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Type of site | Internet forum |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | January 17th, 2009 |
| Owner | Jeff Hunter |
| Revenue | Graphical advertisements (AdBrite) |
| URL | totse.com, totseans.com/totse (Archive) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Closed |
| Launched | 1989 (dial up BBS) 1997 (UBB) 2007 (vBulletin) |
| Current status | Closed as of January 17, 2009 |
TOTSE (/ˈtɒtsi/ ,[1]) was a San Francisco Bay Area website and former BBS dedicated to storing text files on a variety of subjects and viewpoints, many of which were unusual or controversial. The name is an acronym for Temple of the Screaming Electron.
The TOTSE forum has been described as part of the early "proto-troll" phenomenon, predating but overlapping with 4chan. It has also been compared to shock sites such as Rotten.com, Stile Project and Something Awful.[2]
- ^ TOTSE FAQ - Mythos
- ^ Phillips, Whitney (20 March 2015). This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Mapping the Relationship between Online Trolling and Mainstream Culture. MIT Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-262-32900-2.