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About the imageboard

I've noticed that some people are mistaking all the Nameless Fairies for a single poster, or having trouble keeping straight which Nameless Fairy made which post. How about turning on DISPLAY_ID or SILLY_ANONYMOUS to ease the confusion? (The latter could be tweaked for more fairylike names if you're willing to put the time into it.)

IDs on wakaba are broken in that they persist between threads. I always thought SILLY_ANONYMOUS was even more confusing than just one custom name. I think people can figure it out.

Also, oh dear. http://wakaba.c3.cx/sup/kareha.pl/1130723862/249 -7HS 12:46, 20 January 2007 (PST)

Yes...I'll do it eventually.

We REALLY need some moderators with 4chan memes and other trash popping up in the image board lately. At least 1 active one would be nice to clean up the mess.

Like what?
This one in particular needs to be killed before it gets bumped again. Too much fuss over nothing.
Well, that one will soon reach the no-bump limit. This one is worse. - Pilpsie
Oh yeah, speaking of which. The Spengreisen thread itself though I don't know (nor want to know) where it is these days. There are also a bunch of one picture threads lately too. They just sit there for the most part with either no posts, or for no reason. Agreed on the active moderation though. The image board has been infected with rabid 4channers for more than a month now. - Ruka

Forum talk about the image board.

Okay. This is complicated. You can sum it up as...communication is difficult. People post things for a variety of reasons, but I think the majority are looking to express themselves to the community. However, what they're trying to say is imperfectly expressed, due to the medium. Or maybe they're just wrong. Then others reply, and...something goes wrong. The Internet egos come into play, and people respond, and have to show just how wrong the first, or the second, or the 52nd guy is, because it simply wouldn't do to let this obviously incorrect person go unanswered. Or that person is obviously stupid, and what they have to say shouldn't be allowed to exist, because who would want to see such things? Of course, what I have to say is amazing and witty and needs to be shared with the world. Hell, it happened in that thread.
And it ends up in threads like [1] or [2]. Disasters all around. Who is at fault? Is it the initiator? The people who argue? The people who like to think they're clever, whether it's posting image macros or witty comebacks or just plain insults? The poor suckers trying to salvage something from the mess? The trolls are bad, the self-righteous people who respond are worse, and let me tell you, there are 82 IPs in that first thread, and if I was in a banning mood over half of them would go.
So you're afraid that the board will be flooded with idiots? Fine. POST SOMETHING WORTHWHILE. Maybe an interesting thought you had about Marisa. A cool event you saw or heard of. A new doujin that's really great. Or just a nice picture. You know what? Probably someone out there thought it was stupid. Maybe it was me.
If someone has made some stupid insult, why not just respond to the original post? Maybe encourage them or say something nice, WITHOUT REFERRING TO THE OTHER POST AT ALL. There is nothing to be gained spewing arguments and insults into a black hole of trolling. Don't try and protect someone's ego. This is the Internet, if they can't take it they'd be gone already.
And if the board degenerates into a cesspool of banal posts, flames, and trolls, I promise it's because they are the majority, and there's little you, I, or a team of moderators could do to stop it and keep the board at all open.
Are you sure about that? What if the trolls get encouraged by the lack of moderation? They see that, hey, they're free to do as they please, so why not keep at it! Pilpsie
Uhh, there's been people posting nsfw/very inappropriate images and other things, and trolling isn't good for an imageboard period. I mean, if you can't comment on someone's posting constructively, without verbal abuse, then the comment doesn't need to waste space on the board. That's how I run my boards, and I've never gotten complaints for being "heavy-handed" and the community of my boards appreciate the lack of assholes and other things.
If you want to go feed your eGo and troll someone's artwork, go join SA or 4chan and go trash people's artwork there. Trolling maybe part of the internet as a whole, but doesn't need to be part of this corner of it, nor be condoned just because "there's always going to be trolls"
You know, if you find something stupid, you don't have to troll it, or even post in that thread. Just ignore it and, I dunno, let it die? What's so constructive about posting "ohgod this is horrible, you suck for existing". If a thread sucks, how about DON'T POST IN IT, and then it'll just fall back when other good threads are bumped with constructive posts. --TheStupidOne
P.S. I really do not see how these single posts are a huge problem.