Googler promises G+ won't become a 'den of infamy' after hiring 4chan founder Chris Poole

Even though Chris Poole, the founder of controversial online forum 4chan is joining Google Plus, the social network won't become a "den of infamy."

That's the promise of one of Google's lead engineers, responding to the announcement on Monday that Poole would be join its social team.

Yonatan Zunger, a long-time Google engineer who currently acts as the chief architect for social, posted about Poole's hiring on Google Plus.

4Chan is one of the web's most popular forums for online discussions, but the site has gained a reputation as a repository of seedy or hateful content, notorious for spawning abuse and high-level pranks (for example, users infamously posted the password to Sarah Palin's email and spread thousands of nude celebrity photos).

Zunger says that despite 4chan's penchant for trolls, "Poole is by no means a troll or a troll-curator."

Here's his full post:

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