Most users tend to post threads anonymously, simply by leaving the name field blank. There is no account registration process on 4chan. To start a new thread on any of the site's boards, you must click the Start a New Thread link and then upload an image (4chan is an imageboard, after all). If you'd like to see the very latest threads posted to a board at any given moment, hit the Refresh link at the bottom of a board. Most content is actually only available for a few hours or days. The site doesn't allow any board to have more than 10 pages at a time, meaning threads expire or are pruned at a relatively high rate. The Home link -found near the top right-hand side of every board - will lead you back to ThreadsĤchan is ephemeral in that posts (which are known as threads and always start with an image) are deleted within a few hours of creation. Click on any of those links to navigate from board to board. Once you open a board, you will notice all the semi-random names for 4chan boards listed horizontally at the top of the site. You will have to agree to the site's disclaimer before viewing any board. Go to You can select any board from the main page. Poole announced in 2014 that Canvas would be going out of business.
In 2010, for instance, he launched a site called Canvas, which allowed users - logged in through Facebook Connect - to upload digitally modified images. Poole has worked on other projects beyond 4chan in recent years. That same year, The Washington Post reported Poole was a college dropout living with his mother. In a later interview with Time magazine, Poole said he had tried to keep his private life very separate from his internet life. The Wall Street Journal revealed Poole's identity in 2009.
Check out 4chan's FAQ page to learn more about the site.Īnd finally, 4chan claims to have 20 million unique visitors and 540 million page views a month.Ĭhristopher Poole, a 26-year-old entrepreneur from New York City, started 4chan anonymously, under the pseudonym moot, in 2003. Apart from famous hacks and wide-scale pranks, 4chan users have been allegedly responsible for popularising many internet memes such as LOLcats, Rickrolling, Chocolate Rain, Pedobear, etc.
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