TOTSE
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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.
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Type of site | Internet forum |
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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 |
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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]