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 will soon be updating jschan to the latest version along with some housekeeping. There may be a bit of downtime which will be announced.