I won't deny that Mr. Nishimura is up to some shady business, but as someone with not a lot to hide, why should I be concerned about data mining? And besides, it's not like he has any choice. 4chan's userbase continuously uses Adblock on 4chan, knowing that it hurts the much needed revenues necessary to keep the site alive.

Mr. Nishimura is a businessman and not at all an unreasonable man. He knew what he was getting into when he bought 4chan. He knows perfectly well that more ads and ad spaces will not be enough to generate profit.

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You cannot target IP addresses with advertising, unless they're using your service. So the only ads that I'll be targeted with are the ones that appear on 4chan or on other sites owned by Nishimura's company, or whatever third-party shareholder they sell the data to.

Regardless, even if big time companies like Google or Microsoft were getting their hands on this data, how does this affect me personally besides getting advertisements catered to my tastes? It's a machine sifting through keywords, not a person actively reading what I post. There are no personal repercussions on my end from having keywords from my posts collected and used for the purpose of advertising.