IIchan (Ычан, Ychan) is a Russian bulletin board, founded by “Mod-chan” (Мод-тян), that launched on June 1, 2007.¹⁾ It's a very interesting outlier since they actually intend to foster a friendly environment, prohibit trolling or controversial subjects, and refuse to take the spotlight.

Due to Dvach's inability to deal with spam, IIchan was launched as an alternative at “iichan.ru” using Wakaba on June 1, 2007,²⁾ though the domain was registered May 25, 2007. There was some back-and-forth about how IIchan was more 'competent and polite', while Dvach was the inverse, but the community became distinct enough with its own mascots, net characters, and projects (e.g. Endless Summer, iiChantra, etc.).

When Dvach eventually died on January 17, 2009, IIchan took drastic measures to *avoid* becoming the new Dvach by disabling image uploads, and temporarily closing that Dobrochan, 410chan, and the /unyl/ board became IIchan refuges.³⁾ Some tensions between IIchan and /unyl/ existed, but it didn't go anywhere. At some point, the default name of IIchan's /b/ board was set to “Cirno” (Сырно, Syrno).

Later that year, IIchan welcomed off-site boards into its board lineup. In 2010, their mascots were phased out since people stopped caring, causing Cirno to be a de-facto mascot, and they cleared up the rules a bit. In 2011, there was a trend of 'text RPG' (текстовые РПГ) threads, later termed 'quest threads', which become a staple of IIchan's /b/ despite relatively light opposition and calls to move such threads to a new board.

In 2012, the adult boards were removed on April 20, 2012, then their servers were moved⁴⁾ on May 16, 2012, and IIchan migrates to “iichan.hk” on July 21, 2012.⁵⁾ During this, IIchan set up an official Twitter account on May 22, 2012.⁶⁾ In 2014, political discussions were banned following the Crimea crisis. In 2015, IIchan had started to clean its board lineup, shuttering or merging some of its old boards.

During Sosach's Cloudflare-related shutdown, IIchan would close its doors before enforcing strict moderation, which did inconvenience regulars who complained at 410chan. In 2017, IIchan ended its tradition of having “Cirno” as /b/'s default name,⁷⁾ now reserved for the 9th of every month and the week (or month in September) following it. The rest of the decade was mainly quality-of-life improvements, including WebM support.

The following decade began, more or less, the same as more boards shuttered or merged. Then on October 26, 2023, the RKN would blacklist the “iichan.hk” domain⁸⁾ and gave a vague explanation of 'prohibited' content, so IIchan attempts to appeal and momentarily removes images from the front page.⁹⁾ Seeing the lack of response, IIchan eventually adds the “iichan.lol” domain on March 30, 2024.¹⁰⁾

• The name 'IIchan' is rendered 'Ychan' (Ычан), while 'IIchan' (Иичан) and 'Ichan' (Ичан) are rare.
  • Historically, it was nicknamed 'Unylchan' (Унылчан) from 'unylyy' (унылый, lit. “gloomy”) until /unyl/ took it, then 'Dobrochan' from 'dobro' (добро, lit. “kind”) until Dobrochan took it.
  • During the Cirno era, noting that they render 'Cirno' as 'Syrno' (Сырно), some users nicknamed the website 'Cirnach' (Сырнач, Syrnach) or 'Cirnochan' (Сырночан, Syrnochan) for example.
• The 'Autobus 410' (Автобус 410) was an old IIchan meme from 2008,¹¹⁾ featuring a LiAZ-677 with '410' scrawled on it. This is how 410chan, a then-refuge of a refuge, got their name.
• Foreign IPs are blocked to prevent flooding or spamming, but you could ask to have your IP whitelisted.
  • In the past, 410chan housed an /int/ board, but it was closed in 2017.
• Since Dvach's death in 2009, IIchan is technically the oldest active Russian-language bulletin board.
• It might be worth pointing out that the RKN blacklisted “iichan.hk”,¹²⁾ after “rf.dobrochan.net”,¹³⁾ but the latter actually had its decision reversed when they appealed.

• Dvach, Sosach - The website that took the spotlight.
• Dobrochan + Wakachan /unyl/ - The two cases of nickname theft.
• IIchansk presidential election

• IIchan (iichan.hk) (iichan.lol) - The front page of IIchan, a heavily customized /n/.
  • @ru_iichan on Twitter - The official IIchan Twitter account.
• Noobtype Wiki - IIchan-related wiki project. It's been closed for years, so there's nothing new.
  • IIchan on Noobtype Wiki
• IIchan on Kolchewiki
• IIchan on Lurkmore + IIchan on Neolurk
• IIchan on Wikireality