BoyChat - Revision history

Jim Burton: /* Community */

2025-08-27T15:57:39Z

Community

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	[[File:Screenshot 2024-09-14 124720.png\|thumb\|Classic troll post from a long-suspected [[anti]]]]		[[File:Screenshot 2024-09-14 124720.png\|thumb\|Classic troll post from a long-suspected [[anti]]]]
	One unique aspect of BoyChat that confounds many, is its tolerance for trolls. This comes from its rules-based system and approach to freedom of expression. In most instances, trolls are immediately called out by members of the community, resulting in the spectacle of long back-and-forth threads between baiters and the baited. Many long-term members are repeatedly called out by others as trolls, lest newer members not have any knowledge of their history.		One unique aspect of BoyChat that confounds many, is its tolerance for trolls. This comes from its rules-based system and approach to freedom of expression. In most instances, trolls are immediately called out by members of the community, resulting in the spectacle of long back-and-forth threads between baiters and the baited. Many long-term members are repeatedly called out by others as trolls, lest newer members not have any knowledge of their history.

			==Publicity==
			In 2007, the Montreal Gazette ran a front page splash exposing BoyChat in the print and online copies of their publication.<ref>See [https://web.archive.org/web/20121111084141/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=fd1ffd53-e19c-487d-bc15-17e9b2997b7e&k=85348 Canada.com] and [https://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2007/07_08/2007_08_10_Cherry_FreeSpeech.htm Bishop Accountability]</ref>

	== Boards of BoyChat ==		== Boards of BoyChat ==

The Admins: /* Trolling */

2024-09-14T11:52:14Z

Trolling

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	BoyChat is run as a [[Free Spirits]] resource by a webmaster and a team of cogs. The cogs make sure that any inappropriate post is either edited or deleted, as they go about enforcing the posting rules and guidelines. Examples of posts which are edited (or cogged) are posts by new users which reveal too much personally identifiable information, contain links to illegal material, or are spam.		BoyChat is run as a [[Free Spirits]] resource by a webmaster and a team of cogs. The cogs make sure that any inappropriate post is either edited or deleted, as they go about enforcing the posting rules and guidelines. Examples of posts which are edited (or cogged) are posts by new users which reveal too much personally identifiable information, contain links to illegal material, or are spam.

	== Trolling ==		=== Trolling ===
	[[File:Screenshot 2024-09-14 124720.png\|thumb\|Classic troll post from a long-suspected [[anti]]]]		[[File:Screenshot 2024-09-14 124720.png\|thumb\|Classic troll post from a long-suspected [[anti]]]]
	One unique aspect of BoyChat that confounds many, is its tolerance for trolls. This comes from its rules-based system and approach to freedom of expression. In most instances, trolls are immediately called out by members of the community, resulting in the spectacle of long back-and-forth threads between baiters and the baited. Many long-term members are repeatedly called out by others as trolls, lest newer members not have any knowledge of their history.		One unique aspect of BoyChat that confounds many, is its tolerance for trolls. This comes from its rules-based system and approach to freedom of expression. In most instances, trolls are immediately called out by members of the community, resulting in the spectacle of long back-and-forth threads between baiters and the baited. Many long-term members are repeatedly called out by others as trolls, lest newer members not have any knowledge of their history.

The Admins: /* Organization */

2024-09-14T11:52:04Z

Organization

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	BoyChat is run as a [[Free Spirits]] resource by a webmaster and a team of cogs. The cogs make sure that any inappropriate post is either edited or deleted, as they go about enforcing the posting rules and guidelines. Examples of posts which are edited (or cogged) are posts by new users which reveal too much personally identifiable information, contain links to illegal material, or are spam.		BoyChat is run as a [[Free Spirits]] resource by a webmaster and a team of cogs. The cogs make sure that any inappropriate post is either edited or deleted, as they go about enforcing the posting rules and guidelines. Examples of posts which are edited (or cogged) are posts by new users which reveal too much personally identifiable information, contain links to illegal material, or are spam.

			== Trolling ==
			[[File:Screenshot 2024-09-14 124720.png\|thumb\|Classic troll post from a long-suspected [[anti]]]]
			One unique aspect of BoyChat that confounds many, is its tolerance for trolls. This comes from its rules-based system and approach to freedom of expression. In most instances, trolls are immediately called out by members of the community, resulting in the spectacle of long back-and-forth threads between baiters and the baited. Many long-term members are repeatedly called out by others as trolls, lest newer members not have any knowledge of their history.

	== Boards of BoyChat ==		== Boards of BoyChat ==

The Admins: /* BoyChat Digest */

2022-09-06T03:47:33Z

BoyChat Digest

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	== BoyChat Digest ==		== BoyChat Digest ==

	The BoyChat Digest was a collection of notable posts from BoyChat, published monthly. It was started by TPKA not in 1998, but until recently, the Digest was compiled by a team of cogs and other posters (the "gesters"). There has been no digest published since Jun 2007.		The BoyChat Digest was a collection of notable posts from BoyChat, published monthly. It was started by TPKA not in 1998, but until recently, the Digest was compiled by a team of cogs and other posters (the "gesters"). There has been no digest published since Jun 2007. A member, martirwithacause, appeared to make an unofficial effort to document posts after this period, seen in the external links.

	== List of BoyChat webmasters ==		== List of BoyChat webmasters ==

The Admins: /* List of BoyChat webmasters */

2022-09-06T03:44:16Z

List of BoyChat webmasters

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	* '''Anonymous''' (Summer 2008 - *)		* '''Anonymous''' (Summer 2008 - *)

	<small><nowiki>*</nowiki>As of ~~December, 2009~~, there is no replacement for "Dylan Thomas" who after being arrested in Mexico, summer 2008 - is now imprisoned in the [[United States]]. There is growing consensus among the community, that today's BoyChat needs an anonymous committee management system to match its secure hosting arrangements.</small>		<small><nowiki>*</nowiki>As of 2022, there is no replacement for "Dylan Thomas" who after being arrested in Mexico, summer 2008 - is now imprisoned in the [[United States]]. There is growing consensus among the community, that today's BoyChat needs an anonymous committee management system to match its secure hosting arrangements.</small>

	== External links ==		== External links ==

The Admins: /* External links */

2022-01-03T00:33:19Z

External links

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	* [http://alexis.fpc.li/bchistory.html History of BC (as of 1997)]		* [http://alexis.fpc.li/bchistory.html History of BC (as of 1997)]
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070801000000*/http://www.wweek.com/html/leada100798.html Where The Boys Are] - Early investigative report into BC.		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070801000000*/http://www.wweek.com/html/leada100798.html Where The Boys Are] - Early investigative report into BC.
			* [https://boychat.org/mbc/messages/63900.htm Some BoyChat history] - Organized index of historical posts.

	[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Censorship]][[Category:Websites]][[Category:Websites: Sympathetic]][[Category:Websites: Boylove]]		[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Censorship]][[Category:Websites]][[Category:Websites: Sympathetic]][[Category:Websites: Boylove]]

The Admins: /* External links */

2022-01-03T00:31:39Z

External links

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	* [http://boychat.org/faq.html BoyChat's Frequently Asked Questions]		* [http://boychat.org/faq.html BoyChat's Frequently Asked Questions]
	* [http://alexis.fpc.li/bchistory.html History of BC (as of 1997)]		* [http://alexis.fpc.li/bchistory.html History of BC (as of 1997)]
			* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070801000000*/http://www.wweek.com/html/leada100798.html Where The Boys Are] - Early investigative report into BC.

	[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Censorship]][[Category:Websites]][[Category:Websites: Sympathetic]][[Category:Websites: Boylove]]		[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Censorship]][[Category:Websites]][[Category:Websites: Sympathetic]][[Category:Websites: Boylove]]

The Admins: /* List of BoyChat webmasters */

2021-11-28T18:58:06Z

List of BoyChat webmasters

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	* Curtis (April 2002 - November 2003)		* Curtis (April 2002 - November 2003)
	* [[Dylan Thomas]] (November 2003 - *)		* [[Dylan Thomas]] (November 2003 - *)
	* [[Anonymous]] (Summer 2008 - *)		* '''Anonymous''' (Summer 2008 - *)

	<small><nowiki>*</nowiki>As of December, 2009, there is no replacement for "Dylan Thomas" who after being arrested in Mexico, summer 2008 - is now imprisoned in the [[United States]]. There is growing consensus among the community, that today's BoyChat needs an anonymous committee management system to match its secure hosting arrangements.</small>		<small><nowiki>*</nowiki>As of December, 2009, there is no replacement for "Dylan Thomas" who after being arrested in Mexico, summer 2008 - is now imprisoned in the [[United States]]. There is growing consensus among the community, that today's BoyChat needs an anonymous committee management system to match its secure hosting arrangements.</small>

The Admins at 17:22, 28 November 2021

2021-11-28T17:22:27Z

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	<div style="margin-right: 25px; float: left;">__TOC__</div>'''BoyChat''' (or BC) is the longest-running [[boylove]] forum on the World Wide Web. Started on 29 December, 1995, at Kasper's Free Spirits web site, it remains today largely unchanged: a single web board to which anyone can post under a nickname.		<div style="margin-right: 25px; float: left;">__TOC__</div>[[Image:Bcbl.PNG\|thumb\|BoyChat board logo]]'''BoyChat''' (or BC) is the longest-running [[boylove]] forum on the World Wide Web. Started on 29 December, 1995, at Kasper's Free Spirits web site, it remains today largely unchanged: a single web board to which anyone can post under a nickname.

	==Visiting BC==		==Visiting BC==
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	== Community ==		== Community ==

	~~[[Image:Bcbl.PNG\|thumb\|left\|BoyChat board logo]]~~BoyChat grew from under 20 posters in the first two days to around 250 posts each day in 2005[http://boychat.org/mbc/messages/51371.htm]. With the appearance of numerous modern BL fora such as the more active [[Boylover.net]], participation has fallen, although the site is still very popular at around 100 posts a day. BoyChat has had a profound effect on the [[boylove]] community. [[Free Spirits]] grew directly out of it, and the goals of "security, legality, and usability" guide the internal policies of each Free Spirits resource.		BoyChat grew from under 20 posters in the first two days to around 250 posts each day in 2005[http://boychat.org/mbc/messages/51371.htm]. With the appearance of numerous modern BL fora such as the more active [[Boylover.net]], participation has fallen, although the site is still very popular at around 100 posts a day. BoyChat has had a profound effect on the [[boylove]] community. [[Free Spirits]] grew directly out of it, and the goals of "security, legality, and usability" guide the internal policies of each Free Spirits resource.

	Under its slogan "you are not alone", BoyChat aims to provide a climate for personal support to [[boylover]]s experiencing difficult times. For many, BoyChat is the first introduction to the online boylove community and a realization that they are, indeed, not alone.		Under its slogan "you are not alone", BoyChat aims to provide a climate for personal support to [[boylover]]s experiencing difficult times. For many, BoyChat is the first introduction to the online boylove community and a realization that they are, indeed, not alone.

The Admins at 17:21, 28 November 2021

2021-11-28T17:21:43Z

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	<div style="margin-right: 25px; float: left;">__TOC__</div>~~{{FS}}~~'''BoyChat''' (or BC) is the longest-running [[boylove]] forum on the World Wide Web. Started on 29 December, 1995, at Kasper's Free Spirits web site, it remains today largely unchanged: a single web board to which anyone can post under a nickname.		<div style="margin-right: 25px; float: left;">__TOC__</div>'''BoyChat''' (or BC) is the longest-running [[boylove]] forum on the World Wide Web. Started on 29 December, 1995, at Kasper's Free Spirits web site, it remains today largely unchanged: a single web board to which anyone can post under a nickname.

	==Visiting BC==		==Visiting BC==