Christopher Poole, the founder of internet imageboard 4chan, has sold the company to Hiroyuki Nishimura, the founder of Japanese site 2channel, itself a direct inspiration for 4chan’s creation in the first place.

How Drugs Could Kill the Japanese Internet

Brian Ashcraft

3/08/12 4:01am

There are Japanese websites. There are Japanese blogs. But at the heart of the country's internet and internet culture, one destination stands alone: 2channel.

4chan Has Been Sold...To The Creator Of 2Channel

How Drugs Could Kill the Japanese Internet

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