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'''4chan''' is an imageboard website made in 2003.<ref name="readwrite">Larson, S. (2018, September 29). [https://readwrite.com/2013/11/04/4chan-moot-christopher-pool-qa/ "4chan's Christopher Poole: I was a teenage coder-and then I stopped."] ReadWrite. Retrieved December 9, 2021. </ref><ref name="cnbc">Elias, J. (2021, April 23). [https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/22/4chan-founder-chris-poole-moot-has-left-google.html "4chan founder Chris Poole has left google"]. CNBC. Retrieved December 9, 2021.</ref><ref name="The Guardian">Wong, J. C. (2016, March 8). [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/07/chris-poole-4chan-google-hire-social-media "Google hires founder of 4chan, the 'Zuckerberg of Online Underground'"]. [[wikipedia:The Guardian|The Guardian]]. Retrieved December 9, 2021.</ref><ref name="The New York Times">Bilton, N. (2010, March 19). [https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/one-on-one-christopher-poole-founder-of-4chan/ "One on one: Christopher Poole, founder of 4chan"]. [[wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]]. Retrieved December 9, 2021.</ref><ref name="Forbes">Ewalt, D. M. (2011, August 11). [https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2011/03/13/4chans-christopher-poole-why-anonymity-rules/ "4chan's Christopher Poole: Why anonymity rules"]. [[wikipedia:Forbes|Forbes]]. Retrieved December 9, 2021.</ref>  The site hosts multiple different topics boards with topics, including video games, fitness, politics, music, anime, and more. It is an English-language counterpart of Futaba Channel (known as 2chan at the time of the site's creation), a Japanese imageboard site discussing online culture. 4chan is known for popularizing several internet memes made by its community, and other than that, it had also become known for being involved with [[screamer]]s and [[shock site]]s including [[Jeff the Killer]], [[Fukouna Shoujo 03]], [[Smile Dog]], [[Glory Hole Foundation]], [[Poochee and Pansy]] and others. The site doesn't require registration, so users can post anything on boards anonymously,<ref name="The Guardian" /><ref name="Forbes" /> but users can also use a nickname for themselves on the site.