But I can only remember 4 times... ?
1st death: Sometime between October 10th and 29th, 2003
2nd death: January 3rd, 2004
3rd death: June 20th, 2004
4th death: July 1st, 2005
http://www.4chan.org/news.php?all
Anyway, discuss! lol
2003-2005
RIP 4CHAN
MIDNIGHT JULY 1st NEVAR FORGET
They probably didn't bother posting "HAY GUYS, WE'RE BACK" every time, 'cause once you were at the site you could see that for yourself.
And saying that the site is about to die makes everyone start leeching like crazy. And outages aren't always planned...
What I never understood was why 4chan adopted a grow, grow, grow policy? If you're having difficulty funding a site, making it larger is unlikely to help. The dot-com era ended five years ago.
So they go on a donation drive, promise it'll keep 4chan going... then apparently splurge it instead of adopting a conservative policy. A bandwidth capacity of 60Mbits? Why? Get a decent QoS and let the lower speeds serve as a demand limiter.
Are they attempting to grow it so large that advertisers would come? Or increase the value of the domain name? Someone enlighten me?
4chan is dead, long live to Wakachan !!!
4chan is still alive, as long as you access it through 8chan.net instead.
amusingly, none of the surviving boards are on the "worksafe" 4channel.org domain anymore.
this will be fun.
otoh, if that means americans cant access 4chan from work/school anymore, that will certainly reduce the traffic a lot.
>>8
.... which is of course nonsense, since all of the boards that were on zip.4channel.org except /a/ and /m/ have explicit worksafe-rules.
still, /a/ and /m/ have not.
which indicates that /a/ is now the replacement for /h/, /u/, /y/ ... and at the moment /b/ ...
In related news: Whats with shii.org? Is it dead, too?
Shii's getting out of the game. He cut up the site and distributed it to the poor.
>>4
I haven't the slightest idea, but I'd certainly enjoy using it more when it's on a 60MBit pipe rather than a smaller one.
>>9
/a/ is still /a/. For others go to iichan*.
>>11
He's doing the wapanese exchange-student-to-Japan thing and can't manage a website at the same time.
*as long as it can handle the load of course
4chan did what is the greatest savoir vivre of today's times: to live beyond one's means.
And with any incarnation, it was awesome as long as it lasted.
The creativity level was still too low, though.
what is the best alternative for 4chan?
but where can i present my torrents? hehe...
How quickly everyone forgets http://0chan.net/w/!
1st death: Sometime between October 10th and October 29th, 2003.
2nd death: Sometime around November 22, 2003. (forgot this one?)
3rd death: January 3rd, 2004.
4th death: June 20th, 2004
apparently wakachan has a torrents board too, no one uses it though
That's me; feel free to use it. BUT READ THE RULES!
>>14
As I said, demand limiter. If you aren't getting it instantly, you'll probably also be more selective in what you download. Multiply this by a few thousand users...
It's actually pretty simple: place the html and thumbs in one category, and the src in another. Give the first category bandwidth precedence. It doesn't slow down surfing much since the html is sent quickly, but people won't leech slower src/ pointlessly either.
>>24
okay, d'oh. i got it. "no licensed" means no stuff in u.s., or what?
and are there any rules for the choice of trackers? ;)
Trackers must function. Other than that, just don't bitch too much.
and yes, licensed refers to the US.
maybe people would use the torrents board if you didn't divide up the navbar into iichan and wakachan hint hint
I've been telling them that this was a bad idea from the start but no....
Anyway, what a funny thread this has become.
See 4chan for my take. This is what happens when I get a job and leave the site to the staff for more than a few days.
FALSE ALARM YOU MAY RETURN TO YOUR HOMES
oh hay shii are you in japan already?
how are the lolis
Right now I'm in akihabara. and i can't name names but there are some pretty good places for lolis here!
>>34
Requesting more pictures and loli material. ^_^
alright, I put it up on hussy. look for the post made around 9PM
Er, call me silly or ignorant, but what is this "hussy" you speak of?
I assure you that you're better off not getting that joke.
ditto
Okay... Taken many pictures? How long you there for?
shii is a real jap?
ya
last was mine, but was clearing tripcode from browser memory in internet cafe.
if shii is realjap in west, what's the nature of the excursion? If I recall, japs past 1970? don't like to emigrate out anymore, or their emigration imitates 1stwrld->1stwrld emigration, especially since japan is a 1stwrld country.
okay, read thread, he is a wapanese? lol, smfc
what the fuck are you talking about?