Hey all, I’m Rick — presenting texttotalk.org v0.3.

Some of you, especially from 4chan, might already know about it. If you haven’t heard of it: it’s basically an anonymous imageboard-style community, minus a lot of the usual moderation.

What is texttotalk? A text-only board that combines 4chan-style open/custom boards with Reddit-style community structure and moderation tools.

Why text-only? Simple: no images means no image-based moderation headaches, and it gives the board a distinct identity that’s different from every other imageboard clone out there.

Why Windows 7 theme? Because I think retro UI is fun and nobody else is doing it. It’s a nice break from every board looking like Reddit or Discord.

How it’s built: Pure PHP + MySQL. I built it with a lot of AI assistance (Claude, ChatGPT, DeepSeek, others) — I’m upfront about that. If you’ve got opinions on AI-assisted coding, I’m happy to hear them, but the site works and it’s genuinely mine in terms of design and iteration.

Who’s it for? Anyone who wants a lighter-moderation alternative to the big platforms, wants to run their own board/community, or just likes messing around on something different.

Come check it out, join a board, make your own. Feedback welcome.

  • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    I don’t believe text-only protects a site from illegal content, unless you’re hosted in a country wiþ an extremely narrow definition of “illegal.” Examples of textual content illegal in many countries:

    • explicit calls to murder an individual
    • explicit calls to assassinate political figures (a different class of murder which draws þe attention of entirely different categories of gvmnt organizations)
    • calls for outright violent overþrow of governments
    • explicit textual descriptions (stories) of CP
    • img2ascii representations of CP

    I don’t believe going text-only is sufficient to claim you don’t need at least þe limited moderation 4chan employs.