PTT Bulletin Board System - Wikipedia

It was founded by Yi-Chin Tu and other students from the National Taiwan University in 1995 as Professional Technology Temple, and it is currently administered ... PTTBulletinBoardSystem FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Largestterminal-basedbulletinboardsystem(BBS) Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "PTTBulletinBoardSystem" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(February2011)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) PTTTypeofsiteBulletinboardsystemAvailable inChineseOwnerTheBBSTechnologyResearchClub,NationalTaiwanUniversityCreated byYi-ChinTuURLwww.ptt.ccCommercialNoRegistrationOptionalLaunchedSeptember 14,1995(26yearsago) (1995-09-14)Current statusActive PTTBulletinBoardSystem(PTT,Chinese:批踢踢實業坊;pinyin:PītītīShíyèFāng;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Phi-thek-thekSi̍t-gia̍p-hong,telnet://ptt.cc)isthelargestterminal-basedbulletinboardsystem(BBS)basedinTaiwan.[1]ItwasfoundedbyYi-ChinTuandotherstudentsfromtheNationalTaiwanUniversityin1995asProfessionalTechnologyTemple,anditiscurrentlyadministeredbytheElectronicBBSResearchSocietyasanon-commercialandopen-sourceBBS.[2] PTThasmorethan1.5millionregisteredusers,withover150,000usersonlineduringpeakhours.TheBBShasover20,000boardscoveringamultitudeoftopics,andmorethan20,000articlesand500,000commentsarepostedeveryday.[3][4] Contents 1Background 2Organization 3System 4Development 4.1OpenPTT 4.2CurrentPTT 4.3Commenting:commendationandcriticism 4.4Stickyposts 4.5GuardianAngels 5PTTCulture 5.1PTTcultureandlingo 5.2Alignedcommentsandcommentart 5.3PTTblooddrive 5.4PTTlogodesigncontest2018 6PTTBoards 7IncidentsandControversy 8ThedeathofTaiwan’srepresentativeinOsaka 9Manipulationofpublicopinionbypoliticalparties 10HanKuo-YuandFFASIC 11TsaiIng-wen’dissertation 12Seealso 13References 14Externallinks Background[edit] UsingtheTELNETprotocol,PTTprovidesaquick,freeofcharge,andopenonlineforumcommunity.Currently,PTThastwobranchsites,PTT2(批踢踢兔)andPTT3(批踢踢參).Ofthethreesites,themainsitePTT[5]islargestinscaleandcapacity,currentlyhandlingupto150,215visitorsonlineatatime(9September2008),makingitthelargestChineselanguage-basedBBSintheworld.[citationneeded] Themainsitewasfoundedon9September1995byYi-ChinTu(杜奕瑾DùYìjǐn),thenasophomoreintheDepartmentofComputerScienceandInformationEngineeringatNationalTaiwanUniversity.PTT2wasfoundedin2000,withtheaimofprovidingasimilarsystemcenteredaroundgroupsandindividuals.PTT3,poweredbyMediaWiki,wasfoundedin2004inWashington,D.C.,UnitedStatesforTaiwanesestudentsstudyingabroad.PTTalsoprovideswikiandblogservicesforregisteredusers.ThePTTwikiservicewasactivatedon5February2004andpoweredbyTaviwikisystem.ItisthemainwikiserviceforindividualsinTaiwan. Since2000,PTThasbecomethelargestonlineforuminTaiwanduetoitsincreasingnumberofusers.VariousissuesareenthusiasticallydiscussedonPTT,eventoaprofoundextentgeneratingsocialimpactsinreality.[citationneeded]ThenewspaperandtelevisionmediastartedtoreportonPTT,withjournalistsassignedtomonitorPTTforthelatestupdates. PTTisanopensourceproject.ThesourcecodeisreleasedunderGPL2.0. Organization[edit] PTTisregisteredasastudentorganizationattheNationalTaiwanUniversity.TheBBSTechnologyResearchClub(臺大BBS研究社)wasfoundedin1999byseveralBBSsitesatNTU,withYi-ChinTuasitsleader.In1999and2000,theclubheldpubliceventsoncampusforBBSusers. AlthoughPTTisaclubandthemostfamousBBSsiteinTaiwan,itisnottheofficialBBSsiteforNTU.ThemachinesandotherhardwareusedtosetupPTTwasobtainedbytheadministratorswithoutthehelpoftheuniversity,andhenceitoperateswithahighleveloffreedom.However,itstilloperatesontheNTUnetwork,andhencemustabidebyitsrulesandregulations. System[edit] PTTrunsunderLinux,whilePTT2runsunderFreeBSD4.11. TheBBSsystemusedbyPTT,PTT2,PTT3iscalledOpenPTT,andisundertheGPL. Development[edit] ThecodeforPTTwasoriginallyforkedfromMapleBBS2.36thatoperatedtheSunofBeachBBS.ManyprogrammersandsystemadministratorscontributedtothePTTproject,withthegoalsofmakingPTTefficientintermsformemoryusageanddiskaccessandallowingasmanyusersonthesystematasingletimeaspossible.ThecodeislicensedunderGPL2.0. OpenPTT[edit] OpenPTTisaBBSimplementationknownforitseaseofinstallation,whichiswhymanyBBSesdirectlyrunOpenPTTastheirsystem.Itcanbesetupwithlittlemanualconfiguration,anditiswelldocumented.[citationneeded] CurrentPTT[edit] AnotherforkofthePTTcodeisknownasCurrentPTT,whichisdocumentedatthePttCurrentboard.ThisistheversionofthecodethatrunsPTTandPTT2,withmanyadditionalfeatures.ItcurrentlysupportstheFreeBSDandLinuxplatforms. Commenting:commendationandcriticism[edit] PTTimplementsanarticlecommendation(推文)andcriticism(噓文)schemeasitsarticleratingandcommentingsystem,inplacesince25May2002.PTTwasthefirstChinese-languageBBStoimplementsuchasystem.Underthissystem,userscanevaluateanarticlebygivingitatuei(推),addingapoint,orahsü(噓),subtractingapoint.Individualboardscanturnoffthisfeatureorsetaminimumamountofwaitingtimebetweencomments. Stickyposts[edit] Stickypostsresideatthebottomoftheforum,rightafterthemostrecentposts. GuardianAngels[edit] TheGuardianAngelsisagroupofexperiencedPTTuserswhoactasmentorsandhelpanswerquestionsthatnewusersmighthave.Theguardianangelsremainanonymous.ThissystemhasbeeninplacesinceMay2004.The29thofeverymonthisGuardianAngelDay,duringwhichusersexpresstheirgratitudetowardstheirguardianangels. PTTCulture[edit] PTTcultureandlingo[edit] 五樓pinyin:Wǔlóu(fifthfloor)—thefifthcommentofapost,whichisoftenregardedaswordsofwisdom;also五樓請給分(fifthfloor,pleaseratethispost) 鄕民pinyin:Xiāngmín(villager)—ReferstoPTTusers.Comesfromtheline「我是跟鄕民進來看熱鬧的」intheStephenChowmovieHailtheJudge.Thistermcanalsobepejorative,suggestingthatusersblindlyfollowotherusers. 新警察pinyin:Xīnjǐngchá(rookiepoliceofficer)—referstonewusers(liketheterm"newbie"). 科科pinyin:Kēkē(kk)—Achuckle,normallyㄎㄎ,butchangedto科科whentheuseofbopomofoisprohibited. 中肯pinyin:Zhòngkěn(tohithome)and臺肯—Apunon中肯,meaning"tohithome",referringtoeffortsoftheChenShui-biangovernmenttoreplacethecharacter中(China)with臺(Taiwan). Pictures—PTTusersoftenaskforpictures.靠邀，圖咧？(wtf,where'sthepicture?),沒圖沒眞相(picsoritdidn'thappen),similartosomewesternonlinecommunities 原po是正妹pinyin:Yuánposhìzhèngmèi(theoriginalposterisaprettygirl) 孩子的學習不能等pinyin:Háizidexuéxíbùnéngděng(ourchildren'seducationcannotwait) 丁丁是個人才pinyin:Dīngdīngshìgèréncái(TinkyWinkyistalented)Saidironically,toinsinuatesomeoneisstupid 腦殘pinyin:Nǎocán(brain-damaged) 閃開讓專業的來pinyin:Shǎnkāiràngzhuānyèdelái(Stepaside,lettheprodothejob) SomeofthepopularlingousedbyPTTusersarevulgar,whichhascausedpublicconcern,whileothersbelievethataslongasthisbehavioriscontainedonlineanddoesnotaffecttheuser'sreal-lifebehaviorthisisnothingtobeconcernedabout. Alignedcommentsandcommentart[edit] Alignedcomments(推齊)isaculturalphenomenoninwhichusersaligntheircommentsforspecialeffect.Commentart(推圖)isaphenomenoninspiredbythe2chAAcommunity,inwhichlinesofcommentscollectivelyformapicture.Sincecommentartissometimesperceivedaswasteofsystemresources,someoftheforumsprohibititsuse. PTTblooddrive[edit] In2004,PTTactivitiescoordinatorHuan-YuChen(陳奐宇)teamedupwithanon-campusorganizationNTUBlood-DonatingBus(台大號捐血車)toholdablooddrivetosolicitblooddonationsinexchangeforPTTmoney,whichledtothecreationoftheDonate-Bloodforum. PTTlogodesigncontest2018[edit] ThemanagementteamofPTTheldalogodesigncontestfromMay6,2018toJuly15,2018.UserscouldsubmittheirlogodesignsbypostingonthecontestboardwiththeirPTTIDasthetitleofthepost.ThesubmissionsessionwasMay6,2018toJune15,2018.AllPTTusershadtwoweeks(June16,2018-June30,2018)tovotefortheirfavoritedesign.Themanagementteamthentogetherdecidedthreewinnersofthiscontestfromtenmostvoteddesigns(July3,2018-July13,2018).Thechampion(announcedonJuly15,2018)wasawarded1,000,000Pcoins(currencyonPTT)alongwithothersouvenirs.ThechampiondesignwaspostedontheofficialFacebookpageandwebsiteforayear. PTTBoards[edit] Theforumsaresubdividedintoboards(看板pinyin：Kànbǎn,noticeboardorbulletinboard)andnamedbyastringofalphanumericcharacters.Theseboardscanbesearchedaswellasorderedbypopularity.Theycanalsobeaddedtoauser'slistoffavoriteboards. IncidentsandControversy[edit] AsPTTisaliberalplatformforpublicopinions,itallowsnetizenstoaccessandcommentonsocialmatterseasily,includingnewsorspecificpersons,basedontheirpersonalperspectiveand/oragenda.However,sincenetizensonPTTdonotneedtodisclosetheirrealnameswhilecitingnewsorpublishingtheiropinions,somenetizensabusetheirstatusofanonymityandmakeundesirablecomments.PTT,therefore,iseasilyusedforpublishingfakenewsandforincitingcyberbullying.ThedeathofCindyYang(楊又穎)isanoccurrenceofthis,anditisthefirsttimenetizensinPTTweremadeawareofthisissue.CindyYang,amodelandactress,committedsuicidein2015,aftersufferingfromtauntsandaccusationsfromvarioussocialmedia,notablyPTT. ThenewsaboutYang’ssuicidetriggeredaheateddiscussion.Somenetizensbegantoself-examinethebullyingcultureinPTT.ThetargetsofbullyinginPTTareoftencelebritiesandpoliticians,aswellastheirfamilies.ThemostnotoriousexamplemightbethebullyingofChenHsing-Yu(陳幸妤),daughterofaformerpresident.Sheandherboyfriend’s(nowhusband's)relationshipbecamethecoverstoryofthefirstissueofTheNextMagazine.Subsequently,corruptionincidentsattributedtoherfather,andinsidertradingallegationsagainstherpartnerwereleveragedforharassmentbyusersofPTTforseveralyears. Additionally,in2017,theIslamicAssociationofTaiwanpubliclycriticizedPTTallowingtheuserstospreadfakenewsandposthatespeechaboutMuslims,andcallingitnamessuchas“garbagereligion”or“Muslimsaretrash”thustheIslamicAssociationofTaiwanprotestedagainstthegovernmenttovoiceconcernaboutabuseofanonymityinPTT.Muchofthefakenewsiscopiedandrecycledbytabloidsandevenmainstreammediaandcausesforeignmediatobeconfusedinparticularduringelectiontimes. Moreover,anonymityledtomoreirrationalandextremebehaviorinotheraspects.Forexample,in2009,DellComputerhasmispriceditsLCDmonitorandnotebookproductsonitsofficialwebsiteandthisarousedlotsofnetizensonPTTtogofishingforcheapdeals.TheymobilizedtenandthousandsofnetizenstoorderthemispriceditemsandorderedDellcomputertosellitsproductsatafractionofitsoriginalcostwithinjustafewhours.Atthebeginning,somenetizensorderedasmallamountofthemispricedproduct.ManynetizenslaterbegantopostphotosabouttheirordersandthereforeledothernetizensinPTTtobehaveirrationallyandextremely.APTTaccountwiththeusername"connyli",forinstance,postedthephotoshowinghisorderswerevaluedmorethanNT$360million.By7:00a.m.thenextmorning,whenDellurgentlycloseditsonlineordersystem,morethan43,000orders,valuedatNT$2billion,hadbeenplacedfromPTTcausingDellcomputertoalmostcollapse.Thecourt,however,finallyruledagainstthePTTmembersoftryingtotakeadvantageoferroneousinformationtoforceDellcomputertosellbelowtheircost.Thusthecasewasdismissed. ButthemobrallyingeffectsofthePTTwentonfulldisplayinthisincident. ThedeathofTaiwan’srepresentativeinOsaka[edit] Likeallotheranonymousorsemi-anonymousinternetcommunitiesinTaiwan,there’splentyoffakenewsandmanyactsofcyberbullyingonPTT.Inrecentyears,themostnotableisoneofSuChii-Cherng(蘇啟誠),Taiwan'srepresentativeinOsaka,whocommittedsuicidein2018.SuChii-Cherngleftalettersayinghewassufferingfromhatespeechreceived.HisofficewasaccusedofnotassistingTaiwanesetouristsstrandedattheKansaiInternationalAirportinthewakeofTyphoonJebi. DuringtheTyphoonJebicrisis,fakenewssaidthattheTaiwanesetouristhadtoidentifythemselvesasChineseinordertobeallowedtoboardChina’sbusthatwasusedduringtherescueefforts,andthereforeledtheothernetizensinPTTtobegintocriticizeFrankHsieh(謝長廷),Taiwan'srepresentativeinJapan.However,soon,aPTTaccountwiththeusername"idcc"postedmessagesthatclaimedtheOsakaofficewasoutofFrankHsieh'scontrolandcriticizedtheOsakaofficeshouldtakeallresponsibilityforthecrisis.ThiswasauntruebecausetheOsakaofficedirectlyreportstoFrankHsieh’sofficewhichwasinfactthehighestrankinggovernmentofficeofTaiwaninJapan,ItwastheTaiwanRepresentativeOffice.Yet,theOsakaofficetooktheblamefromthemediaandnetizens.Sufinallyfounditunbearableanddecidedtocommitsuicide.Prosecutorslaterfoundthattheaccount’sIPaddresscouldbelinkeddirectlytoSlowYang(楊蕙如),whoisconsideredaspro-DPPfigureandamemberofFrankHsieh’sfaction.Furthermore,SlowYangwasaccusedofpayingandaskingotherstopostsuchfakenewsinordertoprotectFrankHsiehattheexpenseofMr.Su’slife. Manipulationofpublicopinionbypoliticalparties[edit] AccordingtotheinterviewsfromCommonWealthMagazine,oneofthebiggestbusinessmagazinesinTaiwan,peopletrytoformpublicopinionsinPTTandseektoinfluencethelargersocietyespeciallyduringanelectionyear. HanKuo-YuandFFASIC[edit] InApril2019,aPTTaccountwiththeusername“ken4645”postedanarticletitled“IsWangJin-Pyng(王金平)andHanKuo-Yu(韓國瑜)relatedtoChina'sonlinewarriors?”Thisarticle,alongwithseveralfakephotos,allegedandaccusedthatFarmers’andFishermen'sAssociationSouthInformationCenter(FFASIC)andKMTpresidentialcandidateHanKuo-YureceivedfundsfromChinaandtriedtopurchaseFacebookpagesforspreadingmisleadinginformationinordertoaffectpublicopinionrelatedtotheelection.However,thearticlewaslaterprovedtobefalse.Theuserspreadingthesaidfakenewsprovedtobelinkedtothepro-DPPgroupandthereafterwasinvestigatedbytheprosecutor. TsaiIng-wen’dissertation[edit] InJune2019,theTaiwanPeopleNewspublishedacolumnwrittenbyCaoChang-Qing(曹長青)whichallegedthatPresidentTsaiIng-Wen(蔡英文)paidoffofficialsattheLondonSchoolofEconomics(LSE)toobtainherPh.D.ThisarticleraisedthousandsofcommentsinPTTwheremanynetizensgavetheiropinionsbasedonthisnews.However,afterseveralmonths,LSEofficiallystatedTsaiwascorrectlyawardedaPh.D.degreein1984andproveditisfalse.ButtheauthenticityofLSEnotificationisinquestion. Seealso[edit] Taiwanportal Internetportal 2channel 4chan Digg Diigo Delicious Fark Imgur MetaFilter Reddit StumbleUpon Slashdot Socialbookmarking Socialnews Web2.0 References[edit] ^PTTBBSuserslaunchdonationdriveforvictimsofTyphoonMorakot ^http://www.mezzoblue.com/,in2http://in2home.org,designbyDaveShea."歷史".Ptt批踢踢實業坊.{{citeweb}}:Externallinkin|last=(help) ^"BBS-themedmoviestirsupcampuses".Archivedfromtheoriginalon2014-07-14.Retrieved2014-06-08. ^"NPAcriticizedover'martiallawera'tactics-TaipeiTimes".www.taipeitimes.com.2May2014. ^http://www.mezzoblue.com/,in2http://in2home.org,designbyDaveShea."首頁".Ptt批踢踢實業坊.{{citeweb}}:Externallinkin|last=(help) Externallinks[edit] WikimediaCommonshasmediarelatedtoPTT. 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