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== Founding == | == Founding == | ||
SomeBois started 2swagg | SomeBois started 2swagg because they felt existing imageboards mostly fell into two camps: older anime-heavy "oldfag" boards and [[Rivalries|soyjak.party splinter boards]]. In their view, imageboard culture had gotten stale, with people "laughing at the same things for five years," while moderation on existing sites was inconsistent. Their conclusion was basically that they could run one better themselves. | ||
The name came from '''Mecka''', who coined "2swagg" | The name came from '''Mecka''', who coined "2swagg" after the group wanted something "with swag." | ||
=== Launch date === | === Launch date === | ||
[[2swagg]] went live on '''13 August 2026'''. It was originally planned for the 10th, but SomeBois slept through it; another attempt on the 12th ran past midnight, so the first posts landed on the 13th. SomeBois has said older references to 8/10 will be corrected. See [[Site history#Founding date]]. | |||
=== "2swagg community support LLC" === | === "2swagg community support LLC" === | ||
According to SomeBois, the footer text was added by [[Taro]] and there is '''no registered company''' behind it. They have mentioned possibly forming a Phoenix LLC if [[2swagg Pass]] ever starts making money, but for now it is just footer text. See [[Contact and legal]]. | |||
== The build == | == The build == | ||
Revision as of 00:50, 8 October 2026
SomeBois is somebody we all rely on.the fun-hating untermensch!(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
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SomeBois is the founder and administrator of 2swagg. The FAQ names them as "the Current Administrator and founder of 2swagg," and every changelog and announcement post on the site is signed by this handle, so most of what the public knows about how the site is run comes through SomeBois.
Most of the personal detail below comes from a written question-and-answer SomeBois gave for this wiki.
Founding
SomeBois started 2swagg because they felt existing imageboards mostly fell into two camps: older anime-heavy "oldfag" boards and soyjak.party splinter boards. In their view, imageboard culture had gotten stale, with people "laughing at the same things for five years," while moderation on existing sites was inconsistent. Their conclusion was basically that they could run one better themselves.
The name came from Mecka, who coined "2swagg" after the group wanted something "with swag."
Launch date
2swagg went live on 13 August 2026. It was originally planned for the 10th, but SomeBois slept through it; another attempt on the 12th ran past midnight, so the first posts landed on the 13th. SomeBois has said older references to 8/10 will be corrected. See Site history#Founding date.
"2swagg community support LLC"
According to SomeBois, the footer text was added by Taro and there is no registered company behind it. They have mentioned possibly forming a Phoenix LLC if 2swagg Pass ever starts making money, but for now it is just footer text. See Contact and legal.
The build
The site was first set up on the leaked original 4chan engine (Yotsuba). SomeBois describes it as extremely hard to work with: a very old base with two decades of code layered on top, where one small break can take down the whole engine. Per SomeBois the team spent a long stretch (they put it at close to 100 days) failing to get Yotsuba stable before giving up and asking Yushe for the engine Yushe had written, which SomeBois calls the "3chan engine". Yushe agreed, spent a few weeks on it, and sent it over; the site was live roughly a month after that.
This lines up with Taro's independent account: a rough, drawn-out setup phase, then about a month of real building on Yushe's engine, which is far more maintainable (a break stays contained to the thing that broke).
Role and moderation
SomeBois holds both the Founder and Admin capcodes. Board launches, the textboards rollout, 2swagg Pass, and the forced-anonymous switch on /raid/ were all announced by them.
The day-to-day, in SomeBois's description, is a loop: delete CSAM, delete a raid, delete more CSAM, deal with someone "talking bullshit", repeat. CSAM-spam bots and raids are a constant, which is part of why /r/ exists as a dedicated honeypot. SomeBois calls it a horrible job and will not give a mod headcount.
Money and the Pass
In the site's first two weeks, per SomeBois, nobody had bought a 2swagg Pass, and SomeBois was down around $50 on hosting and domains. 2swagg is a hobby that SomeBois funds out of pocket.
SomeBois is defensive about the Pass, which draws criticism from other imageboards. Their framing: nobody is forced to buy it, it is really a donation with a cosmetic perk, and they have considered relabelling it a "donation" to stop the complaints. The CAPTCHA the Pass was meant to bypass has since been removed for everyone (users disliked it, and posts-per-hour rose once it was gone), which leaves the Pass giving little more than an icon.
Outlook
SomeBois keeps their real-world location private, in keeping with the site's general opsec running theme. On the site's future they are openly ambitious: the stated goal is for 2swagg to become "one of the biggest" imageboards within months to a year. Growth so far comes from raids and from advertising 2swagg on other imageboards, with much of the userbase arriving from soyjak.party splinters.
Voice and announcements
(Full list on Site history)
- Launch Post - "WELCOME TO 2SWAGG!!!", thanking Yushe, Taro, and Princess
- 15 August 2026 Post - "that wasnt me or my mod team, just an overzealous group of users. (dont make me... ;_;)" referencing the adverts done by /war/
- SomeBois Guide for New Users on the rules page
In site art
SomeBois is represented by a small white cat in a red shirt, usually lettered "SOMEBOIS". SomeBois confirms the character is simply "the admin". Notably, the drawing "A GIFT FROM 2SWAGG TO JAPAN" (13 August 2026), pairs him with Swaggtan. See Site history.
Trivia
- "Swaggbois", a handle sometimes seen on the boards, is not an alias of SomeBois; doe it is a Swaggtan variant
- SomeBois says they sometimes see a homepage tagline they do not remember writing or adding.
