I know there are a lot of imageboards and textboards out there and I was wondering if it is possible to get away from the "*chan" culture. There are too many "*chans", and most of them have the same jokes, content, "macros/memes", etc.
I think there is a lot of potential associated to imageboard system and anonimity that can be used in the west, but do you think that it can be separated from all the "chan" mess and takeoff as another option in the west? Can we start over? What do you think?
Isn't this what moot plans to do with his Canvas Networks project?
Really it's just 711chan/7chan/and a bunch of other kusaba imageboards run by 12 year olds. Other places are pretty serious.
The most active "serious" imageboard I can think of is 420chan, which has a nice community. Memes are never really spread around, only in /b/. There are also small communities like 1chan's /rail/ or the various iichan boards that are pretty cool.
But what would that really entail? Making accounts, becoming like MySpace or Facebook, or what? I'm interested to see how he does this.
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There are plenty of references, in-jokes and memes.
They just aren't blatantly labeled as HURR MEEM!!11oneone
I'm kindly saying you don't really know what you are on about.
I like to post on Tohno-chan once in a while. It moves at a slow, but steady pace. The users are generally alright, and it isn't filled with people spouting the same memes over and over again. I think it'd be pretty hard to get completely away from the chan-like culture that you're talking about though.
I understand what OP is trying to say.
But I ask him, is there such thing as a non-chan image board? I think there are several image boards that match his criteria already.
Of course there are in-jokes and memes. But compare 420chan to 711chan. 711chan is FULL of retarded memes and there are barely any serious discussions. 420chan is usually a helpful and friendly place with lots of interesting boards. So yeah, 420chan has inside jokes like DICKS EVERYWHERE, "Specia", feem etc, but that's just part of the whole experience. I've seen most users get openly mocked simply because they use a 4chan meme.
i was permabanned from 420chan for saying something bad about obama on one of the politics board QQ, its not a cool place at all, it only is if you're willing to fit in with their ideas of what is good, (obeying social constructs is very meme like, just not funny) anyway the vast majority of the anons who are against "memes" are so humorless that they get pissed off at anyone's attempt at humor be it original or not.
west imageboard culture was created years ago, but the people who currently dominate it are not the creators and it has stagnated as a result. there are the odd good boards around, i'd love it if i could mention them here, but i wouldn't risk it except to generally say the some of the non-english language boards have a lot more free-thinking and creativity than sites like the commonly mentioned 4chan spinoffs.
Perhaps something like the website "Dollars" from the light novel/anime Durarara!! would be a good idea. One could go further than anonymity and create a website that's exclusive and send passwords to random people within a certain area: Los Angeles, New York, or London- big cities. Only people who know the password to the website would have access and since the website is exclusive to certain areas people would relate more to each other's topics. Rather than talking about international issues people could talk about things that are happening in the city. There would also be a sense of community knowing that most members are from the same area... Gah, I don't know. It has its limitations, but perhaps there's some potential in creating websites that are widely known, yet completely exclusive?
A good idea would be to make a site with family members/friends/college classmates and just post about things there interested in like Video Games and Anime I'd start with one bored and use Kareha+2chi mode and let the blossom bloom from there.