Does anyone want to tell me what the fuck a booru is, when they started, and why they're so popular? What does the name have to do with the format? Was there some Japanese booru that this danbooru thing copied? How did I miss all of this happening when I've been watching 4chan for years? Does this have something to do with VIP quality? Are boorus a response to western Futaba style imageboards being used for discussion rather than images and images only?
I don't know the history of *boorus either, but think of it this way:
World2ch and World4ch are text-only. There is a niche audience for these types of sites.
*chans have images and text. There is a niche audience for these types of sites.
*boorus are image-only (well, there are comments, but no one gives a shit about them). There is a niche audience for these types of sites.
If people will browse them, sites will exist.
>>2
Well that answers half of the questions.
Who wants to take on the rest?
*boorus are just a nice way to host images with far greater organization and permanence than an imageboard alone offers.
>>4
As far as I can tell, the only thing they offer is tagging support, and they don't prune. Is there anything else?
Still waiting on an origin story as well.
danbooru was the first booru
you should interview dan
>>6
Its based off of his name? Was there no original Japanese site that it stole its format from?
gelbooru:
the admin uses lots of hair gel
boo: ghosts 'n' shit
ru = russian
I can't think of much else. Perhaps - for some - ease of navigation but that's a subjective experience.
To me, they're essentially imageboards but with less emphasis on discussion, and more on archiving.
danbooru basically means cardboard, doesn't it
I can't think of any for what it is.