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| | '''Futaba Channel''' is one of Japan's most popular [[Chan|Imageboards]]. Users with IP addresses that can't be traced back to Japan cannot post, so don't waste your time. |
| :''This article is about Futaba Channel. See [[2channel]] for the article on "ni-channeru."''
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| {{Infobox Website
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| | name = Futaba Channel
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| | logo = [[Image:Futubaicon.png]]
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| | caption = The Futuba Logo.
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| | url = [http://www.2chan.net/ 2chan.net]
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| | commercial = No
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| | type = [[Imageboard]]/TextBBS
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| | registration = No
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| | owner = Unknown
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| | author = Unknown
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| | launch date = [[August 30]], [[2001]]
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| | current status = Active
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| | revenue = none
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| }}{{nihongo|'''Futaba Channel'''|ふたば(双葉)☆ちゃんねる|Futaba Channeru, lit. "Double Leaf Channel, Two Leaf Channel"}}, or Futaba for short, is an [[internet forum]] in [[Japan]]. It is considered{{By whom}} one of Japan's most popular [[imageboard]]s dealing in [[otaku]] and underground culture.
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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
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| Futaba Channel was set up on [[August 30]] [[2001]], as a refuge for [[2channel]] users when 2channel was in danger of shutting down.{{Fact|date=December 2008}} The [[4chan]] image sharing site is based on Futaba.<ref>"[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2008/0502/1209632797289.html Tuning into innovation outside the confines of English-speaking web]", [[Irish Times]], May 2, 2008. "...4chan, an American anonymous image-sharing site that is based on the Japanese Futaba channel, itself an offshoot of the enormously popular Japanese 2chan site." </ref> | | Futaba was created so that nerds would have a place to go when shit got broken at [[2channel]]. As that began happening more often, Futaba became more and more popular, soon rivaling its predecessor. |
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| == Concept ==
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| Futaba Channel consists of about 60 [[imageboard]]s (three of which are [[oekaki]] boards) and about 40 [[message boards]], with topics ranging from daily personal problems to [[junk food]], [[sports]], [[ramen]], and [[pornography]]. There is also a place to upload general non-image files. Futaba is powered by a custom script based on GazouBBS. The Futaba script is open source and is used to run many Japanese imageboards. | |
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| == Futaba culture ==
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| The boards are, like many Asian forums, [[Anonymity|anonymous]], with an optional [[tripcode]] system also in place.
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| Users are generally expected to [[Lurker|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.
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| Futaba has spawned a number of strange visual gags and characters; the [[OS-tan]]s would be one such [[Internet_meme|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. | | ==Raids== |
| | | Futaba is the home to epic raids that you cant participate in. Go die. |
| 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]].
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| Non-Japanese Internet users sometimes refer to Futaba Channel as ''2chan,'' due to the [[Uniform Resource Locator|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.
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| == See also == | |
| * [[2channel]] | | * [[2channel]] |
| * [[4chan]] | | * [[4chan]] |
| * [[Imageboard]]
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| == References ==
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| == External links == | |
| * [http://www.2chan.net Futaba Channel] | | * [http://www.2chan.net Futaba Channel] |
| * [http://www.bluethree.us/futaba/ Translated Futaba Navigation] | | * [http://www.bluethree.us/futaba/ Translated Futaba Navigation] |
| * [http://www.chankom.org Chankom.org] – The first Arabic forums based on the Futaba Channel script. | | * [http://www.chankom.org Chankom.org] – The first Arabic forums based on the Futaba Channel script. |
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| [[Category:Internet forums]] | | [[Category:Sites]] |
| [[Category:Virtual communities]] | | [[Category:*Chans]] |
| [[Category:Internet in Japan]]
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| [[es:Futaba Channel]]
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| [[ko:후타바 채널]]
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| [[ja:ふたば☆ちゃんねる]]
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| [[pt:Futaba Channel]]
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Futaba Channel is one of Japan's most popular Imageboards. Users with IP addresses that can't be traced back to Japan cannot post, so don't waste your time.
Futaba was created so that nerds would have a place to go when shit got broken at 2channel. As that began happening more often, Futaba became more and more popular, soon rivaling its predecessor.
Futaba is the home to epic raids that you cant participate in. Go die.
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