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Google hires 4chan founder to revive Google+

by Synnuh
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Google's long ailing social network, Google+ is about to get a little help from the guy who built one of the most infamous online communities.

Chris Poole, the founder of 4chan, a service perhaps best known for some of its users hacking celebrity nude photos, is joining Google's Photos and Streams team, the division that now oversees Google+ and other social products.
I don't think this can end well for Google. I'm curious about what their thought process is, on why they would want to bring a dude like this onboard.

Google hires the founder of lawless site 4chan to help revive Google+
  • Profile picture of the author irawr
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    Originally Posted by Synnuh View Post

    I don't think this can end well for Google. I'm curious about what their thought process is, on why they would want to bring a dude like this onboard.

    Google hires the founder of lawless site 4chan to help revive Google+
    They hired a guy to turn G+ into a massive flood of BS? Great.
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  • Profile picture of the author Streamate
    lol god. Has anyone been to /b/ on here?
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    • Profile picture of the author irawr
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      Originally Posted by Streamate View Post

      lol god. Has anyone been to /b/ on here?
      The entire site is a massive waste of time. I don't have it blocked with a firewall but it's worthless. I'm serious, instead of going there do something that will generate value in the future. You need to understand that by asking a question like that, certain people will think less of you. The site is a toilet bowl that's overfilled with diarrhea and somebody should flush it. I can not believe Google wants to have anything to do with that.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Interesting. Turnaround a boring, BS site into a different type of boring BS site. Good move Google. Should have stuck with search, something they actually do well at.

    It always pissed me off that they forced you to join the G+ network whether you wanted to or not if you wanted to use any other Google service like Gmail, etc. I never wanted a G+ profile.
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  • Profile picture of the author socialentry
    4chan's owner would probably do a better job then Freelancer in reviving the WF.
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