4chan [SEP] creator
4chan has been the target of occasional denial of service attacks. For instance, on December 28, 2010, 4chan and other websites went down due to such an attack, following which Poole said on his blog, "We now join the ranks of MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, et al.—an exclusive club!"
History.
4chan was started in 2003 in the bedroom of Christopher Poole, a then-15-year-old student from New York City whose 4chan handle is "moot". Prior to starting 4chan, Poole
Adrian Chen
Adrian Chen (; born November 23, 1984) is an American blogger, and staff writer at "The New Yorker". Chen joined Gawker in November 2009 as a night shift editor, graduating from an internship position at Slate, and has written extensively on Internet culture, especially virtual communities such as 4chan and Reddit. Chen is the creator of "The Pamphlette", a "humor publication" for Reed College students on a piece of letter-size paper. He has written for the New York Times