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"chan" is simply short for "channel" and is left over from nomenclature used by the original Japanese imageboard users. Nothing nefarious, just a way to identif
by devopsproject 10y ago
"chan" is simply short for "channel" and is left over from nomenclature used by the original Japanese imageboard users. Nothing nefarious, just a way to identify the site as an imageboard the same way "XyzBlog" would be identified as a blog. It is up to the moderates\users to control the content.
- ZenoArrow 10y agoIt appears to be a specific style of image board, inspired by the anonymous nature of 2ch. Do you know of any 'channel' style image board that doesn't offer user anonymity?