There are several other boards on the site dedicated to adult pictures and videos. But people also visit to engage in the kind of humour that might get them in trouble elsewhere. Mr Nishimura posted a message on 4chan's question-and-answer board on Sunday, headlined: "winter is coming" - a reference to Game of Thrones.
He said the site could no longer afford its computer servers and other infrastructure costs. But many of 4chan's users have ad-blockers - so they never see the promotions - and the controversial nature of the posts means many businesses do not want to have anything to do with it anyway. Mr Nishimura's post suggested several potential solutions, including:. He has already started pursuing the last of these options.
Mr Nishimura told the BBC other steps were also under way. Then, we'll try tough ways. Markus "Notch" Persson - the creator of Minecraft - tweeted that he was interested in helping, before deleting the post. The former chief executive of Turing Pharmaceuticals, Martin Shkreli, has also said that he would be interested in helping run the site.
I don't know much about his personality, though. Any help is welcome. While most of 4chan's content stays within its walls, the site has repeatedly had influence on the wider world. Perhaps most notably, it is thought to be the birthplace of the Anonymous movement.
The hacktivists are said to have taken on the name as a nod to the fact all posts to the site have been marked as being posted by "anonymous" rather than another username since The singer Rick Astley can thank 4chan for helping revitalise his career, due to a user creating the Rickrolling meme - in which one of his music videos is shared under false pretences. Have you been Rickrolled? The site traffics heavily in exploitables—funny images begging for manipulation. Give that Pikachu a face!
Yet this cannot last. At 15 years old, 4chan has reached adolescence. Up till now, trolls—children—have been in control. After all, even the lost boys had to grow up. This article appears in the June issue. Subscribe now. Emma Grey Ellis is a staff writer at WIRED, specializing in internet culture and propaganda, as well as writing about planetary science and other things space-related.
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