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> So you knew about 2ch after you stumbled on 4ch, right?

No, I knew about 2ch before. Don't know from where, though. I guess it's just a site you neccessarily come across after you get interested in the Japanese part of the internet, yknow?

> Haven't any overseas news media brought up the subject
about 2ch by now, have they?

Well, there are at least these few articles:

http://4-ch.net/nihongo/kareha.pl/1104174791/8