Textboard
A textboard is a simple kind of Internet forum; most textboards require neither registration nor entry of a screen name.[1] Textboards, like imageboards, were invented in Japan, but they remain relatively unknown outside it, in contrast to imageboards (such as 4chan).
Features
One of the key differences between textboards and traditional forums is that textboards allow users to post without registration, and often encourage anonymous discussion.[2] Hiroyuki Nishimura, the founder of 2channel, says that the philosophy behind anonymous posting is that "all information is treated equally; only an accurate argument will work".[3] Many textboards support a form of pseudo-registration by allowing users to use tripcodes, although users tend to post anonymously.
Textboards tend to be much simpler than traditional forums. While forums software such as phpBB or vBulletin supports image or other media embedding, private messaging, polls, and various other features, textboards allow only the posting of text.
Notable textboards
- Ayashii World (あやしいわーるど) – introduced anonymous posting.[4][5]
- 2channel – largest forum in Japan, receiving millions of posts a day.[6]
- world2ch.net - the first English speaking textboard. launched in March 2003 and closed in May 2004.[7]
- dis.4chan.org – formerly "world4ch", the textboard section of 4chan.[8] Read only as of 7 April 2014.[9]
Other textboards
4-ch.net (Channel4)
A more traditional 2-ch-type English speaking textboard based in the Kareha software, originally started by Squeeks in November 2004,[10] it is said to be the spiritual successor of world2ch, it has many different boards but their main board is the DQN board.[11]
Textboard software
- Shiichan is another 2ch-type message board software written in PHP, created by Shii in 2004.[1]
- Kareha is a commonly used open-source textboard software loosely modeled on the scripts used on 2channel, and uses structured XHTML and CSS layout.[12]
- Perfect Dark is a Japanese peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) application that contains textboards.
See also
References
- ^ a b Shii (2006). "Shiichan Anonymous BBS". Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ Anonymous. "A Guide to Anonymous Boards". Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ Furukawa, Hideki,"Q&A With the Founder of Channel 2" Archived January 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, The Online Journalism Review, August 22, 2008
- ^ Kaigo, M., & Watanabe, I. (2007). Ethos in chaos? Reaction to video files depicting socially harmful images in the Channel 2 Japanese Internet forum. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12(4), article 6. http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue4/kaigo.html
- ^ Stryker, Cole (2011). Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web. New York: The Overlook Press. pp. 133–134. ISBN 9781590207383.
2channel was based on a previous text board called Ayashii World, the first big anonymous text board in Japan... Ayashii World, like many anonymous chan boards, experienced so much downtime that its owner began to receive death threats, prompting him to shut down the board in 1998.
- ^ "Posts per day". 2channel. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ "world2ch.net [World2ch Historical Society Wiki]". w2ch.14get.heliohost.org. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ "FAQ – What were 4channel and world4ch?". 4chan. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ^ Christopher Poole. "Goodbye to some old friends - 4chan Blog". 4chan. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
- ^ "Channel4 BBS". 4-ch.net. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ "4-ch [World2ch Historical Society Wiki]". w2ch.14get.heliohost.org. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
- ^ Wakaba and Kareha