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