4chan Founder Totally Not Meeting Epstein, Just Happenstance IRL
KEY POINTS
- •Chris Poole, founder of 4chan, said the /pol/ board was planned weeks before launch in July 2025.
- •The /pol/ board went live almost 24 hours before Poole and Epstein met at an unspecified social event.
- •Emails in DOJ documents linked Epstein and venture capitalist Boris Nikolic, stirring timing speculation.
In a plot twist even a Hollywood scriptwriter would binge-refuse, 4chan founder Chris 'moot' Poole swears the timing of his meeting with Jeffrey Epstein was pure cosmic coincidence. The 'politically incorrect' /pol/ board, infamous as QAnon's incubator and alt-right nursery, launched almost exactly 24 hours before they bumped elbows socially. Poole, now the official captain of coincidence, told The Verge the board addition was planned weeks prior, while DOJ documents revealing Epstein's ties to venture capitalist Boris Nikolic keep fueling the rumor mill. This totally unscripted social event makes 'random social encounter' feel like a term from the conspiracy bingo card.
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When 'politically incorrect' boards launch a day before hanging out with a convicted billionaire sex offender, coincidence sounds like code for 'Wait, what?'
Just 24 hours after /pol/ popped up, its founder meets Jeffrey Epstein socially. Plot twist? No, plot déjà vu.
If timing is everything, Chris Poole has the bad luck lottery of the century: launching alt-right haven then Epstein cameo.
Source: Theverge | Published: 2/13/2026 | Author: Richard Lawler
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