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[https://www.4chan.org/ 4chan] is the website that introduced the Japanese anonymous imageboard concept to the English-speaking world. It is seen as the hubsite of the *chans, like [[2channel]] in Japan.
[https://www.4chan.org/ 4chan] is the website that introduced the Japanese [[Imageboard]] to the English-speaking world. It is seen as the hubsite of the [[Chanverse | *chans]], like [[2channel]] in Japan.


While it's features were derived from [[Futaba Channel]], it's culture and original community was seeded by [[Something Awful]] with strong support from SA offshoot [[Raspberry Heaven]]. It eventually eclipsed it's founding communities, reinventing [[Internet Culture | internet culture]] in the process.
While it's features were derived from [[Futaba Channel]], it's culture and original community was seeded by [[Something Awful]] offshoot [[Raspberry Heaven]] with support and advise from the greater SA community. It eventually eclipsed it's founding communities, reinventing [[Internet Culture | internet culture]] in the process.


4chan was the origin and/or hub of many internet-wide phenomena, most famously the [[Anonymous]] hacktivist movement and the place where the alt-right jumped to the mainstream.
4chan was the origin and/or hub of many internet-wide phenomena, most famously enabling the development of the [[Anonymous]] hacktivist movement and the being the pivot where the alt-right jumped from the political fringe into the mainstream.
  If I had known it one day become a dominant source of Internet culture with five hundred million pageviews per month and an [http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/4chan.org Alexa Traffic Rank] in the global top 1,000 websites, I might have written more of this down at the time.
  If I had known it one day become a dominant source of Internet culture with five hundred million pageviews per month and an [http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/4chan.org Alexa Traffic Rank] in the global top 1,000 websites, I might have written more of this down at the time. - moot (source?)


== History ==
== Characteristics ==


{{See also|4chan/Chronicle|4chan/History}}
A basic overview of 4chan as a [[Online Discussion Platform | forum]]:
''More info: [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/4chan_Chronicle 4chan History]''
 
* 4chan is [[Open Bulletin Board | Registration-free]].
** Unlike most other English forums, 4chan does not use cumbersome user account, lowering the barrier to entry.
* 4chan is [[User-facing Anonymity | anonymous]].
** Anonymity allows users to post their truthful opinions without fear of recourse. Additionally, since all users are anonymous in name, people are judged by their words, rather than their reputation.
** Users can also choose to become psuedoanonymous with [[tripcodes]] in case there is a need to establish identity.
* 4chan has no [[Ephemeral Content | memory]].
** Because all threads will be destined for deletion, great pictures are immediately saved, and later reposted by users of the site. The less interesting pictures are left alone and soon forgotten. This creates a "survival of the fittest" environment that demands and promotes the development of [[Remix Culture | remix culture]].
 
In the cultural context of the 2000s internet, this made the site immensely attractive to just about anyone with a passing interest in the virtual communities and content creation. In just a couple years, 4chan became the dominant force of the [[Internet Culture | Internet zeitgeist]], a position it held for almost a decade before new developments in the service industry allowed online platforms (e.g. Twitter) to contest their niche.
 
== Structure ==
 
=== Business ===
 
During it's first years, 4chan was only a de facto enterprise, not formally registered anywhere. Money transactions were first attempted via moot's personal PayPal, but he quickly found out being underage was a fast way to get locked out of money handling accounts every time there was a problem. Volunteers offered assistance, the first being [[4chan/Staff#Censored_Vagina | Censored Vagina]] providing his credit card from November 2003 to July 2004, followed by [[4chan/Staff#Man_of_Wax | Man of Wax]]'s volunteering his bank accounts to manage everything from paypal donations to checks between August 2004 until his retirement somewhere in 2007.
 
moot moved to Virginia to attend the Virginia Commonwealth University in 2006.<ref>linkedIn profile.</ref> In 2007, when he reached legal adulthood, 4chan was already reported as as "based in Virginia" by December 2007.<ref>
[https://www.theage.com.au/national/frankston-blog-hoax-scrambles-la-cops-20071209-ge6hdo.html] archive is [https://archive.is/raGmW#https://www.theage.com.au/national/frankston-blog-hoax-scrambles-la-cops-20071209-ge6hdo.html] megalodon.jp [https://megalodon.jp/2025-1207-1247-06/https://www.theage.com.au:443/national/frankston-blog-hoax-scrambles-la-cops-20071209-ge6hdo.html] - 2007-12-09 - '''Frankston blog hoax scrambles LA cops''' by Peter Munro, Deborah Gough and Ari Sharp - ''Victoria Police arrested Mr Willis and seized his computer. He was released without charge after being questioned for two hours. His blog was posted on 4chan.org, a discussion board based in Virginia for people with an interest in Japanese manga comics.''
</ref>
 
'''4chan, LLC. (Virginia)'''
 
In February 29, 2008, ''4chan, LLC'' is first registered in Virginia's State Corporation Commission<ref> [https://b2bhint.com/en/company/us-va/4chan-llc--S2509968] megalodon.jp [https://megalodon.jp/2025-1207-1413-58/https://b2bhint.com:443/en/company/us-va/4chan-llc--S2509968] archive.is [https://archive.is/vs67D#https://b2bhint.com/en/company/us-va/4chan-llc--S2509968] B2BHint records aggregator's article on 4chan, LLC., Virginia.
</ref> with legal address on ''1101 W. Grace Street, Unit #6'' (likely moot's address) through a commissioned agent which resigned his position in April 10, 2009.<ref>[https://cis.scc.virginia.gov//CommonHelper/DocumentStorageLocalFileget?DocumentId=1264870&sourceType=1] - 4chan, LLC, Virginia - ''Statement of Resignation of Registered Agent''</ref>
 
The current status of the Virginia registration appears to be unavailable to the public, albeit the registration approval documents continue being hosted in the SCC's gov website. It likely automatically expired [https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title13.1/chapter9/section13.1-752/ in accordance with Virginia law], due to not filing a new registered agent by July 31, 2009.
 
'''4chan, LLC. (Delaware)'''
 
In January 5, 2011, 4chan, LLC was registered in Delaware with address ''2711 Centervile Rd, Unit #400''. Foreign company registries in New York (Jan. 20, 2011) and Ohio (Sep. 14, 2012)<ref>[https://bizimage.ohiosos.gov/api/image/pdf/201226100249] Ohio - 4chan, LLC. Articles of Organization
</ref> ensued.
 
In March 8, 2013, 4chan files to register it's name as [https://trademarks.justia.com/858/67/4chan-85867485.html trademark] and obtains them in October 8. The do the same for the [https://trademarks.justia.com/862/47/n-86247506.html four leaf clover logo] on April 9, 2014<ref name="4chantrademark"/>
 
The association still figures in the registry, albeit it has likely been inactive since moot sold 4chan. <s>It could have already expired from having no active registration agent</s><sup>we won't know until we pay Delaware 10bux</sup>. Foreign company registration in Ohio remains active, while that of NYC dissolved via voluntary [https://dos.ny.gov/certificate-surrender-authority-foreign-business-corporations Surrender of Authority] in Sep. 13, 2018 (likely to escape further taxes).
 
'''4chan Community Support, LLC.'''
 
In early 2015, moot agreed to sell 4chan to [[Hiroyuki Nishimura]]. However, the formal sale of a company requires some paperwork:
 
On July 22, 2015, 4chan Community Support, LLC. is filed in Delaware and registered in July 29, with address in a mail forwarder in ''5042 Wilshire Bldv., Los Angeles''. It is a company with three shareholders, with Hiroyuki acting as Managing Member of the company holding all decision power. Members are:
 
* Hiroyuki Nishimura (holding 10% of the shares)
* Good Smile Company, KK.<ref>[https://www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp/henkorireki-johoto.html?selHouzinNo=6040001076781] archive.is [https://archive.is/JA48e] megalodon.jp [https://megalodon.jp/2025-1207-1731-41/https://www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp:443/henkorireki-johoto.html?selHouzinNo=6040001076781] - 株式会社グッドスマイルカンパニー (<small>Hep.</small> ''Guddo Sumairu Kanpanī, KK.'')</ref> (30% under signature of CEO Takanori Aki)
* Future Search Brazil, YK.<ref>[https://www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp/henkorireki-johoto.html?selHouzinNo=4011002028025] archive.is [https://archive.is/xQbEF] megalodon.jp [https://megalodon.jp/2025-1207-1730-40/https://www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp:443/henkorireki-johoto.html?selHouzinNo=4011002028025] - 有限会社未来検索ブラジル (<small>Hep.</small> ''Mirai Kensaku Burajiru, YK.'')</ref> (60% under signature of President Eeichiro Fukami), Future Search Brazil is a data aggregator specialized in search engines, owned by Hiroyuki.
 
While the original association document has not surfaced yet, the LLC's initial agreement was likely acquiring ownership of 4chan from moot's 4chan, LLC. for a sum of 8.000.000 USD. The procedure was successfully carried out and the agreement was executed in August 29. By early September 4chan had updated it's footer message to read 4chan community support, LLC.<ref>[https://archive.is/oxQPc] Sep. 2 - Earliest known footer message that reads: ''The rest is Copyright © 2003-2015 4chan community support LLC. All rights reserved.''</ref> with the sale being announced on Sep. 22. 4chan trademarks were passed from 4chan, LLC. to 4chan Community Support, LLC. by Sep. 30, 2015<ref name="4chantrademark"/> and the domain at an unknown date.
 
In June 2022, Good Smile Company, KK. pulled out of the association and sold it's shareholder stake, likely to either Brazil, YK. or Hiroyuki, but it's possible it was sold to a third party.<ref>[https://archive.today/wZV8X] GSC announces on their news page that they never had more than an ownership stake on the company, weren't involved in it's management and, in fact, have sold their state in June 2022</ref>
 
'''Employees'''
 
At some point between 2014 and 2015, during or just after the transition from 4chan, LLC. to 4chan Community Support, LLC. the ''general manager'' and ''lead developer'' became paid positions, according to moot statements, not earlier than May 2013.<ref> [https://desuarchive.org/q/chunk/590845/#595788] May 2013. moot Q&A on /q/ - ''"If 4chan had a paid staff/was more of a "real" company, I'm sure we'd be churning through it like no tomorrow."''</ref>
 
=== Website ===
 
==== Side Projects ====
 
'''world4ch'''
 
'''Not4chan'''
 
'''Ikuzo'''
 
'''Futachan'''
 
'''4meet'''
 
==== Domains ====


4chan was founded in 2003 by a 15 year old kid named [[moot]].
'''Former'''


4chan was started in 2003. moot purchased the server space with his mother's credit card when he was fifteen, intending the site to be an American version of [[Futaba Channel]]. It got popular purely by accident and when costs began to spiral out of control [[Menchi]] and other [[world2ch]]anners told him the site was doomed to failure.
4chan.net
not4chan.net


Multiple groups and immigrants from sites like [[Something Awful]] were attracted to it's simplicity and anonymity. The site's success stemmed from the advantages of the anonymous imageboard, and it's development of a culture independent from any other.
''' Current'''


* 4chan is anonymous.
4chan.org
** Unlike most other English forums, 4chan does not use cumbersome user account, lowering the barrier to entry. The anonymity allows users to post their truthful opinions without fear of recourse. Additionally, since all users are anonymous in name, people are judged by their words, rather than their reputation.
4channel.org
** Users can also choose to become psuedoanonymous with [[tripcodes]] in case there is a need to establish identity.
futachan.org
* 4chan has no memory.
world4ch.org
** Because all threads will be destined for deletion, great pictures are immediately saved, and later reposted by users of the site. The less interesting pictures are left alone and soon forgotten. This creates a "survival of the fittest" environment that demands and eventually creates viral memes.


== Staff ==
=== Staff ===


{{See also|4chan/Staff}}
{{See also|4chan/Staff}}


== Boards ==
=== Boards ===


{{See also|4chan/Boards}}
{{See also|4chan/Boards}}


== /b/ ==
==== /b/ ====


/b/ is the random board of 4chan, where any sort of faggotry goes on. It it's first and foremost board, dwarfing all the other ones in size. Currently, /b/ has amassed over 936,000,000 posts whereas many of the others have yet to break a million. (On an unrelated note, GETs are a popular pastime, such as getting the numbers 1111111, 10000000, 12345678, etc.) The content on /b/, as with all of the major chan boards, is periodically deleted automatically to save database strain.
/b/ is the random board of 4chan, where any sort of faggotry goes on. It it's first and foremost board, dwarfing all the other ones in size. Currently, /b/ has amassed over 936,000,000 posts whereas many of the others have yet to break a million. (On an unrelated note, GETs are a popular pastime, such as getting the numbers 1111111, 10000000, 12345678, etc.) The content on /b/, as with all of the major chan boards, is periodically deleted automatically to save database strain.
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Also, on /b/, there are NO RULES, LOL. Except no child porn and /i/nvasion. This consequently means mods can slap you with the banhammer for no good reason.
Also, on /b/, there are NO RULES, LOL. Except no child porn and /i/nvasion. This consequently means mods can slap you with the banhammer for no good reason.


== /i/nsurgency ==
{{Boards}}
 
== Community ==
 
=== Posting Culture ===
 
{{See also|Anonymous Internet Culture}}
 
=== Impact ===


4chan is by far the largest force, and as the spawn point of all the other *chans, so therefore it has a good history. Most 4chan raids are zerg rush attacks on a target, like AsianBabeCams or Drawball. Sometimes, as during the [[Subeta]] or [[Gamestop]] calls, 4chan is a massive epic force; [[Personal Army]]. The problem with getting 4chan's help is twofold: First you need their interest. Everyone hated Gamestop and Subeta pissed them off, and the hivemind randomly chose [[Hal Turner]] and his ilk. However, most regular raids will be saged for "raidfags" which some people hate. The second problem is the banhammer; a larger and more legally scrutinized site, the 4chan staff can't just leave raids going, and so they ban hard. Major raids with great interest will overwhelm the mods, and often you might just escape their attention.
{{See also|Internet Culture|Chanverse}}


Getting 4chan involved in a raid is either going to completely fuck it up (if they listen to you at all) or turn it into something hueg, though the majority of the time, if its not their idea they'll not be interested; for example, during [[MySpays]] when there were too many passwords and not enough people to fuck them up, the packs were posted on 4chan, and the threads were saged. On the other hand with stuff like [[Project Chanology]] they seem more than happy to help. They're incredibly fickle and usually disinterested, but on the rare occasion help from 4chan arrives, expect either a large amount of newfags fucking shit up or a giant shitstorm of destruction.
=== History ===


* A great example of proper 4chan involvement were the [[Gamestop]].
{{See also|4chan/Chronicle|4chan/History}}
* An example of 4chan inaction is [[MySpays]] The reason for this: /b/tards consist of a mix of several groups of internet users. There may be a few talented /i/nsurgents who visit the board, but the rest of the users are basically civilians who lack either the technical skills and know-how for internet raids, the motivation to actually do something, or most often both. A group of raiders from 4chan is usually composed of a few proper /i/nsurgents leading an attack and (trying) to manage things, a few others following behind and doing the "grunt work", and the rest just blindly doing whatever the fuck they feel like until they get bored and leave. Think of it as a levee en masse; you have the potential to employ all of *chan's resources by getting everyone there involved, akin to large scale military conscription, but unless it's important you're not going to get anywhere.
''Dramatic account: [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/4chan_Chronicle The old 4chan Chronicle on Wikibooks]''


== Other Info ==
4chan was founded in 2003 by a 15 year old kid named [[moot]]. It started out as simple joke and an personalized email and that evolved into the idea of recreated the content culture of Futaba Channel for English audiences. With support from Raspberry Heaven and the greater Something Awful scene, moot purchased the server space with his mother's credit card. Costs began to spiral out of control and the project collapsed several times and underwent many crises before it became economically solvent around 2009.
 
Multiple groups and immigrants from other communities arrived, first attracted by the fast-cycling pornography board and otaku-friendly niche discussion, later by the innovative "4chan-style" sense of humour developed by /b/. The primary factor behind growth was the ease of posting relative to other western communities due to the requirement to [[Closed Bulletin Board | register an account]] before posting, other factors included general fatigue when it came to dealing with ubiquitous cliques in forums and chatrooms.
 
== Related Topics ==


* [[4chan Boards]]
* [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/4chan_Chronicle 4chan History]
* [[4chan History Timeline]]
* [[4chan GET Encyclopedia]]
* [[4chan GET Encyclopedia]]
* [[4chan mod memes]]
* [[4chan mod memes]]
* [[4chan-anecdotes.odt]]
* [[4chan-anecdotes.odt]]


== Sources ==
== External Links ==
*[https://www.4chan.org/ 4chan]
*[https://www.4chan.org/ 4chan]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan Wikipedo article]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan Wikipedo article]
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzaqOjCxPAwyQ0X1gxZ65w YouTube channel]
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzaqOjCxPAwyQ0X1gxZ65w YouTube channel]


== Citations ==


{{Boards}}
<references>
<ref name="4chantrademark">
* [https://trademarks.justia.com/858/67/4chan-85867485.html] archive.is [https://archive.is/eQdDD] megalodon.jp [https://megalodon.jp/2025-1207-1621-38/https://trademarks.justia.com:443/858/67/4chan-85867485.html] - Justia.com trademark records aggregator - ''4chan Trademark Details''</br>
* [https://trademarks.justia.com/862/47/n-86247506.html] archive.is [https://archive.is/7CKWZ] megalodon.jp [https://megalodon.jp/2025-1207-1633-49/https://trademarks.justia.com:443/862/47/n-86247506.html] - Justia.com trademark records aggregator - ''4chan Image Trademark with Serial Number 86247506''</ref>
</references>

Revision as of 10:01, 7 December 2025


4chan logo.png

4chan is the website that introduced the Japanese Imageboard to the English-speaking world. It is seen as the hubsite of the *chans, like 2channel in Japan.

While it's features were derived from Futaba Channel, it's culture and original community was seeded by Something Awful offshoot Raspberry Heaven with support and advise from the greater SA community. It eventually eclipsed it's founding communities, reinventing internet culture in the process.

4chan was the origin and/or hub of many internet-wide phenomena, most famously enabling the development of the Anonymous hacktivist movement and the being the pivot where the alt-right jumped from the political fringe into the mainstream. 

If I had known it one day become a dominant source of Internet culture with five hundred million pageviews per month and an Alexa Traffic Rank in the global top 1,000 websites, I might have written more of this down at the time. - moot (source?)

Characteristics

A basic overview of 4chan as a forum:

  • 4chan is Registration-free.
    • Unlike most other English forums, 4chan does not use cumbersome user account, lowering the barrier to entry.
  • 4chan is anonymous.
    • Anonymity allows users to post their truthful opinions without fear of recourse. Additionally, since all users are anonymous in name, people are judged by their words, rather than their reputation.
    • Users can also choose to become psuedoanonymous with tripcodes in case there is a need to establish identity.
  • 4chan has no memory.
    • Because all threads will be destined for deletion, great pictures are immediately saved, and later reposted by users of the site. The less interesting pictures are left alone and soon forgotten. This creates a "survival of the fittest" environment that demands and promotes the development of remix culture.

In the cultural context of the 2000s internet, this made the site immensely attractive to just about anyone with a passing interest in the virtual communities and content creation. In just a couple years, 4chan became the dominant force of the Internet zeitgeist, a position it held for almost a decade before new developments in the service industry allowed online platforms (e.g. Twitter) to contest their niche.

Structure

Business

During it's first years, 4chan was only a de facto enterprise, not formally registered anywhere. Money transactions were first attempted via moot's personal PayPal, but he quickly found out being underage was a fast way to get locked out of money handling accounts every time there was a problem. Volunteers offered assistance, the first being Censored Vagina providing his credit card from November 2003 to July 2004, followed by Man of Wax's volunteering his bank accounts to manage everything from paypal donations to checks between August 2004 until his retirement somewhere in 2007.

moot moved to Virginia to attend the Virginia Commonwealth University in 2006.[1] In 2007, when he reached legal adulthood, 4chan was already reported as as "based in Virginia" by December 2007.[2]

4chan, LLC. (Virginia)

In February 29, 2008, 4chan, LLC is first registered in Virginia's State Corporation Commission[3] with legal address on 1101 W. Grace Street, Unit #6 (likely moot's address) through a commissioned agent which resigned his position in April 10, 2009.[4]

The current status of the Virginia registration appears to be unavailable to the public, albeit the registration approval documents continue being hosted in the SCC's gov website. It likely automatically expired in accordance with Virginia law, due to not filing a new registered agent by July 31, 2009.

4chan, LLC. (Delaware)

In January 5, 2011, 4chan, LLC was registered in Delaware with address 2711 Centervile Rd, Unit #400. Foreign company registries in New York (Jan. 20, 2011) and Ohio (Sep. 14, 2012)[5] ensued.

In March 8, 2013, 4chan files to register it's name as trademark and obtains them in October 8. The do the same for the four leaf clover logo on April 9, 2014[6]

The association still figures in the registry, albeit it has likely been inactive since moot sold 4chan. It could have already expired from having no active registration agentwe won't know until we pay Delaware 10bux. Foreign company registration in Ohio remains active, while that of NYC dissolved via voluntary Surrender of Authority in Sep. 13, 2018 (likely to escape further taxes).

4chan Community Support, LLC.

In early 2015, moot agreed to sell 4chan to Hiroyuki Nishimura. However, the formal sale of a company requires some paperwork:

On July 22, 2015, 4chan Community Support, LLC. is filed in Delaware and registered in July 29, with address in a mail forwarder in 5042 Wilshire Bldv., Los Angeles. It is a company with three shareholders, with Hiroyuki acting as Managing Member of the company holding all decision power. Members are:

  • Hiroyuki Nishimura (holding 10% of the shares)
  • Good Smile Company, KK.[7] (30% under signature of CEO Takanori Aki)
  • Future Search Brazil, YK.[8] (60% under signature of President Eeichiro Fukami), Future Search Brazil is a data aggregator specialized in search engines, owned by Hiroyuki.

While the original association document has not surfaced yet, the LLC's initial agreement was likely acquiring ownership of 4chan from moot's 4chan, LLC. for a sum of 8.000.000 USD. The procedure was successfully carried out and the agreement was executed in August 29. By early September 4chan had updated it's footer message to read 4chan community support, LLC.[9] with the sale being announced on Sep. 22. 4chan trademarks were passed from 4chan, LLC. to 4chan Community Support, LLC. by Sep. 30, 2015[6] and the domain at an unknown date.

In June 2022, Good Smile Company, KK. pulled out of the association and sold it's shareholder stake, likely to either Brazil, YK. or Hiroyuki, but it's possible it was sold to a third party.[10]

Employees

At some point between 2014 and 2015, during or just after the transition from 4chan, LLC. to 4chan Community Support, LLC. the general manager and lead developer became paid positions, according to moot statements, not earlier than May 2013.[11]

Website

Side Projects

world4ch

Not4chan

Ikuzo

Futachan

4meet

Domains

Former

4chan.net not4chan.net

Current

4chan.org 4channel.org futachan.org world4ch.org

Staff

See also: 4chan/Staff

Boards

See also: 4chan/Boards

/b/

/b/ is the random board of 4chan, where any sort of faggotry goes on. It it's first and foremost board, dwarfing all the other ones in size. Currently, /b/ has amassed over 936,000,000 posts whereas many of the others have yet to break a million. (On an unrelated note, GETs are a popular pastime, such as getting the numbers 1111111, 10000000, 12345678, etc.) The content on /b/, as with all of the major chan boards, is periodically deleted automatically to save database strain.

Also, on /b/, there are NO RULES, LOL. Except no child porn and /i/nvasion. This consequently means mods can slap you with the banhammer for no good reason.

Boards
Japanese Culture Interests Creative Other Adult(NSFW)


Community

Posting Culture

See also: Anonymous Internet Culture

Impact

See also: Internet Culture and Chanverse

History

See also: 4chan/Chronicle and 4chan/History

Dramatic account: The old 4chan Chronicle on Wikibooks

4chan was founded in 2003 by a 15 year old kid named moot. It started out as simple joke and an personalized email and that evolved into the idea of recreated the content culture of Futaba Channel for English audiences. With support from Raspberry Heaven and the greater Something Awful scene, moot purchased the server space with his mother's credit card. Costs began to spiral out of control and the project collapsed several times and underwent many crises before it became economically solvent around 2009.

Multiple groups and immigrants from other communities arrived, first attracted by the fast-cycling pornography board and otaku-friendly niche discussion, later by the innovative "4chan-style" sense of humour developed by /b/. The primary factor behind growth was the ease of posting relative to other western communities due to the requirement to register an account before posting, other factors included general fatigue when it came to dealing with ubiquitous cliques in forums and chatrooms.

Related Topics

External Links

Citations

  1. ↑ linkedIn profile.
  2. ↑ [1] archive is [2] megalodon.jp [3] - 2007-12-09 - Frankston blog hoax scrambles LA cops by Peter Munro, Deborah Gough and Ari Sharp - Victoria Police arrested Mr Willis and seized his computer. He was released without charge after being questioned for two hours. His blog was posted on 4chan.org, a discussion board based in Virginia for people with an interest in Japanese manga comics.
  3. ↑ [4] megalodon.jp [5] archive.is [6] B2BHint records aggregator's article on 4chan, LLC., Virginia.
  4. ↑ [7] - 4chan, LLC, Virginia - Statement of Resignation of Registered Agent
  5. ↑ [8] Ohio - 4chan, LLC. Articles of Organization
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1
    • [9] archive.is [10] megalodon.jp [11] - Justia.com trademark records aggregator - 4chan Trademark Details
    • [12] archive.is [13] megalodon.jp [14] - Justia.com trademark records aggregator - 4chan Image Trademark with Serial Number 86247506
  7. ↑ [15] archive.is [16] megalodon.jp [17] - 株式会社グッドスマイルカンパニー (Hep. Guddo Sumairu Kanpanī, KK.)
  8. ↑ [18] archive.is [19] megalodon.jp [20] - 有限会社未来検索ブラジル (Hep. Mirai Kensaku Burajiru, YK.)
  9. ↑ [21] Sep. 2 - Earliest known footer message that reads: The rest is Copyright © 2003-2015 4chan community support LLC. All rights reserved.
  10. ↑ [22] GSC announces on their news page that they never had more than an ownership stake on the company, weren't involved in it's management and, in fact, have sold their state in June 2022
  11. ↑ [23] May 2013. moot Q&A on /q/ - "If 4chan had a paid staff/was more of a "real" company, I'm sure we'd be churning through it like no tomorrow."
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