Does anyone really think this or 4chan can ever achieve anywhere near the size and diversity of 2ch? Or even enough to compare with a large forum? Reading this interview, http://www.ojr.org/japan/internet/1061505583.php it appears that 2ch was initially built for news discussion and reporting, rather than general chatter.
Could we even deal with the server load should the userbase increase that much? Bandwidth is a lot more expensive here than in Japan.
It also seems like there weren't a lot of online communities at the time 2ch started. Over here there are many large general interest forums already, not to mention hundreds of small special-interest boards. At this point we're a mere curiosity, a drop in the bucket.
Over the next month or two I want to start doing more towards the culture around these boards. I'm thinking about putting in 1 maybe 2 new boards, on various topics. Things such as filesharing, internet culture and other various things. This thread has just made me more willing to do such things. Here would be a good place to give me your personal feedback on that idea. Or someone start a new thread about it.
For general filesharing there's Shii's Download board linked in the Wakachan sidebar, so I don't know how that would collide with Wakachan's general policy to not let boards overlap too much.
But a board on internet culture would be grand and a great addition to WAHa's /soc/.
> I've been accidently deleting posts made by one of my moderators, because he was posting without his nick/trip.
I feel kinda bad about the implied better treatment because of my status. Maximum and minimum of common forms of courtesy shouldn't differ that much, I think.
> For general filesharing there's Shii's Download
Shii's board is very much Share and Winny Orientated. What about talking about BT? Direct Connect? eMule? etc etc.
BT and Direct Connect are the systems of yesterday >:(
My point is that there is more p2p systems out there than just Share and Winny. Don't get me wrong, thanks to you Shii I've got goddamn Share running 24/7, however "the systems of yesterday" are still being used, and the other many possible "systems of tomorrow" can also be discussed.