Biography of Hiroyuki Nishimura: The Father of 2channel

Hiroyuki Nishimura is most well-known as the founder and former administrator of the Japanese textboard site 2channel, which became the template and inspiration for similar Japanese sites, such as Futaba Channel (also confusingly known as 2chan. Although 2channel would go on to become the largest anonymous forum in the world, and get credit for inspiring popular imageboard sites like Futaba Channel and 4chan, it was actually the successor to earlier anonymous textboard sites, most notably Ayashii World and Amezou World. Just as 2channel and other BBS (bulletin board system) sites owe their existence to Ayashii World, Ayashii had in turn grown out of the Usenet culture in Japan.

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