Ychan

2009-06-23T22:05:25Z

65.80.42.42:

http://chan.yiffy.tk

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'''Ychan''' is a [[furry]] image board that registered users and anonymous visitors may post to.

* '''Address''': http://chan.yiffy.tk/
* '''Administration''': [http://k-fox.net Bad Karma Networks]
* '''Ran from/to''': March 3rd, 2008 - present (Server is currently, online and running after a legal issue)

== Resources ==

Ychan features search capabilities, image tagging, a bookmarking system called '''Favourites''', and support for standard [[Wikipedia:BBCode|BBCode]] in posts. Ychan is a project of [[Yiffy International]], and as such enjoys the integration of many of its features, including a private messaging system and distinct user profiles.

== Media Support ==

Ychan supports a number of image and video types including:

=== Raster ===
* PNG
* JPEG
* GIF

=== Vector ===
* SWF

=== Video ===
* MPEG
* AVI
* WMV
* MOOV (QuickTime .mov)

== Features ==

=== Tags and Searching ===
Videos and Images on Ychan are taggable. Tags are keywords that go beyond the normal role of assisting searches and facilitate linking to and even suggesting related material. A traditional search interface and tag cloud are provided to cater to spelunkers and casual browsers alike.

=== Duplicate Image Detection ===
While most image boards have traditionally served as temporary dumping grounds, Ychan aims to be an efficient, highly categorized and diverse archive. As such, threads and posts are not phased out or 'pruned' (deleted) and techniques such as Duplicate Image Detection are employed to reduce repeat posts and promote older threads.
<blockquote>The possibility of a false positive (wrong match) when looking up duplicates is remarkably small due to a dual-fingerprinting technique that also produces a longer hash than most contemporary solutions.[http://forum.yiffy.tk/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=403&p=3462]</blockquote>

=== Special Boards ===
Ychan has two "special" boards, /ot/ and /rl/ which are for ''Off Topic'' and ''Real Life'' content respectively. Images and videos not pertaining to furry are allowed in the Off Topic board while the Real Life board is specifically for content which is deemed "reasonably furry." The criterion is that a photo or video contain one or more of the following:

* fursuiting
* plushie
* ears/tails/other accessories
* bodypaint
* 'zeta' toys
* other content which is reasonably relevant to furry

== Ban list ==

Yiffy International and Ychan maintain a common public list of banned addresses and information associated with them which the creator affectionately titles [http://yiffy.tk/shitlist.php The Shit List]. The purpose of this list is to facilitate detection, tracking and geolocation of malicious botnets for education, amusement and the benefit of the forensically inclined web community.

== References ==
* [http://forum.yiffy.tk/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=247 Video Support]
* [http://forum.yiffy.tk/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=248 /rl/ (Real Life) Board]
* [http://forum.yiffy.tk/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=403 Duplicate Image Detection]

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==Legal Action against Ychan==
Ychan has recently been discontinued due to limited knowledge of legal action for failing to pay for server service (or something along those lines). Ychan has currently been shut down until these payments are met to the Canadian Law officials. Go to yiffy.chan.tk for more information. Servers are back online by a thread. No idea how it happened, but I'm amazing how she got them back. Way to go, Karma!

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