So how many hidden boards are there on TC? Maybe this is a game we can play, see how many hidden boards we can uncover. Here are the ones I know of (and these boards aren't exactly alive nor I think intended to be secretive, rather merely forgotten remnants, so I hope no one would mind if I compiled the list). Anyone know of any not in this list? Board names are usually 2-3 letters, so you could possibly brute force the entire space. /1222/ /420/ /9/ /air/ /akb/ /appeal/ /br/ /hl/ /kan/ /kf/ /lh/ /music/ /sub/ /test/ /txt/ /$/ /mlp/ /日本/ /nano/ /rad/ /th/
Sounds fun, can I play too?
>>1511 But that would ruin the fun! (since I assume mods can view all boards). Maybe if no one gets them all within a few months you can start giving out hints.
>>1510 I like this idea. I tried putting random, typical board name ideas into the address but didn't uncover anything, other than a whole lot of 404s...
>>1510 >/日本/ This does not work. And /kf/ is listed in the main index. Also /mop/ and /mei/ and /spc/
Also /r/ and /rules/ and /idol/ and /ban/Post edited on 3rd Oct 2022, 11:17am
>>1516 >/日本/ (unspoilered since it doesn't work anyway) Hm I'm pretty sure it used to work a short while back (2 or so years ago). I guess the board got deleted since then? Nice finds on the other ones.
>>1518 >the board got deleted since then? Yes. On the news tab tohno says >/日本/ has been removed, It's content shouldn't need more than a single thread on /ot/ You can't read the board name anymore, due to the glitch involving japanese fonts a while back. This was on 24th Dec 2017 by the way.
How do we know if we found them all? Can we get a total number of boards to know how many still remain?
I can't believe nobody's mentioned /a/ yet! Over the years, I've also found /cc/ /chon/ /fa/ /gd/ /go/ /h8/ /s/ /VIP/ >>1520 >>/a/11 It seems this thread still has a long way to go. But I think we've at least covered all the boards mentioned in >>/fb/3108 except for a seiyuu board if it exists.
>>1521 There used to be a board called /luv/ it seems.
>>1521 Wow that last one is also case-sensitive. Extra special!
I went looking a while ago, but the only one I've found not yet mentioned is /90s/
>>1534 Very nice! I'm surprised that Tohno keeps these boards still running. (pun intended)
>>1535 Doesn't really hurt. Oh, and there's still more btw~
The mystery of disappearing /日本/ has been solved. For some reason, an additional character was appended to the directory name, which went unnoticed until today.Post edited on 25th Oct 2023, 2:20am
>>1621 sugoi!
Found another!! And it's /jp/!! There are zero posts currently.
Interestingly, /lol/ appears to be one of the few (only?) boards that _doesn't_ have a catalog page. Even going to /catalog.html doesn't work.
Even more interestingly, it seems /lol/ only goes back to 2021. Was it always this way, I could have sworn that it used to go back much further, like all the other boards.
You're right. They're gone, and I don't see them on /arc/. /lol/ didn't have a catalog back then either.
>>1702 I wonder if admins could look into why they disappeared? It's not a huge loss though, and most of the text content is available via internet archive, but seems IA never captured the images.
>>1703 I believe old threads were pruned automatically, when /lol/ was targeted by raiders making new threads. It appears that /lol/ doesn't have archiving enabled for reasons unknown to me.