HOT
APP
STORIES
QUIZZES
DISCOVER
MEMES
EMOJI
More
CREATE STORIES
DAILY
DISCOVER
PHRASES
NUDGE CLIPS
CONTENT REQUEST
LOGIN
HOT
APP
STORIES
QUIZZES
MEMES
EMOJI
STORY
DAILY
PHRASES
DISCOVER
NUDGE CLIPS
REQUEST CONTENT
×
Tasty Mystery Baskets of Clips
from, I guess 2005, called "Codemonkey."
And I said, "Okay."
Someone's pulling some strings, to force him
But, actually, I have no idea
(laughs)
of the new right, this internet right.
I would say overall Jim is a good owner for 8chan.
(intense orchestral music playing)
you know, down to the basement, right?
I fought a lot with both my parents about,
(laughs) He would have blabbed about it already.
and my engineers fixed his website.
So let me just say nothing.
Instead, they would go to places that collected Q's drops,
Brennan: I started to get lots of emails from people
and if he's actually an insider at the White House,
had given Fred an edge,
on his other projects.
Well, I don't honestly follow that board.
Filmmaker: Jim Watkins is an American businessman
Don't arrest me. (laughs softly)
Fred hadn't provided an address,
I ever let graduate."
Brennan: I was just thinking, wow, wouldn't it be amazing
and just generally hate women because of that.
to confirm its identity?
It wasn't meant to scale from 100 posts per day
named Hiroyuki Nishimura created 2channel.
played a role in that debate.
Like, a big boat?
an awareness that someone must do the right thing.
an employee now, being the administrator, not the owner.
Filmmaker: But you don't have access to the Q board?
Just not for 8chan.
getting angrier and angrier at the 4chan administration,
to have dangerous ideas.
It doesn't matter if they want to de-platform me.
But they were heavily censored, due to Japanese law.
To the video game board run by Mark Mann.
all mentions of GamerGate were given the axe.
Filmmaker: Which office are you referring to? The 8chan office?
while there's still time.
making sure people can read the letter,
♪ With your weapon in your hand ♪
SPEAKER: Secret messages, shared drop by drop,
have been arrested across Europe.
Probably, yeah.
that they weren't saying because it wasn't socially acceptable.
(fires)
No. About 8channel. I'm sorry.
So we'll go around the corner, okay?
to pull off comedic and sometimes offensive stunts.
CULLEN HOBACK: In early 2019, I got an anonymous tip,
Filmmaker: While Jim didn't have a Q-level clearance,
A few different pieces together, you may understand now
like qmap.pub.
I really can't wait to see your documentary
Jim Watkins: To give people a place that they can have
Of all the offers I received,
Uh... that's false.
its volunteers scattered around the globe,
Well, I don't...
Meanwhile, Reddit, its more mainstream competitor,
build about half of their audience on bashing Q.
behind the most notorious website on earth.
So, there was only one real way to get back at him,
even though I have the same hat that Trump wears.
got his start at a comedic website
And using the shield of anonymity,
And we were able to scale 8chan to, to the size it is now.
that are preventing you from coming back to run 8chan.
-oh, okay. (laughs) -Okay, yes, I trust you.