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词条 Canvas Networks
释义

  1. Company and funding

  2. History

  3. Site features and purpose

  4. Closure

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox Website
| name = Canvas Networks, Inc.
| logo = Canvas-beta-logo-medium.png
| logo_size = 150
| url = {{URL|canv.as}}{{dead link|date=January 2016}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = Imageboard
| language = English
| current status = Defunct
| owner = Christopher "moot" Poole
| launch date = {{start date and age|2010|5|11}}
}}Canvas Networks was a website centered on sharing and remixing media, particularly images.[1] The website was established by the founder of 4chan, Christopher Poole, and backed by Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Founder Collective, and Joshua Schachter.[2] It closed in 2014.[3][4][5]

Company and funding

Reports indicate that Canvas Networks received at least {{US$|{{Format price|3625000}}|link=yes}} in seed funding.[6][7] The site had seven employees[8] and was based in New York City.[9]

History

On January 31, 2011, Canvas officially opened, sending out invitations to users who had previously signed up to receive updates.[10] In March 2011, Canvas made its discussion threads viewable by users who were not registered, while remaining in closed beta status.[11] In early 2011, Poole began to virally market Canvas on sites such as Reddit.[12] Canvas moved from private beta to open beta on September 6, 2011, at which point Poole reported that over fifty thousand users had registered during the private beta period.[13][14] On January 21, 2014, the Canvas blog announced that the site was shutting down.[3][4][5] The Canvas team promised that users would be able to download their contributions to the site in the near future, and proposed the possibility of an archive of the site's old threads.[3]

Poole called his newer project, DrawQuest, "by all accounts a success", but noted that it had been created (in early 2013) "after the failure of our first product, Canvas".[15] He hoped to keep DrawQuest running for "a few more months".[16] Poole told TechCrunch that his team was "never able to crack the business side of things in time", that the value of their user community was not apparent to investors, and that they could not sufficiently monetize in-game purchases.[17]

Site features and purpose

Canvas was an imageboard that allowed for anonymous and non-anonymous sharing and commenting on media,[18] as well as the "remixing" of posted images, and the adding of music to animated GIFs.[19] Unlike 4chan or other sites such as Reddit, Canvas had image editing tools built into it, negating the need for desktop editing programs like Adobe Photoshop in order to share with the site's community.[20] Poole's goal with the website was to "reimagine forums in a world where everyone has a fast, modern browser". He asserts that the central idea of Canvas is "play", where "photo, video, and audio is all interactive, malleable, and participatory".[21]

Though the site was intentionally separate from 4chan, it also emphasized anonymity,[18] and allowed people to post anonymously or using pseudonyms.[22] Despite the ability to act anonymously, the site received some criticism, especially from users of 4chan, for at first offering Facebook Connect as the only signup mechanism.[23] It subsequently moved away from that policy.

Closure

On January 14, 2015, founder Christopher Poole announced that the company had been dissolved in December 2014 with the remaining funds being donated to charity.[24] This was, in part, due to a series of security breaches that had occurred on the website.[25]

References

1. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/technology/internet/14poole.html?_r=1 |title=Founder of a Provocative Web Site Forms a New Outlet |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 13, 2011 }}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.crunchbase.com/company/canvas-networks |title=Canvas Networks |publisher=Crunchbase}}
3. ^1 2 {{Cite web|title=A very important note from Team Canvas|url=http://blog.canv.as/post/74628762928/a-very-important-note-from-team-canvas|publisher=Canvas Blog|accessdate=January 28, 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128155118/http://blog.canv.as/post/74628762928/a-very-important-note-from-team-canvas|archivedate=January 28, 2014|df=}}
4. ^1 {{Cite news|title=A Classy Way to Admit Your Startup is Dead|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/4chan-founder-chris-poole-drawquest-done-2014-1|publisher=Business Insider|first=Jillian|last=D'Onfro|date=January 21, 2014|accessdate=January 28, 2014}}
5. ^1 {{Cite news|title=4chan founder Chris Poole is shutting down Canvas and DrawQuest for iOS|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/21/5331626/4chan-founder-chris-poole-shutting-down-canvas-drawquest|publisher=The Verge|first=Chris|last=Welch|date=January 21, 2014|accessdate=January 28, 2014}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1491917/000149191710000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml |title=Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities |publisher=Securities and Exchange Commission }}
7. ^{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/13/union-square-ventures-leads-3m-round-in-4chan-founder-moots-new-startup-canvas/ |title=Union Square Ventures Leads $3M Round In 4chan Founder Moot's New Startup Canvas |publisher=CrunchBase}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://canv.as/about |title=About Canvas |access-date=2012-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124162515/http://canv.as/about# |archive-date=2012-01-24 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
9. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/03/christopher-moot-poole/ |title=4chan Philosophy: Christopher 'moot' Poole Calls Community the Killer App |publisher=Wired News |date=March 14, 2011 |first=Angela |last=Watercutter}}
10. ^{{cite web |url=http://blog.canv.as/post/3035434760/introducing-canvas |title=Introducing Canvas |date=January 31, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203003520/http://blog.canv.as/post/3035434760/introducing-canvas |archivedate=February 3, 2011 }}
11. ^{{cite web |url=http://blog.canv.as/post/4087494402/threads-are-now-public |title=Threads are now public |date=March 25, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831110327/http://blog.canv.as/post/4087494402/threads-are-now-public |archivedate=August 31, 2011 }}
12. ^{{cite news|url=https://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/poole-4chan-canvas-reddit/ |title=4chan founder looks to Reddit for a new Canv.as community| publisher=VentureBeat}}
13. ^{{cite news |url=http://gigaom.com/2011/09/06/canvas-a-grown-up-4chan-opens-to-the-public/ |title=Canvas, a grown-up 4chan, opens to the public |publisher=Gigaom |date=September 6, 2011}}
14. ^{{cite web |url=http://blog.canv.as/post/9882047996/hey-canvas-were-opening-up-the-site-to-the |title=Hey Canvas, We're opening up the site to the public today! |date=September 6, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012070324/http://blog.canv.as/post/9882047996/hey-canvas-were-opening-up-the-site-to-the |archivedate=October 12, 2011 }}
15. ^{{cite web |url=http://chrishateswriting.com/post/74083032842/today-my-startup-failed |title=Today my startup failed |date=January 21, 2014}}
16. ^{{cite web |url=http://blog.drawquest.com/post/74083057195/sad-news |title=Sad news |date=January 21, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128161940/http://blog.drawquest.com/post/74083057195/sad-news |archivedate=January 28, 2014 }}
17. ^{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/21/when-goods-not-good-enough/ |title=With Traction But Out Of Cash, 4chan Founder Kills Off Canvas/DrawQuest |date=January 21, 2014 }}
18. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/03/4chan-creator-doubles-down-on-web-anonymity-with-canvas/72554/ |title=4chan Creator Doubles Down on Web Anonymity With Canvas |newspaper=The Atlantic |date=March 21, 2011 }}
19. ^{{cite web |url=http://blog.canv.as/post/11735048982/introducing-audio-remixes |title=Introducing Audio Remixes |access-date=2012-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124164012/http://blog.canv.as/post/11735048982/introducing-audio-remixes# |archive-date=2012-01-24 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
20. ^{{cite web |url=https://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/poole-4chan-canvas-reddit/ |title=4chan founder looks to Reddit for a new Canv.as community |publisher=VentureBeat}}
21. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/03/30/businessinsider-reddit-moot-interview-4chan-canvas-christopher-poole-2011-3.DTL&ao=all |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=March 30, 2011 |title=4chan And Canvas Founder Moot Talks About His New Startup, What 4chan Does About Porn And The Future Of Online Identity |first=Pascal-Emmanuel |last=Gobry}}
22. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_13/b4221043353206.htm |title=Social Networking: Fighting to Remain Anonymous |work=BusinessWeek |date=March 17, 2011 }}
23. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2381912,00.asp |title=4chan Founder Launches 'Canvas' Community |work=PC Magazine |date=March 14, 2011 |first=Sara |last=Yin}}
24. ^{{Cite news|url=http://chrishateswriting.com/post/108080554943/a-pragmatists-startup-spin-down|title=A pragmatist’s startup spin-down|work=Chris Hates Writing|access-date=2017-04-20|language=en}}
25. ^{{Cite news|url=http://chrishateswriting.com/post/84931829578/when-a-bad-day-gets-worsegetting-hacked-twice-in|title=When a bad day gets worse—getting hacked twice in one day|work=Chris Hates Writing|access-date=2017-04-20|language=en}}

External links

  • [https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/05/founder-stories-moot-canva/ "Moot Reimagines The Image Board With A Fresh Canvas"], TechCrunch, April 5, 2011
  • {{GitHub|canvasnetworks/canvas|Canvas source code}}

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