I do think he deserves ridicule, but not for that. He stood up for the ideals of free, anonymous speech. He believed in it. But he eventually buckled under the weight of it. He was a hero for holding out as long as he did, but all heroes fall. What he's become now is worthy of ridicule.
1. it's impossible to satisfy this poster and their parent at the same time.
2. but both of them will hate you either way.
This leads to an important customer service technique I've learned, which is that if you slightly inconvenience the most difficult people they'll just leave and you'll be left with less demanding customers who will actually appreciate you.
If 4chan was a traditional for profit business, I would agree with you. That's not what 4chan is, though. Moot's given talks on the value of anonymous conversation. His view was that it's the only way to have truly free speech, free of racial, social or sexual bias. Where ideas and ideas alone are exchanged. I imagine his opinion on that has changed over the years. That's fine. But in the process, he alienated the very people he created the site for, his core audience.
Ridicule is a natural response to perceived betrayal.
PS: the downvote brigading here is getting out of hand.
