2chan and 4chan Creators On Social Media

Back in the good 'ol days of our beta site Niconico.com, we had the opportunity to host a Nico Live Broadcast with the creators of 2chan AND 4chan.

tldr; chan chan chan!

Do you know Christopher Poole? You may know him by his online handle "Moot" and the fact that he is the creator of 4chan.

Hiroyuki Nishimura is the founder of its Japanese predecessor 2chan.

James Spahn is the President/CEO Nico Nico, Inc. and founded the beta version of Niconico.com.

This triumvirate of big-name IT giants sit down and talk about their products and the future of social media for a full 80 minutes! The show starts off with Moot explaining 4chan and how he came up with the name. He later talks about his new product: canv.as.

All the while, our main man James translates like a boss!

Towards the end they start taking questions from Niconico users. Though this video was made back in 2011, it is brimming with insite on how these two super sites came to be and where they're going. Even a social media net guru could learn a great deal from them!





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