Christopher Poole Quotes

I think 4chan is going to stay the same.

4chan is a framework of pictures and text. I've always been extremely hands-off with dictating what gets posted, past general categories and rules. I support providing a place to discuss anything, although I don't agree with everything that's posted.

I'm a bit of a lurker on Reddit.

I'm obsessed with Tumblr. I love looking at all the pictures!

For a lot of people, 4chan is their tree house - they go there to hang out. You can actually see the culture shift with time zone. Seeing how threads unwind and unravel is just a thrill, and you can't really share that magic.

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

I'm on Tumblr all the time.

In the 'Angel' days, all there was was a community that was like a chat room. If you were looking for feedback, you had to look for it.

Calling 'Instagram' a photo-sharing app is like calling a newspaper a letter-sharing book, or a Mozart grand era symphony a series of notes. 'Instagram' is less about the medium and more about the network.

We're trying to be a content destination for viral images and to be an entertainment destination in general.

I enjoy YouTube like everyone else.

Not only do Imgurians get the opportunity to find the content that they love but also serve up their favorite content to others who visit their profiles.

I was always making memes, and now I have music.

The Internet is full of strangers, generous strangers who want to help you for no reason at all. Strangers post poetry and discographies and advice and essays and photos and art and diatribes. None of them are known to you, in the old-fashioned sense. But they give the Internet its life and meaning.

I have no history with 4chan.

People naturally want to retweet and engage on super funny videos and memes.

The Internet has created so many niche audiences that when millions or even thousands of people can be on the same page it's a truly special thing.

Thanks to Twitter, Reddit, web media, and social media, we have the opportunity now to kind of blur that line between the people who produce the content, the people that watch it, and instead make it a conversation, make it a real community.

The complexity and nuance of YouTube's culture, creators, drama, genres, styles, and memes is what makes it wonderful for people on the inside, but it is also a wall that keeps people on the outside.

We want to be like a YouTube for viral images.

Imgur isn't about following a celebrity, and it's not about following a person in real life. You don't have to build up a massive following and use that to get your distribution.

YouTube came out when I was a sophomore in college, and I feel like I was one of the first people to put musical theater stuff online.

Trolling can be a great way to engage with the world, a way to regain self-esteem and happiness, or, dare I say it, a way of life.

I love livestreaming, I think it's awesome and my fans really like it.

YouTube is amazing because you really don't have to wait for anyone to showcase your work. Social media in general is like that. People can connect with it all over the world.