For those of us who are put out by anonIB's current closure, is there any alternative to anonIB out there? In other words, is there a free (or, alternatively, very cheap) method of getting your own imageboard?
>>3
Or don't host one altogether.
There's plenty enough imageboards as it is. Look around on 2ch.us first, chances are there's already at least a couple boards with whatever you're making a board for. If you can't find an existing board, then consider either (a) finding a site you like and asking them to add a board, or as a last resort, THEN host your own.
... well clearly I got distracted while writing that post; it was supposed to have more sentences in it.
I think making your own imageboard is a great idea! 4chan is full of 13 year olds and soon so will all the other major chans - the internet is mainstream now accept it.
I think there will be more boards catering to nice interets in the future.
>>7
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!
Would it be possible to host your own textboard on webspace such as what is provided for personal use by universities?
>>11
If they allow cgi and it isn't stupendously crippled, and there's no agreement that you had to sign saying you wouldn't do anything like that, why not?
Most universities will give you just enough space for a text file. Unless you want to stick with a stripped down version of futaba, I'd recommend just buying hosting.
And isn't the space given by uni's normally only viewable by the person they are provided for?
>>13
What.
My university didn't have any space limit (I was hosting tons of huge stuff like a full Slackware ISO), and how can you possibly strip Futaba down more than it is?
And what on earth would be the point of web hosting that only you can see?
There is nothing a free webhost and wakaba/kareha cannot satisfy. I do not know why people are so adamant about only using wakaba/kareha and yet, NOT using it at all to make your own.
Fact of the matter is, as time goes by, they will scatter, there will be more an more. And as that happens, others will be abandoned.
To be honest, I don't know where this ideology about having a small centralized super imageboards being better than small scattered niche imageboards are better came from.
> To be honest, I don't know where this ideology about having a small centralized super imageboards being better than small scattered niche imageboards are better came from.
Hint: it starts with a '4' and ends in an 'n'.
Look at any anime-related site's forum, and you will always see a "general discussion" forum and an "general anime" forum and so on. People seem to believe they HAVE to offer EVERYTHING so that people will never need to go anywhere ELSE for discussion.
>>15
Free hosts and cgi scripts don't tend to mix well, nor do free hosts and user-submitted content.
>And what on earth would be the point of web hosting that only you can see?
I'm sorry, I must have mistaken you for a student who actually stores work on the computers.
University web hosting = hosting shit on the university server, whether it be intranet OR onternet. lrn2university.