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.
I was being... facetious, that's the word.
Yes, Shii is quite the little jester...
Anyhow, I think nothing speaks against posting about BT, DC or EMule on /download/ except for the fact that nobody has done that so far.
Suppose now, though, that somebody starts a thread on 4-ch about filesharing, providing Share hashes for copyrighted material. Legal authorities get to know about this and contact you, the site admin. They demand that you lay open the IP logs to them so that they can track down the creator of the thread. What do you do?
Also, I'd like to know a little bit more about the whole legal context of Australia which is obviously the one that applies to 4-ch. What goes and what not isn't neccessarily clear for us Americans & Europeans. So I'd be thankful for some kind of backup knowledge.
>>17
They're more likely just to ask for the topic/posts to be removed. Still, valid question.
That aside, many things said in this thread make me happy. Go, 4-ch, go!
I wouldn't mind a board for internet culture, personally.
Also, comedy 'Yaranaika?' board option.（ ´Д｀ ）
Internet culture sounds like a good board, I root for that.
The article >>1 linked to made me understand the real meaning of anonymous posting, I will be posting without a name from now on.
>>20
That is so nice to hear ;_;. Spread the truth of anonymous!
btw,
>Could we even deal with the server load should the userbase increase that much? Bandwidth is a lot more expensive here than in Japan.
and from the article
>At present, we rent 40 servers in California
just curious
I think it might take a while for bandwidth to be an issue, even if we get a huge influx of traffic. Currently the server idles at an average of 10k/s constant on its connection, but then again, its also running a BT tracker, and another website on top of that.
That reminds me... mods usually can't see IPs on Kareha.
But on Shiichan they obviously can. I have seen some moderators' posts that state they had just compared IPs of posters.
>>28
Moderators can't see IP addresses. Only I can. And to be honest, if you aren't breaking the 3 most basic rules, I really don't care about what your IP is. I'm most interested about what is being said here, rather than "who".
age
>>10-14
Shii's site is closing, does Squeeks want to 'adopt' the Download board?
>>30
I'll think about it. If I do take it on; it won't be using Shiichan, it'll be using Kareha.
I don't think it would make much sense. We can set up a general [SHARE] Support & Answers [FAQ] thread but an entire board seems to be too much - it has been too much on shii.org, IMHO.
I guess so. Pity the archives will be lost, though. Maybe someone could read through them now and summarize the important things into a FAQ?
Currently the only I have pending is wether or not Google will disapprove. See, from what I have seen of other websites, the moment your website shows interest in filesharing etc, Google kills your account, and keeps the cash. And well, I'd rather that not happen.
In terms of moving the existing threads over, it is possible, Shiichan stores things as HTML as well, WAHa would be able to help me out converting threads over.
Partition for avoiding any risks with the google account, since that was the path to the first death of iichan back in the day.
New download board: http://bbs.chiisai.net/download/
So... nevermind...