By: William Cox

TED TALK EVALUATION

WHO?CHRISTOPHER “MOOT”

POOLE

THE CASE FOR ANONYMITY

Chris Poole became famous for his start of an online Image board known as 4Chan. There are no names on this board and no one knows who you are and why you are saying or posting what you are posting. You have complete freedom.

“It is very raw and very uncensored”- Moot

QUICK BACK STORY

Right from the start Chris had the audience in laughter striking immediately at number four of the Ted

Commandments. Showing many of the various images that have spawned from his sight that have become some of the

most popular things on the internet today. The audience could easily relate due to our love of social media and how

much the images show up in it.

LAUGHTER IS KEY!

The point of his speech was that we display ourselves entirely to much on the internet. We have no secrets with

social media now. If we do not end up telling it about ourselves someone else ends up saying it for us. With his message board no one knows anyone. People that have

exposed themselves for the wrong reason have been tracked down through extraneous methods of those who do keep themselves anonymous. He helps display the power of people on the internet and why it’s a place that you want to keep yourself unknown. His main thesis to me is: Be known

in the world not on the internet.

SO WHY ANONYMITY?

Chris of course held the audiences attention with his hilarious photos and stories of some of the good that has come out of his website but truth his he does give off the

feel that he did not really care to be there. He may just be a person who doesn't’t have a lot of enthusiasm which can appear boring to people who were not excited about the

subject.

HOW DID THE SPEAKER DO?

THE CONTRAST

Ken and Chris both wanted to get the audience laughing. If anything that is a big thing I am taking from this. Laughter is a great way to start a speech and help lighten the mood

and your nerves. With Ken you could really hear the passion in his speech and how much it meant to him. With Chris it was very monotone and he let his images do most of his talking and describing. Ken handles everything with his

words and his words alone. Seeing Chris is there because of the work of his website being and Image Board it makes sense why its done his talking because its what got him there. To others they could just find his voice boring and

uninteresting.

CONTRAST….

Laughter and Passion are truly the keys in a speech. In my normal life I love to laugh. It means the world to me. I like

to find humor or a joke in anything. If I can translate that to the right way I feel it could make speeches easier for me. Passion. Poole did not have as much passion in his speech and I feel it could lose and audience if you don’t have it. I want to be able to take everything I am feeling and make

sure the audience leaves feeling that exact same way. Ignite a fire in them that has been burning inside me for a long

time.

WHAT I LEARNED

Make the world laugh!

CLASSMATES TAKE NOTE!

DISPLAY!

CLASSMATES TAKE NOTE!

Show Your Emotions!

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/one-on-one-christopher-poole-founder-of-4chan/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2011/08/11/why-the-anonymous-facebook-plot-was-a-dud/

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/90/4chan_front_page_2010.png/280px-4chan_front_page_2010.png

IMAGE REFERENCES

http://whitsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/lolcat_what1.jpg

http://www.details.com/culture-trends/critical-eye/201004/4chan-christopher-moot-poole

http://www.thinkers50.com/biographies/134

IMAGE REFERENCES

http://kristinwohlust.blogspot.com/2010/09/throwing-you-soul-shine-and-laughter.html

http://danielfwilliams.blogspot.com/2010/09/long-live-passion.html

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/graz0029/ponderingpsychology/2012/01/chapter-11-emotion-motivation-what-moves-us.html

IMAGE REFERENCES

By: William Cox

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