The ability to fail quietly without having that failure associated with your name/identity allows for more experimentation and limit pushing.

- Christopher Poole

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. ... Tha…

- Christopher Poole

Facebook does social really well, but continues to fail at community.

- Christopher Poole

A racing horse is not like a machine. It has to be tuned up like a racing car.

- Christopher Poole

The cost of failure is really high when you're contributing as yourself.

- Christopher Poole

The high five card will be an insignificant bonus to the incredible time I’ll have traveling the world and meeting new people, especially fans of Nan…

- Christopher Poole

I don't agree with everything Facebook does or Mark Zuckerberg's stance on identity, but he's a nice and extremely smart guy who believes in what he'…

- Christopher Poole

There isn't one way of doing anything. I'm not saying everywhere online should be anonymous, nor do I think everywhere should use read-ID. I just wan…

- Christopher Poole

Areas with lots of college students/young people can be a minefield, so I tend to avoid them.

- Christopher Poole