2ch: Japanese Web Forum As Social Vent

News for nerds writes "This NY times article (reg blah blah) sheds the light on Japan's largest Internet bulletin board - 2ch. About 5.4 million people come to this "Channel 2" each month, many of them several times a day (just like you nerds making beowulf cluster of alphabets all the day!). Founded in 1999, "ni-channeru," as it is called there, has become part of Japan's everyday culture as no other Web site has. While you can also find useful info such as dinner recipes there, it's almost like Battle Royale came into life as a web site, filled with verbal and physical violence backed by pseudo anonymity."

Comments

for a website with so many visitors...

[Anonymous Coward]

the layout sure is crap.

K5

[Anonymous Coward]

Sounds very similar to Kuro5hin. Although don't go rushing over there now; Ritzy Forrester (site admin) has written a bit of code that searches for Slashdot cookies on your machine. If it finds one, then you won't be allowed to make an account.

uh..

[Anonymous Coward]

While you can also find useful info such as dinner recipes there, it's almost like Battle Royale came into life as a web site, filled with verbal and physical violence backed by pseudo anonymity.

Except for the fact that 2ch is nothing at all like Battle Royale. Nobody dies on 2ch and nobody was anonymous in Battle Royale. Nice try there, skippy.

Re:Sounds Like...

[Omestes]

"It received many , but it has been said from amongthose Anal Cunt"

I don't get it...