Yo, this is old, we had many threads about it already

I guess that you guys really don't really care huhh.

>>3223548
But the article was out only recently...

>>3223588
>>3223599
Lurk the fuck moar. Actually, just get out.

Fuck Moot, he's a useless admin. He knows fuck all about website design (as we can see by 4Chan's horrendous appearance) or website management.

It takes the faggot MONTHS to find someone to write him 4 lines of code for a new "feature". Absolutely pathetic.

If anything, he should be losing more money.

let's not have another massive thread about this, dudes

I wouldn't mind chipping in some money.. 4chan used to run on donations years ago anyway.

>>3223620

Agreed. None of 4 Chan's success can be attributed to him or his actions.

why would you feel sorry for moot

he has not done any work to increase his technological skills, he is a poor admin

furthermore he has not done any work to increase his business skills to grow the brand that is 4chan, he could have made this place self sustainable a few years ago but he choose not to invest and get community members to invest

instead he has been stupid and run up a huge personal debt on a website, its his own fault and he deserves what he gets

>>3223535
Woah what's that phone beside the iphone? It looks even sexier than the iphone.

You guys are really mean.. =/

>>3223690


dude was 15 when he made 4chan, what were you doing when you were 15? aside from wiping jizz on your pillow case and jerking off to drawn pictures of naked people.

>>3223704
it is about being mean its about moot being an idiot

he could have incorporated as a non profit, sure he would have to clean up some of the filth, cp and what not, but overall the site could become self sufficient via pledge drives and he could have become far more successful

instead he collected 20k in credit card debts and let this site remain in its infancy instead of growing up

Nokia 5800.

Nokia's first Symbian touchphone.

>>3223729
ehh at fifteen i had a part time job. nothing special but still

furthermore he was not fifteen one or two years ago, he should have had some sense by then...or his mother should have beat some into him

what type of parent lets their child start to run up that kind of debt for a website, i mean he can't even parlay this into a job, that is just ludicrous

MOOT, GET A HAIRCUT.
They're not like 9001 dollars.
You can even do one at home for free.

>>3223620
Hey fuckface, he's putting in an effort. In fact just awhile ago he rolled out new boards. You wouldn't have r9gay if he didn't give a shit.

>>3223821
nah he looks good with his current hair.

>>3223690
>>3223744

Pretty much this. If you can't make money off a site as popular as this, you have only yourself to blame.

After reading, I feel really bad for moot. ;_;
I always click ads so he can get that $.002 or whatever. I will click more, now.

> "You get the sense," says Hwang, "that he's a little haunted by his creation."
You know, I would be, too.


502BADGATEWAYCLICKCLICKCLICK.

>>3223744
>>3223729
Its vulgarity and ruthlessness is what's attractive about this website.

>>3223847
wat
No, he looks like some weird hipster kid, now.
Scruffy isn't in. It's just not, and it shouldn't be.
He has a cute little shota face, he needs to keep clean-cut for it to shine.

>>3223901
here is the reality of the situation

4chan as it stands now is not sustainable in the long run, there are 4 options

moot becomes independently wealthy and funds the site

the content of the site is adjusted slightly and a reasonable not for profit style funding strategy is developed

the content is adjusted more then slightly and he incorporates as a for profit business

the site shuts down

>>3223944
I have a 5th option.

We keep the current boards. We keep the Anon. We make a few boards that require free membership and runs like forums. These boards (or forums) will get ads which will support the whole site.

>>3224031
how do you support the majority of a site based on the minority use of a few forums, who the hell would use those few forums with ads when they can use the rest of 4chan for free

it is not a viable solution in the long run, unless you have data to show otherwise

If he had taken the steps necessary to monetize the site years ago, it would now essentially be Fark with its own image hosting.

It'd be heavily bordered with ads a la the widescreen tvs in Idiocracy, nearly all adult content would be eradicated, and remarkably strict modding would be the rule of the day.

4chan is the very definition of the "lost demographics." Everyone here falls into marketing dead zones. Even with the normalfag invasion.

>>3224070

How about we put ads on the free board, so one of the benefits of the paid site is ad-free?

The problem I see with any solution centered around advertising, is that ad companies will expect most of 4chan to have an adblocker.

4chan gold.

Seriously, make it so you can only view so many images/threads per a certain time frame, and if you want to view/make more, you'll have to upgrade to a better account. It doesn't even have to be registered to post, because that's dumb. People could still post anonymously. Make it bound by something else, (not an ip), maybe a 4CHAN GOLD field where you enter a username/password.

I'm not trolling, and I'd certainly pay for it. It keeps the discussion anonymous, it keeps 4chan independent as it doesn't force them to make content "more marketable" and most importantly, it can make money as SA has shown (in b4 shitstorm)

>>3223680

Bullshit.
Moot made this place.
Stop being a filthy, edgy ingrate.

>>3224135
that would drive away more users then ads or pledge drives

people would donate once or twice a year to keep the site running, ala wiki or npr

people would not pay to post and have their posts linked to their credit and identity

furthermore to establish any time of permanent credit processor and get some company to trust him he would have to incorporate in some form or fashion

>>3224135
Do you think that people don't pay for cheap premium accounts because they don't have a few bucks? Nah. It's because they are fucking lazy. There's no easy way to pay so people just go another site. And there are always such free sites on the internet. 4chan would easily die that way.

>>3224154
4chan's average age has been steadily decreasing for the last few years.

90% of the people here are underage

Underage faggots don't pay for shit.

>>3224154
Oh noes!
4chan wouldn't have as many users; that would be terrible

>>3224186
which is why you do pledge drives with limited edition 4chan merchandise

donate today at the platinum level and receive an original limited edition EFG thsirt or mug....when this pledge drive is over they will no longer be offered, so donate today

you would collect more then enough money

Moot, plz get in here, now.

>>3224219
Promote these heavily in /b/; those suckers will buy everything in order to break rules 1 and 2.

>>3224204
you don't seem to understand, accepting any type of payment would require that he incorporates in some way, which would mean that he is forced to tone down illegal content like cp

i for one will not send the individual that is moot any money, i would donate or purchase products from a corporation, for or not for profit, that has some level of transparency

who would trust just one man with your cash and no accountability

If he set up a way to donate money through paypall, he'd be all set, I think.

I'd donate at least 10 USD, and I'm a mostly a lurker.

>>3224261
moot?
sure.

Hey moot, thanks for everything! I've learned a lot from 4chan :3

>>3224261
also
I don't think you have any idea what incorporating means

there is absolutely no reason why he would have to incorporate in order to take money

moot should start making people pay to do critical yet heart-wrenching personal interviews about him