Shiichan Anonymous BBS (2004)

Shiichan Anonymous BBS - the forum software's official home page Shiichan was a 2ch-type board in PHP. It was written in late 2004 by a guy named Shii. You can have as many forums as you want; the latest posts in each thread are previewed in the front page of each forum. Kareha is very closely modelled on 2ch.Why is this better than regular forum software? If you want to create a beautiful "Community", forum software is not for you. One might argue that a lack of registration will just let "Anyone" post, but in reality anyone can post on old-type forum software; registration is merely a useless hassle. On a forum where registration is required, or even where people give themselves names, a clique is developed of the elite users, and posts deal as much with who you are as what you are posting. On the American forum 4-ch.net where posts can be either anonymous or pseudonymous, most of the actual helpful contributions to technical discussions came from anonymous users, whereas pseudonymous users tended to offer their personal experiences. If you can't or don't want to force people to pay or use their real names, at least give a swing at bucking the establishment and trying out a totally anonymous forum.