Re:4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence. Irony is ove...
by Levitz on Saturday October 18, 2025 @08:18AM
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You seem to be under the false impression that 4chan makes money, as in, is profitable. It's very much not. Nor does advertising, much less UK advertising, constitute an important influx of money into the "business".
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Re:4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence. Irony is ove...
by ivan_gammel on Saturday October 18, 2025 @12:18PM
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A rather strange conclusion from my words. I do not assume it’s profitable, but it’s pretty logical that a for-profit organization running a service that is based on user engagement will have its revenue from the sources linked to the audience, be it advertising, subscriptions or donations. If you cut a visible slice of that audience, it’s going to impact the revenue. It’s still not profitable, 10 years after acquisition? May the investors be blessed for their charitable attitude, but it doesn’t change anything.
Re:4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence. Irony is ove...
by Levitz on Sunday October 19, 2025 @12:59PM
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What makes you think it's a "for-profit organization"? Or that it has investors?
Re:4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence. Irony is ove...
by ivan_gammel on Sunday October 19, 2025 @04:45PM
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It does have investors according to sources cited by Wikipedia. Whether it’s non-profit or for-profit LLC and on what terms it was acquired doesn’t matter at all.