====== Textboard ======
The [[JEWS|Western]] name for sites like [[2channel]].

===== Features =====
One of the most defining feature of a Japanese-style anonymous board like 2channel is that it has **no registration** -- [[anonymous|anonymity]], [[tripcode]]s, and the loathed "user ID system" are all ways to remove the barrier between the end user and the post box. This design philosophy places more of a burden on [[jews|site admins]] but in turn helps democratize the community. 

In line with anonymity, tripcodes, and the ID system is where the **sage** feature comes into play, short for Sageru. 2channel and similar boards had an ID system that would generate a unique "hash" for each poster in each thread, so you could identify people who abused anonymity to play strange games. A way to "opt out" of the ID system was to "sageru" your post -- a //sage// post won't show your ID, but at the cost that you will be unable to bump the thread. This cultural legacy was carried on in the imageboard /jp/ on 4chan until the [[fags|mods]] turned it off. A "sage" post is one that doesn't necessarily respond to the thread -- it may be meta-criticism, it may be a joke, it may be a question -- or it may be a delayed response to an old thread. The idea that choosing whether you "bump" or "don't bump" a topic is unique to the textboard, as far as the [[Tanasinn.vip]] investigators can determine. Bumping a thread with a low-effort post is considered to be very poor form, and will attract the [[6ch|Sageru]] [[bees]] to your thread if you do this in the wrong online community, or even lead to you being [[banned]]. 

===== Software =====
  * [[shii|Shiichan]]
  * [[Kareha|Kareha]]
  * [[Tablecat]] BBS
  * Emanon BBS
  * [[corea|iyagi]]
  * [[multichan|multichannel]]

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