When did Tantabus.ai be founded?

The earliest image >>8 was uploaded on 2016/12/12, but the first id’s image >>1 was uploaded on 2024/11/28, and it was in December 2024 when Tantabus.ai prospered. So when did it be founded? 2016 or 2024?

@Background Pony #AB28
Stuff that was imported from Derpibooru has it’s original Derpi upload date, which is where the confusion comes from.

@Scarlet Ribbon
Got it! Thx!

“When was Tantabus.ai founded?”

@Diode Flow
What’s the difference between “When was sth founded” and “When did sth be founded”? I’m not native speaker.

@Background Pony #AB28
I’m not an English teacher, but I’ll do my best to explain.

“When was” is used to ask about the state of something in the past, typically focusing on a singular subject, while “when did” is used to ask about a specific action that happened in the past, requiring a verb following the subject to complete the question. Technically ‘be’ is a verb, so it isn’t wholly wrong in a broader structural sense, but this is a case where English has an exception that takes precedence. You’ll note that ‘be’ – ‘the state of being’ – is the exact scenario we use for ‘when was’ structure instead, because to ‘be’ something is to be in a specific state.

“When did the owner found Tantabus.ai?” would be a valid structure. You are asking about an action that was taken, not a state of being.
“When did Tantabus.ai start?” would be another valid structure. This is still a query about an action being taken, not a state of being.

When talking about a FUTURE event, using ‘when will’ instead of ‘what was’, as “When will Tantabus.ai be founded?” is correct. This rule only applies to past events.

@Scarlet Ribbon
Got it. Thx!