4chan is now owned and led by Hiroyuki Nishimura, the founder of 2channel. Read more.
It's now possible to use the legacy text CAPTCHA in the Quick Reply window. You can find the new option inside the [Settings] menu under "Quotes & Replying."
Janitor acceptance e-mails are being sent; check your Spam folder if you applied.
Janitor applications are now being accepted for the next ~48 hours.
A bundle of new features have been added to the /i/ - Oekaki board.
Site returns after two days downtime. Whoops!
The 4chan blotter turned one year old today. Hooray!
A video of the 4chan Otakon 2006 AFTERMATH has been torrented here.
DamageInc has updated the 4chan Firefox extension to version 0.4.4.1; grab it here.
4chan turned three years old today. Time to party like it's 1905!
Janitor applications finally sorted. Check your e-mail to see if you were accepted!
The 4chan Otakon 2006 Panel video is now available for download via torrent, here. Be sure to grab it!
Announcing 4chan: The Otakon 2006 Panel! Panel begins Saturday, at 11:30PM in "Panels 3". Check out the front page for more info.
Additional upgrades being performed. Downtime will occur early morning EST and will last approximately two hours.
jumbo & fuuka (cgi/img/zip) are down for upgrades. Please bear with us during this transition. Happy Fourth of July!
RE: Downtime — Everything should be functioning properly now; thank you for understanding.
Janitor applications are now closed. Good luck to all those who applied. Review and implementation should take 2-3 weeks—thanks for your understanding.
The search is on! We are now looking to fill approximately sixty (60) janitor positions. Want to apply? Check below for more info.
DamageInc's 4chan Firefox extension has been updated to version 0.4.2.0; grab it here.
Reminder: Anime Central is just two days away! A 4chan meet is scheduled for 11:00PM on Friday, outside of "Main Programming".
DevBlog update! shut has written an insightful piece on conventions. Check it out here.
Front page updated. First update in months; be sure to read it.
Well, it's taken a few weeks, but we've finally maxed out our 100mbps line. Here's to 200mbps?
Boards now use a maximum page limit as opposed to a maximum post limit. PAGE_MAX is set to ten for the "discussion" boards, and five for the "content" boards (11 and 6 actual).
We've done it again: Six new boards have been added and two restructured. Get postin'!
In celebration of Japan's "Golden Week 2006", we have unblocked Japan (.jp) domains until May 9th!
Three new trial boards have been added; they are: /co/, /po/, and /sp/. Use 'em!
The 4chan IMG contest has come to a close. Thanks to all of those who submitted work. Winners here.
fuuka.4chan has risen from the dead and is once again servin' it up. Sorry for the downtime!
jumbo.4chan MySQL daemon functioning again. What great fortune we have! ;_;
Man of Wax has written an enlightening piece on 4chan's financial status, entitled "4chan Makes Millions" (joke). See the DevBlog for more.
The 4chan Contests page has been updated. This marks the first update in over two years—check it out!
The 4chan Rules page has undergone a major rewrite and minor facelift. Users are encouraged to read the revised rules.
Just a reminder: 4chan's Contribution Challenge 2006 is an ongoing affair. Keep on posting!
Thanks to those of you who attended the 4chan meet at Spring Fest 2006. We hope to see you again next year.
