I met Moot at Otakon 2007 and he was kind of a dick. But here’s a fun bit of 4chan lore - When asked why he named it 4chan, he said that he wanted an English version of 2chan, and 4chan sounded cool because it was pronounced like “fortune”. Thus the logo is a 4 leaf clover, for good fortune.
I’ve never seen this mentioned anywhere online, so I wonder if he was just making a joke.
I met Moot at Otakon 2007 and he was kind of a dick. But here’s a fun bit of 4chan lore - When asked why he named it 4chan, he said that he wanted an English version of 2chan, and 4chan sounded cool because it was pronounced like “fortune”. Thus the logo is a 4 leaf clover, for good fortune.
I’ve never seen this mentioned anywhere online, so I wonder if he was just making a joke.
I have heard this fact before. Might have been on a 4chan retrospective video
i’ve always thought the logo was supposed to be reminiscent of the titular main character of Yotsuba&! which i think is a 4koma series.