Talk:Futaba Channel

Structure lists

Please structure the bulleted list (Futaba has a culture of its own, including), it's confusing as it is.

I propose dumping most entries except "Toshiaki" & "OS-tans" and to simply place a link to some of the extensive neta collection pages that can be found on "The Society for the Study of Modern Image Board Culture", the reason being that while some entries are noticeable ("Waha"), others are not ("Sadako") but arguing about what should be included and what not is a very otiose task as there are literally hundreds to choose from (which more or less the same reason why most meme entries have been dumped from the 4chan article). I believe it is best to only explicitly mention the entities that entirely or almost entirely originated on Futaba Channel. 84.137.4.52 11:07, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Of course, the "Nijiura" entry should also stay. 84.137.4.52 11:08, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Just a note, the grammar used on the page is pretty un-encyclopedic, so I fixed the grammar in the Concept paragraph, I'll start working on the others Echoghost 16:24, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Gaijin Yonkamo

The fad of the stock reactions as expressed by an audience of IGN editors originated from an article parodying the Matrix trilogy. The whole set has the first picture of them reacting wildly to the original Matrix, showing little emotion to Matrix Reloaded, and finally, showing an empty theater with Matrix Revolutions.

That's not where it originally came from - it originated on Futaba in the vertical four-panel format, which was brought over to other imageboards and edited there.

Also, the only thing that was invented by the Toshiaki was "the use of this specific set of images": the idea of "noun1 -> noun2 -> noun1.change -> noun2.change" cannot be attributed to any one group of people. It's just this set of images that was used first by the toshiaki

I believe it's Yonkoma, not Yonkamo. 71.198.149.190 00:43, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Number of Boards

Though some edits have been made to this article over the last six months, much of this article is not up-to-date. The last paragraph talked of 4chan only having less than 15 boards, though it now has about 34 boards, and that has now been changed by me. Seeing as we are now more than halfway through 2006, perhaps a list of any notable events that have happened so far during 2006 should be added to the history. New and popular characters, fads, and memes could be added too. I would do this myself, but unfortunately I don't know a word of Japanese. Also, to make this article not appear so bland, a screenshot of a board, the frontpage of 2chan.net, and a website infobox like on the 4chan page should be added. --(Steampowered 03:53, 19 July 2006 (UTC))

Commercial/Not commercial?

I know that this isn't of big importance, but 4chan's article currently states that it is a commercial site while 2chan's article says that it is not. (2channel 2ch.net is also listed as commercial)

They both use ad revenue to cover expenses. (It also looks like 2chan (Futaba Channel) uses more ads on their site than 4chan) Any reason for this? If not, I might and go change it later. Zylo-86 (talk) 02:40, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

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The boards are, like many Asian forums, anonymous, with an optional tripcode system also in place.

Users are generally expected to lurk before posting, in order to understand the culture they are entering. Anonymity is considered a good thing; users who go out of their way to identify themselves are often ridiculed.

Futaba has spawned a number of strange visual gags and characters; the OS-tans would be one such meme that has spread to western internet culture. Some of the characters that appear on Futaba Channel have entered the real world in the form of various real-life goods, such as figures, dolls or images printed on pillows. Such items are mainly produced by Japanese dōjin artists and groups.

Internet users outside of Japan are not allowed to post on Futaba Channel, to try to save on both bandwidth and avoid foreign DDoS attacks. Other imageboards have been created outside of Japan based on the Futaba style of imageboard, most notably in the United States, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Russia. The largest English-speaking Futaba clone is 4chan.

Non-Japanese Internet users sometimes refer to Futaba Channel as 2chan, due to the address of the site. It is frequently unclear whether this is intended to mean Futaba Channel or 2channel, and sometimes it even refers to both, as if they were a single website. To eliminate confusion, the names Futaba and 2channel are often used.

The above was deleted by different users. 76.66.197.17 (talk) 12:21, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Sources

http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2006/11/26/lifebookshelf/16091793&sec=lifebookshelf shows the confusion between what 2chan is what. In this case, it means 2channel. See if it can be integrated as a ref for confusion or not... 76.66.197.17 (talk) 14:44, 2 January 2010 (UTC)