>>50696762
The software is outdated and they already have better alternatives like open2ch (which is closed to gaijin). Futaba also gets CP spam all the time.

>>50696776
>(which is closed to gaijin)
weird I can see the posts there just fine.

>>50696786
Oh shit they opened it? a couple weeks ago you'd get an error trying to access it if you weren't from Japan

>>50696824
2ch.sc seems to have this exact issue now instead.

>>50696776
I checked out the open2ch download board and it seems kinda barren compared to the 5ch one.

>>50697802
Textboard/imageboard culture is kinda dead in japan from what i've heard. A lot of the userbase has moved over to SNS like Twitter and the remaining userbase is aging quickly.

>>50698032
nta but yeah i agree with you. the commodity of imageboards doesn't really exist in japan anymore like it did when they first came out, amplified by japan's strict social hierarchies and rules. now social media is just more convenient so ibs are just obsolete

>>50698056
>>50698032
Is text/imageboard culture not just dying in general?

>>50698058
they are but not as bad in the west. i just went on futaba and there's illegal shit on there.. time to nope tf out

I wish there were a Japanese website that is like 4chan.

>>50698056
>the commodity of imageboards doesn't really exist in japan anymore like it did when they first came out, amplified by japan's strict social hierarchies and rules.
What happened to anonymous posting as pressure relief? Having one place where you can leave those hierarchies for a moment?

>>50698214
Yeah i literally thought that was the point of the invention of 2ch. Japanese society is so suffocating with the politeness and over-apologia and shit that a place where you could just be "yourself" was needed

>>50698083
Isn't that just Futaba?

>>50698032
Futaba itself is still decently fast but the text boards are kind of dead outside of enthusiasts, the controversies regarding Hiro + the 2010s rise of Twitter and so on kind of killed their casual audience.

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>>50696762
I think a lot of people moved over to https://bakusai.com/ . They have a lot of the same subforums that 5ch had.

>>50700134
#3 ホストラブ
https://www.hostlove.com/

>>50700134
idk if im tarded but how do you get to the actual bbs on this website?

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>>50700187
Pick a region and then click on the links in the sidebar.

>>50700235
Thank you. I went straight to 最新. Too many boards is overwhelming.

>>50698067
I wouldn't say its completely dead in the west. A lot of people still use them.

One Western textboard I know about is world2ch. I only know about it, because the guy who runs it visited >>>/g/ looking for technical help, and I ended up helping him.
https://world2ch.net/
https://piza.world2ch.net/meta/kareha.pl/1766812830/

>>50721348
A fellow /jp/sie that uses w2ch. banzai! wwww
https://litter.catbox.moe/rw5evc.mp4