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NYT: "In the U.S., His Site Has Been Linked to Massacres. In Japan, He’s a Star."
(December 18, 2022)

📰 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/18/business/4chan-hiroyuki-nishimura.html

https://archive.is/FkbEK
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"Hiroyuki Nishimura (※) has become a famous voice for disenchanted young Japanese. What he talks much less about is his ownership of the notorious website 4chan."

※"ひろゆき" こと "西村博之"(@[email protected])

#QAnon #4chan #8chan #8kun #ChanCulture #J6

In the U.S., His Site Has Been Linked to Massacres. In Japan, He’s a Star.

Hiroyuki Nishimura has become a famous voice for disenchanted young Japanese. What he talks much less about is his ownership of the notorious website 4chan.

The New York Times
Q: Into the Storm (2021) | Official Trailer | HBO

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Jim Watkins was a server supplier and business partner of Japanese bulletin board "2channel", but after a dispute with Hiroyuki Nishimura over money, he effectively took over and gained the right to run Japan's largest anonymous board, which still exists today under the name 5channel.

Researchers are considered to "QAnon phenomenon" was inspired the methods of spreading disinformation in Japanese largest anounymous board.

#QAnon #ChanCulture #J6
#4chan #8chan #8kun
#JimWatkins #RonWatkins

Speaking of which, the men behind "Q", "Ron Watkins" and his dad ex. 8chan and 8kun owner "Jim Watkins" have been in Sapporo, Japan, for several days.

https://nitter.unixfox.eu/2022_Karma/status/1602033485765816320

Probably they need to meet Japanese partners in connection with a court case against "Hiroyuki Nishimura" (ひろゆき (@[email protected]) founder of 2channel, currently owner of #4chan) over his share of money on the Japanese anonymous board 2ch, which is a major roots of #ChanCulture.

#QAnon #J6
#8chan #8kun
#JimWatkins #RonWatkins

Anyone curious about the history of chan culture and its influence on Anonymous, and the QAnon conspiracy memeplex, will enjoy this episode of the QAnon Anonymous podcast. It includes interviews with Dale Beran, author of 'It Came from Something Awful', Matt Alt, Fuxnet, and 8Chan founder Fredrick Brennan:

https://soundcloud.com/qanonanonymous/episode-128-from-anonymous-to-qanon-feat-dale-beran-matt-alt-fredrick-brennan-fuxnet

#DaleBeran #QAnonAnonymous #podcast #Anonymous #ChanCulture

Episode 128: From Anonymous to QAnon feat Dale Beran, Matt Alt, Fredrick Brennan & Fuxnet

The story of how "otakus" in 1980s Japan connect to the far-right conspiracy known as QAnon. How the alt right and the Capitol Riots are traceable to anonymous imageboards started by teenagers to trad