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Founder of 4Chan named World's Most Influential Person
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post Apr 27 2009, 02:54 PM
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The founder of 4chan.org named "World's Most Influential Person" by Time Magazine

The person responsible for rickrolling, lolcats and several internet pranks has been named as Time Magazine's World's Most Influential Person of 2009. 4chan.org founder moot (Christopher Poole) bested a list of 100 nonimees including U.S. President Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Tina Fey, Rick Warren and Kobe Bryant.

4chan.org tallies 13 million page views a day and 5.6 million visitors a month, according to Time.com. Time also calls moot's win a "stunning result".


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post Apr 27 2009, 04:43 PM
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i don't know anything about 4chan other than it's really really really ugly. i can't comprehend how the founder could be the most influential person though _unsure.gif
 
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post Apr 27 2009, 05:04 PM
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QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Apr 27 2009, 05:43 PM) *
i don't know anything about 4chan other than it's really really really ugly. i can't comprehend how the founder could be the most influential person though _unsure.gif

moot has accomplished what micron has not; create a webforum that influences the entire country in some way or another
 
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post Apr 27 2009, 05:30 PM
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QUOTE(WarMachine @ Apr 27 2009, 06:04 PM) *
moot has accomplished what micron has not; create a webforum that influences the entire country in some way or another
afraid to say the entire world in one way or another, even
 

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Tung   Founder of 4Chan named World's Most Influential Person   Apr 27 2009, 02:54 PM
Buttsex   Did you miss that thread? All the anons voted for...   Apr 27 2009, 02:59 PM
WarMachine   QUOTE(Buttsex @ Apr 27 2009, 03:59 PM) Di...   Apr 27 2009, 03:13 PM
illriginal   QUOTE(WarMachine @ Apr 27 2009, 04:13 PM)...   Apr 27 2009, 03:16 PM
Buttsex   QUOTE(illriginal @ Apr 27 2009, 03:16 PM)...   Apr 27 2009, 03:18 PM
WarMachine   QUOTE(illriginal @ Apr 27 2009, 04:16 PM)...   Apr 27 2009, 03:19 PM
illriginal   It's amazing how an icon of such a filthy site...   Apr 27 2009, 03:01 PM
superstitious   I feel dirty.   Apr 27 2009, 03:14 PM
illriginal   Ya.. I like keepin in touch with Anon via IRC but ...   Apr 27 2009, 03:24 PM
WarMachine   QUOTE(illriginal @ Apr 27 2009, 04:24 PM)...   Apr 27 2009, 04:34 PM
illriginal   QUOTE(WarMachine @ Apr 27 2009, 05:34 PM)...   Apr 27 2009, 05:12 PM
brooklyneast05   i don't know anything about 4chan other than i...   Apr 27 2009, 04:43 PM
WarMachine   QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Apr 27 2009, 05:43...   Apr 27 2009, 05:04 PM
superstitious   QUOTE(WarMachine @ Apr 27 2009, 05:04 PM)...   Apr 27 2009, 05:24 PM
karmakiller   QUOTE(superstitious @ Apr 27 2009, 05:24 ...   Apr 28 2009, 07:43 PM
ArjunaCapulong   QUOTE(WarMachine @ Apr 27 2009, 06:04 PM)...   Apr 27 2009, 05:30 PM
brooklyneast05   RE: Founder of 4Chan named World's Most Influential Person   Apr 27 2009, 05:28 PM
Tung   well 4chan did influence podo's fashion style ...   Apr 27 2009, 05:30 PM
illriginal   o.o;; I really don't go on 4chan. Majority of...   Apr 27 2009, 05:39 PM
kryogenjx   4chan is a billion orders of magnitude worse than ...   Apr 28 2009, 08:11 PM


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