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| {{Infobox Website | |||
| | name = 4chan | |||
| | logo = ] | |||
| | screenshot = ] | |||
| | caption = 4chan's main page as of April 1st, 2007 | |||
| | url = | |||
| | commercial = No | |||
| | type = ]/TextBBS | |||
| | language = English | |||
| | registration = No | |||
| | owner = "moot" | |||
| | author = "moot" | |||
| | launch date = ] | |||
| }} | |||
| {{nihongo|'''4chan'''|四葉|Yotsuba|four leaves}} is an English language ], based on the Japanese imageboard ]. On 4chan, many pictures (generally related to ], ] and popular media) are posted and ]. | |||
| ==Site description== | |||
| 4chan was founded as a project by "moot", a member of several anime forums. The site soon attracted ] fans from around the world and has grown greatly since its creation<ref name="alexatrafficrankings">{{cite web| url=http://alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.4chan.org%2F|title=Alexa traffic rankings|publisher=Alexa|accessdate=2007-02-28}}</ref>, eventually surpassing Futaba Channel in traffic.<ref name="alexatrafficrankings2">{{cite web| url=http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?z=1&h=300&w=610&h=400&w=700&site0=www.4chan.org&site1=www.2chan.net&site2=&site3=&site4=&range=6m&size=Medium&y=r&z=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.4chan.org&x=0&y=0|title=Alexa traffic rankings|publisher=Alexa|accessdate=2007-05-02}}</ref> | |||
| The site is divided into discussion boards, image and upload boards, and drawing boards. Currently, there are 35 different image boards, with topics ranging from anime, weapons, and photography to real and animated pornography. Eight of these were "trial boards" until ], ], when all but one, Sports, were upgraded to permanent boards, with Sports being discarded.<ref name="4channews">{{cite web| url=http://www.4chan.org/news.php?all|title=4chan News Archive|publisher=4chan|accessdate=2007-01-10}}</ref> On ], ] the site added two new trial boards, ], and ].<ref name="4chanblotter"> {{cite web|url=http://www.4chan.org/blotter.php?all|title=4chan Blotter|publisher=4chan|accessdate=2007-02-16}}</ref> The site's other boards include an ] board, an Artwork/] board, an upload board that is used for the uploading and discussion of ] movies, and 19 text-based discussion boards. The discussion boards were once hosted on a separate site called "world4ch" (pronounced ''world four channel'') until they were integrated into 4chan using the subdomain dis.4chan.org. The discussion boards were initially created by 4chan's administrators and hosted on world4ch as an homage to the defunct world2ch, which itself was a site created during as an earlier attempt to create an English version of ], a popular anonymous Japanese BBS. | |||
| Because 4chan is provided to its users free of charge and consumes such a large amount of bandwidth, the site's financing often becomes an issue. To avoid long periods of downtime caused by a severe lack of funds, such as the four "deaths" that plagued the site during its first year of existence, the 4chan staff regularly requests donations.<ref name="4channews"/> However, there have been numerous problems relating to the receipt of funds through several different online payment services. <ref name="4channews"/> These services include: ], ], and the ] ]. Historically, a large contributing factor to these problems had been the presence of pornographic imageboards on 4chan, since such content violated many service providers' Terms and Conditions agreements.<ref name="4channews"/> | |||
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