Second clue: The article is in a technology blog of the New York Time's website.

Third clue: It's now known on Twitter (I will not tell you, you know which one).

Because it's the most interesting part (you know, from an outsider's perspective) and has the broadest reach.

Ratings, that's all it's about you know.

>>7974445

Because all news media is sensationalist bullshit and you're better off ignoring all of it.

>>7974478
But please tell me there is a silver lining to this free promotion.

This silver lining is that they might or in these cases, will be distracted by an imageboard that they are interested in, than the imageboard this site is most famous for (You know what imageboard I'm talking about)?

>>7974478
And so the outsider is better off going to 4chan for himself to see what is really going on?

>>7974506
What the fuck are you saying? You seem to be vaguely referencing something.

>lol if i told them to put me at the first of the poll they would have made me last!!
You already made that joke, moot. Get new material.

>>7974536
What I mean by "silver lining" is this:
>A hopeful or comforting prospect in the midst of difficulty

The hopeful or comforting prospect in this sensationalism from the mainstream media is that if a person is going to 4chan because of /b/, they may be distracted by another imageboard they may find interesting.

Like for example, a person who hears about a news article on /b/ - Random on 4chan, there is a chance that he may search 4chan on Google, finds the front page. What if he is interested in like fashion, or news, or cooking, or video games? There are imageboards on those subjects, so instead of going to /b/, he may go to the other imageboards.

I think this is a good enough time to show the link.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/one-on-one-christopher-poole-founder-of-4chan/

New information from the article:

1. This site will not be sold unless the prospecting buyers are committed to it's goals.

2. moot, despite most of his email are from people who got banned, gets thank you letters from people who truly appreciate the website. I think many of those thank you letters are from people who discover a new way of discourse different from western style forums.

3. moot is working on a project to reimagine what a imageboard is today using current technology. That for now :is a mystery:

No one would give a shit about 4chan as it actually is. To make it a story they must pump up the foibles that will make the smoothskins uncomfortable.

>>7974896
Explain further on what you mean by that?

>>7974445
>why the mainstream press focus on the the sensational parts of 4chan


>press focus
>sensational

I think you answered your own question. Sensation and shock are what sell.

>>7974910

You are writing a story about 4chan, you make two drafts:

"internet messageboard for 20 something fat men to talk about japanese cartoons"

"HAVEN FOR PAEDOPHILES THAT WAGE WAR ON SCIENTOLOGY. GRAND DRAGON OF INTERNET ARMY 'MOOT' DISCUSSES HIS PLANS FOR FUTURE CONQUESTS."

Which one will get in tomorrow's paper?

>>7974951
So it's true, they never do any actual research for themselves in making stories. Because actual research is just less profitable...

>>7974965
In response to the two headlines...

>"internet messageboard for 20 something fat men to talk about japanese cartoons"

That does not fit, 4chan is now a general-English language imageboard. It's a lot more than anime and manga.

>"HAVEN FOR PAEDOPHILES THAT WAGE WAR ON SCIENTOLOGY. GRAND DRAGON OF INTERNET ARMY 'MOOT' DISCUSSES HIS PLANS FOR FUTURE CONQUESTS."

HA, HA, HA, OH WOW.

Seriously, this references the "Anonymous is legion" tagline of the Project Chanology. That one is history, so it doesn't fit either.

>>7974998

Because the average reader would be even less interested in that headline than either of the other two