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- "Brb, soup."
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Christopher Poole, better known under his nickname Moot, was the founder of 4chan.
Bio[edit | edit source]
Previously shitposting on Something Awful's "Anime Death Tentacle Rape Warehouse" subforum; Moot was familiar with the Japanese Futaba Channel and wanted an English equivalent so he could discuss cute anime girls. To this end, he ran Futaba Channel's open-source code through a machine translator and launched 4chan on October 1st, 2003.
He retired form this position and sold ownership of 4chan to 2channel founder Hiroyuki Nishimura in 2015; potentially as result from the fallout of the Gamergate affair. He went on to work for Google until April 21st, 2021. What he's up to nowadays is unknown, although some people speculate he still clings on to his dreams of becoming the little girl.
In 8chanmania[edit | edit source]
Moot's only appearance was in 8chanmania LXXXVI. He did a reasonably good job against the oldfag meme Cockmongler, and while initially treated as a heel, his victory over Captain Qwark earned him a drastic surge in popularity. Alas, the latter did not help him when he lost the next match against Spider-Man.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Aside from 4chan proper, Moot also developed two sides projects called Canvas and DrawQuest, but terminated both after they turned out as commercial failures.
