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I've migrated and fixed a bunch of shit along the way, but if anything is broken please use this thread to report it. I've locked the previous thread to focus new issues here.

Two known issues:
- Favicon didn't fly so good
- Need to set up a new tor socks5 proxy for webring

Both of these will be fixed shortly.

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EDIT 9/17: APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOREVER. FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT ONE AT ANY TIME.
I will leave the rest of the post intact, please ignore the special stipulations.

Hello and welcome to the fist round of BO applications for zzzchan. I will outline the application process below, along with some special stipulations for this first round.

To apply for a board, you must submit your answers to the following questions: 

1. What will the focus of your board be?
2. What will the rules be?
3. How would you handle the following hypothetical scenarios:
    A. A user who is only breaking the rules of your board has a substantial post history that is perfectly fine up until the single instance you are reviewing. What do you do?
    B. A spammer posts CP. What do you do?
    C. A spammer has slid your catalog and all unpinned threads are gone. What do you do?
4. What time range(s) would you normally be able to keep an eye on the board?
5. If your board becomes active enough, do you agree to look for one or more vol(s) to help you? Do you know anyone already?

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I was planning to just announce that an update of the site software was due, but given the recent happenings a more detailed post is in order.

First let me address the elephant in the room: the 4chan hack situation and high volume of users in the wake of a potential migration. As it stands, zzzchan's infrastructure is way overkill and it already is rated to sustain traffic comparable to peak 8chan. And it's set up to be easy to scale up or down, meaning there shouldn't be any issues on the stability and performance fronts barring the occasional adjustment. As for the fear some may have of how a large influx of newcomers might harm the established community, just know we aren't really planning to change the way the site is handled or moderated. So to anyone new, you're more welcome to stay as long as you adapt to zzzchan's customs. I hope you enjoy your time here and all the features modern IB software has to offer. 
Board creation is also open, and the application process is outlined in >>>137

Second, freespeechextremist along with my account on it is no more and I have no idea what the admin is smoking. I've set up a poa.st account which will be largely used the same way as the FSE account, mainly news about outages and downtime. You can find me @sturgeonfish https://poa.st/@sturgeonfish

Thirdly, I wil

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This thread is for handling boards from other sites that wish to migrate here/have been orphaned if public thread creation is locked on /meta/. If public thread creation is open you are free to make a dedicated thread here, otherwise I will make one for you.

The rules for migration are : 
- All Migrating/orphaned boards will be considered outside of the application cycle and should contact me at the same email address listed below.
- I will require proof that you are/were the BO/mod of the original board, or that the moderation team for the board in question has fallen apart.
- You must agree to follow all global rules for this site.
- You must agree to actively moderate the new board.
- If accepted, you must notify anons on the old board if it still exists. I do not mind If zzzchan is used as a bunker, the new board will be unlisted in this type of scenario and will not be announced until ready.

Feel free to ping me at [email protected] in case of a happening. I'll come right here.

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Hello and welcome to zzzchan! I will be using this thread to explain how this site is set up and answer the initial wave of questions. Thread creation on /meta/ will be locked initially, I will explain how this will be handled going forward below.

Now, to answer some initial questions:

>Who the fuck are you? Who are the other mods?
I am sturgeon, I was a mod back on fat/v/ and later z/v/. fat/v/ was my first role as a moderator in any capacity. I'm happy to say that Pasta and seagull have also stuck around and will be managing /v/. r9k's BO will also be back.

>Nice namefagging
I intend to only use my name & role tag when posting something relevant to my role or the site. 

>Why have you set this up?
Because zchan was doing fairly well before the admin pulled the plug without warning. I'd been considering making my own IB since fat died but once zchan went down I decided I had to make the effort. 

>Will you abandon this after x amount of time?
I've gone through the effort of setting all this up after losing 2 previous boards. I'm doing this because I want it to, and I plan to keep this place running as long as I can. 

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Would it be possible to get this site to play ruffle and post flash files? Flash files are a lot of fun and I feel like we're all missing out here

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So what the hell is this now? ((( Hidden User ))) is going way too far with xher shiny banhammer toy. Get that nigger out ASAP.

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Please make an even worse captcha, thanks.

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Just got a 10 day unappealable auto ban for "pedo". No idea what word even triggered it as I wasn't even attempting to discuss the subject. Here's a cap of the post for reference. Is some word here filtered? Or did I just get hit with a ban for something someone else did on the same VPN?

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I notice the date is all messed up on every post of this board. For instance, this post probably says 16/04/2025...
That's just silly! What is it? The 16th month? How does an error like this even go on for so many years without being fixed?
It reminds me of the deli lunch meats at my store. They put them in this plastic bag with a fancy zipper to make them resealable. Then they slap this label over it to keep it sealed so people can't tamper with it I suppose. The problem is, you can't break the seal without tearing a hole in the bag and rendering it useless! Why go through the trouble and cost of making this fancy resealable bag with a zipper and then force you to ruin the bag?
But I digress. Let's fix the date. We're not animals.