DailyBooth (YC S09), 4chan and the importance of context

<i></i><i>But by changing the context of a simple imageboard, it’s overtaken a stalwart of internet culture (see chart) and got people talking</i><i></i><p>You should be using the domain 4chan.org instead of 4chan.com: <a href="http://siteanalytics.compete.com/4chan.org+dailybooth.com+4chan.com/" rel="nofollow">http://siteanalytics.compete.com/4chan.org+dailybooth.com+4c...</a>

As a foreword, I like incubator companies because they tend to ship nice looking, solid products.<p>In all cases you stated - "Who you know" matters more. Not context.<p>I/You/Anyone could make a "twitter for families" or a "twitter for sports" or a "url shortener for bacon" or whatever &#38; it would not get written up on techcrunch - unless I/You/Anyone knew someone there (at TechCrunch) or was part of an incubator (like YC/TechStars).<p>TechCrunch needs some news, even if it is mediocre, every day, covering every company from every incubator is a good way to keep that news flowing.

In this case, I don't think context matters so much as structure. 4chan is 4chan because there are no individual feeds, only a few giant public ones, and anonymity is allowed. That's hard bits creating the difference, not soft social norms.