Hiro:
Please create a new board for software development and the discussion of free software.
/g/ has become the general tech-support board:
>which graphics card should I buy?
>rate my build
>what browser extensions should I install?
>/smartphone general/
>/headphone general/
etc.
There is no longer a place on /g/ for old-/g/ and what's left of /prog/. Stallman was the icon of /g/ for a reason.
It is sad that reddit is now the only place to go when you want to discuss topics that go beyond consumer devices and software. So please create a new board, /fs/, where we can discuss programming, free software, hacker-culture, and so on.
Thank you,
the people of /g/
This, except I don't think it should be called /fs/.
As annoying as the microshills and applz fanboys are, some of them can code, and some of the nonfree software is worth having.
I'd suggest /dev/, or /pro/ in remambrance of /prog/
>>532245
Program your own board you fucking sperg.
Why are you relying on a non-free site to discuss free software, anyway? You say one thing and do another, faggot.
>Thank you
Fuck off normalfag.
>which graphics card should I buy?
>rate my build
>what browser extensions should I install?
>/smartphone general/
>/headphone general/
Better solution: move all of that crap to /cg/ - Consumer Technology while keeping /g/ for things that aren't simple consuming.
>>532288
99% of 4chan users care more about tech support than programming. It's easier to create a new board for the 1% than to impose new rules on the 99%.
>>532291
/g/ is for technology and technology is far more than programming, you fucking autist.
Hiro please do this. Lots of us don't care about hardware.
>>532297
I agree. That's why I want to leave /g/ as is and create a new board.
I support this
I've looked at the /g/ catalog to document the state of /g/ and to show you which threads would go on /fs/ if we had it. As you will see, the good threads are downed out by dozens of tech support and rec threads.
threads that belong on /fs/:
>daily programming thread
>machine learning
>functional programming
>ethical hacking
>git clients
>Terry Davis
>analyzing software complexity
>useful bash scripts
>linux vs gnu/linux
>terry davis thread
>web development general
>programming language recommendation
>stallman bait thread
>wayland
>Javascript bad
>oracle vs google trial
>java bait thread
>stallman thread
>computer science
>what ARM manufacturer supports open source?
>hardware design
threads that could go on either board depending on the content:
>is there a program that solves captchas?
>best software company
>friendly linux thread
>XDA bait thread
>friendly linux general
>mpv general
>friendly linux general (nr. 3)
cont.
>>532626
cont.
threads that would stay on /g/:
>google IO hype thread
>I hate technology
>chink shit general
>my gpu is broken
>battlestations
>what's the point of flac?
>my phone is broken
>improve this build
>best laptop size
>watch thread
>everyday carry
>what OS do you use?
>maki
>private trackers
>firefox
>stupid questions
>IWork
>which phone should I buy
>smartphone general
>send technology back in time
>best VPN provider
>HDD recommendation
>speccy thread
>browser addon recommendation
>hackintosh general
>GIMP
>windows is shit
>modern hardware is shit
>where do you buys technology
>nvidia good
>apple bad but pretty
>rate my rice
>apps are better than the internet
>portable speaker thread
>yahoo bad
>I broke my hardware
>WWDC hype thread
>guts thread
>GIMP bad
>I want to work for nvidia
>android bad
>mp3 player recommendation
>linux bad
>teach me linux
>battlestations
>linux icon
>phone tech support
>linux distro bait
>home server general
>phone recommendation
>IT Gore
>HDD thread
>rate my build
>I want to be my own ISP
>rate my build
>laptop recommendation
>homescreen thread
>favorite software
>media server recommendation
>desktop thread
cont.
>>532627
cont.
more threads that would stay on /g/:
>rate by build
>smartphones bad
>headphone general
>adobe is finished
>smartphone battery life
>tech support
>technology on TV
>thirkpad general
>why do people buy hardware?
>firefox bait thread
>what to do with my old PC
>mechanical keyboard general
>what's Moot doing at google?
>are soundcards a meme?
>bait thread
>linux distro recommendation
>"apps" bait thread
>laptop recommendation
>tech support
>VPN support
>nexus 7 bad
>CPU thread
>linux distro recommendation
>the 1000th smartphone thread in this list
>tech support
>indiegogo spam
>smartphone thread
>ubuntu bad
>tablets recommendation
>nvidia good
>linux bait thread
>CPU I don't like is bad
>mpc vs mpv
>deluge thread
>gpu thread
>how to pirate windows 10
>do people still have cable tv?
>monitor recommendation
>monitor recommendation
>ssd recommendation
>apple bait thread
>software recommendation
>can you update the processor on thinkpads
>ebay stories
>is windows a botnet?
>modem recommendation
>what OS is this fictional character using?
>what's the point of the raspberry pi
>how to make money online
>CPU cooling
>tech support
>tech support
>why isn't linux like windows REEEEEE
>browser addon recommendation
>what does Moot do at google (that's right, we need two threads for this topic)
>is the next macbook good?
>linux vs windows bait thread
>>532626
Also note that some of the good threads have very few posts and are low in the catalog:
>analyzing software complexity
>what ARM manufacturer supports open source?
>hardware design
These kinds of threads have a high entry barrier which means that they have no chance when being in the same board as 100s of recommendation threads. We need a sufficiently small board that focusses on these topics to have proper threads.
>>532245
IMO there should be a legit tech-support board. It doesn't belong on /g/ and has no place in /wsr/ either.
>>532626
>>532627
>>532631
>>532637
Instead of wasting your useless life making lists that no mod will even read, why not fuck off to sites that DO discuss computer science and hardware design? You know, sites like Ask HN, StackExchange, /r/compsci, /r/linux_devices, and 25 other niche subreddits.
Or does it irritate your anus to realize that reddit will _always_ be a much better site for intelligent discussion than 4chan?
what's the point? people who post in these kinds of topics >>532626
don't post on 4chan lmao. 4chan is the kind of place where you argue about programming languages but never get anything done.
if you want to talk about graduate level topics you're better off going to hackernews or reddit.
>>532893
speak for yourself
>>532245
>So please create a new board, /fs/
/oss/, /foss/, /rms/, /logo/, /neet/, /gen2/, or /gnu/ are much better names.
honestly, i just want a board for those obnoxious generals, like /vg/.
splitting the board is long overdue
>create new board
>CREATE NEW BOARD
>C R E A T E N E W B O A R D
moot was smart enough to ignore you retards, I hope to god Hiroshima is too.
>>533940
>moot was smart enough
moot was smart enough to split /a/ into 10 boards.
>>533238
>what no /bsd/?
WAAAAAAA!!!!
>>533941
That was back in the very earliest days of 2003-2005, I doubt anyone knew how imageboards are supposed to work back then.
>>533945
Then maybe it's time to coalesce /h/, /e/, /u/, and /y/ into one board to make room for a /g/ split.
Daily reminder
>>533951
/g/ormless twits on suicide watch
>>532245
I barely use /g/ but I support this
>>533940
>moot was smart
Hahahahahaha
>>533951
how does a brilliant harvard educated computer scientist end up becoming such a joke?
>>534063
it's cliche but he's literally Autistic. My favorite is his take on the very important issue of bullying and doxing and what we are doing wrong about it.
https://stallman.org/doxing.html
>>534063
>A friend once asked me to watch a video with her that she was going to display on her computer using Netflix. I declined, saying that Netflix was such a threat to freedom that I felt uncomfortable with promoting its use in this way.
https://stallman.org/netflix.html
freedom is overrated
>>532245
>technology is only blogging about your latest hello world/fart app and arguing about software licensing
/g/ just needs to be moderated properly, starting with the gamertards and egotistical FSF shitposters like you who have no passion or knowledge about technology beyond a year or two of undergrad CS courses and fucking around with Lisp.
>the people of /g/
Don't associate me with this shitty fantasy.
>>532637
Or we can just, you know, nuke the rec threads. Half of the shit clogging up the catalog is like a minute of googling max, and the people asking them don't belong on /g/ anyway and are turning the board to shit.
>>534097
>and the people asking them don't belong on /g/ anyway
NORMEIESs!!! REE
>create a new board because the other one went to shit
and then that board would go to complete shit and /g/ would fall further down the hole because of the limited discussion
I have to agree. A software board would be perfect and would finally give people a place to actually discuss things instead of posting on the shithole called /g/.
>>534136
>limited discussion
You really know nothing about software and computers do you?
>>532771
Oh look another "Reddit is for serious discussion and 4chan is for funposting" faggot. Just go back to Ribbit where you belong and stay there
>>534156
>>limited discussion
>You really know nothing about software and computers do you?
just like with /vr/ splitting up the board will just cause it to become shitpost central after a while
Why not just report shit threads and ignore shit threads dumbass
you really know nothing about boards, do you?
>>534167
/vr/ was a mistake, so was /vp/. /vg/ however saved /v/ and /gg/ can do the same for /g/.
generals are literally just subreddits, this type of cancer needs to be contained on its own board.
>>534100
>casual facebook tards with annoying as fuck to read typing styles
>blogposters that type ten paragraphs for a simple question
>gaymers trying to show off their garbage "rigs" in every post
>OS partisans that throw meme-laden tantrums when somebody uses/suggests a platform they don't like
>egotistical CS undergrads
>career shitposters
These are the kind of fags that make rec threads, typically about shit you can find the answer to by dropping into the relevant general and lurking for about five minutes to see what phone/GPU/monitor is getting shilled the most.
Why the fuck would you want these retards infesting the board, drowning out interesting discussions, questions, and OC in stale memes and blogposts?
Then you come here to bitch on /q2/ about how "/g/ is SO shit baww it's like another /v/ hiro make me a hugbox for superior LIBRE software and hipster language generals!"
Disgusting.
>NORMEIESs!!! REE
Ironic shitposting is still shitposting.
>>534156
Other than the part where computing is more than just CS homework help, what makes you think that such a board would be shitposting-free when software topics can be just as much of a retard magnet (if not more so) than hardware?
>>>/g/54616857
>>534391
>Why the fuck would you want these retards infesting the board, drowning out interesting discussions, questions, and OC in stale memes and blogposts?
Nobody wants that but the janitors are clearly unaware of the board rules so what can you do?
>>532245
Please do this mods! We love youuuuuuuuuuuu
Pls reply, lad.
