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'''YoungCity''' provides a  supportive environment where boylovers, girllovers, and others interested in childlove can share thoughts, opinions, feelings, and experiences. Its forums are online meeting places where questions, advice, and debate take place freely in an atmosphere of comfort and mutual respect, and where educational material and information about [[boylove]] can be shared.<ref name="YCabout">[https://www.youngcity.org/aboutus/index.html YoungCity About] </ref>
'''YoungCity''' (YC) was an [[message board|online message board]] for [[childlover]]s. It was founded by Tabris in the wake of [[BoyLover.net]] being taken offline, and opened in February 28, 2010. It was online until January 31, 2018, where it was suddenly taken offline for presently unknown reasons.


==The early days==
The website featured various forums where users could ask questions and get advice, hold debates, and otherwise socialise with other childlovers in "an atmosphere of comfort and mutual respect." <ref name="YCabout">[https://web.archive.org/web/20151001034627/http://www.youngcity.net:80/about/ » About (Internet Archive, 2015-10-01 @ 03:46:27)] Retrieved on April 25, 2018</ref>


Young City opened to posters on February 28, 2010. It was founded by Tabris, with technical help from the [[BoyLover.net‏‎]] member formerly known as "Maxy".
==History==
===The early days===
 
Founded by Tabris with technical assistance from Maxy, YoungCity was opened to the public on 28 February, 2010. Many of the original members of YC were "refugees" from BoyLover.net after it was taken offline in November 2009. A temporary board named Tabbykins was set up by Tabris while YoungCity was built. As most of the original members were from BoyLover.net, the majority of YC members were [[boylover]]s even though the board advertised itself as a childlover board.
 
===Life of YoungCity===
 
After Tabris decided to step away from the board scene, Underdog took over as owner for a brief period of time before turning it over to PartiBoi. With the help of Boi Helper, PartiBoi ran the board for the majority of its life.


The original group of members were made up of people made "homeless" due to the demise of BoyLover.net in November 2009. These people  were able to keep in touch with one another during Young City's development thanks to a temporary board, "''Tabbykins''", which was hastily and heroically set up by Tabris shortly afterward. It was members of this board, BLn refugees all, that comprised the original membership of YoungCity. This is why that, despite the official mission that this be a [[childlove]] board, the majority of the membership are [[BL]]s.
In 2014, rumours circulated on [[BoyChat]] that its owner of the time, PartiBoi, had stolen money from board members. A reply by Boi Helper, using PartiBoi's BoyChat post handle, denied these rumours and labelled them as false.<ref name="ycrumour_01">[https://www.boychat.org/messages/1383032.htm Young City / Boylover Organisation - BoyChat] Accessed November 22, 2018.</ref>


==History==
In July 2016, PartiBoi stepped away and many feared YC was lost forever.
Founded by Tabris, YoungCity was opened to the public on 28 February, 2010.  Many original members were, in essence, refugees after [[BoyLover.net]] went offline in November 2009. Tabris originally set up a temporary board, Tabbykins, until he had YoungCity fully ready.


After Tabris decided to step away from the board scene Underdog took over as owner for a brief period of time before turning it over the PartiBoi. With the help of Boi helper, PartiBoi ran the board for the majority of it's life. In July 2016 PartiBoi stepped away and many feared YoungCity was lost forever.
On August 16, 2016 YC reopened its doors thanks to a new owner, Humanist Zombie. With the help of previous YC staff the board was recreated, re-hosted, and reopened.


On 16 August, 2016 YoungCity reopened it's doors thanks to a new owner, Humanist Zombie. With the help of previous YC staff the board was recreated, re-hosted, and reopened.<ref name="YCabout" />
On January 31, 2018, YC was taken offline for unknown reasons. There has been no public statement from YC administrators as to why the site went down or of whether it will be returning anytime in the future.


==Security==
==Security==
The board staff takes security and privacy issues very seriously. Precautions include:
The board staff took security and privacy issues very seriously. Precautions included:
 
* The main forum is SSL encrypted.


* Members are encouraged to use TOR or VPN when using the forum.
* The main forum was SSL encrypted.


* No member of staff, regardless of their position, can see IP addresses.
* Members were encouraged to use TOR or VPN when using the forum.


* IP addresses are never logged on the forum, nor are any incoming IP addresses during registration.
* IP addresses were never logged on the forum, nor are any incoming IP addresses during registration. As a result, no member of staff could see anyone's IP address.


* All incoming memberships emails/ usernames are checked with various sources such as Facebook, Search engines etc. to verify that the information provided isn’t linking to IRL accounts. Any accounts found that links to personal information are messaged by their Guide, suggesting that they change their information to safeguard their privacy.
* All incoming registration emails addresses and usernames were checked with various sources (such as Facebook, search engines, etc.) to verify that the information provided isn’t linking to any real-world accounts. Any account found that linked to personal information of a member, they were messaged by their Guide, suggesting that they change their information to safeguard their privacy.


* Inactive membership accounts are regularly purged.
* Inactive member accounts were regularly purged.


* The Board is moderated diligently to ensure content is legal in most international jurisdictions, while allowing members as much freedom to express themselves as is considered safe. To this end, the content might be considered relatively benign and conservative.
* The board was moderated diligently to ensure content was legal in most international jurisdictions, while allowing members as much freedom to express themselves as was considered safe.


* The use of the board's facilities for any illegal activity is strictly prohibited and any member placing the membership at risk by engaging in such activity can expect their membership to be terminated immediately.
* The use of the board's facilities for any illegal activity was strictly prohibited, and any member who placed the board at risk by engaging in such activity had their membership to terminated immediately.


* Regular security updates are posted by the Management to ensure members are kept up to date with both the latest threats to their security and, to keep them advised of the latest recommendations for combating the current threats.
* Regular security updates were posted by management to ensure members were kept up to date with both the latest threats to their security and to keep them advised of the latest recommendations for combating current threats.


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.youngcity.org/ Young City]
*[http://www.youngcity.org/ Young City] (This link is non-functional)


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[[Category:Message boards]]
[[Category:Message boards]]
[[Category:Community]]
[[Category:Websites]]
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Latest revision as of 16:51, 22 November 2018


YoungCity (YC) was an online message board for childlovers. It was founded by Tabris in the wake of BoyLover.net being taken offline, and opened in February 28, 2010. It was online until January 31, 2018, where it was suddenly taken offline for presently unknown reasons.

The website featured various forums where users could ask questions and get advice, hold debates, and otherwise socialise with other childlovers in "an atmosphere of comfort and mutual respect." [1]

History

The early days

Founded by Tabris with technical assistance from Maxy, YoungCity was opened to the public on 28 February, 2010. Many of the original members of YC were "refugees" from BoyLover.net after it was taken offline in November 2009. A temporary board named Tabbykins was set up by Tabris while YoungCity was built. As most of the original members were from BoyLover.net, the majority of YC members were boylovers even though the board advertised itself as a childlover board.

Life of YoungCity

After Tabris decided to step away from the board scene, Underdog took over as owner for a brief period of time before turning it over to PartiBoi. With the help of Boi Helper, PartiBoi ran the board for the majority of its life.

In 2014, rumours circulated on BoyChat that its owner of the time, PartiBoi, had stolen money from board members. A reply by Boi Helper, using PartiBoi's BoyChat post handle, denied these rumours and labelled them as false.[2]

In July 2016, PartiBoi stepped away and many feared YC was lost forever.

On August 16, 2016 YC reopened its doors thanks to a new owner, Humanist Zombie. With the help of previous YC staff the board was recreated, re-hosted, and reopened.

On January 31, 2018, YC was taken offline for unknown reasons. There has been no public statement from YC administrators as to why the site went down or of whether it will be returning anytime in the future.

Security

The board staff took security and privacy issues very seriously. Precautions included:

  • The main forum was SSL encrypted.
  • Members were encouraged to use TOR or VPN when using the forum.
  • IP addresses were never logged on the forum, nor are any incoming IP addresses during registration. As a result, no member of staff could see anyone's IP address.
  • All incoming registration emails addresses and usernames were checked with various sources (such as Facebook, search engines, etc.) to verify that the information provided isn’t linking to any real-world accounts. Any account found that linked to personal information of a member, they were messaged by their Guide, suggesting that they change their information to safeguard their privacy.
  • Inactive member accounts were regularly purged.
  • The board was moderated diligently to ensure content was legal in most international jurisdictions, while allowing members as much freedom to express themselves as was considered safe.
  • The use of the board's facilities for any illegal activity was strictly prohibited, and any member who placed the board at risk by engaging in such activity had their membership to terminated immediately.
  • Regular security updates were posted by management to ensure members were kept up to date with both the latest threats to their security and to keep them advised of the latest recommendations for combating current threats.

References

  1. ↑ » About (Internet Archive, 2015-10-01 @ 03:46:27) Retrieved on April 25, 2018
  2. ↑ Young City / Boylover Organisation - BoyChat Accessed November 22, 2018.

External links

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