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Re:8chan Is a Normal Part of Mass Shootings Now by zapita on Sunday August 04, 2019 @05:38AM (#20605422)
It was recently revealed that 8chan is funded primarily by selling sex tourism-themed audio books on Amazon. To my knowledge, Amazon has still not answered requests for comments, nor have they discontinued funding.

Here's the article: https://popular.info/p/exclusive-how-money-flows-from-amazon

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Re:8chan Is a Normal Part of Mass Shootings Now by irvwash on Sunday August 04, 2019 @06:58AM (#20605681)
Jim Watkins owns a lot of things, including 2channel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2channel), a pig farm, and a VPS/VPN/webhosting provider. It's unlikely that those audiobooks are the biggest source of income.
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Re:8chan Is a Normal Part of Mass Shootings Now by toxik on Sunday August 04, 2019 @06:02AM (#20605502)
While some of the audio books are somewhat unpalatable, it is only some. This article seems really angled though, is 8ch.net really so dangerous?
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