Christopher Poole
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Oct 9, 2026
Renee DiRestaGUEST
... write in exactly that tone.
Renee DiRestaGUEST
Because I feel like there's a, a difference in, you know, I remember hearing a lecture by, actually it was the creator of 4chan, it was Chris Poole.
Renee DiRestaGUEST
Way back in the day in Silicon Valley, I was a venture capitalist when I first moved out there, so I had a junior VC role, it was like 2011.
Renee DiRestaGUEST
And he, he said something that I've never forgotten, which is, "It's not who you share with, it's who you share as." And he was giving this talk specifically about-
AceHOST
You know, and you know Puddle Monkey is not donating the five.
CaitlinHOST
I think it's just called Christopher Poole Productions now.
AceHOST
What?
CaitlinHOST
Mm-hmm.
CaitlinHOST
I didn't watch that closely.
AceHOST
Okay, yeah, yeah, of course it-
CaitlinHOST
But I saw Christopher Poole Prod- Productions or just Poole Productions.
AceHOST
Wow
Joel ThomasHOST
This guy's been around for a long time [chuckles], and he's been a part of all these message boards, and he's seen the changes.
Joel ThomasHOST
He talks some very interesting stuff about Christopher Poole, who's called Moot on 4chan, and he, he's seen the rise and fall of Poole, which, you know, from Poole is where we get all of the QAnon stuff that came out of that, which you and I have talked about too.
Joel ThomasHOST
And he kinda gives you that to set you up.
Joel ThomasHOST
He's like, "These are my credentials." He's like, "You don't have to believe me or not," he's like, "But I'm telling you, I've seen the change of the internet itself through social media, through message boards.
Joel ThomasHOST
And he talks specifically about Poole, how he knew that that was just an absolute cesspool of bot activity and all of this AI convergence that was using to manipulate people as well.
Joel ThomasHOST
And he goes on a little bit further with some of the other ideas that come out of the 4chan specifically, and he talks about that, the terrorist accusations that came out of it and the reason why 8chan was taken over.
Joel ThomasHOST
And he talks about Moot again, Christopher Poole, and he thinks that, well, one, he said they knew there were two Moots that were talking, and he said when Christopher Poole left and started working for Google, he said it was super weird, and he never said what he actually did for Google for five years.
Joel ThomasHOST
But then there was another Moot that was talking about being in Mexico.
speaker_0HOST
The E files are videos.
speaker_0HOST
That the founder of 4chan, Chris Poole, AKA Moot, was in contact with the main guy, including meeting him the day he created Pol.
speaker_0HOST
Those familiar with QAnon will remember that it started on Pol.
speaker_0HOST
For those that don't know, Pol is the political discussion board on 4chan.
Joel ThomasGUEST
And he's seen the changes.
Joel ThomasGUEST
He talks some very interesting stuff about Christopher Poole, who's called Moot on 4chan.
Joel ThomasGUEST
And he's seen the rise and fall of poll, which from poll is where we get all of the QAnon stuff that came out of that, which you and I've talked about too.
Joel ThomasGUEST
And he kind of gives you that to set you up.
Joel ThomasGUEST
And he goes on a little bit further with some of the other ideas that come out of the 4chan specifically.
Joel ThomasGUEST
And he talks about that the terrorist accusations that came out of it and reason why 8chan was taken over.
Joel ThomasGUEST
And he talks about moot again, Christopher Poole.
Joel ThomasGUEST
And he thinks that, well, one, he said they knew there were two moots that were talking.