I've spent a fair amount of time on 4chan/pol/ 
    for over a decade and my opinion is moot is a 
    decent guy who sold it after he tried to reign 
    in GamerGate and was loudly criticized on the 
    site for it. I don't think Google would have 
    hired him if it weren't for that redeeming quality.

This is my personal impression of moot as well.

Some private pictures were taken from a user's account on my old site, and published to 4chan circa 2007. Chris was very sympathetic and was eager to help take the pics down and/or find the culprit.

Even though parts of 4ch turned into an absolute cesspool, that is not who moot is. He simply created an anonymous free-speech platform.