moot’s identitymoot had his alleged real-world identity—”Christ…
moot’s identity
moot had his alleged real-world identity—”Christopher Poole”—revealed on July 9, 2008 in The Wall Street Journal.[4] On the same day, Lev Grossman of TIME published an interview with him, describing him as “one of the most powerful people on the Web”.[5] The Observer called moot “the most influential web entrepreneur you’ve never heard of”.[7]
moot grew up in suburban New York City and started 4chan in his bedroom in the year 2003.[4] He deliberately kept his real identity seperate from 4chan, telling TIME “My personal private life is very separate from my Internet life … There’s a firewall in between.”[5] As moot, he has spoken at conferences at Yale University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[5] On July 10, Grossman wrote that there was a 5% chance that Christopher Poole was not moot’s real name, but a reference to several 4chan inside jokes.[8]