textboard

{{Short description|Type of Internet forum}}

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A textboard is a simple kind of Internet forum; most textboards require neither registration nor entry of a screen name.{{cite web|url=http://wakaba.c3.cx/shii/ |title=Shiichan Anonymous BBS |author=Shii |date=2006 |access-date=2011-10-18}} Textboards, like imageboards, were invented in Japan, but they remain relatively unknown outside it, in contrast to imageboards (such as 4chan).

Features

One of the key differences between textboards and traditional forums is that textboards allow users to post without registration, and often encourage anonymous discussion.{{cite web|url=http://secretareaofvipquality.net/boardguide.html |title=A Guide to Anonymous Boards |author=Anonymous |access-date=2011-10-18}} Hiroyuki Nishimura, the founder of 2channel, says that the philosophy behind anonymous posting is that "all information is treated equally; only an accurate argument will work".Furukawa, Hideki,[http://www.ojr.org/japan/internet/1061505583.php "Q&A With the Founder of Channel 2"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109111255/http://www.ojr.org/japan/internet/1061505583.php |date=January 9, 2013 }}, The Online Journalism Review, August 22, 2008 Many textboards support a form of pseudo-registration by allowing users to use tripcodes, although users tend to post anonymously.

Textboards tend to be much simpler than traditional forums. While forums software such as phpBB or vBulletin supports image or other media embedding, private messaging, polls, and various other features, textboards allow only the posting of text.

Notable textboards

  • 2channel – largest forum in Japan, receiving millions of posts a day.{{cite web |url=http://stats.2ch.net/suzume.cgi?yes |title=Posts per day |publisher=2channel |access-date=2011-10-18 |archive-date=2013-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502120750/http://stats.2ch.net/suzume.cgi?yes |url-status=dead }}

Textboard software

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