As of 2022, BoyChat was divided between a number of boards, including the main board, Meta BoyChat for discussions related to the website's functioning, Treehouse for real-time discussions, Other Chat for off-topic discussions and a board titled You Can't Do That On BoyChat, where some rule-breaking posts are listed.[3] As of 2004, the website was receiving an average of 230 posts per day.[4]
Although the precise demographics of BoyChat's userbase is difficult to assess due to its anonymous structure, BoyChat has stated that its users are mostly adult males.[3]
In a series of posts made on BoyChat in 2004, euphemistic labeling, a psychological process proposed by some researchers of child sexual abuse, was present in 24% of the messages. Other cognitive distortions were relatively uncommon, with moral and psychological justifications for sexual abuse appearing in 5% and 2% of the posts, respectively, and 1% and 2% of the sample minimizing or misattributing the consequences of sexual relationships with minors. The idea that minors are able to consent to sex with adults was present in 3% of the messages.[4]
BoyChat does not allow explicit or illegal materials, including pictures and external links to child pornography, to be posted on the website.[5][4][2] Posting "erotica or overly-detailed sexual discussions" is also forbidden by the forum's rules.[6] The website also prohibits posts that "advocate or counsel sex with minors", a rule that, the forum states, "does not extend to philosophical, political, or biological discussions".[11][1] Other rules of the forum forbid users from encouraging others to engage in illegal activities or engaging in harassment campaigns against other users.[4][6]