Unfortunately, 420chan has now been offline for some time, and will likely not be back up again in the near future. Since we have always shared a good relationship, as well as a fair bit of the userbase, we thought it might be helpful to try and revive some of the more iconic and missed boards. While these can never be actual replacements, we hope that they can serve to rekindle some conversation and community that was lost.
We have started by adding /weed/ as the new /777/ trial board. As with all trial boards, if people seem to use and like it, we will change it to a permanent board. Additionally, we would like to hear suggestions from you about other boards that you might like to see revived (e.g. /woo/) that you can't find anywhere else.
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We realize that you guys are going to be edgy edgelords, and post things that fit into that mindset. That's fine, you're entitled to say stupid shit on the Internet.
However, if you post any threats of violence, be they to an individual, a group, a race, a religion, or anything that could be construed as such, you will lose site privileges permanently.
If you post something (or do something) stupid enough that it generates law enforcement activity, we will cooperate fully with the investigation.
It's OK to vent. It's OK to yell stupid conspiracy theories or strut around in your brand new Chinese-manufactured Nazi uniform. Nobody has to pay attention to you. However, advocating, threatening, or committing violence crosses a line, and we aren't going to tolerate it. This "irony" shit has been going on for far too long, long enough that stupid people are taking it seriously, and it puts us in a spot where we have to put our foot down.
We are working on a completely recoded thread reader (read.php). The new version will have support for modern RESTful routing AND JSON/YAML API for all endpoints. We may end up switching to it entirely, since it is far more performant than the old .html page generator.
While we're putting it through its paces, you may notice bugs here and there while we make changes to old code. Please yell at N3X15 in IRC or Discord if you notice a bug.
WASHINGTON DC: You have probably heard of a new drug sweeping cyberspace by storm. It goes by many names: Fart. Spunk. Auto-erotic Asphyxia. But what is Discord, and what does it mean for 7chan?
Dick Hardcheese, a scientician for the Center for Communication Control, tells us that Discord is a trendy new communications platform that all the hip kids are using, after Mumble finally caught fire and sunk into the swamp.
"It's like all the worst parts of IRC, Ventrilo, and Steam." He explains, snorting a line of coke off a hooker's left tit. "All wrapped up in a fancy Electron interface that the kids eat up like fucking candy."
"It won't even let you run a dedicated server!" Beams a random child in the lobby of Fortnite, the summer's hottest crate simulator. "And they're always offline! Everything I ever wanted to talk to friends or organize games!"
In response to several morons trying to start their own 7chan servers and - unsurprisingly - spam the link on the site, the site administration is providing a judgement free zone where addicts can get their fix of Discord without being tenderly loved to death by the staff.
Official 7chan Discord Permanent Invite: 7C2GwSE
The site administrators also ask that people stop fucking linking to Discords in lieu of posting content, reminding members that such activity is how chans die.
We were just made keenly aware that revenge porn (porn you have of someone that you distribute without permission to be a dick) is now illegal in many states. So, revenge porn is banned from the site. Ask your partner before you post, or you could be getting a FREE TRIP in the PARTY VAN.
(And yes we're still around)
7Chan was originally formed as a counter-statement to 4chan. We had grown tired of the shitty memes, administrative injustices, and other issues. So, after creating the site, we added rules - written and otherwise - that would help us enforce our own culture and keep 4chan shittiness out.
Nearly a decade later, and the world has changed. Even complete newbies who find us from Google are familiar with the culture 4chan has spread to the Internet at large, and many of the memes they have perpetuated have become common parlance.
We now acknowledge this change and, after a unanimous Administrative Council vote (including Saz), we are no longer enforcing bans on greentext, image macros, and many of the other unwritten rules. I am currently going through the ban list and removing the bans made under these rules. If you were banned for the unwritten culture rules, please contact us in IRC (irc.7chan.org #appeals - highlight an op and be prepared to give us your IP address).
<Sazpaimon_> we lost this battle, and im okay with that
Since nobody came forward to moderate /be/, and it's illegal everywhere, it's been removed again.
The site recode is still in progress. We've just moved all of our templates over to Twig.
It's Christmas, and we've been thinking. You suck. But it's okay, we're here to help. Check out our new /777/, it's /selfhelp/ - You're Pathetic, We're Pathetic, We Can Do This!
If you want to suggest /777/s for the future, use this thread. If you just want to help me be a better person, post your thoughtful, meaningful, and probably hurtful messages here.
Hey guys, remember me? I added a couple new features I just know you guys will love:
As always, you can head to /7ch/ to discuss these and any other potential new features to make your shitposting experience easier than ever.
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/be/ is back, go wild. Obey the rules or it's gone again.
Oh, there's also a new /777/, this decade we've gone for /777/ - Olympics, so all your Olympics related needs. If you want to suggest future /777/s use this thread.
Happy Holidays from all the bastards at 7chan!
We're glad you spent another year with us, and you can look forward to another year of us oppressing and mocking you, as well as huge new changes and additions to the site (that can also be read as "none").
Ever since we decided to do our /777/ trials one board has been requested over and over again. So now, after constant bitching and annoying emails we've decided we're going to bring /i/ - Raid back to 7Chan as a trial board. So, feel free to discuss all your favourite pest control tactics here, and share tips with your fellow 7Channers.
Suggest more /777/s in the /7ch/ thread.Spaaaaace. So much space, we need to see
it all!
Okay so there, I've had my fun, now down to the serious business. Firstly, sorry
I removed the old /777/ and then disappeared (Saz came by with some hookers and
blow, who could say no?!) Now, time for the new /777/ - Space! (I'm in spaaaace).
Standard rules apply, and as always, any necessary rules will be added if/when
required.
To request future (better) /777/s
use this thread.
So, /vroom/ was a failure and didn't get enough posts/unique posters to become a board which means it's time for a new /777/. This month's /777/? Do you even need to ask, c'mon, it's obviously going to be... /Christmas/ - All The Things I Hate About Humanity.
Okay, as you've probably guessed, this /777/ is purely a seasonal board and
wont ever become an actual board, I dropped the ball with Halloween and made
/grim/ too soon, so this is my way of
making up for that clusterfuck.
Use it as you see fit, rant and moan about how much you hate Christmas
because it's like, totally just a corporate sham, maaaan, post Christmas porn,
post Christmas gift ideas for *Channers, and so on.
Global Rules apply, but apart from that it's pretty much limitless, so Go Wild.
Use this thread to post future/better/more /777/ ideas
-Edit-
We now have 3 new Style options, Obsidian, Grasschan and Sakura. All courtesy of isildur4.
Well done, /grim/ is now a board, so that means...
There's a new /777/! The new /777/ is
/vroom/ - Things With Engines it's for general Planes, Trains and
Automobiles conversation, so go check it out and love it.
To suggest more (slightly less
shit) future /777/s use this thread.
Hey there, how are you? I don't give a fuck and neither does our new /777/ - Grim (Cold, Dark and Unhappy or whatever..).
The /777/ previous to it was successful and now is it's own board.
To request more/better future /777/s please use this thread.
/777/ - /fetish/ was a failure, not enough unique posters and most of the
content posted could have been posted elsewhere (sorry, but you creepy fucks
know the rules).
Our new /777/ is /pp/ - Penny Pinching, that
title is horrific, so if it works we'll need a new title. Anyway, this whole
sentence is a link to /pp/ - Penny Pinching so click it, or whatever.
Remember to post ideas for new/future /777/s in this thread.
Home, Garden and DIY was a failure. Now we've got /777/ - Fetish, let's see how unsuccessful this can be.
Remember: Keep posting ideas for new /777/'s, that's what it's for.
Due to getting an awesome job, I just don't have the time for maintaining the Minecraft server sourcecode anymore and I shut down the server a few months ago. I left /minecraft/ open in case someone came along to pick up where I left off, but that didn't happen and the board is basically an advertising cesspool now, so it's gone.
Mumble is still operating at mumble.7chan.org.
- Nexypoo
Well, r000t reportedly got bored (more like mad) again and wiped /vg/, so we've enacted a new policy of requiring you to fill out captchas before starting a new thread. Replies will not be affected (since he can reply-spam a thread and it won't matter, since no content will be removed).
In other news, I hate Mono's IL compiler.
Hey guys, FileSonic just disabled their file sharing services, so if you've uploaded shit, you need to re-upload it elsewhere.
Cheers - 7chan Staff
So we've been avoiding this whole Stop Online Piracy Act bandwagon for a while, mostly because we figured the U.S. government would wake up, get the collective bug out of their asses, and realize this course of action was retarded as fuck.
Sadly, this is not the case.
So far, it looks like it'll pass, and with all of the stupid clauses that have made it famous on the Internet for being disastrously bad for everyone. (Source)
What does this mean for 7chan?7chan receives copyrighted material every day, and our legal staff handle approximately 100 DMCA takedowns per month. We do our part by removing the material. We're working on streamlining the system by adding in a built-in system for flagging and hiding copyrighted material for review. However, under SOPA, all our current DMCA copyright safeguards would go right out the fucking window. As soon as someone posts copyrighted material, we're immediately branded as criminals for hosting it, even if we merely link to it.
Although 7chan itself is hosted in a country outside of the U.S., SOPA forces all U.S. ISPs to actively block access (even via proxies and SSL connections; H.R.3261, Sec. 102) to sites that are in violation. The Internet's root DNS servers are also located in the U.S., so if we end up being blocked off, no one would be able to resolve our domain. In addition, under Sec. 107 of the bill, Paypal and other "banks" would be forced to stop processing any funding from the U.S. for our organization, so we would lose our ability to pay our bills.
tl;dr We'd be forced to shut down.
How do you plan to continue in the face of SOPA?
First, we're going to be introducing a series of severe changes to the backend of 7chan soon allowing us to review posts before they appear on the site. If SOPA passes before we can get these changes deployed, we'll just toss an IP.B up until we can get Kusaba ready for prime-time. This will be a long, painful, arduous process. Because text can be copyrighted, we will have to approve text posts, as well.
Because of the additional moderation load, we will have to get some more staff on-hand. We're short on staff as it is, so we already plan on acquiring more staff soon (we'll contact you, so don't ask).
What can I do?
Write your congresspeople via snail-mail asking them to stop SOPA. Call up their campaign offices asking for their position on H.R.3261 (Stop Online Piracy Act; don't just say SOPA). Make it clear that if it passes, they can forget their (re)election. Be courteous, don’t give them a platform to stand on to call us crazy or criminal and dismiss us. This is not a raid (especially since we don’t allow raids, in case you don’t read our rules). Get your friends (oh wait you don’t have any) and family involved.
In short, 7chan opposes SOPA in its entirety. Although we recognize the hard work artists put in to their work, and their right to receive fair compensation for their work, there also needs to be a right for us to discuss their work legally, and handle legitimate copyright complaints in a way that doesn't expose us to liability. SOPA's insistence on blanket liability without takedown notifications and grace periods, or even "good intentions" exemptions are fatal structural faults, and are unfair to everyone. Kill this bill.
- 7chan Administrative Council
Questions? Comments? Bitching?
Go to this /7ch/ thread.
Most of you may notice that captcha has been appearing on all boards for a few hours (or days) and then vanishing. I'd like to clarify what's going on so there's no confusion (especially since half of you never go to /7ch/, which you should if you have any questions).
First of all, 7chan is not going to permanently globally enable reCaptcha. However, some individual boards with a high propensity for spam, such as /fag/, have had captcha enabled for now.
In addition, we've recently added a feature to our software to allow us to globally enable captcha on all boards for a period of time for any reason. Captcha has been enabled over the past few months repeatedly, as the other chan is rather unstable and keeps going offline. When that happens, we get flooded with all kinds of riff-raff who proceed to whine about our standards or shit all over the boards. Since half of us are off playing Skyrim or Saints Row the Third at any point in time, we've enabled captcha to slow the boardshitting to a pace we can handle.
Hopefully this will clear things up for you all.
Some of you may have remembered our /rs/ board, which tracked all filesharing links posted on 7chan.
Well, it's back, with some backend improvements, feature additions, and security fixes. /rs/ is still a bit of a work in progress, as we have to update some of the sites and add some things, but it appears to be usable now.
We've just fixed our Oekaki support, so /gfx/ has been turned into an oekaki. We'll be making CSS tweaks and fixes over time (such as allowing non-oekaki image uploads in an oekaki board).
For those of you who were born yesterday, an Oekaki is MS-paint for your browser. Click on paint, draw a picture, and click on upload to show your shitty doodles to the world.
Enjoy.
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/zom/ has passed the traffic requirements, so you have it back. Keep up the posting rate or it'll go away again.
Additionally, /pr/ - Programming is the current /777/ topic. Keep posting if you want it back.
UPDATE @ 7:22AM: Link fixed, Saz is fixing captcha as I type.
UPDATE @ 2:56AM: Looks like the guy who spammed us is just mad.
UPDATE @ 2:00AM: All of the spam has been cleaned up. Here's a little more information on what happened (mostly for Saz since all of the administrative staff are heading to bed): At about 1:00AM, we received a Scout flood on /b/, then on /fail/ and /h/, prompting a lock, and then a stab at using captcha. Unfortunately, that didn't work, so I locked all boards. The spam claimed to be from n0chan (which is bullshit, since the spammer used the old Scout spam, and the n0chan administrator contracted us to let us know he was being attacked as well). We're going to leave the boards locked until Saz can get on in the AM and get everything unfucked.
UPDATE @ 1:45AM: All boards locked since Steve didn't fix the Captcha system. Everyone yell at Steve.
Due to recent flooding, the boards will temporarily have Captcha enabled. When Saz rolls out of bed in the morning, he'll unlock everything.
UPDATE: There was a single line of code that we managed to overlook that allowed the exploit to reinstall itself. It's been removed, and hopefully this shouldn't resurface itself again.
This morning (Pacific time, fuck the other coast), Google blocked our site because of malicious javascript injected into our site front page. After a thorough investigation, Saz discovered that a previous exploit back in March left some backdoors in place. These backdoors, and the malicious javascript, have been removed and the rest of our site has been confirmed to be clean. Google has now verified this and, as you might notice, has unblocked our site.
To prevent this (and similar problems) from occurring again, we have implemented additional security measures at both our ad provider and our own systems.
No private information was released, as we don't keep private info, and our game servers (7chanistan and the Failtrain) were not affected.
Since Teffen had a massive temper-tantrum the other day and got removed from "office", we've been looking for a new Minecraft server.
We've since found a good, cheap service and I've ordered a 20-slot (1GB dedicated RAM) server with Bukkit support for 3 months (10% discount) from FragNet. We got a 10-slot Mumble VoIP server for free with the deal, and I've upgraded it to 20 slots.
Connection details are available in /minecraft/, and #minecraft in IRC has live updates and a chat relay.
FYI THIS IS NOT NIRVANA. This is a completely new map and the server has fewer, different plugins and settings (for performance). Nirvana is still being hosted by Teffen via nirrius.
Enjoy.
We've made a huge overhaul to our moderator and administrator rules and regulations. Namely, we created some where none existed before.
The changes you'll notice immediately are:
Many other internal regulations are also present, such as establishing a more defined chain of command, and getting Steve (our current codemonkey) to maintain a presence on IRC until we can find a decent bugtracker for Kusaba issues.
These changes have been brought on by a realization that our previous, chaotic method of moderation was not working, and that to continue expanding in a stable, efficient way, we had to lay down some rules.
Right now, the transition is a little rocky, with a few moderators handing in their guns and badges, and we're still bickering over a few minor details, but in the long run, this should make 7chan better than ever.
We just finished seriously reorganizing the shit out of the boards to make everything less of a clusterfuck. Several boards have been deleted, others have been combined with a a similar board etc. As shit changes, we'll leave a note here.
Update @ 12:13AM: And we're done. Content on the boards removed is gone since the merging tools are fucked, sorry. We realize this isn't popular (judging from the dozens of whiny threads popping up), but it makes our jobs easier and promotes more activity over a smaller number of boards rather than many.
In the long run, this is better for 7chan.
All further Minecraft server shit will be here so that it no longer shits up our front page.
In other news, Steve is a faggot.
Nirvana has been successfully switched over to VPS. The switch offers faster load times, more player slots and fixes to several connection issues.
Additionally, the server software will be updated on 11/10/10
"General fixes:
Minecraft will be officially supporting texture packs in the next few updates. In honor of this, Webhallen has started a competition to find the best texture pack.
"The best submission will not only receive a 180 GB OCZ Vertex 2 E SSD signed by Notch, which also comes preloaded with Minecraft (a pretty big deal), but also a signed painting by Kristoffer Zetterstrand, estimated retail value 25000 SEK (3700 US$).Second place will receive a signed and preloaded 120 GB OCZ Vertex 2 E SSD
Third place will receive a signed and preloaded 90 GB OCZ Vertex 2 E SSD"
More info here.
Additionally we are switching from Mom's Basement Enterprises to real server hardware. If you'd like to donate to the switch, click here!
Additionally the rules list has been revise to give clarity to player expectations.
1. If something isn’t yours, do not alter it.
2. While glitches may occur, duplication and alteration of item damage is prohibited. When in doubt, ask an Operator for assistance.
3. Client modifications that alter player speed, movement, building limitations, inventory size, health, tool properties or item quantities are prohibited.
4. Respect personal space when building.
5. Don’t be a dick.
Final board tally for this month's Donation Challenge, furries lost due to a last-minute $200 donation by /b/.
Overall Tally
Humanity: | $283.16 (+$200.00) |
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Furfaggots: | $155.77 |
Board-By-Board Tally
/fur/: | $153.77 |
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/b/: | $224.50 (+$200.00) |
/minecraft/: | $10.00 |
/eh/: | $8.66 |
/men/: | $20.00 |
Unlabeled: | $22.00 |
Total Monthly donations: $438.93
Next month, furries can donate to get their board back. Until then, it shall burn.
Thanks to those who participated. You helped cover many of 7chan's financial issues and directly improve quality of service.
With the new changes coming with Notch's Halloween update, we will be switching to a new map.
With these changes you can see:
More info on the map change can be read here.
We're no longer banning as severely for advicedog spinoffs/motivators/4chan memes/etc. Warnings will be handed out to first-time offenders to help newbies acclimate to 7chan's premium quality. Furry shit must still be posted in /fur/.
Raids and other bullshit along those lines are still banned. Also, 4channers are encouraged to lurk before posting to avoid looking like the humongous faggots they are.
ATTENTION YOU BASEMENT DWELLING BASTARDS!
Eman has requested a nice MOTD for the 7chan IRC.
(that's irc.7chan.org #7chan if you have a client)
Get on,and let us know your suggestions
Then we'll yell at you.
A lot.
Alternatively, you can send your suggestions straight to Eman's recycle bin.
poast moar fgts
especially porn :D
Also, 7chan Radio is still around for anyone wanting to listen.
Word is that some of you commoners cannot muster up the quality to reach VIP and are interested in the program so I thought that we would give you a peek of what you're missing out on.
While you are looking at your bland and basic 7chan page, this is what we are looking at. This will probably be the only VIP content you'll see so get a good look while you can.
OH WAIT, this is too much for your eyes, we should tone this down a bit. Take your scraps.
The VIP Control Panel
View/Hide
Enjoy, Medocrity.
Haec olim meminisse iuvabit
Looks like I haven't made this VIP thing clear enough so I thought I would explain the whole system a little more.
Step 1: The poster (you) makes a thread or replies to an existing thread.
Step 2: The Kusaba X VIP module scans your post for VIP-patterns made from quality matching strings of text.
Step 3: Counting each VIP pattern, points are added for each one found. This does not mean that one post will bring you to VIP, points are accumulative.
Step 4: After a certain number of points are counted you are granted VIP status thus enabling your VIP panel.
Actually not really, this is all bullshit. You are born VIP, there are no shortcuts.
Vi veri universum vivus vici
What does it mean to be VIP?
VIP is life worth living, VIP is the pinnacle of existence. What was once your placid life may soon become more than you can ever hope to imagine.
When is VIP?
VIP is now, VIP is the future and overwrites all pasts in this dimension and next. To post like VIP you must not only BE VIP, but you must think like a VIP. How is that you might ask? Well that my simple minded friend is like asking God how he is omnipresent, these things just happen and frankly they cannot be explained in words. You’re either VIP or you’re mediocre, there is no in between.
Where is VIP?
VIP is all around you, you’ve seen it but you can’t describe it. It’s that ever present feeling that someone’s words jump off the page and rape your mind’s comprehension of reality. There is no end to VIP quality nor is there a beginning, only once you witness it firsthand can you realize what you were missing all along.
Who is VIP?
Well my friend I will not answer that question for you may already know the answer. VIP is all around us, perhaps you may already be VIP, although this is most likely not the case. Become a VIP and doors of opportunity will open, colors will be more vivid, life will be more fulfilling, people will find you more attractive and you will succeed in your future goals.
But where do I begin?
Remember that the road to VIP is long but fruitful, never ending but continuing in another plane of quality.
This is VIP.
Ab hinc