Japanese BBS 2ch suffered a massive cyber attack on March 1 from what was later identified as Korean web users. Timed to coincide with the March 1 national holiday celebrating Korea's 1919 rebellion against its colonial overlord Japan, Korean netizens banded together to silence 2ch after a thread on the site offered comments suggesting that Kim Yu-na had bribed the judges.
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Korean cyber attack on 2ch
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Dynamics of 2ch Discussions
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The structure of 2channel is characterized by its anonymity, the omnicompetence of its discussion topics, and its speed (both its interface and the ability to post news stories). Its anonymity is well known, as most people don’t even use pseudonyms to opine behind the walls as nanashi (名無し), or nameless.
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2ch Names Most Unforgivable Acts Against Anime Humanity
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2ch names off the worst acts to be committed against fans in anime history. And I come up with a few of my own.
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Japan's Most Influential Web Personality
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Big changes may be coming to Japan's online world with the announcement that Hiroyuki Nishimura, founder of the infamous BBS 2ch (pronounced ni-channeru and abbreviated ni-chan), has sold the rights to the popular website to a company in Singapore. What's this site all about?
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