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The Man Trying to Resurrect 8chan (Starring 8chan's Founder)

Behind the Bastards

CHAPTER

Jim Watkins, a Millionaire Business Owner, Is the Face of This Site

"I'm not trying to minimize my own. Involvement, you know, my deciding to allow 8chan to be a place where anybody could post anything that was legal was not smart," he said. "He kind of just for me was somebody that represented, it's all okay because Jim says it's okay." The site explodes in 2014 and becomes an expensive time sink to keep online,. But this millionaire business owner comes in and says, I'll buy the site and I'll keep it online. And I will give you a job if you keep it running and are the face of this company".

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