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4chanarchive "Source is 4chan. Every day is Repost Day."

About

Chanarchive (site domain: chanarchive.org), formerly known as 4chanarchive, is a website dedicated to archiving and curating notable threads from the imageboard hubsite 4chan. The site content consists of 4chan imageboard threads that have been requested by users, which are reviewed by the moderation team to be published in the archive. Distinguished by its editorial screening process and user rating system, the site has become a preferred alternative to 4chan's raw feed for many users.

Online History

The website was originally launched under the name 4chanarchive[1] by the administrator capsized. The domain for the website was registered on November 24th, 2006. According to the FAQ page[2], capsized launched the site in 2006 after becoming frustrated with the increasingly high volume of content that was being cycled through 4chan's /b/ (random) board. During the first several months of its existence, the website solely focused on archiving /b/ threads which were selected and archived by capsized alone. In April 2007, capsized added an automated request interface[3] to the site, which allowed its viewers to submit their own archived threads. This feature brought a drastic growth to the site traffic.


chanarchive.org > request page archival requests enter the url of the thread that you want to archive. voe orarchive directly how does this work? | list of supported boards latest archival requests last requested 11 minutes ago 22 minutes ago about 1 hour ago about 1 hour ago about 1 hour ago about 1 hour ago about 2 hours ago about 3 hours ago about 3 hours ago about 3 hours ago about 4 hours ago about 7 hours ago about 7 hours ago about 7 hours ago about 7 hours ago about 8 hours ago about 8 hours ago about 8 hours ago about 9 hours ago about 9 hours ago about 9 hours ago about 9 hours ago about 9 hours ago about 10 hours ago about 10 hours ago about 10 hours ago about 10 hours ago about 11 hours ago about 12 hours ago about 12 hours ago about 13 hours ago about 13 hours ago request status 4chan 4chan b/ vote /mu/ http://boards.4chan.org/mu/res/2039074 2 ?cooldown = 1 317832816217 http://boards.4chan.org/b/res/356839901 http://boards.4chan.org/vfres/112445683 http://boards.4chan.org/v/res/112442465 http://boards.4chan.org/cofres/30282578 http://boards.4chan.org/vfres/112442251 http://boards.4chan.org/b/res/356828470 vote 4chan chttp:/boards.4chan.org/soc/res/7805668 http://boards.4chan.org/b/res/356827640 http://boards.4chan.org/b/res/356827841 1/5 1/5 vote 4chan v/ vote 4chan co/ vote 4chan b/ 4chan b/ 4chan 3/4 vote 4chan b/ 4chan muhttp://boards.4chan.org/mu/res/20394155 http://boards.4chan.org/cofres/30289421 vote 4chan sochttp://boards.4chan.org/soc/res 7810610 4chan advhttp://boards.4chan.org/adv/res/8027113 http://boards.4chan.org/b/res/356812195 http://boards.4chan.org/b/res/356810967 4chan sco/ 4chan b/ archived chan ft http://boards.4chan.org/fit/res/9527327 http://boards.4chan.org/v/res/112420857 http://boards.4chan.org/cofres/30285917 chan /co/ vote 4chand/ vote 4chan b/ vote 4chan b/ vote 4chan b/ vote 4chan x/ http://boards.4chan.org/d/res/3780883 http://boards.4chan.org/b/res/356791807 http://boards.4chan.org/b/res/356797608 http://boards.4chan.org/b/res/356791088 http://boards.4chan.org/xfres/8755620 vote 4chan mu http://boards.4chan.org/mu/res/20393251 http://boards.4chan.org/b/res/356791468 http://boards.4chan.org/cofres/30286091 http://boards.4chan.org/b/res/356792689 http://boards.4chan.org/v/res/112400174 vote 4chan adv http:/boards.4chan.org/adv/res/8024318 vote 4chan b/ 4chan co/ vote 4chan b/ vote 4chan v 1/4 vote 4chan s http://boards.4chan.org/sfres/12494773 4chan sphttp://boards.4chan.org/sp/res/15512662 archived

In June 2007, 4chanarchive started covering threads on imageboards outside of /b/ (random) board, beginning with /v/ (video games) and /a/ (anime/manga) boards. Eventually, the website established itself as a portal archives site featuring notable threads from all 4chan imageboards.


threads reviewed within the last 36 hours in bold . 灰 May 7th] - Top 100 Girls May 1st] Before and After 2 May 8th Men Laughing Alone Wth (Jan 17th Last rk/ Thread Even ewel anounces HL3 ( [Apr 11th-F aru Apr 11th]- February 1996 PC Gamer May 5th] Enigmatic Artifacts Plays Oregon Trail May 1st] - Asylum Stories (Jan 17th] Ask a Wincestfag Anything Apr 8th Jan 13th] Even Moar Bathroom (Jan 13th) Forever Alone Cure Jan 10th Vagabond dude story /3/ -3DCG (Jan 17th) Aska Wr esttag Anything [Apr 7th-/v/ discusses dragon dldos [Apr 29th] . Deep Web Apr 5th] - Battle Royale Game Apr 4th] - How I Became a Human Hovercraft and Other S----- Stories EDE/EBE Stories Apr 4th] Another Vidya Sharethread Apr 101h Raasoning behind the on pished ReactionA (Apr 30h] Apr 13th]- More True Stories Apr 10th - Well Endowed Ladies 2 Apr 19th] - Wincest Caption Thread Apr 19th] Nuzlocke Challenge /gif/ - Animated GIF Apr 11th]- Celebrity gifs and silly /an/ - Animals & Nature Apr 6th] Cancer Pyramid Apr 11 Apr 3rd] Perfect World Quint GET parents. (Feb 22nd] Bad Portfolios Apr 10th] - Legal Advice against jerk Apr 11th Cuttlefish [Dac 3rd] - How Does I Cared For (Apr 8th] Op in Love with his friend Humans? Mar 23rd Oute Things Girls Like Mar 22nd BreakupBack Together (Nov 4th] Cat Reaction Faces Mar 31st] NERV NEed a Rde Feb 14th] - Gigi Rivera Dump 21st] BreakupBack Together [Oct 14th] Nursing An Abandoned /ck/ - Food & CookingcmCue/Male Apr 21st Food Pom Apr 23rd The Rocks Return To [Nóv 2nd] Daft Punk Fanart Dump May 4th] The World Show Mar 23rd] Tripfag Rage on Facebook Mar 18th Derpy-chan 2 [Mar 29th] The Worst Farts May 14th] M------------ Hugs And Apr 12th Canadian Tv Nostalgia (Jan 27th] - A New Year's Visit To The Mar 17th] Derpy-Chan Jul 12th] Icm search threacd Apr 11th Favorite Futa Pics [Apr 6th] . Embarrassing /d/ Stones Mar 19th] - Men Doing It Right Apr 14th]- Best fit/ Screenshots Apr 12th]- Best Case Mod Ever Mar 23rd] T--- McHorseface T----- dump (Apr 6th-DIY 3DS 3D Pics Anime [Nov 27th] Making Your Eyes Bleed [Apr 2nd] Tard Stories (Jun 28th] Hair And Skin Tips Mar 16th Technology-related Feb 18th Dckgirls, No Futa May 18th] Clothes That You Like To Mar 19th] Facts About American [Mar 18th-Charles Bargue . Drawing [May 7th] ·int/ Hates Asians [Dec 17th] stupid things you've said [Mar 22nd Kyle Minogue Mar 13th] - Anna Sophia Robb Mar 5th Dita Von Teese Dump (Feb 10th] Armchair Generals [Dac 23rd] Basic Tutorial For Cartoon [Dac 22nd Lativian Jokes [Dac 3rd] FAKKU Founder Q& A Aug 201h] I'M POLISH, GERMAN IS Prius Mar 10th] What if Gundam had... Mar 6th] Civil war in Libya (Dac 25th] Interesting Things That (Jan 19th] - Mobile Suit Gundam (Feb 27th] Homebrew How-To [Dac 12th] Chaz Aznable Vibrator..Apr 5th Thom Yorke (Jan 20th]Dakimakura hugging pilow [Feb 6th] Bear Encounters [Dac 5th] The Greatest Novel Ever DELIVARD (Dac 131h] Was meido Really AoC? Sep 21st] Anecdotes about authors Nov 17th] Gunpla Battles

In June 2008, capsized launched a mirror version of 4chanarchive under the domain Chanarchive[4], which has a cleaner site design and user interface. In May 2011, it was announced that 4chanarchive will be merged with Chanarchive.


chanarchive.org "how does a polar bear know what apples is switch to: E sfw/xxx/ re [latest] [chans] [tags] [tag cloud] [request archival] [random thread] [feedback] chanarchive.org>home top rated threads: 4chan newest threads of the last 7 days order by: hot | score | date show: 25I s0| 100 300 f ftig 12 &78 Next » Cartoon Network teamed up with some steto create a comic creator that is supposed to be used to" co) archived about 5 hours ago, moving to permanent archive in 7 days comments ., 56 wal-2 Anybody digging this one ? 4chan /mu/) archived about 7 hours ago, moving to permanent archive in 7 days comments o 7 0 which touhou has the best chest? 4chan/jp/) archived 22 minutes ago, low rating, will be deleted in 7 days 20 ments O Hatsune Miku (4chan/jp/) 20 archived 21 minutes ago, low rating, will be deleted in 7 days. comments o

Closure

On November 2nd, 2012, the homepage of Chanarchive was replaced with a short bulletin post[7] from the administrator Capsized announcing that the site will no longer remain in operation due to financial difficulties in server maintenance and a permanent ban on the site recently imposed by Paypal.

It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that chanarchive.org and 4chanarchive.org are no more. ;_;
More details to follow within the next days.

Reflecting the legacies of the site on 4chan's subculture, Capsized's announcement was met by grievances from the site's patrons in the official discussion thread, 4chan's /q/ (site-related discussion) board[8] as well as on Reddit's /r/4chan subreddit forum.[9]


Anonymous (ID: +jB+yS9K) 11/02/12(Fri)09:54 No.264238 Replies: 264241 264242 264243 >264245264248264258264309264316 2264331 264370 264374 264485 alright, capsized here, believe it or not. i have time for one answer and then i'll already need to leave, but just wanna say a couple things. i cannot operate the site anymore because paypal permab& me and i cannot pay the server invoices anymore. sure there would be other ways to continue running the site, but ill add more information probably next monday on the site directly >264159 (OP) you are wrong in many ways. chan can only survive _because_ it has no archive. >264163 and i honestly i wish them all the best. 264165 if there is something that i'm sorry for then that the site has actually created a new kind of spam >>264166 it's not about ones personal history, it is the history of the internets >>264202 there was enough money to afford a decent server setup

As of November 8th, 2012, Chanarchive is back online and under the management of Encyclopedia Dramatica.

Notable Archives

Since its launch in 2006, chanarchive has documented numerous 4chan threads that subsequently became the seed of widespread internet memes, including Caturday, Read This in My Voice and That's Racist! among others. The website also hosts a number of 4chan-specific events and thread games like GET, Duckroll and Greentext Stories and mfw threads.

Features

  • The archive takes requests from 4chan users when they think that a thread is archive-worthy. When enough people vote for archival a thread is permanently archived. After archival, the threads are pending to be reviewed and several janitors go through them and pick the best ones to officially publish them in the archive.
  • Readers can sign-up for Gold Account Membership, which allows users to read and rate unreviewed threads, bookmark threads to your favorites list and toggle off ad displays. Unlike other Gold Account Membership trolling schemes, this premium membership is a valid feature of the site.
  • The site offers a kind of virtual currency known as "cones" to its Gold Account members, which can be gained by rating user-submitted threads. Each time a user provides feedback on a pending submission, the user gains one cone. Once ten cones are accumulated, the user can submit a thread for direct archival.
  • A submitted thread requires a minimum of 5 requests from other users to be archived, except for /b/ which needs 8 requests. Once a thread has reached the sufficient number of user requests, it is sent to the moderation team for final approval.
  • The site also runs a Twitter account[5] to highlight the best of user requested threads.

Moderation Team

According to Encyclopedia Dramatica[6], Chanarchive is run by administrator capsized with assistance from a team of four moderators and two janitors:

capsized !9Ew9kRK.gE ##Admin##
smokey !NoTripcode ##Mod##
mute !!RR4RD4H7RHo ##Mod##
Nakamura !A/Sun6NMjs ##Mod##
dancube !/Fa5guM8io !!Fr2ffU8io ##Mod##
OldDirtyBtard !NoTripcode ##Janitor## (no longer active)
[Razor] !YgQRHAJqRA ##Janitor##


Traffic

As of October 2011, 4chanarchive has a Alexa rank of 18,000 and about 6,000 to 8,000 visitors per day that are accessing roughly 30,000 pages daily.



Search Interest

External References

[1] 4chanarchive – Welcome to the Archive of 4chan (NSFW)

[2] 4chanarchive – FAQ

[3] Chanarchive – Request Archival

[4] Chanarchive – Chanarchive Homepage

[5] Twitter – Chanarchive

[6] Encyclopedia Dramatica – Chanarchive

[7] Imgur – 4chanarchive and chanarchive.org is dead

[8] 4chan – No more 4chanarchive

[9] Reddit – 4chanarchive and chanarchive.org is dead

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Alas, poor Chan Archive! I knew him, KnowYourMeme. A website of infinite lulz, of most excellent threads. I had lost myself in its threads a thousand times; and now, how bankrupt in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at it. Here are those screencaps I laughed at I know not how oft. Where be your party hard threads now? your baw threads? your scary threads? your moments of win, that were wont to set the Internet on a roar? Not one now, to mock our own stupidity? Quite absent? Now, get you to KnowYourMeme, and tell them, let them post a quick update, to this favor they must oblige; make them all laugh at that.

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