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2ch: Japanese Web Forum As Social Vent

Posted by timothy on from the with-deep-sea-vent-worms dept.

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."

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  1. Sounds Like... by Nerd+With+Nalgene · · Score: 5, Funny

    A nerd-less version of Slashdot.

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    1. Re:Sounds Like... by irokitt · · Score: 4, Funny

      So what happens when everybody on this board starts hitting Slashdot's servers...

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    2. Re:Sounds Like... by metlin · · Score: 4, Funny

      In Soviet Russia.... ;-)

    3. Re:Sounds Like... by JM+Apocalypse · · Score: 5, Funny

      I love the translations by babelfish ... and the poll!

      Englishify slashdot.jp

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    4. Re:Sounds Like... by MidnightBrewer · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, I live in Japan. The population is primarily made up of nerds.

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    5. Re:Sounds Like... by revmoo · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah no kidding, why can't slashdot US have such interesting topics as "You participate! Fire truck + ambulance = it goes out, the rescuing car". I might not even complain about dupes then :)

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    6. Re:Sounds Like... by tolan-b · · Score: 2, Funny

      Even NYT links are more fun translated badly from Japanese!

      "according to the New Yorktimes (to read article, the register is needed)"

      I knew El Reg was the secret to reading NYT articles ;)

    7. Re:Sounds Like... by James_Duncan8181 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Further to this, I demand (score: 2, splendid discernment) as a mod type over here!

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  2. We have that in America (and rest of world) too... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's called USENET

    http://groups.google.com for you kids out there.

  3. Tried to read it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But buggered if I know how they communicate in a language made almost entirely of rectangles.

    1. Re:Tried to read it by chrismear · · Score: 2, Funny

      The large number of people who don't have oriental language sets installed on their browser is a bit sad

      Personally, I think the large number of anime geeks who don't speak Japanese but do have Japanese language sets installed on their browser is a bit sad.

      Just kidding. I have them installed too! ^_^

  4. Re:4chan.org by megaversal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Except 4chan is geared toward porn...

    (I only know because I visit!)

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  5. 2ch is great by dirtsurfer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Most importantly, it's the best place in the world for a constant stream of pics of cute japanese girls :D