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4chan, the infamous message board whose users once labelled it “the asshole 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:
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Source: Ars Technica – 4chan is running out of money—and Martin Shkreli wants to help out