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4chan Undergoing Major Revision, Getting Public API
AdmiralXyz writes "Even the darkest corners of the internet aren't immune to the Web 2.0 boom: BoingBoing reports that 4chan is working on the largest codebase update in its history. The new 4chan will include as standard the functionality of popular browser plugins for using the site, as well as a JSON API so- hooray?- anyone can have immediate access to the contents of 4chan for any purpose they like. This represents a significant update to the heretofore haphazard development process of 4chan, and opens up the possibility of third-party 4chan apps... though probably not on the App Store."
...because now I will have RESTful childporn.
4 chan is so 2000-late...
...because now I will have access to RESTful childporn.
You got to love it when 4Chan makes a headline here on Slashdot...
I never saw that coming, seriously...I didn't.
What this world is coming to - is for you and me to decide.
was not a faggot
They were pretty much forced to go the JSON API route. Every power user of 4chan (which is pretty everybody) uses the 4chan x extension, that pounds the servers for thread updates (it downloads the complete page and parses it every 10 seconds (default is 30, but most change it to 10 for doing well in troll chess)).
to link it with the googlemaps api. 1) download the pics 2) strip EXIF 3) get street address of child 4) PROFIT! Hold on 15 years guys, I see a really cool v& stopping in front of my window. Brb.
BoingBoing? 4chan? AhhhWaaaahhhhh?
Now everyone can have easy access to the world's deepest cesspit of racism, misogyny, and murder-porn.
eye bleach futures
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
http://www.4chan.org/news#108
The original post.
It's on 4chan, but the page shouldn't contain anything NSFW.
mfw >greentext
Here's the original link to Moot's news update regarding this.
JOINING THE FUTURE, ONE COMMIT AT A TIME
(It's SFW, but I wouldn't blame you if don't take the chance.)
Actually the management pays the underage boys and girls to strip and post pictures of themselves. Didnt you know this? (If you did post pictures you should contact moot for your share of mollah)
Are they hoping the major websites will include 4chan in their social links? Click here to post this artical to 4Chan!
OP is gonna be disappointed.
Even the darkest corners of the internet aren't immune to the Web 2.0 boom
Holy Shit! You say Slashdot's getting UTF-8? Finally my life is complete, I can post the UTF-8 goatse symbol on /.
Oh, naw just a bunch of repetitive whining about 4chan being "full" of CP. I don't personally every remember seeing anything objectionable in /fit but whatever. Maybe if you find a low-carb diet morally reprehensible ... (insert valley girl voice pattern) whatever.
Oh no wait its just the /. RSS feed not updating for the last 12 hours. (per goog reader, the terminally ill igoogle home page, and Just Lookin At It as below, its not just caching gone wild on my side)
2012-09-09T06:52:32+00:00 (as of this posting its about 18:54 UTC, so thats about 12 hours, either metric or english, whats the difference)
http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
ditto the subject.
There are already third party 4chan apps like the 4chan browser extensions, 4chan mass image downloaders... I don't understand exactly what new doors the API changes are opening up. If anything, these changes will probably cause problems for 4chan. I was under the impression the whole reason that site had such a big community was it's simplicity.
> Even the darkest corners of the internet aren't immune to the Web 2.0 boom
Web 2.0 denotes websites where the content is posted by the users, not the owners. 4chan (an image board) has always been Web 2.0.
Time for the eternal summer to go up a level.
though probably not on the App Store.
Actually, Apple has allowed many forum reader and commenting apps on the App Store. Alien Blue is considered the best app for reading Reddit, arguably using the touchscreen is way better than browsing on a PC/Mac.
It's interesting to see the evolution of forums and chat as we continue into the Internet Age. As forums get larger and larger and number of messages posted increases, it quickly exposes the flaws of the current paradigm. We need a rethink of forum/chat systems. The old PHPBB/SMF/VBulletin deal is inadequate and does not scale. Slashdot has some of the right ideas, but I don't think it's the holy grail either.
ITT: Others brightly chime in with awesome ideas of how to innovate in forums, only to have their ideas shamelessly stolen err borrowed by err..someone who then goes on to make millions of bucks from it. Or just creates something fucking awesome and gives it away free to mankind....THEN people just hand him $20s all day long on the street cause he's so awesome. (Right...) I dunno exactly what the future holds, ladies and gentlemen, but when thinking minds come together I know we can figure out what the future should look like, then implement it. So let's hear it.
"Even the darkest corners of the internet" Why is that entire site synonymous with a single one of its numerous channels? And even dumber still, I would expect at least a decent number of slashdotters to understand the concept of user-generated content. Yes, 4chan has seen child porn, racial biggotry, and graphic images posted before, and it probably will again. For that matter, facebook has seen them, youtube has seen them, and numerous other sites where users can submit content without peer review have as well. The "omg 4chan so evil" hype created by the mainstream media and spearheaded by faux news is long over. Stop drawing undue attention to the site, stop creating FUD over absolutely nothing new, and stop sounding like children on a site designed to inform the more intelligent masses on the internet.
Sadly, this is no longer the case. Facebook and reddit have infiltrated to the point where you are more likely to get permabanned for pedo on /b/ than any other board. Moot is a fucking faggot and /q/ is a disastrous occupation of the moralfags that get all the attention. The post quality is even worse than shitholes like Zoklet. Such is life, I suppose.
4chan is a joke!
http://boards.4chan.org/b/res/424215460/
They know slashdot is disrespecting their board and they are too limpdick to even care. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
How can you believe that this is even remotely acceptable? It disgusts me how you pedofags have this unnatural attraction to little kids! Year after year you guys keep producing it and trading it and all that is doing is making it seem like it is OK, which it's not. Ok, maybe it's a disease and you can't help it. But why can't you guys just stop because these kids have feelings and they aren't even biologically ready to even engage in sexual activities nor understand it. These kids can't enjoy it, why do you think the organizations such as the FBI are so eager to stop it? It's all in your head and it's just a sick fantasy. Why not make a change today and put an end to CP? because even if it's just 1 person that will possibly make 1 kid happier. I'm not talking about 13+ really because everynewt gingrich knows some of them are actually ready and that goes down to society which I'm not going to discuss. Stop the suffering, stop CP!! You know it's wrong! Inb4 pedofag makes fail attempt at justifying pedophilia
Oh for fuck's sake. You're a.....SURVIVOR???? Oh you poor, poor little lamb.
I don't know what nonsense you've been fed, but it's time for a wake up call. A person who lives through a plane crash is a survivor. Walked out of the twin towers? Survivor. Ship went down but you made it to shore? Survivor.
Whatever you experienced did not kill everyone in the room but you, so stop with your drama queen bullshit, turn off Dr. Phil and grow the fuck up. I swear to fuck, this world is nothing but god damn victims and they're the biggest bunch of pussies on the planet.
Not sure why a website devoted to laughter is considered dark.
OMG!!! The Ponies!!! Will nopony think of the Ponies???
It's called Tor!
(Posting anonymously as (1) I wouldn't want it thought that I went anywhere near 4chan, and (2) well, it's the 4chan zeitgeist!)
4Chan can update it's codebase, but I still cannot post Unicode chars or have a decent editing box on /.. The mobile version breaks on me standard android browser more often than not, and no matter what I do, carriage returns have to be manually input as HTML. Really fun on a touchscreen keyboard.
Silence is a state of mime.
Is as silly as tech illiterate people's view of the internet. If you think Joe Sixpack's view of the internet being anyone who uses a computer being some insane hacker, why do you think the same of 4chan? While /b/ may be a large board, there are many other boards out there that do not partake in anything highly illegal every waking moment. If you venture onto any other board than /b/ you'll find that just about everyone despises the board for the name it brings us.
Eat my nasty melted shit.
App store? Running binaries related in any way to a community that's all about trolling probably isn't the best course of action.
Hi Kimmo! How's your spamming and botnet's coming along? I hope you not still upset that moot put a CAPTCHA in to stop your Anontalk spam shit. Have a nice life!
...was gained.
(kidding)
Contrary to the popular belief, there indeed is no God.
... anything that ever even references 4chan anymore brings the retards out on force as you can see through this entire comment stream.
I wish these people would leave 4chan forever. They are the reason over 70% of it is shit.
It actually did used to be good. All gone.
Six replies mocking the standard posting style of 4chan and all but one are modded Troll?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony/
Have gnu, will travel.
Some mod-points, some mod-points, my kingdom for some mod-points.
I'm sick of clients asking for facebook and twitter and leaderboards and in-app-payments-and-ads and "usage metrics" (aka spy on the users) integration, but I'd add 4chan integration to my engine any day. Sounds like fun (seriously).
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Stay tuned for some shock and awe coming right up after this messages!
Who knew this would get everyones jimmies rustling...for the record there are already 4chan apps in the app store.
http://boards.4chan.org/g/res/27499203
you forgot the ponies. THE PONIES
Buthurt is strong in this one.
Is that you sysop?
Right now the number one most-wanted app for 4chan is desktop integration. You would be loved by the masses were you to do some kind of desktop browsing widget for Windows 7 that uses this API.
Ahhh, 2009.
A good year.
"Even the darkest corners of the internet aren't immune to the Web 2.0 boom"
The Web 2.0 boom? What is this, 2005?
Kimmo responds COME AT ME BRO