it is a common misconception that 4chan.org/4chan.net is the oldest of the english language *chan sites. the truth of the matter is that chan.org predates 4chan by more than a year.
>>2
Actually, he's quite right, chan.org was registered in 1995 and was last updated in 2002. I don't think most people would consider it a *chan in the vernacular sense, though.
Or maybe he meant 1chan.net, which however (according to the whois records) predates 4chan by only three months.
>>3
Whoa you're right. Did they install Futallaby on it first? Was it about trains at that time?
>>4
http://replay.web.archive.org/20031214064028/http://www.1chan.net/
Seems so (to both)
4chan first existed at 4chan.net which has existed since at least October 2003. The domain was changed to 4chan.org when GoDaddy fucked moot over.
>>6
chan.org was from 1995. this thread is not about also-rans
>>7
No, of course it isn't. It's about some failure of a website that uses FrontPage server extensions but doesn't have them configured correctly, and which is not an imageboard or even a forum for that matter.