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Ties



Joined: 19 Nov 2008
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:30 am Reply with quote
*reads news header and sees capital S*
what the? 2ch is owned by a gas company?
*reads complete article*
oh okay, lower-case S

maybe lower-case S in the title or "Owned by A Shell Company" would have been better in my opinion.
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Polycell



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:35 am Reply with quote
Ties wrote:
*reads news header and sees capital S*
what the? 2ch is owned by a gas company?
My though process exactly.
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maybe lower-case S in the title or "Owned by A Shell Company" would have been better in my opinion.
I'd have to agree.


As for the topic of the article, if 2chan's anything like 4chan, I don't blame the real owners for wanting to distance themselves(though they should fire that secretary - isn't part of that job keeping her trap shut?).
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aereus



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:51 am Reply with quote
I suppose thats one way to avoid culpability -- don't have anyone thats actually able to answer anything, nor read Japanese...

Unless I guess they had a warrant to trace the payments for the servers in the US.
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Chagen46



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:51 am Reply with quote
2chan is actually nothing like 4chan. Images aren't allowed (Japan aren't allowed) and most people are nicer. Mainly because people there are introverted Otaku.
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aereus



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:57 am Reply with quote
Chagen46 wrote:
2chan is actually nothing like 4chan. Images aren't allowed (Japan aren't allowed) and most people are nicer. Mainly because people there are introverted Otaku.


You're thinking of 2ch, Chagen. 2chan *IS* very much like 4chan. Which isn't surprising since the original board code for 4chan came from 2chan. They both support images, etc.

2ch is the text-only site that I believe blocks non-Japanese IPs. They also have a far wider range of forums than 2chan. There are no IP restrictions on 2chan, although they are known to ban certain IP blocks due to abuse. (My entire ISP is apparently banned from posting because of this, wonderful.)
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Chagen46



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:08 am Reply with quote
Oh. I didn't know that there was a 2ch AND a 2chan. Oops.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:08 am Reply with quote
This is getting curiouser and curiouser...............

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if yaks are involved somehow.............. Laughing

All they gotta do is trace who's paying for the US servers and freeze those assets............


Polycell wrote:

As for the topic of the article, if 2chan's anything like 4chan, I don't blame the real owners for wanting to distance themselves(though they should fire that secretary - isn't part of that job keeping her trap shut?).


She probably just doesn't want to go to jail for a job she doesn't care about. Laughing
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Annf



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:07 pm Reply with quote
aereus wrote:
2ch is the text-only site that I believe blocks non-Japanese IPs. They also have a far wider range of forums than 2chan. There are no IP restrictions on 2chan, although they are known to ban certain IP blocks due to abuse. (My entire ISP is apparently banned from posting because of this, wonderful.)

Blocking part is backwards.
2ch.net doesn't block IPs except when dealing with spam.
2chan.net blocks all posts from outside Japan always.
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:11 pm Reply with quote
Chagen46 wrote:
2chan is actually nothing like 4chan. Images aren't allowed (Japan aren't allowed) and most people are nicer. Mainly because people there are introverted Otaku.


HOWAITO PIGGU GO HOME, BOARD FOR OUR PEOPLES is a customary greeting to foreigners on 2chan.
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Kenji_Ikari



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:14 pm Reply with quote
I thought this was known for years though... I remember reading it a long while back.

Also, I originally read it as being owned by the Shell gas company too. :p
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zaldar



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:51 am Reply with quote
heh when did 2chan do anything illegal though? What lead to this police investigation? Still interesting and I can see why they set it up this way. Wonder how you get one of those peach jobs where you are a secretary for 200 companies with no real duties...wonder if they are liable in anyway expect not.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:33 am Reply with quote
zaldar wrote:
heh when did 2chan do anything illegal though? What lead to this police investigation?


animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-09/police-search-10-places-linked-to-2channel-due-to-drug-case
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