Does /v/ really need more janitors?
Wouldnt it benefit more from more consistent rules that make sense about what counts as video games and what doesnt? Some threads that keep getting spammed are like a fucking gamble.
Reminder that Hiro said to talk about /v/ on /v/.
I vote for self moderation.
/r9k/ and /cgl/ need to keep their fucking crossposting drama threads (Which the mods don't seem to care about for whatever reason) out.
>>337661606
I vote for board split into Japanese games and western games.
I vote for self moderation too.
WELL, no, I suppose that's not really a good idea in all cases. Did you see that earthbound inspired tumblr game shilling? Shit was redonkulous
>>337661782
With self moderation I'd find it a lot easier to not give a shit about shitposting or other threads I d dont like and just go do my own thing without having to worry about a mod breathing down my neck.
>>337661606
Change
>All posts should pertain to video games, their consoles, and video game culture.
to
>All posts should pertain to video games and their consoles.
Viola, you've fixed /v/.
>>337661782
>Self-moderation
it was called dubs
;_;
>>337661859
Thats still vague.
If I made a thread about vidya armpit smell is that video games?
>>337661929
What do you think?
Making more rules is not better than having more janitors. Nobody reads and follows the rules. Flame wars, for instance, are against the rules. And yet console war threads and posts are rampant, a guy can get away with his shitpost by saying it is his own opinion and if janitors delete it, they are drones or shills.
The problem are not having more strict rules or the lack of janitors. It's the community. It's the cancerous mentality. We are the problem. Posters have no more shame and self control. Shitposting almost became the norm here. It's all about samefagging to get them huicy (you).
We are the problem.
>>337662005
What I thought has never mattered to the mods. Im asking you.
/v/ badly needs a robot or something that makes it extra difficult to make blatant pasta repeat threads, and active filtering of certain words.
>>337662043
I only shitpost because people shitpost my threads.
Get rid of all the youtube e-celeb horseshit. Problem solved.
>>337662043
It's not about more rules, it's about clearer rules you cant misinterpret.
>>337661746
And /pol/, /co/ and /a/ too.
I'd almost redirect e-celebs threads to /tv/.
>>337661606
We need strict moderation, very strict until all the shitposters who made home here, leave.
>>337661676
>>337661782
>>337661848
No, fuck off
>>337661606
I vote we re-merge /vr/, /vg/, /vp/ with /v/ again
this board is so dead nowadays
Split /v/ into /pc/ and /ConsoleGaming/-/cg/ or something
Make some new board for tertiary news and eceleb garbage
One of /v/s biggest problems is the insanely large userbase, which makes it so fast that anything but shitposts is often drowned out, plus kids feel the need to valudate their purchases through consolewar crap
After the new boards are created, crack down hard on rule breaking for two weeks to hammer it in
Ban all e celeb youtube shit and bring back dubs
>>337662184
Clearer rules are useless without users reading and following them and without mods enforcing them as well.
>>337661848
That's essentially what self-moderation meant; controlling your autism.
Morons took at as "shitpost stuff I don't like, whatever that may be."
>>337662196
Did you even read all of my post?
>>337661882
Dubs was not self-moderation you faggot.
People spammed that shit in everythread whether it was vidya related or not.
>>337661606
holy shit this thread is too real I can't handle it
>>337662264
Clearer rules means the repeat threads that get remade and delete or not deleted every other day are less open to interpretation. Hell, sometimes a thread will get deleted, get remade right after, and suddenly be fine.
>>337662251
>Split /v/ into /pc/ and /ConsoleGaming/-/cg/ or something
At that point, console players would want a board for each platform, creating a clusterfuck. Then shitposters would raid each board when a multiplat game get released.
No.
>>337662249
Why would anyone want lots of shitty generals filled with "bump" and little to no videogame discussion back is beyond me.
>>337662278
You took it to consideration.
Self moderation is the last thing /v/ needs
I think /v/ is fine but I would like more consistency. IN particular I'd like it if visual novels and porn games were decided to be perfectly fine for discussion permanently instead of this off and on shit the mods pull. As long as porn itself isn't posted on /v/, it should be allowed.
Actually, I think the rules should be that as long as something pertains to video game related content (including visual novels and walking simulators) and is not pornographic, it should be allowed, no matter what the content is. I don't care if the game incites a lot of shitposting like Depression Quest, or if its some furry porn game like Anubis, or if the game has a lot of loli content (which seems to scare mods) like Teaching Feeling, or if the game has some relation to MLP like Them's Fightin' Herds.. Just allow it as long as no one posts porn, as it is video games.
An increased amount of moderation should be used so as to make sure threads don't devolve into shitposting. Whole threads should not be deleted because someone or even multiple people break the rules. More moderation should be able to prevent whole threads from being deleted.
On another note, I'm concerned about Pokemon threads on /v/. Every Pokemon thread has someone yelling to go to /vp/. Mods have never told these people off, and yet, threads for such are almost always allowed. I want some clarification on whether or not /vp/ is the only place where Pokemon can be discussed or if its just for general Pokemon stuff and that Pokemon vidya is allowed here. That also brings another question: Is discussion of the Pokemon themselves vidya? I get that Pokemon Sun for instance could be considered vidya, but what about the Pokemon in it? If someone posts a screenshot from the Pokemon anime of a Pokemon, is that vidya? I'd prefer if it was allowed, but some clarification would be nice. And what of the Pokemon anime, which is an anime that spawned from the Pokemon video game series? Should discussion of it be allowed here?
>>337662380
I just want to be able to discuss a game not on PC without PC port begging shitposting.
>>337661606
Considering the hourly furry and /pol/tard threads, I'd say yes
When you report a post that is very clearly against the rules and it's still up 3 hours later I'd say yes, we need more jannies.
>>337661782
>oh no, someone wants to talk about a video game I don't like
>>337662251
>pc console gaming split
No. That'd just leave me confused as to where to post, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. I keep up with news of video games on systems I don't even own because they look cool. I game on PC primarily, but I can appreciate and sometimes game on consoles too. That would also make discussing multiplatform games difficult and I think further create even MORE shitposting with regards to ports.
>>337662529
Report and ban until they learn
>>337662654
We need mods that don't coddle shitposting they like.
this board is beyond saving. while it's indeniably been shit for at least 10 years it at one time produced some good OC. it is now exclusively malicious shitposting and it has been allowed to fester for so long the current userbase has completely succumbed to the toxicity to the point where not only is the board unrecoverable but it is seeping onto and ruining other boards.
delete this board, make 2 or 3 more specific boards in its place and enforce the god damn rules. it's so far gone you've got people itt saying it shouldn't be nuked and that its current state is somehow desirable
>>337662620
Always with the furry thread whining. Every single solitary time I see someone, probably the same person, bitch about this, I look at the catalog and never see even one.
>>337662678
Reporting does nothing.
When porn threads stay up for hours it's obvious we need more mods.
>>337662529
Saying "is this game going to get a port" and "please come to PC" is not shitposting.
But if anyone starts yelling at each other be it with posts like NEVER EVER or "I get to play it the superior way" or start talking about how their platform is better, then just report it.
>Make a board for eCelebs and videogame "culture", /vec/
>One minute cooldown for each post is not enough, make it like the /vg/ one
>No more namefags and tripfags, only anonymous
>IDs to slow down samefagging
>Report system needs a retouch. Having only two options is stupid, because "illegal content" is "breaking the rules", why giving a choice?
>Mods and janitors need to be nazis. If they see a report they must act FAST
The problems of /v/ are
>tons of users, leading to a very fast board, which means that clickbait threads and posts are the most prevalent ones since slow threads and posts go under
>awful culture, dominated by spamming memes, parroting shit, spamming flat out lies, nobody actually discusses anything, every game is shit, everyone is a shill, everyone is a sjw
>combination of 1 and 2 leads to massive amounts of false-flagging, further encouraging some people in their thinking and creating a downward spiral of pure shit
>bans are worthless because IPs are reset in 30 seconds
You'd have to massively slow down the board and somehow revamp the userbase to fix it, and then somehow enforce bans to stick which isn't happening
>>337662767
"illegal content" means it breaks the fucking law, what is this
>>337662728
When you refuse to count threads filled with furry discussion and porn, then I suppose you won't see any. Do you ever go into those pokemon or animal crossing threads, retard?
Just ban eceleb/youtube/twitter shit on sight.
That's all that needs to happen. Everything else is fine.
What we need is to remove all the containment boards and ban anyone who discusses their topics
>>337662043
No, it's the janitors and mods. Try to start a flamewar or a subtle shitposting thread on /a/ or /lit/. Count how long it takes before you get a three day break.
>>337661606
The problem is, is kind of ambiguous what vydia culture is. Are e-celebs and twitter threads vydia culture? In a way they are, but they also are the biggest cancer of this board.
I don't know. There's too much shitposting here but too much moderation would suck the fun out of this board.
>>337662620
Neither of which are reasons for needing more moderation. And usually its only one thread at any given time. /pol/ threads aren't even common and just a result of this election coming close to its end.
>>337662767
There is literally nothing wrong with tripcodes and namefagging. It has its use, especially when archives exist.
>>337662832
Threads about video games with anthro characters like Animal Crossing and Pokemon are not "furry threads" you twit.
>>337662496
The problem with pokemon threads on /v/ is that they get raided with furry porn. And most anons actually tell the furry shitposters to post more.
>>337662884
>/pol/ threads aren't common
Ohohohoho
>>337662740
Reporting does something, I've seen it work in minutes. Though, that only happens when mods arent wacking to their 5 year old doujins. So yes more mods are a must as well.
>>337662916
I don't see porn very often in Pokemon threads. Lewd artwork all the time. But not porn.
>>337661606
Mods should only remove anything illegal
Up and down-votes will take care of the rest!
>>337662884
>/pol/ threads aren't even common
Next you'll tell me that /r9k/ crossposters haven't been shitting up the board for fucking years.
>>337662916
I dont believe you, but /vp/ should've been a NSFW board in the first place. Instead of porn dumps its just borderline sfw picture dumps, so its not like theres a huge difference.
>>337662901
>threads full of porn and discussion of furry artists, links to e621/furaffinity etc in them are not furry threads
>>337662871
/lit/ also has about 1/1000 the users and /a/ has a no-shitposting culture, which means that there's fewer shitposts in general and the few that do pop up are reported and deleted quickly because there's much less other work for the janitors
>>337662837
>implying console war bullshit is tolerable
How about this suggestion?
Replacing the "Illegal Content" tickbox with a drop-down menu of the rules the reporting party believes the offending post is violating. I think that would help cut down on ambiguity.
About a year or so back, I was banned for "abusing the report function" when I reported this one anti-Nintendo tripfag console warrior. The mods in question must have thought I was losing an argument with him and thus reporting maliciously just to silence him, but I was actually reporting him for blatant avatarfagging (this particular fellow had pics of a garden gnome that he used when he was trying to incite console wars).
>>337663047
/pol/ likes to strongly argue that anyone calling them out is calling "boogeyman"
Which is ironic considering who we're talking about
>>337661606
>Does /v/ really need more janitors?
Yes, make /v/ great again.
I want to see mods crack down on SJW shitposting and /pol/ shit. /v/ would be so much better without this shit.
>>337663073
Please stop baiting me. Any idiot could do a search and find that both those things are mentioned once or twice a day at most.
>>337663047
They haven't
>>337663073
If someone posts off topic just report it. Also mention of artists is sometimes relevant to game fanart, so long as it doesn't go beyond someone asking who made it or something and people going into what the artist does on their spare time, which is not relevant to video games whatsoever.
Janitors need 3 things to properly fix 4chan:
1. More power to properly hand down bans, create word filters/bannable words, and delete threads (or move them to /trash/)
2. Due diligence, as in enough moderation to instantly find an offender at any time of day
3. Zero tolerance and strict adherence to the rules, at least long enough to make the shitposters leave
>>337662959
I don't want to see idiots posting suggestive pictures or cropped porn pf pokemon, followed by dozens of horny cunts asking for source or more. And that happens to all fucking threads by the way, not just pokemon. But pokemon is the worst offender considering its lewds fall in the furry category.
>>337663152
Anon if the truth triggers you just hide it.
Furshit is a dime a fucking dozen on this board. Leave if that upsets you.
Should waifu/husbando threads be allowed?
>>337663225
Did you reply to the wrong post or something? I wasn't that people linking their FAs or whatever is far from a thing that happens regularly, thats all.
>>337663219
No anon, those don't exist/count :^)
/v/ has long been in need of some ironfisted mods.
No more shitposting. no more falseflagging, no more clickbait.
Critisim is ok, disuccsion is fine, venting something in vidya is ok within limits.
But seriously the cesspool this place has become is just ridiclious. You can't talk about anything without somsone being a troll or shitposting or bait or cluck or whatever else that isn't vidya.
Bring down the hammer, get this board under control.
>>337663121
>Blitzmo
I swear to god, a mod banned me too for reporting him.
>>337663074
>/a/ has a no-shitposting culture
>>337663264
Sure, but threads about specific body parts like tits or asses or feet should not be allowed.
>fix the mobileposting exploit
>recruit more mods
>keep rangebanning Barneyfag until it sticks and/or lift GR15's ban on reaction images so he jumps off the nearest Canadian bridge
I know I'm not an angel when it comes to staying on-topic, but right now the bar is low enough to sleepwalk over.
More wordfilters
Wordfilters are the fucking best for telling shitposters to fuck off
Anybody think Hiroyuki is doing a good job running this place? How can you run a site for a year and still not understand how to use it
>>337663210
>or move them to /trash/
I never see /v/ threads moved to /trash/, they either stay up or get deleted. /v/ mods seem kinda clueless.
>>337663386
>fix the mobileposting exploit
Nothing can be done short of banning mobile entirely or accounts.
>>337663397
Wordfilter
Shill
Sonygger
Nintendrone
Pcuck
>>337663427
There was a husbando thread that was moved to it once
>>337663427
That's what I'm talking about. I've seen one thread ever moved from /v/ to trash, when 90% of content here belongs there or /s4s/.
>>337662767
>because "illegal content" is "breaking the rules", why giving a choice?
Because it lets janitors/mods get flags for child porn and other things that could get the admins in trouble, whereas breaking the rules usually doesn't summon the party van.
>>337663327
>Critisim is ok
The problem lies here. Someone needs to draw a line between "criticism" and "shitposting". Too many times I see someone posting a shitpost, claiming it is criticism and whoever disagrees is a drone.
>>337663179
>they haven't
Far and away one of the worst periods in the history of /v/ was immediately following moot's deletion of /r9k/. Those utterly insufferable faggots made the board nigh unusable for a long time and sadly, never fucked off back there when it was brought back following that ED thing. Having those whiny faggots flood out everywhere else after nuking their board was right up there with the stupidest things moot ever did.
>>337663453
Cuck in general, why was it even taken off
Shill is a big one
Sjw for sure
>>337663561
>why was it even taken off
/pol/ told hiro that it's violating their freedom of speech
>>337663453
Barney
Barneyfag
derpibooru.org
>>337663537
Good, then I better always use "illegal content" if it makes mods wake up faster.
See? If we had only one option of report, mods would be forced to check the thread if it is CP or not. If it's not CP, then they don't move their asses? Fuck it.
>>337662951
Let's see how long it takes >>337663441 to get deleted, if ever.
>>337663121
I've been on a reporting frenzy these last few weeks. At least 100 a day. I dont know how I havent been banned yet but I guess I make the right calls
>>337663714
Then you'll get a ban for filing bullshit reports and wasting the mods time.
>>337663753
Probably less time than >>337663730
>>337663803
Doubtful, mods seem to be more focus on OPs than anything else.
>>337663863
Well that was roughly the same time, I wonder if a mod or janitor is reading this thread.
>>337663918
Thanks Hot Pockets!
>>337663538
I agree, and at the moment there isn't a fine line between shitposting and critisim. It's very obvious that popel are just fishing for responces or creating threads to get a rise out of others.
Subtley is rare around here.
>>337663796
That's why there needs to be only obe option. Mods have to actually check what the report is about.
>Be mod
>Oh look, that guy reported for rule breaking, who cares, I'll keep fapping to ponies
>OH FUCK, someone reported law breaking content, I better move NOW
It's not fair.
No /v/ is fucking fine. There is an occasional wave of porn posters but they do it on other boards too. That shit gets deleted pretty swiftly.
>>337661782
>Did you see that earthbound inspired tumblr game shilling? Shit was redonkulous
You can say that again.
>>337663982
Then the mods are so busy wading through all the trash actual illegal content gets missed for long periods of time. Or is that your plan, kiddyfiddler?
>>337663450
>banning mobile entirely
I use my phone sometimes, but I'd absolutely be in favor of restricting access from them. Of course then people would find ways to mask their OS.
At the very least Hiroyuki could blacklist all images with the "image.extension" filename. iPhone posters wouldn't be able to make threads or spam console "war" trash until Apple changes their photo filing system.
>>337663453
Cuck, cuckold, wife's son, and >>337663696
Don't filter "shill", though. Corporate shilling has absolutely been a problem in the past, and I'd rather see the occasional misguided accusation than censor the scrutiny altogether.
The quality of discussion hre went down the gutter in recent years.
We really need dubs back, I can't believe we are having unironic COD threads and other such stuff that attracts redditors and other normie crowds.
>>337663219
I don't really think that lewd art is inherently a bad thing. Maybe cropped porn at least, since that leaves more to be desired and is more likely to result in such requests.That is annoying and it does happen, but that could simply be taken care of through more mod diligence. Maybe a rule disallowing for cropped porn altogether would be nice.
>>337664098
COME TO BRAZIL
>>337663982
Id rather they expand the options because sometimes when I report a post I get the feeling that the mod has no idea whats wrong with it. For example if you're hanging out or participating its not too hard to pick out ban evaders but if you clear all your history the mods dont really have any way of knowing themselves.
>>337664041
>babbys first falseflag
Come the fuck on anon as If he'd ever make such a dumb mistake
>>337664057
No, then the mods have to actually make their work and also fast. They must check ALL reports, not making a difference between top tier reports and low tier ones.
>>337662884
There's always a /pol/ thread on the first page. Always.
Look, everyone has a right to his own opinion. /pol/ has a right to express itself. But literally every time a game shows a gay, woman or black on the cover, trailer etc. Of a game this board gets shitposted to death with threads whining about the SJW conspiracy. And don't you dare break the hugbox, lest they invite you back to tumblr or post the ms paint drawing of the nu-male trying to fit in.
>>337663803
>this thread is against the rules
>I have reported that it is against the rules
>faggot janitor deletes discussion of where the idea of the puffy vulva originated in a Roll thread
>a post that was not against the rules
>deleted entirely because he and his ilk were publicly shamed
>meanwhile, this moderation complaining thread still exists
These mods are a bunch of no self esteem having emasculated faggots.
>>337664081
>Corporate shilling has absolutely been a problem in the past, and I'd rather see the occasional misguided accusation than censor the scrutiny altogether.
Nah fuck off
Every single fucking new game has like a hundred 'shill' hits in every single goddamn thread
And it's completely pointless on top of that because it's not like you'd stop actual shills by posting that in their threads
All it does is make the little discussion that's left on this board even worse
/v/ janitor fucking sucks
>I'll delete this thread that has a Japanese game that triggers me
>oh this shitpost contest thread and the eceleb threads are fine
/v/ just needs competent moderation that actually deletes the shitty threads.
>>337664289
And how long do you think these mods are still going to do that
They're not getting paid you know
I'd love to see the ability to move threads to more boards. Like Pokemon threads getting moved to /vp/ by default. Better yet, we need new tech to somehow redirect threads that violate the unofficial two week rule to /vg/
Properly redirecting people would really cut down on the speed of the board and all the spam.
>>337664090 -- What was that about porn threads being rarely posted?
>>337663971 -- Ruggarell: ban evasion, console warring, and in general being a nuisance
>>337664289
They're mostly volunteers, there's no way they're going to work fast.
>>337664290
Maybe people don't like obvious agendas being forced upon them. People wouldn't be complaining about that shit if publishers/developers stopped.
>>337664123
I don't get the rules regarding SFW. Like is >>337650606 seriously considered SFW? I've seen bans for a lot less.
...I've GOTTEN banned for a lot less than that.
>>337664041
That trick is older than internet itself, come on anon.
>>337664394
Rugg has been at this shit for fucking years now, how on earth is he not sick of it yet?
Janitor doesn't fucking belong on 4chan. Fuck him.
Truth time
The only reason that this board is interesting whatsoever is because it's a controlled anarchy
Take that away and it wouldn't be nearly as entertaining if it wasn't complete fucking shit
>>337664394
OK, looks like I got those two crossed up.
>>337664290
Where? I don't disagree that /pol/ shitposts here but its not as common as you're letting on.
>>337664365
>>337664397
No surprise /v/ is in this sad siruation then. We are really beyond saving.
>>337664404
Who the fuck goes in those threads and expects it to be SFW? Honestly now.
>>337664303
Kill yourself, pedofag. You are the reason this board is crap.
>>337662196
>until all the shitposters who made home here, leave.
They have been here for ages and just because they will get banned or whatever doesn't mean that the old shitposters will suddenly vanish
>>337664434
Crippling autism and no doubt a very, very empty life.
>>337664474
Would you really prefer this place to have a 5 buck entry fee? Because a price barrier doesn't help the quality of something awful.
If you fucking enter a thread with a cute girl as OP, don't fucking show it to your boss.
Why the fuck are the janitors so sensitive that any thread with that gets deleted? Learn from /a/. Don't be fags.
>>337664086
>normie
And its these /r9k/ faggots who wont leave.
Don't make suggestions for /v/ if you havent even been here for more than 2 years.
>>337664303
Hiro said talking about /v/ on /v/ is okay.
He didn't say talking about puffiness was ok.
>>337661760
No, fuck off. That wouldn't actually fix anything.
>>337664653
>Learn from /a/. Don't be fags.
Getting mixed signals here.
>>337664441
You consider that a videogame thread? Really? Do it on /wgif/.
>>337664684
That would atleast get rid of the westerncucks.
>>337664443
Go shit up /b/ if that's what you want.
>>337661606
>Does /v/ really need more janitors?
no fucking doubt. i would rather take a /v/ without platform shitposting then celebrating "/v/ culture". enough with the console war shit.
>>337664441
Right away I wouldnt consider that third one SFW.
>>337662871
The issue there is that /a/ has mods that actually care about the board. Now I know that mods are global, but it's clear that they prefer certain boards over others. /v/ gets a mod post to clarify a complete mess of a situation when half the board goes into meltdown, other than that they've no interest in /v/. /tg/ had mods that ruined the board by trying to shape it a certain way, but at least you can say they liked the board enough to actually want to be involved.
>>337662282
Dubs was a tool for self moderation that got abused. same with sage bombing
>>337664708
>videogame content isn't videogames
>ONLY I GET TO DECIDE THAT
Meanwhile making endless OST and graphics whore threads is OK.
>>337664736
Using anything with "-cuck" as a suffix means you're part of the problem, not the solution.
>>337664517
That's exactly why they should be trashed on sight.
>>337664736
It would just lead to more threads being derailed into "not western, fuck off" or "not japanese, fuck off" and ">>>/jp/"
>>337664746
>go see what people get away with on a board where there there are no rules or standards
wow what a thrill
>>337662767
>>Make a board for eCelebs and videogame "culture", /vec/
No, stop with the quarantine boards. They just crosspost. Even if they keep their threads for specific e-celebs off /v/, you still have those kids here. Ban them, swiftly and relentlessly, until they fuck off to child-friendly websites like 9gag or something.
Split /v/
/v/ for videogames
and /vc/ for video game culture
>>337664746
He's already here.
I want more consistent moderation on /v/.
Sometimes threads that started with video games get derailed into animal posting (not that I personally mind them, it's just strange) and they don't get deleted.
At other times threads that start with shitposting and evolve to actual video game discusssion (Yukiko/Rise/Chie is CUTE threads) get deleted
>>337664605
>>337664583
Explaining where the idea of "puffy vulva" came from has nothing to do with pedophilia, and furthermore, is relevant in terms of anime culture.
>>337664441
>>337664708
>>337664797
That thread of lewd webms that are SFW was video games. OST threads are video games. Graphics threads are video games. All of those should be allowed, and the fact that that thread was deleted is dumb.
>>337664805
This
How that that abortion of a word become this common
Whenever I see someone use it I instantly dismiss everything they write, because you have to be a special kind of retard to use that word without dying from shame
>>337664892
Youve had Persona 4 threads like every single day for like 5 years. Come on.
>>337664819
If you expect the entire board to be SFW just enable work time and you won't have any pictures at all showing.
>>337664797
You are asking for lewd SFW webm with zero videogame discussion.
You are no different from Dragonball and Jojo fags that start a thread about a /v/ related topic but they just want to discuss anime and manga on /v/.
Where the fuck is hiroshima?
I've been applying for janitor since 2007 and never got accepted.
I'm just glad >>>/qst/ exists, those attention whore drawfags really needed to fuck off for the longest time.
>ban eCeleb threads
>ban "What are some games where I can x y z off topic bullshit"
>New rule: All images have to be related to video games.
>>337664849
>I want anarchy
>but rules so /b/'s out of the question
kys
>>337664931
That was only an example.
The point I'm trying to make is that actual discussion gets deleted because it started with a waifu.
>>337664979
>New rule: All images have to be related to video games.
No, it should be all OP images have to be related to video games.
Inconsistency is why the veil is silence exists.
They don't WANT to be consistent because then they have to follow rules, too. It's best for them if only we follow rules and they interpret what rules we are following at what times.
And it's not just here, I think /v/ has had it the easiest of any of the boards in terms of moderation, believe it or not.
Want to see a place that has been reduced to a real shithole because of backwards, dickhead janitors and moderators who seemingly never stop and talk about their policies or what they do or don't find acceptable? /co/.
>>337664959
>I've been applying for janitor since 2007 and never got accepted.
Take the hint, they don't want your spastic ass.
>>337664975
Man that board is so fucking lame.
>>337664936
It's not a matter of expectations. It's a matter of rules. Rules say NSFW content is not allowed. If people are so horny, go post your shit on NSFW boards.
I just feel bad for people who still come here to try and talk about games.
/v/ is nothing but a dedicated shitposting board and has been for the past 4-5 years. There is no save for this board. The moderation is incompetant beyond belief and the userbase is fucking insufferable. It's actually less enjoyable to try and talk about games than it is to shitpost about /pol/ or whatever.
>>337664959
Maybe you're not cut out for the job.
>>337665059
Nah, /tv/ is considerably worse.
>>337664989
>kys
Tell me, how old are you?
I want to know the people behind these posts because I have never seen this used before 2016 and now its everywhere.
>>337663427
I've seen it happen to a couple of threads, but only right after /trash/ was created. Even then, in both cases the threads were in that grey area of the rules where they could've stayed on /v/. Like other anons have said we need the rules to be more clear and precise. It's a shame we've come to this point but that anything that's open to interpretation ends poorly when a thread gets deleted.
>>337664979
I agree with the "What games let me X?" threads because that's code for off-topic, but I don't think vidya only images solve a problem.
Instead, mods should delete threads that start with greentext and a fotm reaction image or cropped porn.
>>337662251
>More worthless boards
Okay. Tell us this:
how many times have you visited /qst/ or /wsr/ or /aco/?
Because to 99% of users, the answer is zero. /aco/ is a big 'maybe' but not a certainty for most people.
The splintering that the mods are trying to do is killing some boards. Please don't advocate for /v/'s destruction with even more splits. Splits are a retarded idea.
>>337661606
The biggest problem with /v/ is that any thread with any sort of discussion gets deleted for "flamewars" and it has become a safe space where you can't say Nintoddler or PCuck or even in some case Sonygger
So what /v/ devolved to is basically reddit lite where you're not supposed to hold any sort of viewpoint that strays from the hivemind
Ironic that the symbol of free speech and anonymity has so many people in a hivemind
yes, because this board is constantly being hit by /pol/ threads and random /s/ shit.
I can handle the e-celeb threads, since it's still somewhat game related, but subtle JAV threads that are just /s/ image dumps, or "check out this SJW shit that's not really SJW, but it gives me a reason to create this thread and talk about how much I hate niggers" are the type of threads that need to get nuked on site.
it would also be nice to stop a lot of same threading, but shills gonna be shills for their $0.01 per post.
>>337665089
t͘bh f͘am you're taking this way too seriously
>>337665143
I still don't know what /qst/ is for. I read a few threads and got that it was some kind of fanfiction board. Which makes no sense because I was under the impression that fanfiction was a sitewide ban.
>>337665052
Now you are just upset about people posting their own thing in their self-contained threads. Are you gonna bitch about people posting lewd girls in cosplay threads too? Why is it your business? Just fucking filter that shit if it bothers you so much.
>>337665089
12 and what is this?
I made and got banned for this post in a "Battlefield guns" thread which quickly devolved into GG vs. anti-GG vs. /Pol/ vs. sjw.
Sure it was a spammy post, but holy shit, if mods aren't doing their jobs, what am I meant to do?? I was just trying to bring some semblance of video game discussion back to the thread. Not like it was worse than anything else in the thread which was all political BS. And ten minutes later the thread was still fucking going.
I think one thing we can agree on is that political shit needs to be kept off /v/ more. Both from SJW and pol, so that neither of them ban evade and kick up a stink about being persecuted.
I'll probably get banned for this post, too, but mod/janny, where the fuck are your priorities when you ban the guy wanting to talk about vidya instead of the people flamewarring over politics?
>>337662043
>It's the community. It's the cancerous mentality. We are the problem
you know who the real problem is? phoneposters
if you autoban phoneposters, post quality will increase 10000%
they're ALL kids and normies that shouldn't be allowed to post, since they bring nothing of value
>>337665170
Nintoddler and Pcuck is not discussion
>>337665210
/qst/ is for Quests.
It splintered off of /tg/ recently because it got too big for it's general.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0wqhdZn4v0
>>337665213
Nigger there are other boards for that shit.
Why are you so fucking lazy? Do you think every board is /b/?
>>337661606
just make 4chan the way it was when the site launched
rules dont apply to any boardexcept the one about things illegal under US law, i.e no CP or beastialitybecause this is fucking 4chan, not every other forum
you were never required to talk about video games on /v/, it was "people who like video games gather to talk about whatever they want"
this place is already pic related and getting worse.
>>337665135
Even vidya only images get deleted because the threads end up being too political. Just take a look at the new battlefield and the threads that derive from that.
>>337665143
Why would I care about those board, we're talking about video game discussion here
A more apt example would be /vg/, and I go there often because you can find some actual ,discussion without obnoxious falseflagging and shill/sjw witchhunting there, especially after release the threads are great
Also /v/ ha sso many users that you couold split it in 5 and you'd still have some of the fastest boards on the site
>>337665252
>Sure it was a spammy post
there you go.
>>337665210
A containment board for /tg/ because that board turned into 90% CYOA roleplaying threads, with the other 10% being mtg and Warhammer
>>337665252
POSTING LIKE THIS
>POSTING LIKE THIS
POSTING LIKE THIS
>POSTING LIKE THIS
You had it coming.
>>337665083
Probably, but that's besides the point. I'm not trying to get into a dickmeasuring contest over which is the worse board.
My point is that there's really no use for /v/ other than shitposting. You can spend hours on /v/ without finding any genuine game threads worth posting in. It's all shilling and shitposting.
>>337662251
/vg/ is already the defacto pc gaming board. 99% of generals are about PC games and console users get along with PC users.
>>337665089
Wow you sure showed him. Maybe what we need is a new board for mature people like you and me to hang out and be adults.
>>337665210
>I still don't know what /qst/ is for.
Over half of /tg/ was quests at one point. Fa/tg/uys have been calling for a quest board for ages so that they can discuss actual traditional games without being pushed off by choose-your-own-adventure threads.
>>337665210
You remember those oh-shit-nigger drawfag threads we used to have on /vŕ? It's pretty much those.
>>337665252
>doing the mods jobs with spam
You're making it worse, not better. You deserved that ban
>>337664953
How is lewd videogames less videogames than music in videogames?
>>337664904
OST and graphics threads don't cross over to NSFW territory though. If a thread is there entirely for the smut then take it to a porn board.
All I really want is for posts and threads about anthro characters to be treated EQUALLY as any other type of post. Thats all.
>>337665279
>/qst/ is for Quests.
That doesn't answer my question. What are quests? Why do they need their own board?
How can it get too big for /tg/ when /tg/ is a dead board to begin with? It just seems like more worthless additions to 4chan. Just like wsr, just like aco. People who want to come in and change everything because they think that will surely fix things.
>>337665295
>just make 4chan the way it was when the site launched
>rules dont apply to any board
You're bad at pretending to be an oldfag.
>>337662767
>>IDs to slow down samefagging
I'm sure that'll work out great, in fact let's have flags too! Let's become red /b/ 3.0
>>337665192
>>337665248
>>337665347
Thanks, I got my answer.
>>337665294
I don't bother reporting threads because they will get deleted either by a mod or just die off on their own in <20 minutes anyway. If I don't like a thread I just hide it. What is the point of getting upset about it if it doesn't follow the rules?
>>337665402
anon if you were there pre-habbo you would know that the rules were never ever ever ever ever enforced
>>337665382
SFW lewd isn't NSFW. Look at /a/. It's SFW and still lewd. The games are T-rated too. Don't whine.
>>337665295
>you were never required to talk about video games on /v/, it was "people who like video games gather to talk about whatever they want"
offtopic was always a 'thing' on /v/, but there's a major difference between new /v/ offtopic and old /v/ offtopic.
>old /v/ off topic
Hey guys, remember how awesome Dunkaroos were! Or do you remember that old cartoon? Hey, /co/ came by to storytime a Silver Surfer comic! Hey guys, check out this cool new anime I think you'd like! Coke vs Pepsi, let's do this shit!
>New /v/ off topic
Anita thread! Check your privilege! Why aren't you angry about what /pol/ is angry about!? E-celebrity thread, guess what Egoraptor is eating for lunch today! Have you checked up on Anita yet? Hey check out this tranny's stupid video, let's get angry and have another circle jerk about how much we hate trannies! We need to bitch about America vs Yurop RIGHT THE FUCK NOW. Why don't you have a girlfriend yet? Why aren't you a normalfag like me? Why don't you have a Facebook? Why aren't you drinking water?
Old /v/ knew how to balance video games with fun off topic shit. New /v/ just eats up whatever trolling shit is spewed at it. New /v/ isn't fun anymore, it's so serious its asshole clenched tight enough to create a singularity.
>>337665397
>What are quests?
Think home-stuck. That's what 90% of the people in those threads wanted.
>>337665364
*/v/
>>337665430
Because 90% of the board is like this.
>>337665252
>ICARUS HAS FOUND YOU!
>>ICARUS HAS FOUND YOU!
Just report and ignore, moron. I bet you reply to people baiting with one of those black-and-white images of the fish. You're not solving anything by adding fuel to the flame.
>>337665428
Go away. You want mature anarchy you're just a egotistical manchild.
>>337662767
Pretty much, except for that ecelebs shit, just fucking ban the threads, don't give them a fucking board.
>>337665252
Ironic shitposting is still shitposting.
>>337662196
Fuck off, reddit.
>>337665303
>Why would I care about those board, we're talking about video game discussion here
Because those boards are extraneous splintering based on subgroups of subgroups. They're dead boards that are barely active.
The only split that has ever been good for a 4chan board was /vg/. That's it, and that's arguable when you go and look at the people who use their thread as a chatroom just so their threads don't die.
Stop spreading the lie that splitting solves problems. Getting a board all to yourself isn't going to make people want to go there.
"If we split all the console threads away from the PC threads, surely everything will be fixed!" Is a statement that has never been true in the history of 4chan.
>>337665397
>How can it get too big for /tg/ when /tg/ is a dead board to begin with?
ie "I never went there myself."
Arguably the third/fourth most active board for awhile before /sp/ and such came around.
>>337665252
>what am I meant to do??
>And ten minutes later the thread was still fucking going.
Oh no, the humanity! You couldn't just leave the thread? You do know conversations deviate after awhile right?
>>337662767
>>IDs to slow down samefagging
Mobile posters will have a field day with this
>>337665397
>when /tg/ is a dead board to begin with
How wrong can one man be?
why aren't jannies deleting ecelebshit / streamer / letsplay threads anymore?
not only it's not vidya, it also breaks the "no advertisement" rule
>>337665602
Why are those threads a problem? Theyre video game culture related, no?
>>337665461
/a/ is a complete dive though. And lewd is completely NSFW in all forms. For some reason people refuse to admit that it's softcore. Now a few flashes here and there in the context of a long game may be acceptable, but when you extract that so you've got a thread that's 100% lewd concentrate it no longer becomes SFW.
>>337665469
Okay, but again: Why give them their own board?
Better idea: Tell them to leave the fucking site instead of making worthless additions.
You know in four months all those boards will be dead, right? /aco/ is already middling, /wsr/ is struggling, which just leaves /qst/ which is less than a month old.
>>337665542
But you're comparing apples with oranges
One of /v/s biggest problems is how fast it is, thus splitting boards could be an improvement because it reduces the traffic which allows for slower posts and threads to prevail, plus better moderation because less traffic and clearer topics
>>337665303
In my opinion every general on /vg/ is shit nowadays. While I don't mind trips, the idea of circle jerking and the ongoing "ironic" boylust going on in these threads is really off putting. seldomly the actual topic of these threads is on topic.
When /vg/ was first introduced I was really hyped, I loved monster hunter generals on /v/, you could drop in, participate, save some funny comics, or some lewd drawings and be done. some with other generals (vita and LoL come to mind). but over time I think /vg/'s quality has really gone downhill so I don't even go there anymore really. Whenever a MH thread is up on /v/ though, I'll gladly spent time in the thread til it dies
>>337665295
You have no idea what old 4chan used to be, it was and endless spam fest. Boards would getting flooded for days, there were bots posting 24/7 and shitposting was over 9000.
>>337665628
TERTIARY
Every board needs a rolling off topic general
People don't realise how many "problems" this would solve
On a vaguely related thread, is anyone completely unsurprised at how most of the pony art shit disappeared as soon as word got out that Barneyfag was permabanned?
I wonder how much really was just him (the ones wherehe replied 2-5mins later) and how many were you faggots egging him on. Still, I'm highly amused that it's all but disappeared.
>>337664865
dafuq?
>>337665505
Look into filtering. I have any and all shitposts that annoy me filtered and the board is immensely better because of it. Seeing shitposts and threads you hate will just stress you out.
>>337665512
What the hell. I was curious about a word that sprung out of nowhere that looked to be used only by shitposters. That's all.
>>337665631
>Why give them their own board?
As people have already told you they took over more than half of /tg/. They're popular enough to need their own home.
>>337665669
>as word got out that Barneyfag was permabanned?
What do you mean? The dude ban evaded constantly.
>>337665335
>You can spend hours on /v/ without finding any genuine game threads worth posting in
You either make a thread or go play video games and try looking later.
>>337665561
>>337665592
/tg/ is pretty dead. Compare it to /a/ or even /b/ at this point.
I wouldn't rank it in the top six most active boards on 4chan. Maybe not even the top ten.
Which reinforces my point: Why make MORE dead boards? If /tg/ is already so active, why make more boards that will become less relevant than /po/ in a few months?
The concept that everything has to be granulated is a reddit concept to the core. Which is where I think the board team is getting their ideas from.
>>337665723
They banned his entire mobile IP range to finally put a stop to him
>>337665628
Because it embarrassing to watch fags worship literal whos on the internet.
>>337664401
The complaints go too far at times and ruins discussion for the game at times.
Just look at Ages of Empires. The WE WUZ KINGZ N SHIET meme completely ruined any hope for actual discussion of the game here.
>>337665656
>Boards would getting flooded for days, there were bots posting 24/7 and shitposting was over 9000
thats literally what im talking about, i have tons of images from 2003-2005, it was a fun time. also use of the word "shitposting" proves you were never there to begin with.
>NSFW apologists
>Furry apologists
>/pol/ apologists
>Off topic crap apologists
>Mod apologists
Good job, you are actively driving this board to the ground. Congratulations.
>>337665089
Before this thread I thought it was a new even more retarded kek
I'll continue to read it as such
>>337665649
Board splits doesn't slow down traffic, it just splits it up even though moderations has to handle the same amount of it.
/v/ has gotten more board splits than any other on 4chan (aside from /a/, which is justified considering the original basis for the website).
4chan does not need +5 video game boards just because it's overflowing with cancerous retards who can't handle following basic rules.
>>337661606
>Does /v/ really need more janitors?
If it cuts back on the amount of S U C C, THICK THICK! and obvious bait threads sure.
Westacucks are the main problem with /v/. Get rid of Western games and the culture surrounding and you fixed 95% of /v/'s problems.
Auto-ban threads that start with a Twitter pic and "are they right?"
>>337665817
cry more
>>337665649
>One of /v/s biggest problems is how fast it is, thus splitting boards could be an improvement because it reduces the traffic which allows for slower posts and threads to prevail, plus better moderation because less traffic and clearer topics
Okay, one, how does making more boards result in better moderation? Making more boards means fewer boards are going to have moderation. Mods are global, but they generally don't leave boards that interest them. They're not going to take on more work just because a new board was made, they get janitors for that. If anything, it increases mod workload and makes moderation on the split boards shittier.
Second, one of /v/'s biggest problem is not how fast it is, it's quality of posts. How does splitting change that? You're just going to take those same posts you don't like and move them between three separate boards. It doesnt get rid of the users.
People think putting a wall around the stuff they exclusively like is the answer, but it's not. You can't make that line on the anonymous imageboard.
>>337665817
This board destroys itself and the bodies float to the top and become threads.
Cry more.
>>337665770
I enjoy posting the WE WUZ KANGZ meme.
/v/ is a designated shitposting board. It's fucking insufferable trying to actually talk passionately about vidya with you self-aggrandizing faglords. /pol/ meming is the only way I can squeeze any enjoyment out of this shithole anymore.
(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
>>337665770
Yeah that one was a case of people trying to force a new meme. Best thing anyone can do is just filter or hide those posts.
>>337665851
>Board splits doesn't slow down traffic, it just splits it up even though moderations has to handle the same amount of it.
Yes, but then you can dedicate moderation to them. Make the rules concise and non-ambiguous, use public banning in the first weeks
>>337665630
/a/ is much better than newfag magnet that is /v/. And it shows in your post.
Don't fucking browse 4chan at work you retard.
