Christopher Poole founded the anonymous English-language imageboard 4chan in October 2003, when he was still a teenager; he served as the site's head administrator until January 2015.
15 Facts About Christopher Poole
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Christopher Poole founded the online community Canvas, active from 2011 to 2014.
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Christopher Poole was born in 1988 and grew up in New York City.
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Until 2008, when his name was revealed in The Wall Street Journal, Christopher Poole took great lengths to protect his identity, going under the pseudonym of Robert in real life and as moot online.
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Several journalists noted that the name "Christopher Poole" could be a pseudonym itself, including Lev Grossman of Time and Monica Hesse of The Washington Post.
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Christopher Poole believes in anonymity on the Internet, and spoke at the TED2010 conference in Long Beach, California, about the value of the concept.
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In 2009, The Washington Post reported that Christopher Poole had attended Virginia Commonwealth University for a few semesters before dropping out, and that he was living with his mother while trying to figure out how to monetize 4chan.
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Christopher Poole established 4chan on October 1,2003, using translated source code from 2chan, and sought to combine the anime culture on 2chan with the community on Something Awful.
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In 2010, it was reported that Christopher Poole had raised $625,000 to create a new online enterprise, Canvas.
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On January 21,2014, Christopher Poole announced that, effective immediately, Canvas and DrawQuest were shutting down.
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On January 21,2015, Christopher Poole stepped down as the head administrator of 4chan.
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On March 8,2016, via a post on Tumblr, Christopher Poole announced that he had been hired by Google in an undisclosed position, a decision that was met with anger from Google employees, who claimed that Christopher Poole's employment at Google was not compatible with its claims of diversity.
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In June 2016, Christopher Poole became a partner at Google's in-house startup incubator, Area 120.
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Christopher Poole switched positions again in 2018 when he became a product manager for Google Maps.
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In November 2012, it was reported that Christopher Poole had sent a cease and desist letter to the startup moot.