Why is 4chan not open source?
Because the source code is probably shit, all the board-specific behavior is hard-coded and it's full of magic numbers everywhere.
Also, there's already a million free open source *chan clones, i can guarantee any one of them has a better architecture than 4chan.
>>60390998
/thread
:)
GitHub.com/tinyboard
Rather https://github.com/savetheinternet/Tinyboard
>>60391081
>last commit 4 years ago
>>60391129
o fuck. This be dead.
Also why does 4chan have so many users regardless of it being objectively shitty.
>>60391129
>software is feature complete and stable
>no new fixes in years
>OMG IT'S DED WHAT DO I DO??
I bet you use arch linux.
>>60391203
I do.
>>60391203
>28 tickets unanswered
>>60391163
>why windows have so many users regardless of it being objectively shitty
>>60390998
It was entirely rewritten a few years ago
>>60390998
Facebook is fucking written in php
Users and engagement is all that matters. Those are far more valuable than the quality of code a site is written it.
It's right here on Pastebin
https://pastebin.com/4JVjS02b
>>60391646
Oh no,you got one php out of hundreds that run rhe site
Oh no.