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Siddhesh from India.
{{Infobox Company
| name = eXBii.com
| logo = [[File:exbii-logo.png]]
| type = [[Internet Forums]]
| foundation = October 2,2004
| founder = [http://www.exbii.com/member.php?u=1 Godfather]
| industry = [[Internet]] <br /> [[Forums]]
| homepage = [http://www.exbii.com/ www.exbii.com]
}}
'''eXBii''' is an a popular [[desi]] [[Internet forums|internet forum]] founded on Oct 2004 by a group of friends with the sole purpose of developing a niche for Chit-chatting and in general having a good time. At its inception, an [[Internet pornography|adult section]] was started with the primary intention of providing the much needed traffic and funds. Over the years, the traffic to this particular forum has significantly risen as well as its adult content. Today, this website receives over 15000 hits at any point of time during the day and often peaks to 22000+ during [[rush hour|rush hours]].<ref>[http://www.exbii.com/who.php Who's Online]</ref>
==History==
eXBii was started on 2nd october 2004 as chitchatters.net.<ref>[http://www.exbii.com/showthread.php?t=36284 XB Hundred Thousand - Past Present and Future]</ref> Later on, the name was changed to XBoard.us and further changed as eXBii.com, which is its current avatar. XB was started by a group of people who wanted a separate space to hang out and have a good time without any restrictions or bias. Over the years, eXBii has developed and attained its own unique identity as a popular [[desi]] [[entertainment]] board.
==Sections in eXBii==
eXBii has 5 primary sections with various sub-sections present in each of those. The main sections are
===Chitchat===
This section is perhaps the oldest to be created and also the primary reason for the inception of exbii. The sub-section '''No Holds Barred''' , true to its name has topics on pretty much everything. Members interaction is perhaps the highest here when compared to the other sections. This sub section can perhaps be regarded as the life and soul of exbii.
Another subsection, '''News, Reviews & Gossip''' contains news events on pretty much every genre and movie reviews. Heated discussions can be often be witnessed here and this sub section has served as the arena for many long held and worn out debates of yore.
The 3rd subsection under Chitchat is '''Sports'''. This section is relatively new and was carved out of the '''No Holds Barred''' section after XB members started to show interests in holding discussions on sporting events. Every now and then sporting contests are organized here by Bookies, who are in charge of any sports related contests.
The final subsection of Chitchat is '''Life, Lifestyle, Personal Advice & Tips'''. Originally christened as '''Discussions, Opinions & Tips''' , this subsection was primarily developed with the intention of providing advice to XB members on a wide range of topics. Due to the emotional aspect, this sub-section has been the subject of controversy on more than one occasion.
===Technology===
The first subsection here, '''Technical Help & Tutorials''' is primarily used to help out members on their technical queries. Also, many useful technical tutorials are also posted here.
The next subsection, '''Computers, Gadgets & Gizmos''' can be considered as an extension of the first, and features discussions about the latest gadgets and gizmos.
The 3rd subsection, '''Gaming''' is relatively new and was developed on popular demand from many avid gamers who frequent XB. The site frowns upon warez and copyrighted stuff and hence this section confines itself to gaming discussions alone apart from the odd shareware or two.
The final subsection under Technology is '''E-books'''. This subsection has a surprisingly large volume of threads and E-books.
===Masala===
A singular subsection '''Pics n Vids (glamour)''' exists in this category and the threads here cover celebrities, both desi and videsi as well as a wide range of cinema songs.
===Mirchi===
This section has 4 subsections, namely '''Pics n Vids (adult)''' , '''Pics n Vids - Spammer's Paradise''' , '''Stories''' & '''Torrents'''. This section enjoys the maximum viewership at eXBii and caters to adult audiences.
===BackOffice===
This section too has 4 subsections, namely '''Introductions''' , '''Help, Suggestions, Bug Reports, Complaints etc''' , '''Requests''' & '''Test Area'''. All 4 are self explanatory and are meant to serve as a helpdesk for the members to become comfortable with the concept of eXBii and adapt to it.
Other than the above, another subsection '''Parking Lot''' is used to house the archives of XB.
==Rules followed at XB==
eXBii has a zero tolerance policy towards any underage material.<ref>[http://xb-wiki.com/index.php/Infractions XB's infractions list for rule violations]</ref> Other than that, any copyrighted stuff too aren't encouraged and a general set of forum etiquette are followed in all its sections. The full set of rules can be read [http://xb-wiki.com/index.php/FAQ here]
==Admin Team==
eXBii follows the [[vBulletin]] hierarchy of Administration, with leadership roles delegated to [[Administrators]], Super Moderators, [[Moderators]] and Member Councilors in that order. These members help in general to keep the forum clean and violation free.<ref>[http://xb-wiki.com/index.php/FAQ:_In_general#Who_is_in_charge_of_these_forums.3F Forum Leaders]</ref>
==Achievements==
eXBii ranks among the best [[desi]] [[entertainment]] [[forums]]. The site is among the top 75 forums in the world in terms of posts made.<ref>[http://www.big-boards.com/highlight/2303/1/ XB Big-Boards ranking]</ref> Also, it ranks among the top 100 in terms of internet traffic in India as per alexa rankings.<ref>[http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/exbii.com XB Alexa rankings]</ref>
==Sister sites==
eXBii currently has 5 sister sites catering to a variety of interests.
===Bollygallery===
[http://www.bollygallery.com Bollygallery] hosts an extensive collection of Indian celebrities. The collection is regularly updated.
===FilesQuick===
[http://www.filesquick.com Filesquick] is XB's video sharing host. To download any videos from this site, the members need to either buy Bandwidth or earn it by uploading videos.
===Picscrazy===
[http://www.picscrazy.com Picscrazy] is XB's own Picture hosting site. The success of this site is attributed to its ease of use and simplicity.
===Ybored===
[http://www.ybored.com Ybored] has a collection of jokes. Users can also add their own jokes.
===XB-Wiki===
[http://www.xb-wiki.com XB-Wiki] gives information about eXBii, its rules and a few tutorials to help out its members. It is powered by Mediawiki software.
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