9chan looks interesting.
Some considerations without a conclusion:
- It uses Infinity Next. I like that. Unlike Lynxchan and OpenIB it's actually pleasant to use.
- Infinity Next had performance issues that made running it hard in the past.
- 9chan is run by (someone claiming to be) Josh of Kiwifarms fame, who created the software, so I expect he knows how to maintain it.
- Josh also ran (one of the sites called) 16chan, unless I'm mistaken, which also used Infinity Next. I used that, but I think it ended up dying. I no longer remember why. That makes me slightly wary.
- I'm not really a fan of Josh but he has experience keeping obnoxious offensive websites running so I expect he's good on that front.
- We already have a backup board at https://endchan.net/ratanon/ but it's not great.
- Moving from website to website a lot is not great.
- I think most people who used /ratanon/ on 8ch.net aren't even aware that it exists here now.
- I could probably move all the threads over to 9chan if we do decide relocation is a good idea.
- Trying the board can't hurt. So if you're reading this and you're curious, by all means, mess around on https://9chan.us/ratanon/.
- A token presence with a sticky explaining the current situation can't hurt and might help if someone looks for /ratanon/ there.
- Do we want crossboarders? This board is hidden to avoid those.
My email address is in the email field in case it's ever needed. I don't think I had one before.
I registered on 9chan as "turnstile". I think you could transfer the board or add me as a moderator without messing with account details.