I guess an anonymous imageboard might work, but only if it was moderated to ensure civility and a troll-free environment. also, some sort of id system (like 420chan's) to ensure anonymity, but prevent samefagging.

if you want an example of how not to run things, look no further than r9k.

The marketplace you're targeting is already extremely saturated (inb4 Web 2.0 bubble). Huge amounts of competition from similar sites. Also, imageboard content generation is never attractive to advertisers. Just look at 4chan, moot is still in debt and he has to resort to porn ads.

I doubt it'll work, honestly. But it's an alright idea for a startup, could be worse.

The most important question is, how are you going to generate revenue?

Just saying "LOLADS" doesn't cut it, what demographic are you aiming for? What are alternative revenue streams? How does your product differ from your competitors? Can you attract advertisers by targeting a specific demographic?

who sees old /n/ and thinks "wow what a great thing to expand upon"?

>>5811878
Old /n/ was shit. It was either racism or misogyny Sort of like what /r9k/ is right now!

Please, OP, give up your dreams. Advertisers won't touch that imageboard with a ten feet pole. Enjoy starving.

Mainly that the *chan software has not achieved exposure to anyone other than internet basement dwellers. Hell, I know a lot of people who are afraid to go to 4chan at all because they're worried that it's illegal or some shit.

I'm thinking of bringing the software to a much larger exposure. 4chan is the king of all *chans, since every single person who uses the other variations of the software, (7chan, 99chan, konatachan, etc.), also use 4chan or did at some point. That's still a very small part of the internet.

Once the newspaper market collapses completely, I'd like to already have a strong foot in the door.

OH MAH FOOKING GAWD AN R9K TOPIC I CAN POST IN.

Me and some buddies started a site three years ago that never really took off. But we kept posting content and shit, getting the odd link from Digg, ABC etc. Anyway, we approachin' a thousand posts and on the thousandth post we decided we gonna go our separate ways. Today we spat our a post detailing how what to do when starting these sorts of sites (http://tinyurl.com/yhwbw38).

I absolutely motherfuckin' agree with that guy who asked about revenue. You gotta know how to sell ads or get someone who can. Furthermore, you say there's a lot of people asking to contribute content? Motherfuckin' wonderful! BUT make sure that a) its quality writing and b) they don't flake like dandruff. This sort of site is WELL over-done in Web 2.0, but if you pump out quality it should get popular, especially with the novel forum section - would it be an imageboard?

Oh, you mean Channel 3?

>>5811916
OLD /n/ WAS GREAT
THE BEST BOARD ON 4CHAN
BRING BACK /n/

>>5811980

Once /n/ collapsed, I decided to do this project, actually.

That's what it's all about.

>>5811931

You are the true cancer. Don't try to bring something like the *Chans to the mainstream, you WILL fail, YOU are the kind of people who profit from censorship of the Internet, taking down sites like Pirate Bay and Demonoid, putting licenses and taxes on YouTube. Please fuck off and die.

so you want to make a digg/reddit except with opinion writers and anonymous instead of registered users

>>5811990
You do realize that there is a newschan already?
http://plus4chan.org/boards/n/
420chan, 99chan, and other chan sites have them too.

So basically tripfag's attempt is a massive amount of fail.

>>5812021
420chong's permab&s you from the entire site if you say anything bad about Obama on either of their news boards.

>>5812021

Right, but it's still primarily a chan. That's what I'm trying to avoid, use the software, but that's where it stops. It's software, not a piece of ANONYMOUSLEGIONLOL faggotry.

Newsblog first, community site second. Treated the same way as a forum used to be treated on sites of old.

The guy who posted >>5811800 and >>5811831 here.

>>5811931
Anyhow, OP, there's a reason why imageboards haven't taken off. Generally, while there are more posts, the majority of them tend to be shit and attract few readers. Very few companies would want to advertise unless you aim for a specific demographic. I doubt you'll make a profit, much less make up for various costs.

Also, from what I've seen so far, I can bet you the Web 2.0 bubble will burst in the next five or so years. Enjoy your debt.

>>5811800
moot makes a fucking pile of money off this web site, more than $4,000 a day after expenses. if you believe the rumor he started in the washington post then i guess you believe his name is chris poole too. why dont you face up to the fact the his guile is over nine thousand

>>5812068
From what you've said so far, it sounds like your planning to make a site like Associated Content, but with an imageboard attached to it. How exactly are you going to compete with AC? They have ex-Google marketing and engineering employees. What do you have?

Not sure if it'll work, bro. Go ahead and waste the money if you really want.

>>5812068

Except that your not trying to avoid the chans.

You want to tap into the chans user base. Sadly the only way to do that is to accept the 'we are the final boss of teh internet' faggotry that is inherent in the anonymous hivemind. Otherwise what you have is just another news blog of which there are plenty.

This is what the design is like. Whether ads work or not, I really don't care. I have a decent job so I could afford to run the site out of pocket for awhile.

>>5812113
>moot makes a fucking pile of money
Then why does he look like shit? And why does 4chan still have adult friend finder ads?

If moot was really making a shit ton of cash, he'd have done what Tom Fulp did on Newgrounds and gotten rid of all the shitty porn ads. At best, he's barely covering expenses. I really doubt broke college kids that pirate all their shit and use adblocker ever actually click on the ads.

>>5812200
Yeah, but what about the colored boxes, people click on them all the fucking time.

>>5812190
Looks like shit. It won't work.

>>5812214
Colored boxes? You mean the banner ads? Again, 4channers pirate everything. We have a boards devoted to pirating. Why would we pay money to subscribe for something we can get for free?

>>5812200
so he is covering expenses now?
i thought you just said he was losing money?
why aren't you willing to face up to the reality that you have no idea whatsoever about the financials behind 4chan other than who your feeble mind is able to infer from all the information you've taken in doing exactly no research on the topic.

>>5812257
>At best, he's barely covering expenses
>At best, he's barely
>At best
Fucking reading comprehension.

what i'm wondering is how do the porn advertisers pay moot?
does anyone ever pay for net.porn?

>>5812319

A site like this is probably the worst place for it, since we do nothing but post porn for free anyway. At least those shitty japanese toys had some semblance of a fighting chance to get people to pay for.

>>5812319
Usually, the porn advertisers pay every time someone clicks an ad and subscribes via the referral link (just like affiliate marketing, which I know some of you basement dwellers take part in). The money from clicks though is a lot lower than the money from referring new subscribers.

I'm not sure if this is exactly true for 4chan per se, but that's how it's probably done.

>>5812362
they could probably sell a lot of pocky back when this was a website fringe website for otaku, but 4chan is now website for uneducated facebook enthusiasts, so the type of ads have to change with times. i guess the type of person who is too stupid to get everything for free (less skilled than the webmaster of a porn site) is probably your average 4chan user these days.
facepalm.ppm

OP link us to your site. We won't spam it, we promise. :3