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Well that's a completely stupid thing to hire him for. He never shaped a difficult community LOL. What an absurd thing to even begin to believe. Did they spend ANY time on 4chan at all before hiring him?

It was obvious from the moment 4chan started and got a huge exodus of SA users from FYAD, that 4chan was the worst place on the internet by a mile. No hindsight needed, not even close. Everyone knew that and its not some kind of secret. 4chan was the worst from the moment it started.



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