as good with the number of people.

Originally Posted by Lseadragon

4chan isn't good.

There we go.

Yea, that was interesting.

I also liked the talks by Craig Newmark of Craigslist:

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/636

Originally Posted by Marvo

There we go.

Fail qoute. Try and qoute someone properly atleast. Rather than lieing about what they said.

Personally I find four-chan interesting. Especially Project Tit-Storm. It makes me think that they will preserve the right to freedom of speech should it ever be threatened in this country. (Or any other country for that matter.)

Originally Posted by Lucidness

Fail qoute. Try and qoute someone properly atleast. Rather than lieing about what they said.

Heh.

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

Personally I find four-chan interesting. Especially Project Tit-Storm. It makes me think that they will preserve the right to freedom of speech should it ever be threatened in this country. (Or any other country for that matter.)

Meh, if anything, things like 4chan discredit freedom of speech by degrading its value.

Originally Posted by Lucidness

Fail qoute. Try and qoute someone properly atleast. Rather than lieing about what they said.

What?

Originally Posted by Marvo

What?

Some people can't take a joke.

EDIT: Or spell.

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

Personally I find four-chan interesting. Especially Project Tit-Storm. It makes me think that they will preserve the right to freedom of speech should it ever be threatened in this country. (Or any other country for that matter.)

I really don't think the two 14 year old kids who go on 4chan will "preserve the right to freedom of speech should it ever be threatened in this country. (Or any other country for that matter.)"

I love that dude, and strange though this may sound, I'm really starting to dig 4Chan. It really is quite fascinating. This was one of the most interesting videos I've seen in a long time. to 4Chan, those crazy, meme-generating bastards. Somehow, a life without lolcats or Scientology protests seems so much bleaker...