{"rewrite":{"id":"r_296acb2c632ae4ca9fbccd47","clusterId":"c_ad811aa2c0d6941bddfd99c4","slug":"bokete-to-end-posting-service-after-18-years-top-100-bokes-published","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Bokete To End Posting Service After 18 Years, Top 100 Bokes Published","summary":"The posting service for Bokete, the photo caption app, ends on September 30 at 20:00, closing 18 years since the service began in 2008. The official X account thanked users and published a Top 100 bokes ranking, led by Otona Tencho-san with 56 bokes past 10,000 stars. The highest single total was 103,335 stars. After posting ends, the web version stays as a Hall of Fame site.","whyItMatters":"The closure reasons named in July, aging code, maintenance costs, server expenses, and unregulated submissions, describe the economics that end long-running free posting services, and the office has said it would like to build a new Bokete from scratch, possibly next year.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe shutdown was announced on July 15, and the operating office named the aging of the code, bloated maintenance costs, and soaring server expenses as reasons. It also said inappropriate topic submissions and abuse of the system increased year by year, making it hard to balance free posting with regulation.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBokete began as a web service in 2008 and became an app in 2012. More than 110 million bokes have been posted. After the posting function ends, the web version is scheduled to remain as a dedicated site where Hall of Fame bokes from Flickr topics can be viewed, around mid-October. Official social media such as X and Instagram are expected to continue operating.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Bokete's posting service ends, but the web version survives as a Hall of Fame site. That split, archive without new submissions, is the editorial choice: preserve the record, stop the engine that made it.","twitterPost":"Bokete's web version stays as a Hall of Fame site. The archive remains; the engine that filled it stops.","threadsPost":"Bokete's posting service closes, but the web version stays as a Hall of Fame site. The decision separates the archive from the submissions that built it: the record is preserved, the machine that made it stops. Otona Tencho-san's 56 bokes past 10,000 stars stay readable; nothing new joins them.","newsletterBlurb":"Bokete's posting service ends September 30 at 20:00, closing 18 years since the service began in 2008. The official X account thanked users and published a Top 100 bokes ranking, led by Otona Tencho-san with 56 bokes past 10,000 stars. The operating office cited aging code, maintenance costs, and server expenses, and said the web version will remain as a Hall of Fame site.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2609303b\",\"title\":\"\\\"Bokete\\\" Photo Caption Posting Service to End September 30 at 20:00, Closing 18-Year History; Official X Publishes \\\"Top 100 Bokes with Over 10,000 Stars,\\\" Thanks Genius Boke Creators\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4382,"outputTokens":721,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791166465,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T02:10:03.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T02:13:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T02:13:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ad811aa2c0d6941bddfd99c4","canonicalTitle":"「写真で一言 ボケて」が9月30日20時に投稿サービスを終了、18年の歴史に幕。公式Xは「1万★超えボケ TOP100」を公開し、天才ボケ職人たちへ感謝","representativeArticleId":"a_86aac3c9f5423b2684e5aa6f","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Bokete\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-30T08:36:28.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-30T08:36:28.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T02:13:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2609303b","title":"「写真で一言 ボケて」が9月30日20時に投稿サービスを終了、18年の歴史に幕。公式Xは「1万★超えボケ TOP100」を公開し、天才ボケ職人たちへ感謝"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Bokete"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}