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I didn't want to be one to pester in his AMA but I still have no clue about what he's up to with canv.as. Aside from providing a meeting place to internet vigilantes and meme spammers, his track record isn't that stellar in either technology or monetizations. I'm also unable to overlook the recent developments in the image-sharing space with Path and Color valued into the tens of millions with anywhere from $11M to $41M cash on hand, making his $625K investment seem more like a pittance than a serious attempt at making a run at the current front-runner.

The pussy-footing surrounding his handling of this canv.as thing is unbecoming.

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As far as I'm aware 4chan has not needed $40M to provide a more useful and socially relevant service than Color or whatever Path is. Don't people just use Twitpic anyway? Or Instagram if their photos are too boring without being colored brown.

My pictures aren't boring. I use the Gotham filter. Also, nobody needs $41M to provide anything more useful or socially relevant if one is to believe that investors were taking a stake in the future potential of the Color team vs. its current offering.

The fact remains that Mr. Poole has been unable to monetize his current user base on the seven-year old 4chan, build a medium-term scalable solution, attract talent or serious investment nor can he be arsed to explain just what exactly canv.as is and why we should take him seriously. Moot aside, I think I'll adopt the position stated in his AMA/recruitment pitch:

"Yes, instead of treating him like the creator of 4chan, let's treat him like the developer of a new website in closed beta that none of us have used. That will be fascinating."

It might sound old school, but we're waiting until we can show success with a seed round before raising an A or B round!

To be honest, I hope you're able to monetize soon so you won't have to go looking for an A round, never mind a B because if you're serious you won't be there any more at that point. Also tired of ichc-type people making money of 4chan OC, so anyways, good luck.

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