Karachan

Karachan is a Polish bulletin board founded by “Zalgo” on June 3, 2010. It's the oldest surviving Polish imageboard website, but it also has many security measures intended to deter newcomers or law enforcement, plus you can't even post without a Polish IP address.

Despite their status, it's really not interesting. The administration is inept, though that describes most popular anonymous communities, and most users aren't worth talking to because they are either fucked up, underage, or prefer to discuss politics.

History

2010–2015

On June 3, 2010, “Zalgo” sets up Karachan at the “karachan.org” domain and forked the Kusaba X script,¹⁾ then security measures were presumably implemented once they started to gain attention in the media.²⁾ Because of this, Karachan can't be archived through normal means and we don't know when they switched to Mitsuba, but we do know that Vichan handed over “Cenzopapa” to Karachan.

2015–2020

As the userbase grew, Karachan began experiencing server issues more frequently during the mid-2010s. Then on September 9, 2016, a moderator rebelled and gave everyone access to the moderation control panel, but the damage was done as everything was reverted a few hours after midnight. From there, it's just mostly uneventful shenanigans like raiding other websites.

2020–

Out of nowhere, “Hendrickson” suddenly became Karachan's new owner by August 7, 2020 and most of the remaining userbase of under 4000 people have slowly become more critical of him.

How to Access?

The following information was obtained from ~~Karalock~~.
You can install a userscript, but you still need the filters.

As a warning, it isn't known if any of this information is still valid since I don't actually use Karachan myself.

Desktop instructions

In your ad blocker, add these filters:

! karachan.org
||freshscat.com$domain=karachan.org
||youtube.com/embed/j0aAiKSUzJM$domain=karachan.org
||koronawirus.netlify.com$domain=karachan.org
||karachan.org/bolbutthurtu.webm
||karachan.org/wykop/src/1577811355539470976.webm
||karachan.org/wykop/src/1584127626835644712.mp4
||karachan.org/jannn.webm
||karachan.org/Bursztynek.mp3
karachan.org###zjadam_srake
karachan.org###czaj
karachan.org###kurwy
karachan.org##.board:style(background-image:none !important)
!#if cap_html_filtering
karachan.org##^script:has-text(localStorage.xD)
!#endif
!#if !cap_html_filtering
karachan.org##+js(acis, Math.sin, localStorage.xD)
!#endif
karachan.org###jesli-zablokujesz-tego-diva-ukraina-odniesie-zwyciestwo

Mobile instructions

Browse to the search page (/fnd/).
Enter settings, go to “User JS”, insert the following code, then click on save.

localStorage.xD = "xD"
function setCookie(c_name, value, exdays) {
  var exdate = new Date();
  exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate() + exdays);
  var c_value = escape(value) + ((exdays == null) ? "" : "; expires=" + exdate.toUTCString());
  document.cookie = c_name + "=" + c_value + "; path=/";
}
setCookie('regulamin', 'accepted', 365);
$('#czaj').remove();

Wiki instructions

In your ad blocker, add these filters:

! chanwiki.com
chanwiki.com##body:after
chanwiki.com##+js(aopr, rzeczy)
chanwiki.com##+js(aopw, HTMLImageElement.prototype.src)

List of Boards

If you get a fake error page, click on your browser's address bar and hit the enter key. If you're getting 404 errors for all of them, Karachan might be on a backup server, so check /b/.

General
- Overboard [*]
- Intelligent Discussion [id]
- Karachan for Kids [4] - “When /3/ isn't enough.”³⁾
- Random [b] - You should probably add those filters first.
- Night [noc] - Opens when it's 1-5am in Poland.⁴⁾
- Tough Issues [z]
Subjects
Other
- Suggestions [kara]
- Links [rs]
Pornography
- Gay Bar [g]
- Beautiful Women [s]

Notes

“Karachan” would be spelt “Karaczan” in Polish, but “Karaczan” is also the Polish word for the insect subgroup, Blattodea, which goes into why the cockroach (“karaluch”) is their mascot.
They have a Minecraft server named “Karagrad”, not to be confused with the 2011 “Karagrad” thread.

External links

Karachan - The actual “front page” of Karachan, featuring rules.
- Karachan Status - The official Karachan status blog.
ChanWiki - Polish-language wiki about Polish-language imageboard culture.

bulletin board

¹⁾

"Otwarcie" (June 3, 2010). Karachan.

²⁾

"Strona CKE zaatakowana" (May 20, 2012). Telewizja Polska S.A.

³⁾

Karachan's /4/ is in reference to Vichan's /3/, which was essentially /b/ with forced anonymous.

⁴⁾

“1-5am” in Central European Time is “7-11pm” in Eastern Time.

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