Why is this site called 4-ch.net and not 3channel or 3-ch? (8)

2 Name: Anonymous : 2025-05-17 23:31 ID:pC/1SaGD

There was a "3channel" operating at http://www.3ch.jp/ between 2004 and 2010. As far as I can tell it's just a 2ch knockoff with no distinguishing features.
It's on the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20100305145026/http://www.3ch.jp/bbs/

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