He's not that innovative. He cloned 2chan. Just sayin.
The real achievement is not blinking in the face of the craziness he unleashed.
The real achievement is not blinking in the face of the craziness he unleashed.
So it's not like there wasn't a precedent.
If you check the footer on 4chan, you'll see it links back to Futaba Channel. I seem to remember Futaba linking back to 2channel as well at some point, but it doesn't look like it does now.