4chan, an infamous hub for trolls, hackers, and neo nazis, is to be shut down sometime in 2019. Hiroyuki Nishimura, the owner of 4chan was interviewed this afternoon by CNN, and he shed light on a couple of things related to the site closing. According to him the site had become a problem to deal with and maintain, saying that “The site has become a weight that we just don’t feel like carrying anymore”. He went on to explain that the sites “toxicity” had become too much for him to deal with, the constant scandals and controversies were pointing a huge spotlight at the site, he said “It’s like being a thief caught in the spotlight, everything is exposed now”. The backlash and outcry for the shutdown has become too loud to ignore. Many people from both left and right want this haven for hate speech to finally be closed, once and for all.