Neatorama » 4chan http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:31:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 TIME's Most Influential People of 2009: moot of 4chan? http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/23/times-most-influential-people-of-2009-moot-of-4chan/ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/23/times-most-influential-people-of-2009-moot-of-4chan/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:08:46 +0000 Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/23/times-most-influential-people-of-2009-moot-of-4chan/ TIME Magazine has been compiling an annual list of the world’s most influential people since 2004 – and this year, they’ve opened the floodgates to let readers vote for their pick online. Little did the know that this exercise in democracy would yeild an unexpected result: the frontrunner – by a wide margin – is moot, the founder of 4chan:

PRO: Just about every Internet in-joke of the past few years has started on 4chan — a bare-bones, id-liberating and reliably profane image board whose Droogish users have hatched everything from Rickrolling to LOLcats. The site can also launch real-world movements, as evidenced by Anonymous, a 4chan-organized protest group responsible for several anti-Scientology rallies.

CON: Thanks to 4chan’s oft-obscene content, the reclusive moot has had trouble luring advertisers.

Link – via mental_floss

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