PTT Bulletin Board System

PTT Bulletin Board System (PTT, Chinese: 批踢踢實業坊; pinyin: Pītītī Shíyè Fāng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phi-thek-thek Si̍t-gia̍p-hong, telnet://ptt.cc) is the largest terminal-based bulletin board system (BBS) based in Taiwan. It was founded by Yi-Chin Tu and other students from the National Taiwan University in 1995 as Professional Technology Temple, and it is currently administered by the Electronic BBS Research Society as a non-commercial and open-source BBS.

PTT
Type of site
Bulletin board system
Available inChinese
OwnerThe BBS Technology Research Club, National Taiwan University
Created byYi-Chin Tu
URLwww.ptt.cc
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedSeptember 14, 1995 (1995-09-14)
Current statusActive

PTT has more than 1.5 million registered users, with over 150,000 users online during peak hours. The BBS has over 20,000 boards covering a multitude of topics, and more than 20,000 articles and 500,000 comments are posted every day.

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