{"id":20033,"date":"2023-07-11T15:19:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T06:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=20033"},"modified":"2023-07-11T15:19:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T06:19:25","slug":"20230711-20033","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/20230711-20033\/","title":{"rendered":"5channel, origin of 4chan, in danger of extinction after being backstabbed by its dedicated browser\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>JaneStyle, the largest &#8220;dedicated browser&#8221; for viewing the Japanese anonymous bulletin board <strong>5channel <\/strong>via PC and mobile, cut ties with 5channel on July 10, turning into a dedicated browser for a new clone-like anonymous bulletin board called Talk. Users are calling the event the \u201cJane uprising\u201d or \u201cJane coup.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Created by Japan-based developer Jane, JaneStyle had been compatible with 5channel since 2017 and had been the main browser used by users to access 5channel boards. On July 10, the developers released an unannounced update for the PC version of <a href=\"http:\/\/janesoft.net\/janestyle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JaneStyle<\/a>, and with this update the browser\u2019s support for 5channel has been discontinued.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">2ch(5ch)\u5c02\u30d6\u30e9\u3068\u8a00\u3048\u3070JaneStyle\uff01\u3068\u3044\u3046\u30a4\u30e1\u30fc\u30b8\u3092\u6301\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u30aa\u30bf\u30af\u306f\u6570\u591a\u3057\u3068\u601d\u3044\u307e\u3059\u304c\u3001\u672c\u65e5\u3092\u3082\u3061\u307e\u3057\u3066JaneStyle\u306f5ch\u5bfe\u5fdc\u3092\u6253\u3061\u5207\u3063\u3066Talk\u3068\u304b\u3044\u3046\u3088\u304f\u5206\u304b\u3089\u30935ch\u30af\u30ed\u30fc\u30e9\u30fc\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u5c02\u30d6\u30e9\u306b\u751f\u307e\u308c\u5909\u308f\u3063\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cLQGwPQJPq\">pic.twitter.com\/cLQGwPQJPq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u306f\u3084\u3076\u3055\u30de\u30f3 (@big_falco) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/big_falco\/status\/1678317355183771649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet translation:<\/strong> JaneStyle is probably the first thing that comes to mind to many otaku when they hear the words &#8220;2channel (5channel) dedicated browser,&#8221; but as of today, JaneStyle has been reborn into a dedicated browser for a 5channel crawler site called Talk or whatever.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/forest.watch.impress.co.jp\/docs\/news\/1515334.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report <\/a>by Windows Forest, with the termination of 5ch.net support for JaneStyle, the API key that was being provided by Jane appears to be no longer available, and other 5channel browsers that were using the API key provided by Jane also seem to be unable to connect to 5ch.net.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">5ch\u554f\u984c\u307e\u3068\u3081<br><br>1\u3000janestyle\u304cAPI\u30b5\u30fc\u30d0\u30fc\u3092\u7528\u610f\u3057\u3066\u307b\u304b\u306e\u30d6\u30e9\u30a6\u30b6\u3092\u7de0\u3081\u51fa\u3059<br>2\u3000\u307b\u304b\u306e\u30d6\u30e9\u30a6\u30b6\u306fjanestyle\u958b\u767a\u8005\u306bAPI\u30ad\u30fc\u3092\u3082\u3089\u3046\u3057\u304b\u306a\u304f\u306a\u308b<br>3\u3000janestyle\uff08API\uff09\u304c\u5510\u7a81\u306b5ch\u3068\u306e\u63a5\u7d9a\u3092\u5207\u308a\u602a\u3057\u3044\u30af\u30ed\u30fc\u30f3\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u306b\u8a98\u5c0e<br>4\u3000API\u30b5\u30fc\u30d0\u30fc\u81ea\u4f53\u304c\u6a5f\u80fd\u3057\u3066\u3044\u306a\u3044\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3079\u3066\u63a5\u7d9a\u3067\u304d\u306a\u304f\u306a\u308b\uff08\u3044\u307e\u3053\u3053<\/p>&mdash; Vulpes lagopus (@snowwhitefox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/snowwhitefox\/status\/1678323443463499776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet translation:<\/strong> A summary of the 5channel problem&nbsp;<br>1. JaneStyle provides an API server to keep other browsers at bay&nbsp;<br>2. Other browsers have no choice but to acquire the API key from JaneStyle\u2019s developers&nbsp;<br>3.&nbsp; JaneStyle (API) abruptly cuts support for 5channel and redirects to a suspicious clone site&nbsp;<br>4. The API server itself isn\u2019t functioning so no browser can connect<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Though 5channel itself continues to operate and can be accessed via web browser, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itmedia.co.jp\/news\/articles\/2307\/11\/news078.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> by ITmedia, the number of users has plummeted due to the largest point of access being disconnected. As for the new site called Talk, threads from 5channel have apparently been cloned into the new bulletin board, but most of them have no activity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There has yet to be a statement from JaneStyle\u2019s developers on the topic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what users are calling the &#8220;Jane coup,&#8221; JaneStyle, the largest dedicated browser for viewing the anonymous bulletin board 5channel cut ties with 5channel, turning into a dedicated browser for a new clone-like anonymous bulletin board called Talk. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":20037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-20033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nongaming-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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