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It's the author of 8chan, so libel is not surprising here.

Bennan has since repudiated 8chan and has fought for it to be taken offline. Let's not judge him too harshly.

No, he didn't fight for it. He sold that site - that’s all. When he had the power to stop GamerGate imageboards - he didn't. When he could remove boards with CP - he didn't. What I wrote is far from “judging him too harshly” :)

He only apologized for not removing the shooter's manifests. He didn't apologize for GamerGate, CP, racism, neo-nazism, and other terrible things. His words about the 8chan shutdown - “I was not even that upset about that” [1]. You can’t call it “fighting”.

[1] https://jacobinmag.com/2021/04/fredrick-brennan-8chan-intern...

hey thanks for posting a link to the interview since it gives much more perspective

Very convenient to do so when it is no longer lining pockets.

I had no idea about that but his responses to the issues and his blog post are pretty polite and reasonable IMO.

Though like I said I don't agree and I think the devs merging it had justified concerns.

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