4chan's culture is unique and spreads and draws people in like no other. It's also important to realize that 4chan wasn't some overnight success, and there was never 'hockey stick' - like growth.
4chan gets almost one million posts per day, hundreds of thousands of which are images.
I'm a bit of a lurker on Reddit.
4chan is a framework of pictures and text. I've always been extremely hands-off with dictating what gets posted, past general categories and rules. I support providing a place to discuss anything, although I don't agree with everything that's posted.
I call it the LGBT Q and A community 'cause there's so many questions and answers.
Twitter gives you a forum to let loose a little bit and have fun.
Usenet is the last uncensored mass medium.
I post probably 5 to 10 times a day in my forum. I have a forum directly related to my blog where I will write my blog and people will disagree with me and call me an idiot so then I will say this is why I wrote that and blah, blah, blah. I spend a lot of time online.
If the Reddit community cannot learn to balance authenticity and compassion, it may be a great website, but it will never be a truly great community.
My website bulletin board is the place I interact with my readers.
What's unique about [4chan] is that it's anonymous, and it has no memory. There's no archive, there are no barriers, there's no registration. ... That's led to this discussion that's completely raw, completely unfiltered.
In the 'Angel' days, all there was was a community that was like a chat room. If you were looking for feedback, you had to look for it.
I've done some moderating in the past at CBSSports.com. Certainly not in the debate format.
