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WHOOPS
Nov 6, 2009

canepazzo posted:

though why's Bernie in MN?

He caucused very well here and there is some consternation about the state GOP making incremental gains lately. it should still go to Hillary soundly.

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fits my needs
Jan 1, 2011

Grimey Drawer
I don't get it, neither of them are poor though?

axeil
Feb 14, 2006
4chan is about to go bankrupt :getin:

ArsTechnica posted:

4chan is running out of money—and Martin Shkreli wants to help out

Cash worries have dogged the notorious troll-haven for years.

4chan, the infamous message board whose users once labelled it "the rear end in a top hat of the Internet," is nearly out of money and will have to take drastic action if it wants to survive, according to its new owner. Meanwhile, the notorious hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli has offered to help out.

The site, which hosts notoriously racist and sexist message boards, and which in the form of its /b/ board launched 1,000 unpleasant trolling campaigns, has long suffered money troubles, with users unwilling to subscribe and legitimate advertisers put off by unpalatable content. Its founder, Christopher "Moot" Poole, sold up in January 2015 to Hiroyuki Nisimura, the man who founded the board that inspired 4chan, Japan's almost equally unpleasant 2Channel.

In a post on Sunday, entitled "Winter is Coming," Nisimura wrote that he "had tried to keep 4chan as is. But I failed. I am sincerely sorry." He added:

Some notice there are no more middle ads and bottom ads on 4chan.
Ads don't work well. So we reduced advertisement servers cost.
4chan can't afford infrastructure costs, network fee, servers cost, CDN and etc, now.

He went on to describe three options to cut costs, none of which is likely to impress the site's fractious users. To stay afloat, the site apparently would need to halve traffic costs by closing some boards, limiting image sizes, and using slower servers; or have more pop-up or even "malicious" ads; or have more paying users.

However, an unlikely saviour has seemingly emerged. Shkreli—who erupted to notoriety of his own last year when his company, Turing Pharmaceuticals, acquired the manufacturing licence to the antiparasitic drug Daraprim and jacked its price up by 5,556 percent, from $13.5 to $750 per tablet (£10.60 to £588)—tweeted Nisimura to indicate that he would be "open to joining the Board of Directors of 4chan."

Nisimura replied, and the two apparently took the discussions away from public view.

Shkreli is currently on bail, pending a trial over federal charges for alleged securities fraud, after his arrest by the FBI in December last year. He also recently offered people the chance to punch him in the face for $50,000 for charity, to support the young son of his former PR guy Mike Kulich, who passed away suddenly a few weeks ago.

It looks like 4chan still has a few allies in the tech world, despite its unpleasant reputation. In a now-deleted but still-cached tweet, billionaire Minecraft founder Marcus "Notch" Persson apparently also expressed an interest in helping the site, writing: "Assuming it's not too expensive, and assuming I don't have to do any actual work myself, I'm in."

Poole, meanwhile, has scored himself a job at Google, where he is "building online communities."


B..b..but where will the deplorables go now! Respect out free speech! :qq:

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

pacerhimself posted:

Loosely political, but funny. "Jesse Ventura" vs "Jesse Ventura".

https://twitter.com/TheMikeTrainor/status/783254168400072704?s=09

just want everyone to know that this is a proclick

Old James
Nov 20, 2003

Wait a sec. I don't know an Old James!

Pastrymancy posted:

Tiffany was Marla's kid, correct?

Yes, she's the Elizabeth to Ivanka's Mary.

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010

axeil posted:

4chan is about to go bankrupt :getin:

B..b..but where will the deplorables go now! Respect out free speech! :qq:

Meanwhile our dead gay forums continue to function. God bless Dare and other idiots who keep giving Lowtax :10bux: just to be banned within a day over and over again.

Instant Sunrise
Apr 12, 2007


The manger babies don't have feelings. You said it yourself.

axeil posted:

4chan is about to go bankrupt :getin:



B..b..but where will the deplorables go now! Respect out free speech! :qq:

this day is getting better already

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


axeil posted:

4chan is about to go bankrupt :getin:



B..b..but where will the deplorables go now! Respect out free speech! :qq:

Reddit. They're already there.

Lord Hydronium
Sep 25, 2007

Non, je ne regrette rien


I TA a genetics class, and one of the problems the students have today is about shrunken corncobs. I laughed, and then realized that no one outside this forum would get why.

Feinne
Oct 9, 2007

When you fall, get right back up again.

Wow that's loving amazing. He lost cohesion so deeply that he surrendered to the beat behind him.

axeil
Feb 14, 2006

iospace posted:

Reddit. They're already there.

At least on reddit they have to have an actual username/account and you can do IP bans and whatnot. Reddit might suck but it's way easier to clean poo poo up there than on 4chan.

Also the irony of a SA outliving an SA-spawned site that got more popular is amazing. :allears:

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

also 4chan isn't shutting down, there's a good few rich tech guys who got their start there. they might implement the image limit thing, but there's no way it just vanishes off the internet.

Lightning Knight
Feb 24, 2012

Pray for Answer
The most curious part of the 4chan story is discovering that the Minecraft founder is a shitheel, imo.

I got my dad to vote for Hillary. I feel accomplished. Also he told me he voted for Obama in 2008, which I didn't know. I this find myself in the bizarre position of knowing my dad has worse political opinions than my mom but a better voting record. :psyduck:

FactsAreUseless
Feb 16, 2011

SA's overhead is also a fraction of 4chan's - I don't have exact numbers, but 4chan does way more stuff than we do. Even most images posted on SA are hosted offsite from places like Imgur or Tumblr.

I also have doubts about the sustainability of a super ad-focused model like 4chan's. It's increasingly tough to make money on ads. SA's userbase is much smaller, but also a lot more inclined to spend money on the site.

theflyingorc
Jun 28, 2008

ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS
Young Orc

Lightning Knight posted:

The most curious part of the 4chan story is discovering that the Minecraft founder is a shitheel, imo.
Notch is a completely average game making dude who struck the goddamn lottery of "right product right time"

As far as I can tell he's just a super sheltered weirdo who suddenly got super rich so his opinions are basically exactly what you'd expect them to be

edit: and all his "charitable" uses of his money is for dumb internet or videogame things, he was one of the first supporters of OUYA!

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Lightning Knight posted:

The most curious part of the 4chan story is discovering that the Minecraft founder is a shitheel, imo.
dude worked hard on a thing he liked, sold it for hundreds of millions, then sat around his mansion until his brain broke

Inferior Third Season
Jan 15, 2005

Facial morphing technology has really improved. That looks like a real ugly person.

TheBigAristotle
Feb 8, 2007

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money.
I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

Grimey Drawer

FactsAreUseless posted:

SA's overhead is also a fraction of 4chan's - I don't have exact numbers, but 4chan does way more stuff than we do. Even most images posted on SA are hosted offsite from places like Imgur or Tumblr.

I also have doubts about the sustainability of a super ad-focused model like 4chan's. It's increasingly tough to make money on ads. SA's userbase is much smaller, but also a lot more inclined to spend money on the site.

Be honest:

How close are we to Wikipedia-style fundraisers with Lowtax making like Jimmy Wales with the annoying sad face banners?

isk
Oct 3, 2007

You don't want me owing you
Most recent Notch fail I've seen is when he tried to mansplain mansplaining to a woman. Guy's a real piece of work.

Paint Crop Pro
Mar 22, 2007

Find someone who values you like Rick Spielman values 7th round picks.



pacerhimself posted:

Loosely political, but funny. "Jesse Ventura" vs "Jesse Ventura".

https://twitter.com/TheMikeTrainor/status/783254168400072704?s=09

From last page but this is a pro click. Less then 3 minutes long.

lozzle
Oct 22, 2012

by zen death robot

isk posted:

Most recent Notch fail I've seen is when he tried to mansplain mansplaining to a woman. Guy's a real piece of work.

This definitely sounds like something Notch would do.

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008
Probation
Can't post for 3 days!

what is happening? What is going on? how does this keep happening? Do not stop whatever it is. We are just starting to feel the groove. https://youtu.be/yd8jh9QYfEs

WeAreTheRomans
Feb 23, 2010

by R. Guyovich

TheBigAristotle posted:

Be honest:

How close are we to Wikipedia-style fundraisers with Lowtax making like Jimmy Wales with the annoying sad face banners?

Between all the idiot re-regs, avatar buying wars, and investments in mangosteen futures, Lowtax is sitting on a hefty pile of :10bux:

funeral home DJ
Apr 21, 2003


Pillbug

FactsAreUseless posted:

I also have doubts about the sustainability of a super ad-focused model like 4chan's. It's increasingly tough to make money on ads. SA's userbase is much smaller, but also a lot more inclined to spend money on the site.

I think the other problem is that ad companies (e.g. Google) probably don't want to be associated with known white supremacist / gross porn sites. Pretty sure SA has the word filters and gross picture rules specifically to prevent this. So yeah, they're facing an uphill battle.

The "deplorables" are going to find themselves in a world of hurt once they go looking for a place for their "free speech" and they figure out the first amendment doesn't guarantee you a forum or platform for your speech. SA can go on with things like paid memberships, but I doubt your average white supremacist calling for the death of politicians would be too geeked on signing up for a site and giving them personal information like a credit card and billing address.

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

Pastrymancy posted:

Why the gently caress is Trump in Arizona today?

It's a Battleground state now :unsmigghh:

Pakled
Aug 6, 2011

WE ARE SMART
Was Assange's October Surprise literally an hour of him promoting his company and his book?

because lol I knew it was going to be a nothingburger but that really takes the cake.

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Ripoff posted:

The "deplorables" are going to find themselves in a world of hurt once they go looking for a place for their "free speech"
stormfront, reddit, any of the 75 4chan spinoff boards that use the exact same format but have a much smaller userbase...

Bip Roberts
Mar 29, 2005

gradenko_2000 posted:

It's a Battleground state now :unsmigghh:

It is but it's not a tipping point state.

cant cook creole bream
Aug 15, 2011
I think Fahrenheit is better for weather

Pakled posted:

Was Assange's October Surprise literally an hour of him promoting his company and his book?

because lol I knew it was going to be a nothingburger but that really takes the cake.

There was also a 3 minute clipshow of American politicans and media people being mean to him on TV.

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal
So what happened at the Wikileaks october surprise event? From skimming the thread it was basically the birther event/hotel infomercial, except with Assange in place of Trump and the fringe right media in place of the mainstream?

canepazzo
May 29, 2006



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OfEQTSxawU

This loving election.

Zanzibar Ham
Mar 17, 2009

You giving me the cold shoulder? How cruel.


Grimey Drawer
Just wait for tomorrow, when he'll leak the release of his audiobook.

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

haveblue posted:

So what happened at the Wikileaks october surprise event? From skimming the thread it was basically the birther event/hotel infomercial, except with Assange in place of Trump and the fringe right media in place of the mainstream?

literally nothing

theflyingorc
Jun 28, 2008

ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS
Young Orc

haveblue posted:

So what happened at the Wikileaks october surprise event? From skimming the thread it was basically the birther event/hotel infomercial, except with Assange in place of Trump and the fringe right media in place of the mainstream?

He literally had no leak to share.

I don't know if he himself said that there would be something substantive and straight up lied, or if he announced the press conference and let other people ASSUME this was the final stake in Hillary's evil heart

ComradeCosmobot
Dec 4, 2004

USPOL July

haveblue posted:

So what happened at the Wikileaks october surprise event? From skimming the thread it was basically the birther event/hotel infomercial, except with Assange in place of Trump and the fringe right media in place of the mainstream?



But with Assange's face instead of Jay Sherman.

Diva Cupcake
Aug 15, 2005

Free Republic is handling the Assange bust well.

Mel Mudkiper
Jan 19, 2012

At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

axeil posted:

4chan is about to go bankrupt :getin:



B..b..but where will the deplorables go now! Respect out free speech! :qq:

turns out a forum catering to incomeless 16 year olds can't make money

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

Bear Witness

isk posted:

Most recent Notch fail I've seen is when he tried to mansplain mansplaining to a woman. Guy's a real piece of work.
Isn't he just completely oblivious? Not that it makes most of his "foibles" less awful, but he's really just a brick rather than actively choosing to be lovely, right?

Paint Crop Pro
Mar 22, 2007

Find someone who values you like Rick Spielman values 7th round picks.



Pakled posted:

Was Assange's October Surprise literally an hour of him promoting his company and his book?

because lol I knew it was going to be a nothingburger but that really takes the cake.

The greatest thing that could happen is one person buys it and uploads it online for free.

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ComradeCosmobot
Dec 4, 2004

USPOL July

Diva Cupcake posted:

Free Republic is handling the Assange bust well.



"blue-collar billionaire"

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