Changes

Another thread brought two new features which would endure throughout the lifespan of the Project; people self-identifying by numbers that showed the order of their registration (which would later be referred to as "migrant numbers")<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35029598/#35039219</ref>, and thinking about what they would be or do in LFE<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35029598/#35033796</ref>. By late February posters had begun to fear "movement of redditscum and other shite" who would "most likely follow us right until" the new imageboard<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35074140/#q35074586</ref>; but they were hopeful that "good moderation" could keep it "a new home for 'robots' [users of /r9k] and lainons (from lainchan)"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35074140/#q35075557</ref> and prevent it from devolving into "/r9k/ lite normie central"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35074140/#q35075612</ref>.  

Another thread brought two new features which would endure throughout the lifespan of the Project; people self-identifying by numbers that showed the order of their registration (which would later be referred to as "migrant numbers")<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35029598/#35039219</ref>, and thinking about what they would be or do in LFE<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35029598/#35033796</ref>. By late February posters had begun to fear "movement of redditscum and other shite" who would "most likely follow us right until" the new imageboard<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35074140/#q35074586</ref>; but they were hopeful that "good moderation" could keep it "a new home for 'robots' [users of /r9k] and lainons (from lainchan)"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35074140/#q35075557</ref> and prevent it from devolving into "/r9k/ lite normie central"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35074140/#q35075612</ref>.  

By 24 February, prospective registrants could upload their pictures with codes on them to the website instead of posting them in successive Systemspace threads<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35093479/#q35093650</ref>. Even though Tsuki did not post at all in one of those threads, it continued to be abuzz with activity as a nascent Systemspace community was quickly growing; an anon received a hand-drawn picture for their birthday<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35093479/#35095864</ref>, another spoke about how they couldn't "stop thinking about LFE"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35093479/#35096089</ref>, and others enthused over the possibility of seeing "otherworldly landscapes" "in person"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35093479/#35096208</ref>.

By 5 March, prospective registrants could upload their pictures with codes on them to the website instead of posting them in successive Systemspace threads<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20190701195440/https://wiki.systemspace.link/wiki/History_of_the_TSUKI_Project#Apr_2017</ref>. Even though Tsuki did not post at all in one of those threads, it continued to be abuzz with activity as a nascent Systemspace community was quickly growing; an anon received a hand-drawn picture for their birthday<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35093479/#35095864</ref>, another spoke about how they couldn't "stop thinking about LFE"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35093479/#35096089</ref>, and others enthused over the possibility of seeing "otherworldly landscapes" "in person"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35093479/#35096208</ref>.

Debate also raged about whether Systemspace was preferable to traditional religions like Christianity, or whether it was compatible with them after all. For example, a user compared the Christian requirements to go to church every Sunday, pay a tithe, and believe in Jesus or else go to Hell for eternity to the Systemspace requirements to draw and photograph a picture with a "simple code" and stay alive until the 1st of July, and found the latter much more preferable<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35114044/#35116956</ref>. The imageboard opened on February 26, 2017<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35136951/#35140953</ref>.

Debate also raged about whether Systemspace was preferable to traditional religions like Christianity, or whether it was compatible with them after all. For example, a user compared the Christian requirements to go to church every Sunday, pay a tithe, and believe in Jesus or else go to Hell for eternity to the Systemspace requirements to draw and photograph a picture with a "simple code" and stay alive until the 1st of July, and found the latter much more preferable<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35114044/#35116956</ref>. The imageboard opened on February 26, 2017<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35136951/#35140953</ref>.

Despite minor hiccups, things seemed to be on the up and up through March and April. The number of registrants reached four digits<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20170317111608/https://systemspace.link/</ref> and increasing numbers participated in the community. Then the dam burst.

Despite minor hiccups, things seemed to be on the up and up through March and April. The number of registrants reached four digits<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20170317111608/https://systemspace.link/</ref> and increasing numbers participated in the community. Then the dam burst.

The TSUKI Project alleged that by joining the website, the users called migrants, would transfer from Life (our present system) to LFE, the next system once they died, but warned users to not commit suicide.

===The floodgates burst (April 22-May, 2017)===

On April 22, 2017, a video about the TSUKI Project was made by ScareTheater, a well-known YouTube channel<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGu7RYI3TjI</ref>. The result was an utter flood of new people into a community that was ill-prepared to handle their influx and hostile to their culture. There was one way to quickly differentiate between the ones who had come from Lainchan and /r9k/ and those that had come from the ScareTheater video: registrants in the TSUKI Project received a number that showed the order in which they had signed up. Thus, those who had joined earlier mocked and insulted mercilessly those who bore numbers around that range<!--2k?>.

 

On April 24, the Compendium, a compilation of the answers of Tsuki to the questions asked him in relation to the Project, first appeared on GitHub<ref>https://github.com/SystemSpace/Compendium/blob/691e57781d4e75c08a99112e58999801d18640e2/compendium.rst As this is "version 5.5", there must have been earlier versions on Pastebin or privately circulated which have not survived.</ref>. It would be continuously updated until February 2018.

 

When did the demonym "migrant" for those who signed up (and the term "migrant number" for the number each was given at registration) for the TSUKI Project first appear? The answer is, surprisingly late. It is not used in the earliest threads, before the boards were created; the Compendium thus represents its first extant use<ref>"Will us migrants get a special status in LFE? You migrants will definitely be seen as some sort of elite group."</ref>.

 

 

The website gained interest from the internet community after being featured in numerous YouTube videos. Several theories were born from it as some said it was a hoax, others a death cult or even a marketing stunt for the release of a new game/TV series. Most information on the website was purposely cryptic with links leading to images of static and black and white pixels, leading even more theories about encrypted messages hidden on the website.

The website gained interest from the internet community after being featured in numerous YouTube videos. Several theories were born from it as some said it was a hoax, others a death cult or even a marketing stunt for the release of a new game/TV series. Most information on the website was purposely cryptic with links leading to images of static and black and white pixels, leading even more theories about encrypted messages hidden on the website.