Poll: TED and Moot

[iamnotsteve]

For those of you that don't already know one Christopher Poole (aka: Moot) will be making an appearance in the upcoming TED talks. Poole founded a certain infamous image board that has become both a virtual cesspool and a source of internet culture at the same time.

What are your feelings on this? TED is usually strictly "serious" subjects, but has featured lighter subjects in the past. Could Poole provide us all with some insight on the interactions of the Internet community as a whole, or will this all end up as some act of trolling?

Information for those who don't know:
The TED talks [http://www.ted.com/] and Listing of TED speakers [http://conferences.ted.com/TED2010/program/speakers.php]
The Story [http://gigaom.com/2009/12/22/4chan-founder-moot-to-speak-at-ted/]
The Wikipedia Article on 4Chan [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan]

For those of you that know little or have never been to the site, I hold no responsibility over anything that happens if you so choose to visit it. Let's try and keep this from degrading to the traditional spewing of memes (This coming from the guy with the Deadpool avatar of all things)

 

[El Poncho]

Uhm, I think you pressed enter early...well I hope you did.

 

[MentalBakura]

...TED talks? Wha?

 

[DazZ.]

The hells a TED?
*Awaits a string of memes and refuses to be the first*

 

[Icecoldcynic]

What on earth is TED? And I don't see any problem with him being there. He =/= 4chan.

 

[grimsprice]

Wut.


Testicular Excretion Disease? What are you talking about?

 

[Timotei]

I will watch that show, and laugh knowing that Bill O'RLY is bubbling with rage at the thought of Moot being famous.

EXPLODING VAN AND HACKERS ON STEROIDS!

 

[iamnotsteve]

I will watch that show, and laugh knowing that Bill O'RLY is bubbling with rage at the thought of Moot being famous.

God knows he's likely still steamed from the Time incident.

 

[Kinguendo]

Meh, I say Meh of the highest order!

Honestly couldnt care what he did/does/plans to do or may have done in a past life, and what the hell is TED?!

 

[Space Spoons]

I think this could yield some genuinely interesting discussion. Love it or hate it, there's no denying that 4Chan is as much a breeding ground for thoughts and ideas as much as it is a breeding ground for memes and shock images. How much Moot might have to say about this remains to be seen, but I'm willing to keep an open mind.

 

[ShotgunShaman]

I think this could yield some genuinely interesting discussion. Love it or hate it, there's no denying that 4Chan is as much a breeding ground for thoughts and ideas as much as it is a breeding ground for memes and shock images. How much Moot might have to say about this remains to be seen, but I'm willing to keep an open mind.

Not really, I was a *sigh* /b/tard for about a year, and visit it if I happen to be bored out of my mind (so about once a month). I have yet to personally see anything worth seeing that wasn't a screencap. /b/ is an uncreative, unoriginal shithole.

 

[Skeleon]

"Meh" precisely describes my feelings regarding this information.

 

[Gigaguy64]

I will watch that show, and laugh knowing that Bill O'RLY is bubbling with rage at the thought of Moot being famous.

EXPLODING VAN AND HACKERS ON STEROIDS!

All i know is that im WRYYing with happiness now.
This may actually turn out to be interesting, and if not i know there will be some LOLZ.

So im excited, Troll, Genius, or a guy with wayyyyyyyy to much time on his hands, it really dosent matter, you cant deny his contribution to the internet and the creation of one the most loved and feared sites in the world.

 

[Space Spoons]

I think this could yield some genuinely interesting discussion. Love it or hate it, there's no denying that 4Chan is as much a breeding ground for thoughts and ideas as much as it is a breeding ground for memes and shock images. How much Moot might have to say about this remains to be seen, but I'm willing to keep an open mind.

Not really, I was a *sigh* /b/tard for about a year, and visit it if I happen to be bored out of my mind (so about once a month). I have yet to personally see anything worth seeing that wasn't a screencap. /b/ is an uncreative, unoriginal shithole.

/b/ isn't the entirety of 4Chan, thankfully.