Welcome to 9chan
No. 1 Last 350 Reply >>19 >>53 >>>/toon/1 >>90 >>92 >>150 >>163 >>>/toon/8 >>199 >>208 >>256 >>260 >>>/heidi/1 >>322 >>374 >>>/test/12 >>>/videogames/375 >>535 >>559 >>575 >>578 >>594 >>672 >>782 >>883 >>>/test/80 >>>/b/3391 >>1190 >>1202 >>>/grug/19chan is an imageboard running Infinity Next, an open source software originally commissioned by the users of 8chan to replace Infinity, a pet project of Fredrick Brennan he started while the administrator of Wizardchan. 9chan exists because 8chan does not, and hopes to succeed where 8chan failed. Maybe 9chan will fail, maybe it will never get any interest, but I am compelled to try — with reckless disregard for the outcome.
Global Rules
The Terms of Service lists many things illegal in the US and the contexts for which they are illegal.
https://9chan.us/terms-of-service.htmltl;dr What I will enforce
No prostitution.
No CP, no 3D renderings of CP.
No boards or threads dedicated to: animal abuse ('animal crush'), child nudity, child models.
Lolicon and shotacon will be isolated on boards dedicated to those topics, and which do not allow forms of pornography to be posted alongside it.Read the ToS for more information.
Infinity Next retains very little information about its users. For more information:
https://9chan.us/privacy-policy.htmlBoth documents are subject to change at any time.
User Owned Boards
You are encouraged to start your own board by clicking Create Board at the top of the page. As long as your board abides by the global rules and US law, you are free to run it however you please.
However, if there is high demand for a board, and there are multiple, unsatisfactory attempts at user-ran boards for that purpose, I reserve the ability to open a 'federal' board.
I strongly suggest you register with a real email address, not associated with any real or fictitious identities you use elsewhere, which you will have access to later. This email address may be used for account recovery and the claims process down the road. If you need an email provider, I suggest https://protonmail.com, https://cock.li, or https://tutanota.com/. There is no email address verification now, but that may change and people who provided email addresses which do not exist or they do not control may lose access to their boards.
"Federal" Boards
Currently, boards fewer than 4 characters in length (i.e. /0/ through /zzz/) are reserved unconditionally by the administration. Boards that have existed on 4chan are additionally reserved (this extends to /trash/, /bant/, and /news/). I have also taken the liberty to reserve certain other names which I believe will only exist to be used to break the rules..
/9/, /b/, /int/, /mu/, and /news/ currently exist as 'federal' boards. These are boards I run myself, set rules for myself, and staff myself. I want to create as little work for myself as possible, so I am only opening boards I am interested in. I would prefer every board be adequately ran by users.
Infinity Next
Infinity Next is open source and almost entirely written by one person: me.
https://github.com/infinity-next/infinity-next/The software is definitely not done, but I feel it's at a point where it's safe to start letting people register boards. I could be wrong. Who knows. I'll fix things as I go along. You're welcome to make PRs, but it's a very good idea to email me at josh@jaw.sh before doing anything because I tend to spend 12 hours a day making huge, sweeping changes with zero notice.
The Github will probably be deleted at some point because Github is ran by trannies and they get mad about stupid shit. When we have our new domain, I will move it to a Gitea installation.
If you'd like to report a bug, email josh@jaw.sh.
The Domain
Currently, our domain is https://9chan.us. I intend to move us over to https://9chan.org when it is moved to a new registrar. I will make some effort to notify people, but consider this your notice it will one day redirect to the new domain.
9chan is one guy's work. I've tried very hard to build myself and my Internet infrastructure to the point where hosting a site like this is possible. If it lives or dies, it's not entirely up to me. All I can do is my best. I hope you enjoy your time here, for however long it lasts.