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This article was published on February 18, 2009


    An Interview with the man who helped bring the world LolCats and RickRolling.

    An Interview with the man who helped bring the world LolCats and RickRolling.
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    Former CEO of The Next Web. A fan of startups, entrepreneurship, getting things done faster, penning the occasional blog post, taking photos Former CEO of The Next Web. A fan of startups, entrepreneurship, getting things done faster, penning the occasional blog post, taking photos, designing, listening to good music and making lurrrve.

    picture-211Christopher Poole, known simply as “moot” is the founder of the now infamous web forum 4chan. 4Chan is responsible for unleashing internet memes such as LOLcats, Rickrolling, ChocolateRain amongst others.

    Meme-promoter Rex Sorgatz of Fimoculous interviewed Christopher Poole for a magazine story which never ended up being published. Thankfully Sorgatz was kind enough to to post the interview to his blog so head on over there and have a read!