Vandal sighted.

Jcordell · #1 10-08-2010, 05:45 PM

Okay I won't go there. You sold me.

MoviePropMaster2008 · #2 10-08-2010, 07:13 PM

but why called 4Chan. Did some dude named CHAN start it?

AdAstra2009 · #3 10-08-2010, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008

but why called 4Chan. Did some dude named CHAN start it?

According to the first paragraph of wikipedia it was intended to be an American counterpart to the Japanese version called 2 chan (figured it would be japanese).

BurtReynoldsMoustache · #4 10-09-2010, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008

but why called 4Chan. Did some dude named CHAN start it?

It was started by a guy from New York named Christopher Poole aka "moot" as a splinter group from SomethingAwful. The name 4chan comes from 2chan, a Japanese website that 4chan was modelled after, 2chan being an abbreviation of the English translation of the site's proper Japanese name; Futaba Channel (in English: Two Leaf Channel).