/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

http://secure.marketwatch.com/story/research-on-yahoo-inc-and-google-inc-internet-information-provid
ers-always-looking-to-grow-2012-05-17

>Meanwhile, Google continues to work hard to stay ahead, finding new and growing areas to expand into. Most recently the company has begun discussions to acquire the website 4chan which would bring with it a large user base.

So Google intends to buy 4chan. Moot will probably cave, I mean, who wouldn't want $100 million in cash. They probably will get rid of any NSFW content, or content that isn't politically correct. This includes the /jp/ board because NEETs and losers aren't hip and cool enough to be hosted under the Google trademark.

Is this the end of /jp/?

[Anonymous No.]

We could always move to KC

[Anonymous No.]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/is-google-buying-4chan

Article's dumb. You're dumb.

[Moot No.]

I'll never sellout.

[Anonymous No.]

2012 is the year of /bun/

[Anonymous No.]

>Google Inc. has entered into talks to purchase controversial website 4chan. The deal is designed to bring the massive user base of the imageboard and the internet meme machine of /b/ into the Google family in an attempt to broaden the search giants grip on the entire internet.

>“We are always keeping our ears to the ground and 4chan makes a lot of noise,” said Google CEO Eric Schmidt “It behoves us to own as much as we possibly can in order to maintain our dominance. Sharks die if they stop moving, and we are the Great White in this arena. Adding 4chan to the Google family is a perfect match and we are excited to have them aboard.”

>4chan, which has been birthplace of such ubiquitous phenomenons such as lolcats and rickrolling, boasts a massive user ship but has never been able to break through to mainstream audiences unlike the memes it has spawned. This is largely to do with the very much NSFW content presented on the boards, which provides Google with a sticky situation.

>“Obviously we would Google-ize the site. Get rid of the questionable content, throw up some ads, that kind of stuff,” continued Schmidt. “We no doubt will risk alienating some of the users but the majority of them will stay. The amount of private information users drop on those boards combined with the sheer amount of people on the boards makes it a perfect opportunity for us to build up our databases and create new directed marketing. We think the majority of users will appreciate the shift, and if they don’t, well that’s the way it’s got to be. We’re not going to chase everyone down.”

[Anonymous No.]

>>9027561

[citation needed]

[Anonymous No.]

>Google CEO Eric Schmidt

"Schmidt to step down as Google CEO - Jan. 20, 2011"

>behoves

In my day, trolling meant something.

[Anonymous No.]

4chan: run by normalfags, for normalfags

someone make a goddamn successor already

[Anonymous No.]

Is this serious?

I mean, why the fuck would any company want 4chan?

[「ロリあき」 No.]

>>9027622
A successor? How?
We've been supplanted by normals net-wide.

[Anonymous No.]

>>9027639

The problem is that the people who want 4chan to be like it was are too lazy or unskilled to actually do anything.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

Nothing but stockcall.com lies.

[Anonymous No.]

>>9027627
iichan or tohnochan

[Anonymous No.]

>>9027627
SO THERE EMPOYESS COULD ASK WHICH TOHOU THEY'D FUQ

[Anonymous No.]

>>9027622
iichan or tohnochan

[Anonymous No.]

Last week Nexon was "buying" EA.
This week Google is "buying" 4chan.

I'll believe it when it happens.

[Anonymous No.]

>>9027609
It's kopipe from ２００８

[Anonymous No.]

I predict this happening.

moot implemented HTML5. You know who likes HTML5? Google.

He'll sell us out, the fucker.

[Moot No.]

>>9027656
I already stated that I won't.

[Anonymous No.]

If this ever happens, we could still migrate to SA, right guise? R-right?

[Anonymous No.]

>>9027661
Are the ten dollars worth it?

[Anonymous No.]

>Implying the internet isn't full of other places you can go to express your neckbeard NEETness

[Anonymous No.]

>>9027663
Nothing on the interwebs is worth spending ten bux for. Besides, you could as well throw the money out of the window, because you'd get banned faster than you could scream ``ten bux'' at lowtax.

[Anonymous No.]

>>9027653
don't you mean 2-3 weeks ago for EA ?

[Anonymous No.]

>>9027649

iichan? really?

i've been there and at times, they seem more normalfag than /jp/

[Anonymous No.]

>>9027642
congrats on the marriage