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.
Wow, that downvote ratio is brutal.
I suppose we’re at the second stage now.
I hope the downvotes realise people like Rick will simply stop telling you they used LLMs, which will lead to stage 3.
If people cared as much about how things were made consistently, perhaps our phones wouldn’t be made in Asian sweatshops with suicide netting.