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Internet Memes and Culture

The creation and spread of internet memes, their relation to 4chan, and the platform's role in internet culture.

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Feb 6, 2026

What is the documented origin story of 4chan’s /pol/ board according to Christopher Poole and contemporaneous archives?

The documented origin story of ’s —as told by founder and as reflected in contemporaneous archives—says Poole reinstated or launched a “Politically Incorrect” board in October 2011 to corral overtly x...

Feb 4, 2026

Who started 4chan

">Christopher Poole — known online as “moot” — founded the anonymous English-language imageboard 4chan in October 2003, creating the site when he was a teenager and drawing on ese imageboard culture a...