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Quotes from Jim Watkins

There are no algorithms for content moderation in place. All 8chan moderation relies on human volunteers and one automated 'bot' account to remove illegal content or spam, automated or human, based only on keywords.
~ Jim Watkins
Every day is a great day when you have a brand new Marlen pen.
~ Jim Watkins
You know, I have dropped three expensive pens on the nib. And it just makes you cry when it happens.
~ Jim Watkins
Rest assured I am not an extremist.
~ Jim Watkins
We have never protected illegal speech, as it seems that we have been accused of by some less than credible journalists.
~ Jim Watkins
No single platform can sensibly prevent all hateful, illegal or threatening speech - it can only act in due time to remove it.
~ Jim Watkins
My company has no intention of deleting constitutionally protected hate speech. I feel the remedy for this type of speech is counter speech, and I'm certain that this is the view of the American justice system.
~ Jim Watkins
It is clearly a political move to remove 8chan from Cloudflare. It has forced a lot of people to find other places to talk. It has dispersed a peacefully assembled group of people talking. This silenced them effectively.
~ Jim Watkins
There's probably 30 or 40,000 domain names associated with my name. Very few of them I have had anything to do with.
~ Jim Watkins
The newspapers say we're infamous, so we have embraced infamy.
~ Jim Watkins
Ours is one of the last independent companies that offer a place you may write down your thoughts free from having to worry about whether they are offensive to one group or another.
~ Jim Watkins
8chan is an empty piece of paper for writing on.
~ Jim Watkins
Our company has built and maintained a digital forum that is the place where opposing viewpoints and those of minorities such as the LGBTQ may express themselves free from the fear of their life.
~ Jim Watkins