From futaba: http://futalog.com/437349795.htm>日本で2ちゃんが閉鎖する危ない!…などと大騒ぎした挙句荒稼ぎした実績をあるからなあ…4chのGAIJINはそういう過去の集金パターンを知らないはずなのでがっつりDonateすると思うんですけど(名推理)>In Japan he would make a fuss and say "2channel is in danger of closing!" then make bank. The gaijin at 4chan don't know the old moneymaking pattern, so they'll probably donate a lot.
>>744934Responding from the thread it was posted in:>>744926They were talking about how Hiro is viewed as really dubious in the Japanese IT industry and how despite claiming to be broke, he has generated some 20 million in funding outside of Japan, basically saying that he has fled from his debts at home in order to make money elsewhere.They also comment on the usage of adblock here, by us.One としあき comments on how Hiro is percieved like a yakuza in the way he conducts business and another poster says that there people have been deceived by the image put out by marketing and that in reality most don't trust him.
Donate or die drive
>>744936Simply put he's a professional con artist
>>744940as long as he's professional about it.
>>744966>actually being okay with a thief who doesn't give a fuck about this site as adminStupid namefag.
You would have to be stupid to donate to this shithole now that Hiro said it was dying.And don't turn off your adblock either.
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>>744998>thief>someone who provides a service for people who willingly give him money then receive exactly what they paid forstop whining holy shit.
>>745068>>>/a/148116915That thread is only allowed to exist on the basis that it was going to produce anons who would be translating stuff anons, so tell them to do it.
>>745070>>>/vip/Fuck off.
>>745070When hiro's datamining and selling off of your credit card information come to light I'll be laughing all day.
I am gay and like to suck cocks
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>>745090/pol/ in a nutshell
>>745098Google translate does not work for Japanese, anon. It outputs complete garbage.
>>745114Still gives you basic understanding of what's going on in this cast.>also what's with this stupid post limit shit I hate it
>>745078>how to post on 2 boards at once>>745084>selling off of your credit card informationnow you're just making shit up, anon.
>>745126>Still gives you basic understanding of what's going on in this cast.As someone who can read the original, no it doesn't.
>>745136>As someone who can read the originalTHEN FUCKING TRANSLATE YOU DUMB FAGGOT
>>745145Translation isn't the same as reading something, anon. I could give it a go but it would take a while and basically be me explaining what the posts are more than a "translation".
>>744934> futa
Oh is this the new 8gag interloper thread?
>>745201Nice try Hiro.
>>745197>implications
Hiro reputation is now damaged beyond repair on here
>>745261The retarded majority will still lap up the bullshit which mods will propagate, no different to every time they've been on damage control in the past.
Can we get 2chs help to stop Hiro?
>>745207Hiro has nothing to do with it. Jim does.
>european>been browsing 4chan since 2007>first time I get this shit in all these yearsthis guy is a fucking tool that just wants us to buy passeswe need to get rid of him asap and get based Shkreli to buy the site
>>744934Running out of funds on Nicodouga is one thing, but running out of funds managing a fucking text bbs? How would anything Hiro proposed about bandwith or removing features help on an imageboard the girth of this one if his argument of running out of funds for the bbs is legit and not just a pretensed cashgrab? Holy fuck man.
>>745334>we need to get rid of him asap and get based Shkreli to buy the siteFuck no.
>>745334Yeah I got that shit too, if you reset your modem/router enough time you can bypass it. But anyways I've been reading this 'i want shkreli too buy the site' thing often. Can you elaborate on this please ? I mean yeah he's kinda funny and a 'le troller' but other than that I don't see how he would be a good owner. He just started browsing 4chan like a couple of days ago and doesn't care about the 'culture' or 4chan principles at all
>>745339>running out of funds managing a fucking text bbs?Yeah, there's obviously some shit going on.>whoops I used up all the money on a site so simple they ran them on fucking C64sIt's so dodgy.
>>745343exactly, 4chan has no principleslet the site breathe
>>745346But it does. >let the site breathWhat does that even mean?
>>745343>I mean yeah he's kinda funny and a 'le troller'Yeah, because posting like a retard and being a "memer" sure is funny.If you watch his stream or just quickly skim his twitter account then it's pretty clear why he would be one of the worst choices for a new 4chan admin.
>>745346>4chan has no principlesLet me guess, your home board is either /pol/ or /b/, right?
>>745380and yours tumblr I take it?
>>745342We need Mike Cernovich instead. I'm trying to get in contact with him and warn him about investing in this site. I want to get him to buy us out.
>>745383So, I'm right? Nice comeback by the way.
>>745363Read my whole post, retard.
>>745391my home board is /g/ and you're a newfag
>>745400My main objection was with you finding him funny.
>>745406How embarrassing.
>>745421It really is embarrassing how newfags try to shoehorn their hate for /pol/b/ into everythingno one cares about your beef with that board just because it triggered you one night, the thread's subject is hiro's shenanigans
>>745411Well he is kind of funny, in a weird autistic way. I do watch his streams sometimes and I can see why people on 4chan like him, because he shares their type of humor. But still he wouldn't be a good owner
>>745446My primary beef with you saying that 4chan has no "principles", which is obvious bullshit. Also, just go on and call me a newfag, if that's what makes you sleep at night.
>>7449344chan has always had trouble breaking even. I don't know why it's so unlikely that a change in administration would push it into the red.
>>745406>/g/>calling anyone else a newfagGet some fucking perspective, mate. /g/ is basically a series of consumer marketing generals and reddit boards rolled into one. It's a normalfag shithole that attracts newfags who filter in from /v/ and /int/ to use it as their personal tech support and to argue over phone brands. It's a fucking disgrace.
>>745487http://www.4chan.org/news?all#118>The site isn't in danger of going under financially any time soon, and it's as fast and stable as ever thanks to continued development and recent server upgrades.
>>745487Fuck off Hiro.
>>745495Derete this
>>745494/g/ is consumerist as fuck as well.
>>745495>nearly 2 years later and hiro fucked itwow
>>745499no
Hiro isn't going anywhere unless he's hacked out Just like at 2ch
I've only seen two probable investors in the site, and they both sort of want to be in total control, so no threats of scams on that front, and he can't rebuff actual investors without looking suspicious.
>>745512I WILL MURDER HIM.
>>745524I don't even know who these fucking people are.They're all shit though.
>>745536>They're all shit though.This. They all believe we're some kind of meme factory.
>>745536cernovich is an hard hitting somewhat attention whoring journalist, him and company would know if something is wrong. The other potential investor is martin shkreli, a man who pulled a fast one on the government by jacking up the price on a niche drug that was paid for completely by the government.
>>745524They all seem to believe that 4chan=/pol/. They all want to buy 4chan for either "the memes" or "free speech", which show just how little they know in the first place about this site.
/vip/ was made to bribe people into blindly supporting Hiro and all of his shady shit.And it's working flawlessly.
Honestly, none of this affects me. I'm not paying for a pass to save 4chan. And I'm still not unblocking ads. I may EVENTUALLY buy a pass if the features are enticing enough for me. That's the only reason.So if he keeps adding features then that's all I care about.
>>745553And that's the reason this site will fall in the end. Hope you're happy with your contribution.
>>745553since he cut back image sizes on some board I think 4chin pass users should be able to post the normal 4mb limit
>>745524I hope to god they're serious
>>745560hi Hiro
>>745551Shkreli has lurked other parts of the site on his livestreams, but if /pol/ is the only one that can catch investor attention, its not their fault if they're ignoring everyone else.
>>745553>I'll buy a pass if I fall into the exact ploy Hiro wants me toGood job.
>>745562shkreli might be pulling some long troll, but cernovich doesn't fuck around as his journalist credibility is on the line
>>745571Literally anyone would be better than Hiro so I don't care as long as mook is out. All Hiro does is fake bad English to avoid answering questions properly while giving pass users special privileges to make sure a select portion of the website will defend him no matter what he does.
>>745564No, I was talking about the fact that you would buy it if more features became available .i.e. you becoming a special snowflake and going against one of the main principles of the site, which is anonymity. That might not have been you original intention with your post, but it seemed so to me.
>>745548>The other potential investor is martin shkreli, a man who pulled a fast one on the government by jacking up the price on a niche drug that was paid for completely by the governmentI don't think you can mention Shkreli without talking about what sort of person he is. He's invested shitloads in e-sports teams. He's a massive keyboard warrior but can barely get through a single tweet without causing himself to look like a spoiled manchild. He's actually throwing money at a project to clone Harambe the gorilla because LOL MEMES.
>>745584a fuck you attitude is standard for admins of this site. cernovich is sort of the same way.
>>745565He's going to fuck over all of the actual good boards with his "hilarious shitposting", and expand /pol/ and /b/, I can't see a more dark future for 4chan.
>>745541We are not that old strength which in old days moved earth and heaven...
>>745589Wat
>>745588*actually
>>745524Can confirm. There are legit talks going on to buy 4chan
>>745584>He's invested shitloads in e-sports teams. He's actually throwing money at a project to clone Harambe the gorilla because LOL MEMEI only knew about his stunt with Turing Pharmaceuticals, but he's starting to sund like the kind of faggot I'd take as the site owner any day, especially over the current gook con artist.
>>745566If I buy a sandwich from the sandwich store I've fallen for the sandwich store man's evil ploy, but you'll have to explain why I should feel bad about it.
>>745598>food analogiesI thought this was a /v/ thing
>>745090>using homosexuality to try and shame a 4chan userlul. i only fap to the purest 2D loli because my microdick could never satisy a woman
>>745588>>745593well first off hiroshima has agree to sell to him, and theres also cernovich, but I figure he might try to weasel out if the offers aren't good enough. both cernovich an shkreli won't let him get away with treachery without all of /pol/ knowing.
Don't know what's worse, this site going down the shitter or people vehemently defending it, regardless of bait purposes
>>745607It could be, but I don't visit /v/ and have no way of knowing either way.
>>745610>well first off hiroshima has agree to sell to him, and theres also cernovich,No he fucking hasn't. On the livestream he asked hiro, and hiro responded by saying he wasn't interested.
>>745612Hiro has won, because he's created these people.
>>745618that's just Hiro exercising his perfect English.
>>745617sorry what i meant to say is "has to agree", but that should of been clear from the context of my post.
>>745626Sorry, my bad. I'm retarded.
>>745617That was Martin not Mike.>>745610Cernovich and co. Got the money to get it done.Also my ISP got blocked
>>745618Those people have always existed.
>>745618Posts like this and the ones on /vip/ and the rest of /qa/ really show that the people who bought 4chan Passes are going to be the ones that help steer the site into a negative direction.I never thought there'd be a conflict of ideals between pass users and non-pass users but now that these faggots have been given a special voice and their egos have been fueled by Hiro they're showing their true colors.
>>745648I bought a pass, but I've had them since moot made them. I'm not a bad guy. Fuck this chinese jap.
>>745654Congrats on being the 1% of smart and non-deluded pass users then.
>>745657BIKER GANG
>>745657I bought one because my work wifi network was blocked from 4chan, and I post 90% of the time from my phone and filling out the captcha on my phone is a pain in the ass. So it made sense for me.
>>745657congratulations on being the 99% of retarded /qa/ users
>>745668>the stupid people are the ones not blindly following Hiro and seeing through his bullshit>>>/vip/
>>745672/qa/ has been retarded for months at leastthat said, there's nothing to "see through" - either you have proof or you don't
>>745681There's more proof of Hiro being a gook conman and a liar than the site being in financial troubles. Including the OP of this thread.
>>745648If you lurked /qa/ more you'll see we've always shilled passes when people complain about the captcha but we all agree (i think) on /qa/ that the /vip/ was a mistake and everything else in the past couple of days
>>745689>There's more proof of Hiro being a gook conman and a liar than the site being in financial troubles. Including the OP of this thread.i've been shitposting in /qa/ since moot's QA and i've still yet to see a reliable source on hiro that doesn't rely on what random 2ch posters say
>>745698>it's fact that Hiro was booted off of 2ch>yet somehow the people who experienced his shit firsthand and remember what he did aren't trustworthyPass users, everyone
>>745702>yet somehow the people who experienced his shit firsthandi'm looking for evidence, m8if you used 4chan users as a source on what moot got up into his daily life you'd learn that he banned GG from the website because his girlfriend told him to while cheating on him with black menit's not a real source
>>745706Mister Metokur made a very detailed video on Hiro's shenanigans as well with citations if you really want proof that much.
>>745717as a rule i don't watch videos by talking headsif he has a list of citations handy i'll read it though
And how does it affect me that some cucks pay a nip money? If you are so retarded please proceed, but im not.
>>745719>as a rule i don't watch videos by talking headsSounds like a retarded rule you made up on the spot to try to refute evidence. It's not my responsibility if you keep yourself ignorant.
>>745131>selling off of your credit card informationIs literally what he did on 2chWhy wouldn't he do it again here?
>>745727Not him, but those kinds of videos are often full conspiratorial bullshit, can't blame him for being critical.
>>745727>Sounds like a retarded rule you made up on the spot to try to refute evidence.no doubt your cancerous generation thinks watching twitch streams and following your favorite e-celebs on youtube and twitter is an important part of modern internet citizenship but that shit has always been retarded>It's not my responsibility if you keep yourself ignorant.i followed the anonymous-japan 2ch sources back to their original japanese sources and they didn't say half of what was claimed証拠を出してください
>>745739>no doubt your cancerous generation thinks watching twitch streams and following your favorite e-celebs on youtube and twitter is an important part of modern internet citizenship but that shit has always been retardedSo you don't even know who the person I'm talking about is but proceed to spout memes and assumptions.>Please put out the evidenceI have, you just refuse to follow it because the existence of a video triggers you. >>745734Mister Metokur has always told it how it is from both sides and provides proof through his myriad of screencaps and sources. He's not even well-known and doesn't qualify for an "e-celeb" because he never got a lot of views and he doesn't even make content anymore.
>>745723It's a sign of things to come and gives a special snowflake status to those who do payIt's against the core of the site
>>745551>for either "the memes" or "free speech", which show4chan is about free speech and anonymity though, moot said that many many times. The memes are just a bonus.
>>745576>All Hiro does is fake bad English to avoid answering questionsDo you have a clip of him speaking fluent English? Genuinely curious about this.
>>745747>So you don't even know who the person I'm talking about isis there a reason i should? is he particularly relevant to 2ch or 4chan or internet culture in general?>I have, you just refuse to follow it because the existence of a video triggers you. i'm not going to waste my time watching a video when i could follow a link - as far as i can tell, he's not a primary source; therefore, all of his information has to be coming from other sources, which could be read without whatever analysis he'd decided to personally layer on top of these things
>>745756>passfag purposely choosing to keep himself ignorant Just fuck off already >>745749This. I don't know why these new drones don't understand.
>>745756Mister Metokur aka Internet Aristocrat/pol/'s hero because his girlfriend sucked him off during a live Youtube stream and he made 1-2 hour long videos during the GG drama
>>745752We have this from Shekels' stream
>>745760>Just fuck off already some things, like irrelevant internet celebrity jackoffs, are better off remained ignorant abouti'm not watching his video because i have no reason to believe him a more trustworthy source than, say, you, and i have better things to do with my time then allowing an irrelevant internet celebrity jackoff into my head for fifteen minutes
>>745767>internet celebrityBuzzwords that don't apply certainly don't help your case, passfag.>>>/vip/
>>745752https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vf5lhPkfYo
>>745772>Buzzwords that don't apply certainly don't help your case, passfag.you know what would help your case?primary sourceslet's see some
>>745776It's funny how you don't consider 2ch a primary source even though they're the ones who experience everything he did first hand and got to see him get kicked off of the site Just go to your containment board where you can circlejerk with the rest of them already
>>745739>i followed the anonymous-japan 2ch sources back to their original japanese sources and they didn't say half of what was claimedThat's been my experience as well. Most of these "citations" are just a terrible game of broken telephone across random websites, each misinterpretation, click-bait article and opinion-saturated "article" worse than the last until it turns into a slurry of fantastical nonsense completely divorced from reality.
>>744934why is gaijin in the english alphabet and why is donate in english?
>>744934Don't worry, he's a CUTE ANIME BUNNEY and we all know that CUTE ANIME BUNNIES would not do such a sinister thing
>>745561>he thinks its p2pJust stop. This is exactly how DLC came the norm because cancer cucks like u
>>745782>It's funny how you don't consider 2ch a primary sourceusing 2ch as a primary source on its admin is like using 4chan as a primary source on its admin, in which case all the posts we're making in this shitty /qa/ thread would be "proof"let's try this again: a reliable primary source, or, a reliable secondary source that synthesizes directly from reliable primary sourcesthis is not an unreasonable standard to have before accepting a claim
>>745799Is there any way you can filter attention whores without 4chanX?
>>745561You tard
>>745764Okay, suspicious. But it's just one sentence. >>745773Speaks in very broken English here. Anybody else?
>Hiro claims 4chan takes up too much bandwidth, thinking of reducing boards>2 days later a new board is added
>>745803I don't think so
>>745803You can probably install a greasemonkey script or write up your own custom extension that adds style="display: none;" to every element with the "n-pu" class.
>>745732no, it isnt.
>>745495Hiro should be more open with the numbers. Tell us precisely what's been causing the monetary problem and then decide how to fix this issue rather than hastily implementing these shitty 4chan pass "benefits".
>>745819>>745823Fuck, I might just install 4chanX so I can then. I hate cloverfags and everything that sticker and /vip/ represents for the site's direction.
>>744934Why can't we crowdfund this shithole?
If Hiro is legit in talks to sell the site, hopefully 4chan might be saved
>>745801Fucking this. 4chan is literally becoming pay to win.
>>745838You mean dead.
>>745826Why did you think he declined the TWO offers he got?He wants to keep the site because it's a constant stream of money.
>>745841Nobody wins at 4chan. By coming here you have become a loser at all thing, forever.
>first passes remove capcha>then they reduce cdr>then they made it so you can use them to bypass range bans>and now passes give you a special boardAnd people are saying the slippery slope isn't real.
>>745827>I hate cloverfags and everything that sticker and /vip/ representsI donated money to the site to keep it alive but I don't want any clover or sigs or any of that shit. How do I remove the clover?
>>745855You have to include `since4pass` into the options field to display the clover. It doesn't display by default.
>>745855>to keep it aliveSTOP, the site is not dying.Don't be a tool.
>>745843oh come on. 8gag has questionable owners and they're still chugging along.
>>745845We don't even know if Notch even offered to buy the site since he deleted all his tweets.Apparently there's serious talks with Cernovich and his investors with Hiro right now.
>>745868Notch went on a massive LSD trip so anything he said should be taken with a grain of salt
>>745863Your new is showing.He's probably talking about Donate or Die or earlier.
>>745873I think after the whole minecraft fiasco he would want to not draw attention, but then again he is kind of druggy.
>>745859Ah, thanks. >>745863Lots of allegations about Hiro but I haven't seen any good evidence yet. Moot struggled with financing and complained about it all the time. It's not impossible that during this election year and the growing popularity of some boards (plus things like webms) made the bandwidth grow faster than existing revenue, despite moot having left it on a sound financial footing 2 years ago.
>>745760>This. I don't know why these new drones don't understand.Most of them are probably redditors
>>745894>The site has bandwidth problems>That's why he made yet another board
>>745907To be fair I dont think boards cause problem, boards are storage and people request data from it/ post data to it. its the requat and post part what causes problems not storage
>>745917>same smug anime imageSo you show your true colors cuckpass user
He should still delete /pol/.
>>745924I want /vip/ gone as well but I'm just saying
>>745924>same>smugretard
>>745925please /pol/ is the only reason anyone wants to throw money at this place.
>>745930no need to be so butthurt after getting called out
>>745934You're fucking retarded and no attempts at damage control will change that
>>745938>hurr ur retardedkill yourself cuck
Honestly though if he wanted personal funds, he could literally come out and say: pay me or I shut the site down, and in some ways maintain respect, but no he has to choose trickery.
>>745866KEK when was this
>>745866I love Martin's expression there.True story, I had a dream last night where I grabbed some guy's dick and he grabbed mine and you can guess what happened afterwards.
>>745826He can't be more open with numbers because then we'd see there's no big trouble at all. There's a reason he won't make them public.
Testing if I'm blocked. Feel free to berate me.
>>746269t.hiro
>>746280Never in my whole life have I been so insulted.
>>746143You pissed your panties?
>>745618>people unironically falling for le 4chan gold memeJesus. This happened too soon.
>>745565Shkreli is going to put in federal prison for fraud also the only thing he knows about 4chan is /pol/.Asking about even the most basic history got a blank response like yo would if you asked someone from reddit.The only way to save 4chan is . 1. Get all of Hiro's dirty laundry and create as many inforgraphs to spam so people know who they're dealing with and. 2. Get someone who at least hires staff who understand how 4chan of old works so we can cull all the cancer that has been posting since 2009.
>>746342Almost. I woke up and went to the bathroom so any crisis was averted.
If he could make a hundred million yen off 2chan in 2008 how much could he make here
>>745597You need someone who can leave his hands off the website. He doesn't seem like someone who could do that since he has an incentive to monetise it and too much of an ego to not abuse the platform. The thing which set moot apart from many others is that he was smart or perhaps lazy enough to leave the website alone.
>>744934>actually believing the yellow jew
>>746637wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
>>745411my main objective with you is that you're a little sissy twink
>>745499kek
>>746637Shkreli and Cernovich and Co. have a lot of money at their disposal
>>746552>Shkreli is going to put in federal prison for fraud Evidence against him isn't enough for a conviction. Besides, he's so fucking rich he'll easily get off.
Maybe it's time I learn Japanese like my ancestors and move to 2chan
>>747044Just make sure you got a Japanese VPN
>4chan was just down for a momentguys I don't think he's joking
>>747054Why?
>>747058I didnt notice anything
>>747062Because only Japanese IP addresses can post on 2ch. Any foreign IPs are blocked.
http://desuarchive.org/qa/search/capcode/admin/How come his posting changed in such a short time
>>745334Do you fucking idiots research at all? Or know anything at all? Shrek is very likely going to fucking jail next June for securities fraud. He's likely looking to launder his money before it gets seized and blowing it on this site is what he'll do if he can get away with it. He would monetize the site 100x more than hiro because he would just look to sell the site ASAP for profit thinking it should be easy money. This guy is a fucking world famous criminal known for laundering money around companies as shells. His accounts were already frozen I thought; or not just I thought but it was announced as news a year ago. That could very well be dirty money from who the fuck knows where, liquidated assets? Offshore shit?
I don't particularly see a problem with him making some profit from the site
>>745406>>745494>>745501hello
>>747397Me neither fellow since4pass user
>>745591>Being this much of a literal plebIt may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.By the way, when Hiro said 4chan was kill in the original Winter Is Coming thread, he wrote a second post along the lines of, "You're probably wondering how I fucked up so badly. You deserve an explanation, so I wrote one out for you." And then he never posted again. What is the explanation? Did he post it in another thread?
>>747487>expecting Hiroshima to actually explain anything
>>747487I've never seen him explain anything. Usually he just disappears or ignores everything.
>>747487That's not what his second post meant at all. He was trying to convey that his first post was the explanation of what was going on with the site.Yes, it wasn't a very good explanation, but that's what it was.He still has yet to post since then. Take a look.http://desuarchive.org/qa/search/capcode/admin/
What I'm worried about: What if they start taking suggestions from /vip/ instead of from /qa/?
>>747546I don't see a problem with that.
>>745383kek
>>747548>>747548You don't see a problem with him taking suggestions from the people who pay him money to use an exclusive board? Are you an idiot or is this your first year on 4chan?If that starts happening, then we are literally Something Awful. Seriously. Don't even bother buying a pass and just go give Lowtax 20 dollars if that's how you feel, because at least Lowtax seems to know how to run his site without a major catastrophe every few months.
The only positive point I could see hiroyuki asking suggestions from /vip/ is that, due to the much smaller population, it would be a lot easier communicating with him. He would likely still ignore posts or end things on open questions though.
>>747571I worry about that most of all, actually.Have you seen some of the suggestions in /qa/? Now, imagine that someone got a private platform on /vip/ with Hiroyuki to push their absolutely awful ideas without having the majority of 4chan around to shout them down. GR15 would be gone, for one. /pol/ would be deleted, and so would /vr/, /vg/, /c/, and /u/. Basically, if he wants to communicate only with this special caste of people who are dumb enough to give him money; then 4chan is dead. Officially buried in the ground dead.
>>747546>>747548>>747568I don't see that happening, the number of pass users is too small to cater to just like the number of /qa/ users is too small to cater toImagine a tiny board like /vip/ being responsible for a negative change on a board like /v/, the shitposting would be impossible to contain
>>747577That's a good point. And I'm sure if hiro was posting there then that would convince at least a few more people to buy posts and then post whatever garbage they want to tell him. I really, really hope he doesn't take suggestions from /vip/.
>>747548Judging by how the banner contest went, I do.
>>747583>I don't see that happening, the number of pass users is too small to cater to just like the number of /qa/ users is too small to cater tothat's exactly what Hiro wants to change, though.Hiro has already shown that he cares little about the anonymous culture of the site and just wants people to pay up. Whether 4chan is in debt or not is secondary to the reality that he's shit on the culture of the site. If he genuinely starts treating pass users as a protected class (keep in mind, he did this once before with 2ch), then gradually; more people would buy passes just because they want to feel like they're running 4chan.