A Wisdom Archive on 4chan

4chan opened on October 1, 2003. So far, it has been shut down due to lack of funding or hosting multiple times: 1st death: Sometime between October 10 and October 29, 2003. 2nd death: Sometime around November 22, 2003. 3rd death: January 3, 2004. 4th death: June 20, 2004. On August 11, 2004, 4chan returned for its fifth incarnation, under new management. The site had previously died after several crapflooding attacks, lack of funding caused by a PayPal lockout, and lack of motiva ...

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Since 4chan is an anonymous BBS, there is no need to post using a name, as posts made without the name field filled in are attributed to Anonymous. Content on the boards is volatile and many threads are pruned in a matter of hours, especially on /b/ with its high postcount. Many new users do not realize that the name field is completely optional, and thus post with names. However, the overwhelming majority of posters do not use any name at all, holding to the belief that names on an anonymous BBS have no meaning, and that people who a ...

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4chan has given birth to a number of memes (or clichés, as some users disdainfully refer to them). Many of these take the form of image macros; a user posts a picture, and others add text or edit the picture in other ways. Due to an overwhelming proliferation of image macros, they were banned from 4chan in early 2005. However, this did not apply to /b/, which officially has "no rules", and thus image macros remain a staple there. ...

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2channel (2ちゃんねる, pronounced "ni-channeru", 2ch for short) is the largest Internet forum in the world.1 With over 10 million visitors every day (as of 2001), it is gaining significant influence in Japanese society, approaching that of traditional mass media such as TV, radio and magazines. 2channel - Overview. 2ch was opened in 1999 by Hiroyuki Nishimura, known simply as "Hiroyuki" (Including:

• 2channel - Overview
• 2channel - Anonymous posting
• 2channel - Culture
• 2channel - Densha Otoko
• 2channel - Terminology
• 2channel - Common abbreviations and phrases
• 2channel - English Offsprings
• 2channel - Masashi Tashiro
• 2channel - IRC@2ch
• 2channel - Special characters
• 2channel - Footnotes

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iichan (formerly idlechan) was a replacement for 4chan when 4chan shut down, but when 4chan was revived iichan stayed up. It developed its own following of a small group of people who preferred iichan's slow pace and other differences from 4chan. On 24 October 2004, iichan was closed due to lack of funds and "Wakachan", a distributed network over many servers, was set up in its place. Wakachan is notable for providing many boards that cater to niche interests, such as maids and miko. On 16 April 2005 Wakachan wa ...

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Imageboards could be most simply described as a bulletin board focused on pictures instead of text posts; they share many of the same structures, including separate forums for separate topics, as well as similar audiences. However, imageboards are much more transitory with content—on some boards (especially high-traffic ones) the thread deletion time can be as little as 24 hours. The most popular English-language imageboards tend to revolve around Japanese culture such as CG artwork of anime. In Japan, where imageboards are many time ...

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Wapanese is a slang term used primarily on some Internet message boards to describe a Caucasian person who either wishes s/he were of Japanese descent and/or who has a heavy interest in Japan or Japanese culture. The term is believed to be derived from a combination of white and Japanese and inspired by the similar term wigger, though it has also been suggested that the term derives from "wannabe Japanese." As with many slang terms, it is difficult to determine an exact origin. Natives to the English variant of 2chan, 4chan, use the term weeaboo to describe a "Wapanese" person (although this is mo ...

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