Bash.org Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Bash.org is a web site that hosts a popular database of quotes from IRC.Although Bash.org's official name is QDB (quote database), it is hardly ever referred to as such; it is commonly known by its URL or simply as "bash." Submitting a quote is sometimes referred to as "bashing".
Bash.org, as a QDB, collects, stores and presents humourous quotes garnered almost exclusively from Internet Relay Chat, although some entries from instant messaging and spoken quotations appear in the database.
Quotes are submitted to bash.org through a web form, where they are then kept for moderation. If they are deemed worthy of being in the database (that is, they make sense, they are at least slightly funny, and they are not overly long), the quotes are then placed on public display. The latest 50 approved quotes are available as a separate page, but users can also view quotes randomly selected from the database.
An approved quote is also subject to user approval. Bash.org uses a simple voting system in which users either inform the database that they like a certain quote, that they dislike a certain quote, or that it should not have been approved in the first place and should be sent to be moderated again. Positive votes increase a quote's score, while negative votes decrease it. As such, quotes that are racist, in bad taste, or just not funny, find themselves with very low ratings. Users can opt to not view quotes with a negative score at all.
The site's ease of quote submission means that large amounts of quotes are submitted every day, and the number of approved quotes in the database (including those with negative scores) is 17368 (as of October 10th, 2004). Bash.org is immensely popular among Internet users, so much so that the site's maintainers intermittently send out requests for new hardware to be donated (which often occurs).
The topic of the databases quotes are largely "nerd humour," and the comedy value of the database is enhanced if the reader is computer literate. The intended audience of the QDB is people aged 16 and over; quotes may contain any combination of explicit language, adult themes, sexual references and allusions to drug use. (This is amply mocked by one quote-according to this, just mention "masturbation, child pornography, racism, and Dungeons and Dragons", or say "Bash.org" and "nigger" a lot and the quote will get into the database.)
There have been several clone sites setup that attempt to duplicate the success of bash.org. Such sites attempt to clone or duplicate bash.org, often using similar names such as "QDB", but never attain bash's popularity.
In July of 2004, the original moderators of bash.org went on strike in an attempt to get the management to either develop new features or appoint an individual with that responsibility. After being fired by the bash.org management, the senior moderators moved to QDB.us.
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The site started out as a plain-HTML file of IRC quotes at digdug.cx/quotes.html, and was then moved into a PHP/MySQL site that allowed public submissions. Due to flooding, a moderation system was quickly set up, and the site then moved to GeekIssues.org. In 2002, the site changed owners and moved to bash.org. In 2003, the original founder of the site set up a separate fork, which now resides at QDB.us.External links