Christopher Poole Quotes & Sayings

“I get a lot of e-mail messages from people who say thanks for giving them a place to vent, an outlet to say what they can't say in real life with friends and work colleagues - things that they know are wrong, but they still want to say. Is it right? No, of course not. People say some disgusting, vile things.”

“As kids, we say stupid things, and because there's not a record of it, nobody is going to give you a hard time at 30 years old about something you said or did when you were 8 years old. Online, you have all these social networks that are moving to a state of persistent identity, and in turn, we're sacrificing the ability to be youthful.”

“There's a lot of glorification of startups and being a founder. People brush the failures under the rug, but that's the worst thing you can do. You kind of have to face it head on.”

“When people meet me, and I'm generally pretty sociable, and I meet some definition of normal, they're almost surprised. And simultaneously disappointed.”

“4chan gets almost one million posts per day, hundreds of thousands of which are images.”

“Anyone who posts illegal content on 4chan is an idiot.”

“I don't hate anyone. Sometimes I wish I could interact with the community in a more normal way, though.”

“I think 4chan is going to stay the same.”

“The world is changing so quickly, it's hard to get anything right for long.”

“There aren't many sites like 4chan where you can pop in every hour and see all new stuff.”