When a Tennessee man hacked Sarah Palin’s e-mail account and wrote of his exploits on the forum 4chan, federal investigators asked the site's founder Christopher "Moot" Poole for server logs. Court testimony from April and published yesterday shows that federal prosecutors had other pressing questions for Poole: for example, the meaning of "peeps" and "rickroll." Assistant to the U.S. Attorney Mark Krotoski questions Poole:
Q. Certain terms, have a meaning unique to 4chan? A. Yes. Q. Like "OP," what is "OP"? A. OP means original poster. Q. Are you familiar these terms, having been the founder and administrator of the 4chan site? A. Yes. Q. What would "lurker" mean? A. Somebody who browses but does not post, does not contribute. Q. What do the words "caps" mean? A. Screenshots. Q. And is there any significance to "new fags"? A. That is the term used to describe new users to the ...
