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I put my money on the former. 4chan is... itself. But it is definitely a vibrant community. And Poole himself has some thoughtful, unique insight into what m

by danko 11y ago

I put my money on the former. 4chan is... itself. But it is definitely a vibrant community. And Poole himself has some thoughtful, unique insight into what makes a community vibrant and what kills it.

andrewvc 11y ago
Maybe. Creating successful online communities has a huge luck element to it. I don't think there's anyone who can reliably create new online communities out of nothing.
- blakesterz 11y ago
  Indeed. That, and timing. It seems like Google with all its money and talent and unbeatable built in audience, pushed so hard and still couldn't get it done with Google+, it'll be interesting if they can get it done now.
  - Shorel 11y ago
    It's a bit hard to 'lurk' into a theme related community in Google+. Everything is too personal, too related to a particular individual and in that sense there are no communities, only egos.
467568985476 11y ago
Would you mind elaborating on his insight into online communities? I'd love to read his perspective in depth
- CPLX 11y ago
  That's an impressively on-topic username you've got there.
- bydo 11y ago
  His TED talk, for one: http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_m00t_poole_the_case_for_anonymity_online http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_m00t_poole_the_case_for...