>/wt/
>/sqt/
>desktop thread
>/bst/
>/hpg/
>/ccg/
>/dpt/
>/ptg/
>/tpg/
>/flt/
>/build/
>/mkg/
>/wdg/
>guts thread
>/sbg/
>/ipfsg/
>/RPT/
>speccy thread
>/gcg/
Not to mention there's often multiple of these at one time.
>>51567288
>Presenting Problem
>Not providing a solution
Are you unemployed by chance?
>>51567741
The solution would of course be, banning everyone.
>>51567741
The solution is /gg/
>having to split up the board by making subboards
>on a different website
What
Only 5 of them are really active and /g/ moves slow. It's fine.
![snapshot_20.01_[2015.07.28_02.41.22].png](https://i.imgur.com/r14tnfB.jpg "snapshot_20.01_[2015.07.28_02.41.22].png")
stop making these threads everyday
piss off
>>51567865
not just me.
>>51567741
The solution is to delete /g/ and ban everyone here. The best parts of this board were split off into other boards anyway there's nothing left here except faggots.
I don't get mad about this kind of stuff.
>>51567288
Just make it '/g/ - Technology Support and Consumer Advice'
If no one follows or enforces the rules, then they cease to be rules. Delete the sticky and let the retards run rampant.
>>51569058
>If no one follows or enforces the rules, then they cease to be rules. Delete the sticky and let the retards run rampant.
this.
The board is shit nowadays. Only filled with consumerism.
If there's general it's to keep the retards in their containments threads and to be able to discuss about serious stuff with the few that actually come here for technology.
Agreed. Millennials are trashing everything up these days. Just wipe out all the males and leave the females for us better generation.
What's so bad about these 'subreddits'? It's still on 4chan so reddiquite or whatever isn't really going on. Seems like these threads serve only to organize a board which is so easily susceptible to chaos and unfiltered memes.
>>51569533
People older than 33 browse 4chan?
Every time I browse I end up hiding all these garbage threads and then there are only like 2-3 left that are worth looking at
>>51568227
Where is their good technology discussion then? I usually just wait until someone or something worth talking to/about comes up
>>51567764
This.
>>51570007
Do It Yourself board and Science board are pretty much all the good of /g/ that is no more.
One is people who actually have garages, tools, and skills in machinery, and can be referred to as technicians.
The leftover on /g/ is basically people who think stuffing a few PC components onto a motherboard and into a PC case makes them a "technician".
The other is people with actual higher education talking about technology requiring such education, like the more detailed workings of electronics and components, engines, wind turbines, solar panels, lasers and optics, etc.
The leftovers on /g/ are basically faggots who think a clockrate and memory quantity in a GPU is all that is needed to evaluate its performance, and think that ricing their OS makes them true tech literates.
The solution is to delete /g/ and add /prog/ as a programing board.
Thus /diy/, /sci/, and /prog/, constitute everything relevant without /v/ and /mu/ faggotry ruining it.
>>51567288
Notice how almost all of them are gaymur boi related.
As if anyone really needed proof of gaymurs being the cancer of this site.
>>51567288
I don't understand the problem
people stick to their general instead of creating a million disparate threads
/g/ is slow as shit so who cares. The watch general is one I really don't get though.
I need to add some of these to comments too since more than a few times these shitty boring threads slip through.
>>51571240
what kind of threads do you participate in?
REMINDER THAT /PTG/ IS THE GOAT THREAD
REMINDER THAT /PTG/ IS THE GOAT THREAD
REMINDER THAT /PTG/ IS THE GOAT THREAD
REMINDER THAT /PTG/ IS THE GOAT THREAD
REMINDER THAT /PTG/ IS THE GOAT THREAD
REMINDER THAT /PTG/ IS THE GOAT THREAD
>>51571265
>/ptg/
Pre-teen gaymer?
Desktop thread is the best part of /g/
>good desktops
>good discussions
>most importantly, good people
>>51567288
/gg/ when
Expert /g/ where you have to answer CS questions as captchas when? Most of the smartphone/gaming/consumer tech/Youtube cancer would dissapear.
>>51571251
>'thread' is filtered
none, it seems
can we PLEASE split the board like /v/ and /vg/ already
>>51572395
This so much
Someone should contact hiroshima nagasaki
>>51571170
This. So much this.
Plox /prog/
I vote for renaming /g/ to /goi/ - Consumerism
Hello, is this the general general? /ggg/, gee gee gee gee baby baby baby.
>>51567288
This. What the fuck is this shit.
>what phone should I buy?
>hey /g/ what's the best phone?
>/g/ I'm looking at this phone, should I?
>hey /g/ I bought this phone, did I do good?
>what does /g/ think of this phone?
>hey /g/ rate my gaming computer
>what does /g/ think of this build
>can /g/ help me with this build
>hey /g/ fix my computer
>hey /g/ fix my phone
>hey /g/ fix my console
>hey /g/ fix my monitor
>hey /g/ fix my OS
>hey /g/
>hey /g/
>hey /g/
>apple users are gay!
>android users are niggers!
>windows users are children!
>linux users are neckbeards!
>CS degrees are useless!
I wish the mods would just delete these threads and ban people who post them
>>51571444
It's literally the same 30 desktops in every thread. And most of them look the same.
>>51572395
>>51572477
So that when I actually want to make an interesting thread, I will be redirected to the "generals" board because "a similar thread with 1000 tripfags exists there, fuck off"?
>>51571240
>filtering dpt
>>51573145
didn't happen to /v/, won't happen here either
Containment of these disgusting 'general' subhumans is not an option. The only option is exermination.
They need to be destroyed, not just banished.
So instead of 1 /hpg/ thread you want 20 threads of people asking about headphones?
So instead of 1 /wt/ thread you want 20 threads of people asking about watches?
So instead of 1 /sqt/ thread you want 20 threads of people asking about simple, stupid questions?
So instead of 1 /dtt/ thread you want 20 threads of people asking about desktops?
So instead of 1 /bst/ thread you want 20 threads of people asking about battlestations?
So instead of 1 /mkg/ thread you want 20 threads of people asking about keyboards?
So instead of 1 /gcg/ thread you want 20 threads of people asking about gaymer graphix?
>>51567288
>>51573600
This. OP is just being disrespectful.
>>51573600
no, we want a dedicated board for your generals. generals were introduced to keep the board clean, for the reason you explained. but now we have more generals on the front page than other threads. /g/ is now getting polluted by generals, instead of a bulk of smaller threads. generals on /g/ are counterproductive now, same as they were on /v/ before /vg/
>>51573622
>click filters
>add 'general'
>click on the hide radio button
>you will now no longer see generals
>>51573089
I've posted porn on/g/ and haven't been banned. But posting porn links on /v/ does. Mods don't give a shit here
>>51573647
why are you so against splitting the board?
>>51573647
Hiding things does not make them go away
Also see
>>51573145
>>51573528
/v/ was a shithole even before the split.
>>51573668
unnecessary, If i wanted a website with 1000s of boards i'd go on eightchan.
technology is a really broad term, live with it.
>>51573668
Why should you split the board over a small handful of generals that are meant to keep shit posting contained? Before any of the generals you'd have tons of shit threads about graphics cards and other shit pushing out new and interesting threads.
>>51573707
>generals that are meant to keep shit posting contained?
because these generals turned into the shit they were trying to contain. like on /v/
>>51573683
>Hiding things does not make them go away
yes it does, that's the whole point of hiding dumbfuck.
generals make your 'interesting thread' more noticeable by getting rid of shitty threads like 'are deez heagphones guf??'
>>51573716
Yeah? What do you wanna go back to having 6 threads asking about phones and ten graphics card war threads? Or how about multiple threads throughout the day of people asking you stupid questions, like how to snap ram to a motherboard.
>>51573668
It happened before with /sci/, /diy/ and /biz/ (partially). There will be literally nothing to talk about if the generals leave.
>>51573734
>go back
Look at the catalog. They fixed absolutely nothing.
/g/ - consumer electronics and tech support
/prog/ - programming
/gg/ - desktop thread and battlestation thread circlejerks as well as other generals
General threads are chatrooms for people who don't like *chan style transience.
They are the worst cancer to happen to this site.
These people should move to a platform that suits their need for permanent ongoing conversation. Make yourselves IRC chatrooms, or subreddits, or a phpBB forum.
Stop shoehorning your long term social network crap into a platform designed for temporary disposable topics.
>>51573753
>look at the current catalog!
Yeah and it was much worse then this .I'm guessing you're new here though since we're both posting in a thread that's nothing about technology.
>>51573734
>6 threads asking about phones and ten graphics card war threads
Those don't belong on this board at all. It's just /v/ leaking and other boards redirecting retards here.
>>51573774
Exactly this.
>>51573774
this so much
>>51573778
Are you trying to tell me phones and graphics cards aren't tech while you're posting In an off-topic thread? I'm guessing watch threads are /fa/ runoff to.oh wait they're not cause /fa/ would laugh off the terrible watches posted here
>>51573774
this tee bee aich eff ay em.
>>51573810
Lainchan seems good but is not THAT active
/sci/ and /diy/ are good
>>51573817
That wont remove generals, just change their names
>>51567288
Can we just shove all the consumerist whore threads and nonfree software onto a new board?
How about /nsa/
Filename filters:/^(?![a-zA-Z][a-z]{6})(?![A-Z]{7})(?!\d{7})[\da-zA-Z]{7}\.\w+$/;highlight:imgur-filename;top:no
/^tumblr/;highlight:tumblr-filename;top:no
/^image\.jpg$/;highlight:iphone-filename;top:no
Custom CSS:.imgur-filename .name::after {content: " Redditor";}
.tumblr-filename .name::after {content: " SJW";}
.iphone-filename .name::after {content: " Dumb Phoneposter";}
>>51573871
god bless
>>51571170
hey hiroshima, give us a /prog/ board and delete /g/
>>51573870
Popular science
>>51573882
/prog/ doesn't work as imageboard. The dis.4chan.org style fits infinitely better.
>>51573132
exactly, they've formed a close knit tiny community, one that's very hard to get into cause most people have shit taste. its likely the purest part of /g/
The solution is to leave 4chan for better boards. 4chan is basically dying anyway after the company that owns reddit bought this place.
>>51573921
>company that owns reddit bought this place
the fuck you smoking
>>51567288
Which ones are the browser wars threads and smartphone threads?
>>51573896
we could make it a uniquely structured board like /f/, specifically tailored to code and the posting thereof
>>51567288
There is literally nothing wrong with /hpg/.
just out of curiosity and complete off-topicness: how much does 4chan on the whole cost to run, and what equippments used to run it
>>51573838
>That wont remove generals, just change their names
>Redditor autobaned
>generals just change their names
That perfect temporary solution.
>>>/qa/
We could do with some fresher complaints there. I'm sick of the same old /l/fags, /pol/acks and /d/fags.
>>51567764
This so much, if /v/ can have /vg/, /g/ should be allowed to have /gg/
>>51574107
/vg/ is a cancerous containment board filled with retards who don't understand the image board mentality at all.
>>51574213
precisely, and if /g/ has a similar containment board, then it's post quality will inevitably rise, as the retards will be forced to move elsewhere
>>51574256
Yeah just like /v/'s quality!
>>51567764
This entirely
/vg/ was created as a circlejerk tripfag paradise for those retards and helped /v/ so I don't see whats wrong with doing the same for /g/
>>51574256
>then it's post quality will inevitably rise
Did not happen with /v/ since the retards still come back for other threads.
>>51574272
>and helped /v/
see
>>51574266
>>51574274
>>51574266
>>51574274
point taken. still, moving generals out of /g/ would help somewhat
>>51574299
in addition i dont lurk /v/ or /vg/ so i wouldnt know shit about either
>>51574289
/v/ has always been the shittiest board tho next to /tv/ and /b/
>>51574363
/b/ is more of a site-wide containment board, btw have you guys seen /trash/ yet?
>>51573912
this friend gets it
>>51574372
>have you guys seen /trash/ yet?
It's like /s4s/ but without epic memes.
>>51574440
and clop
so
much
clop
>>51574453
I think it's the only board they can post porn in. I don't think they're even allowed to post sfw mlp stuff on /b/
>>51574488
What about /aco/?
>>51571444
Most importantly /g/ has people that like Azusa mai Waifu <3
>>51574529
It says no furry or animals.
There's a global rule against mlp stuff also with /mlp/ being the dedicated board for that stuff. Even /b/ is not exempted from that rule. I think /trash/ is just supposed to be a place where the deleted threads pile up rather than an actual board.
>>51574584
>I think /trash/ is just supposed to be a place where the deleted threads pile up
Pretty sure threads are moved to trash, not deleted.
>>51574529
nope. /aco/ is clop free
usually
>>51572511
no one used the prog text board, so why waste resources making a prog image board?
>>51574584
yeah but most people deliberatly post there cause gr15 isnt in effect
bumpu
>complains about generals
>isn't capable of seeing generals is what makes boards great and less bloated
>>51574940
go to /vg/, lurk for a while, then come back here and tell us that again
>>51574962
I don't vidya, but what am I supposed to find there that would make my argument invalid? Redpill me, please.
>>51571170
Instead of deleting /g/, rename it to Consumer Electronics. It's basically what this board is now. /prog/ would still make a great board though.
>>51574985
a board filled with nothing but circlejerk. generals do precisely the opposite of what you said. they fill up boards with the same shit over and over again.
in the case of /g/, they take up significant space
in the case of /vg/, they occupy ALL space and there's never anything new
>>51574940
Eventually they wont have anything to talk about and the people there will start drifting off topic and the thread becomes a giant blog.
>>51573912
>purest part of /g/ is a stagnant circlejerk
Sounds about right.
>>51575062
it is stagnant, and it is a circlejerk, but it's probably self aware in a way. the desktop thread guys know that only 20 or so people ever turn up, and any newcomers are hounded out, so it takes up so little traffic
>>51575039
there was one, newfag, but no one used it.
>>51573600
>So instead of 1 /wt/ thread you want 20 threads of people asking about watches?
What the fuck does watches have to do with technology anyways? Most of the discussion has to do about how they are fashion accessories, not about the actual tech itself. Really, the only general that is worth a shit is /sqt/ since the rest of everything you posted could easily fit in that.
>>51575102
was there? when
>>51575119
It was a text board. Died with the rest of them when moot nuked them for no reason at all.
>>51575102
That was a text-board, not a proper board, and it's probably still there.
Nobody uses text-boards.
it's almost like there's a way to mitigate the cancer on this board or something
>>51575140
that's literally all programing is, text. why do you need an image board to discuss homework and fizz-buzz?
>>51575140
what the fuck are text boards? are they just imageboards sans images
>>51575155
dafuq is that
>>51575163
Because the text-board wasn't obviously listed in the general categories, and thus didn't get any attention and tract because faggots spammed ascii art and it was treated as a sub-board.
>>51575164
Boards without images faggot, how new are you?
>>51575119
>>51575164
How new are you? Also there is a complete backup of the text boards, you could make a completely new web site with text boards and upload those backups
The most annoying one by far i think is desktop thread.
They literally post the same desktops over and over again to jerk each other off.
>>51575190
late 2012 whadimiss
>>51575216
/g/ still had the programming text-board listed as a sub-board in the board header in late 2012, early 2013 as far as i remember.
>>51573757
this here would be nice
>>51568589
This.
The generals keep people they don't like holed up in their own little worlds. The fact that faggots are still complaining means that that problem lies with them, and not the generals. They don't like seeing the threads on /g/ at all, which is stupid, because it doesn't harm them. This is kind of cancer that killed off /v/ and will never allow it to return.
>"Stop discussing things -I- don't want to discuss on -MY- board!"
This is what this all boils down to, and An Hiro shouldn't give them any attention, except to ban them for complaining about a non-problem.
>>51575237
really? fuck, i spent most of 2012-13 lurking
>>51573774
absolute bullshit
go back to /b/, shitlord
I blame the catalog. Before it you never knew what threads existed on the board. Now you just search for your "general" and only stay in there. This is just like reddit works.
>>51567741
So where your solution?
Welcome cletus
>>51573774
its come to a point in say the desktop threads that you know who is the posted *just* by a thumbnail of their desktop, thats how shitty their posts are.
>>51575290
Welcome to 4chan
Now fuck off
>>51573622
Generals on /v/ went to shit because retards refused to learn how to post on 4chan. Every other board can do a general just fine. For some reason nobody on /v/ wanted to do them properly, so a split was necessary to keep the board from burning itself down.
Don't compare the morons on /v/ to any other board. Nobody deserves that comparison. Not the retarded happenings fags on /pol/ or the Baneposters on /tv/. Not even /s4s/ deserves that kind of insult.
And definitely not anybody on /g/.
>>51567288
>List of subreddits on /g/
>subreddits on /g/
>subreddits
>>51575331
Don't you realize that the same morons are coming here to make these shitty generals?
>>51575341
He's right.
First watch thread:
https://rbt.asia/g/thread/S49060772#p49060772
All the other early watch threads were made by the same tripfag:
https://rbt.asia/g/?search_subject=%2Fwt%2F&ghost=yes&search_op=all&search_int=dontcare&search_res=op&task=search2&search_ord=new&search_capcode=all&search_del=dontcare&offset=96
>>51573998
It runs on an eMac running Xenix. Costs are covered via JavaScript bitcoin miner.
>>51575046
On the circlejerk thing, well, it's a fact. The threads are filled with idiots and shit, but would you really like to have three or four Linux questions threads instead of /flt/?
I'd be happier if people stopped the whole
>Linux vs. Windows
>OS X vs. Windows
>iOS vs. Android
>systemD memes
>tech support
threads instead.
Generals do indeed take space, but without them, there would be less space for other threads.
No matter what we say Hiro will just fuck it up. See: /d/
>>51575420
no one is talking about outlawing generals, we want an additional board just for them.
>>51571240
Literally autism, why even come here
>>51575357
No, they're not.
You know how I can tell? Because there aren't 3 different HPGs up right now, all of them being kept on page 1 from unique bumps. Or hell, multiple versions of any of the generals operating in such a manner. Were you around in 2011 when /v/ was being destroyed by generals? This is nothing compared to that.
Go check the catalog; there's only one general that has more than one thread up, and that's Private Tracker General. One of those threads is at bump-limit and is going to fall off the board.
I could understand that you have something against generals themselves, or against the people in them. But if that's the case, then say so. Don't compare this to /v/, or say it's anything like their problems with generals, because that just makes you look like an ass.
>>51575440
Oh, do you mean a /gg/?
I'm up for it, DO IT HIROYUKI SENPAI.
Every board has this problem, and every board should have a general version.
Prove me wrong
>>51575331
how were they posting wrong?
>>51575477
>Every board has this problem
/a/ only has a very limited number of threads that could be called "generals"
>>51575477
>/an/
>/f/
>>51575420
obviously generals have a purpose, we'd rather they fulfilled it somewhere else
A new text only board was made just now
>>>/news/
>>51575482
By having multiple generals about the same topic on the board at the same time. This was before the catalog, and retards were refusing to go past page 0/1. That was always a problem on 4chan, but /v/ took it to a whole new level and with the large population the board had at the time, it was not unusual to see multiple Pokemon, League of Legends, HoN, etc up on the board at the same time. You had to go past page 5 to stop seeing generals, and all the multiple copies were being bumped because all of them were being used.
This is nothing like that. Yeah, some 1/4th of the board, at worst, are generals, but there's only one of each unless the old general hasn't been bumped off of the board.
>>51575538
it's meta discussion, chill
>>51575504
Thing is I don't think Hiroyuki should be handing over boards over literally anything. Of course /po/ should be merged with /diy/, but there is no need to put more boards in it's place.
>/asp/ wants to kick /wwe/ niggers out of their space because >muh divas threads
>[s4s] wants a /awoo/ board
>/g/ wants /gg/
>/sp/ still wants FIFA out of their board
>/mlp/ wants a board for andro ponies
>>51575552
We have a board for that it's called /qa/ go fill that board up with this non technology thread.
>>51575487
>draw thread
>ai
>idolmaster
>ss
>ww
New:
>opm
>berserk
>>51575491
>post your cat
>post your dog
>what breed is this
Image or animation based boards should not have a general, I agree
>>51567741
ban everyone who posts in a general, at least with a tripcode
suggest appropriate forums and subreddits in the ban description
>>51571444
you ERPing tryhards have probably been one of the biggest driving forces behind the anti-anime shitposting on /g/ and other interest boards
also your taste in icon sets and window managers is hipster garbage
>>51575668
Not him, but I always suspected that the anti-anime sentiment was coming from insecure dipshits who think 4chan is just a place to 'meme' and say words like "nigger" and "faggot" without getting banned.
>>51575704
It is, that niggas dumb.
>>51575721
Hey OP, I found your Redditor.
>>51575752
>getting angry at the words on your screen
pls
>>51575772
It's the best you can do.
>>51575704
there are some of us that are kind of adjusted to blend into society, then there are others that filled their rooms with anime figurines, have big tittied anime girls on the desktops/homescreens.
it's one thing to be into anime and enjoy it, its another to have an obsession
Seriously, if a person *only* seems to post loli images, you would think there is something wrong with them.
Same thing can be said about an obsession to only save/post pictures of girls lifting up their skirts saying "b-b-be gentle its my first time senpai"
its some weird vicarious living through anime , to make themselves feel better or some shit.
>>51571251
I try to post in all others to keep them alive, other than the surprisingly few shitposting ones.
>>51573176
They're all shitty.
>>51575442
Once I filter all those shitty generals the topics left offer a better variety and make it much more interesting to browse rather than seeing the same 20 threads over and over and over and over as I scroll. That's literally the purpose of specific forums and reddit.
>>51575846
Wow man.
I think you have some personal issues you need to sort out.
>>51575889
dude, we are on 4chan, we all have personal issues, some more than others.
Some are just self diagnosing attention seeking faggots.
>>51571170
/diy/ is great indeed, but /sci/ is absolute garbage mate
>>51575904
Nah man. You have some serious issues.
Do you have trouble "blending in" sometimes?
>>51576033
seems like you guys do with robot stories of "revealing your power level"
But your i suppose there is no hiding your double chin and fedora
>>51575889
>>51576057
Nigga what the fuck are you even on? I want to make sure I never take it.
>>51576170
>you're taking it right now.
>>51576184
I'm taking the piss, that's for sure.
>subreddits of /g/
so we are now propagating the benchmark-fag's memes to the rest of /g/ now ? /dpt/ is the cancer of this board, i hope mods will ban your shitty thread
>>51575046
>a board filled with nothing but circlejerk. generals do precisely the opposite of what you said
As someone who frequents /v/ a lot (I know), this is so true.
Try an get into CS:GO's /vg/ genreal or StarCraft's.
Nothing but anime, k-pop, memes, and basic shitposting.
They don't really discuss the games over there, just the mainstream "culture" surrounding them.
At least /v/ is capable of still having the occasional/rare decent thread.
>>51576646
That's because it's /v/. What /vg/ did was draw some of the cancer away from the board, but left the retarded meme-spouting morons to thrive.
>>51576245
>reality is a meme because my favorite general is totally cooler than those other shitty cancerous ones guys, it's totally not part of the problem!
>>51576686
And what problem is that?
People are not asking for your permission to post on your board? You don't personally approve of it, so it shouldn't be allowed?
The tech-support and build thread generals wouldn't be a problem if we could get a new sticky with that kind of info available.
That, or get the installgentoo wiki updated.
>>51576646
>i browse /vg/ when there is no update
that is your problem /vg/ is for updated info on a game or guide to get into the game
>>51576750
generals are subreddit-tier cancer that don't belong here
>>51576751
The mods have done that before and people make them anyway people don't read stickies.
>>51576859
people are more interested in discussing/showing off their shit than actually getting advice
we wouldn't have this problem if more people told them to kill themselves instead of lining up to spoonfeed them the latest greatest gaming shitbox build
/g/ stands for general.
>>51576881
Exactly.
This goes along with the other anon's saying this all ties with everyone's hardon for social media.
>>51575704
I think a lot of it is just bait, because it easily triggers tryhards who for some reason think that 4chan will lose its anime-centric safe space of a community overnight because some dumbshit made a thread that hurt their feelings.
But seriously, fuck you whiny shitters too and your "i-it's the memes!" bullshit. I don't know what has fucked up /qa/ more, degenerates whining about /d/ and /l/ or deluded "quality posters" like you who've turned every other thread on the catalog into "please filter/ban/discourage the use of this meme I don't like so I can get back to bikeshedding, blogposting, shilling and other important board culture discussion"
>>51575889
Hesrightyoyknow.jpg
>>51569563
Doubt it, most people on here are no older than 12
This is what's wrong with /g/
>>51573774
This... probably.
>>51571227
>The watch general is one I really don't get though.
>>51573803
>I'm guessing watch threads are /fa/ runoff
>>51575408
So we're in agreement. Jewelry should be discussed in /fa/.
Ultimately, the reason all this bullshit is allowed is that the retards using /g/ as a dumping ground for their tech questions outnumber those of us that would have their bullshit removed. I still say the way to do it is declare /g/ dead, and remove the sticky. If it's clear that we aren't welcome, then we'll know we've lost.
>>51577260
Nah the watch threads here are full of ricer shit that gets laughed off of fa
>>51577118
nothing triggers me harder than desktop thread tryhards who use pixel fonts on modern graphical interfaces
>>51576854
Uh huh.
Now, I've only been on image boards since 2005, so explain to me like I'm new, like I'm you, as to why they're "Reddit cancer."
>>51567288
>/edc/
as well
>>51575704
90% of the anime faces I have seen have always been attached to a shitpost.
>>51577527
>god I'm such an oldfag XDDD you're dumb stupid newfags XD
if you actually were one you would have heard why already numerous times and wouldn't need to ask such a retarded question
>breeds insular hugbox communities full of tripfags, tryhard shitposters and other undesirables that then leak all over the board (and in the case of places like /int/ the opposite - segregating the community to the point where there are numerous posters who've never even left their regional generals)
>boring and lacking content; most generals especially on /g/ are really just thinly veiled consumer review threads for retards to get free tech support, real discussion is stagnant and other than people asking for consumer advice the threads are composed of a few core "regulars" who show off their same boring shitty chinese products/gaming PCs/desktops over and over and over again, and often look the same as everyone else's
>consumer review generals create a safe, welcoming space for retards nobody wants on /g/
Not to mention even the "useful" generals like /sqt/ just get so fucking big that you're sometimes better off shitposting your dumb question in its own thread and getting told to kill yourself rather than waste hours f5ing a question that will never be answered.
>>51577871
So according to your description of the situation, which is yours I hope, and not just you parroting the English language like a parlor trick, the generals work like little containment areas for shitty people?
>they leak all over the board
Oh no. But what we need are more people like you, and less people like them, because... ?
>they're insular
Lemme guess, they didn't let you play their autism games with them on their autismal island? Now you want their little communities destroyed?
>boring and lacking content;
Well shit, Anon. Get your ass in there and show them how it's done! You can do better, can't you?
>real discussion is stagnant and other than people asking for consumer advice the threads are composed of a few core "regulars" who show off their same boring shitty chinese products/gaming PCs/desktops over and over and over again, and often look the same as everyone else's
Sounds to me like you've got a case of the Fox and the Grapes. You don't have what they have, so what they have is shit.
>consumer review generals create a safe, welcoming space for retards nobody wants on /g/
So what we need instead are more people like you? "Don't discuss things I don't want you discussing or I'll post off-topic where I scream and cry!" Does this sound familiar? It's you.
They're not breaking the rules. They're on-topic. They stay in their little corner off to themselves. They're not coming out and bothering you. For the most part there's no doubles of their threads, and they tend to keep the board clean and not create duplicates as much as possible. If anything leaks out, it's not the end of the world, because I doubt they're as shitty as people like you who gotta make threads like this. /g/ has it's own problems, and I don't see these generals being a part of it. There's not so many of them that they prevent any other discussion on this slow as thick molasses board.
>>51577837
this desu
and that's not even really the big deal about it, it's no different than costanza or kornheiser or that stock photo old guy people are obsessed with, it's that the people who post it think you should get down on your knees and suck their dick because they post that shit, they have the sheer audacity to think they're quality posters and not just the same cancer as the "stupid frogposters" they cry about on /qa/ but with a different, more "board culture" friendly face.
people who think they belong here just because they can spam moeshit and ERP in a desktop thread or have over 300 smug anime reaction pics in their 4chan folder are the cancer most of these faggots are whining about, even if they don't know it
>>51578208
People who post moeshit smug girls have been here longer than you.
Maybe they're not the problem here, maybe you're the problem for having the wrong idea about this website before crawled in here from whatever shithole that spawned you.
>"They want you down on your knees sucking their dicks!"
Sounds like a person issue for you. If you don't like cock, maybe you shouldn't hang out with all the cocksuckers? Same goes for moeshit reaction image-spamming retards.
>>51578278
>that's just because we're oldfags! worship us! REDDIT REDDIT REDDIT REDDIT REDDIT REDDIT
another quality retort from such a quality, informative poster, you really are the hero we need.
>>51578346
Yes.
We need more people like me, and less people who show up here, and start throwing a tantrum because they don't like what they see.
It's not about you.
If you don't like it, don't stay.
>>51567288
Proposed solution:
1. Add /general/ filter to all boards on 4chan. This will allow users to hide/filter all general threads at once at their leisure. It will be a button located right next to the auto checkbox in the UI.
2. When creating a thread it may be checked as a /general/ thread or a generic/regular thread.
3. General threads may only be created once per 15 minutes.
4. General threads do not count towards the board thread limit.
4. If a thread is created which is a general thread in disguise without checking the /general/ check box it will be deleted and the user will be banned.
5. 4chan will get better mods and admins to actually enforce these rules and encourage variety of discussion on all boards.
I know there are some issues with this plan but I feel like the overall direction is good.
>>51578474
>3. General threads may only be created once per 15 minutes.
Clarification: this is board wide and not per user. So if you tried to create a general and it hadn't been 15 minutes you'd be locked out of doing it.
>>51578474
Or you can get some tampons for your menstruation and hide the threads if they bother you so much.
>>51578605
Yeah I want to hide 50 threads across the boards I visit every day.
>>51578636
Damn Anon. I didn't know it was that bad. Shit, let's get Hiro on the case right now to change 4chan because Anonymous is inconvenienced!
At least can we agree on this partial analysis of the /g/ ecosystem (I judged most threads only by their first message though so I may have been very optimistic)?
Unexpectedly, it turns out the further you go the shittier the posts get.
>>51578145
>the autism meme
>"j-just make your own hugbox if you don't like it!"
>fox and the grapes meme
Yawn. Another general poster trying to defend his shitty consumer review threads.
>They're not breaking the rules. They're on-topic.
Yeah, and neither are frogposters, neither are those dreaded newfags you keep whining about, neither am I for wishing the moderation team would do their fucking jobs and take away your precious hugbox. It's not like the rules are upheld here anyway, if they were, the majority of generals like /tpg/ et al. would be at least severely lobotomized in activity if not totally wiped off of the board because consumer reviews and tech support are forbidden (though the latter merely strongly discouraged) by the sticky.
>make general threads stay on page 2
>everything's fixed
We need a /gg/.
>>51578815
Yeah, at least I can defend my position. Your aversion to generals is "JUST 'CAUSE!"
Oh and c'mon. Consumer review? Shit, Anon. I didn't know it was against the rules to discuss /g/-related products that you own.
Oh, and tech support. Yeah you can't just ask for tech support, but you can get it if you learn how to OP properly. Just like getting sauce on /a/; if you straight-up as for it, you wont get it, but you can get it if you fool the fucktards into thinking they're not giving sauce.
But really, most of the shit you complain about in generals sticks to generals. There's nothing forcing you to go into them, and they're not forcing themselves on you.
If it's against the rules, then take it up with the moderation staff. I mean, as long as they've been around, you'd think /something/ would be done by now? Or is it just a conspiracy with the staff to hate you?
how do we contact hiro about /gg/?
>>51578805
I completely agree with that picture. I can see how certain "general" threads can be allowed while some are just shit (ie desktop thread)
>>51579200
>"No"
>Further explanation or reasoning is nowhere to be seen
Jesus christ, if you were to actually contribute to the discussion I would be able to see this from your perspective, but you're just shitposting
it all started with the samedesk desktop circlejerk threads
>>51578863
>>51579157
Something with /vg/ makes sense. A /gg/ does not make sense. Other platforms are better suited for what these threads try to do. Most of the time its just a circle jerk with the same photos over and over again. It does nothing but clutter up the board. They also are not about technology. Showing of you desktop is not technology related discussion.
>>51579223
Your post is the literal definition of shitposting it contributes nothing to discussion in an effort to flame another user.
Now look I am doing. REAP WHAT YOU SOW ANON.
Does anyone know how to contact hiroyuki?
>>51567288
List of subreddits on 4chan
>/a/
>/b/
>/c/
>/d/
>/f/
>/g/
>/gif/
>/h/
>/hr/
>...
What's the difference?
kek, true. why do i even come here anymore.
this is why I don't consider /g/ my home board now.
/gonewild/
General threads are just ruining every board
/fit/ has about 14 generals running at any given time. All of them are essentially trip circle jerks and off topic
It got so bad on /v/, that they had to splinter the board.
>>51579424
subreddits are user created, just like generals. our boards aren't
Two possible things that could happen at this point:
1) /gg/ is created and /g/ is purely technology discussion without the shitposting
2) nothing is done and /g/ goes to shit
>>51567288
/ptg/ is the best subreddit on /g/.
>>51580143
someone should write hiro about this
>>51567288
Why. The. Fuck. Are reddit faggots allowed to bring cancer to 4chan?
>>51567764
but then we'll need to have /mlpg/, /polg/ etc
>>51580143
>...and /g/ is purely technology discussion without the shitposting
No. Taking away the subreddits only removes some of the cancer, you still have to deal with
>rate my gaming build /g/
>rate my phone /g/
>rate [some boring piece of chinese shit that's frequently posted here] /g/
>how do I unlock this idevice I "found"
>how do I hack
>free software is shit
>proprietary software is shit
>mac is shit
>windows is shit
>linux is shit
>[insert trivial thing here] is shit
>dude games lmao
>dude phones lmao
>dude facebook lmao
>dude indians lmao
>dude CS degrees lmao
>is [insert consumer shit here] good?
>[insert meme brand here] IS FINISHED/ON SUICIDE WATCH
>[insert leftist activist here] [insert links providing them free advertising here] [insert virginal rage here]
>If you don't use [insert trivial thing here] you don't belong on /g/
>career/university threads that have nothing to do with technology
>general off-topic faggotry consistent with deluded children with incredibly short attention spans
This place needs a real moderation team that isn't full of faggots that only delete things when they're reported in volume or have content they don't like.
>>51580724
>>[insert meme brand here] IS FINISHED/ON SUICIDE WATCH
I love these even though I never participate, just reading the thread name is funny enough.
/SEC/ when?
>>51581779
same, they're still shit though since they're just low-effort shitposts engineered to bait dumbass fanboys
>>51575163
Because you want to show people what output your code is producing?
>>51580724
>you're forgetting the faggot linucks threads spammed 24/7
>you're forgetting thannoying shill threads of just one marketuer faggot asking about waht cpu to buy, only to spam his thread with the product he's trying to shill for
and if you merely mention reasons why not to buy that shill product, they delete the thread.
idk why the mods don't ban these obvious advertisers
>>51579223
How about this: There aren't enough general topics on /g/ to justify making a new board. Get over your fucking asspain, and fuck off.
>>51579612
Subreddits are something from Reddit. Hence the the fact that REDDIT is in the word.
>>51579486
Hi! Welcome to 4chan. Enjoying your first week?
I'll give you a bit of history about our site: Generals were a problem on /v/ because /v/ would have sometimes upwards of 3-4 League of Legends generals operating at one time.
I hope that sheds some light on your ignorance. :)
>>51582319
Fuck, you're right, how could I forget those gems
>Daily [windows version] shill thread
>Daily mactard shill thread
>Daily [insert facebook machine here] shill thread
>[Facebook machine manufacturer] won
>[Competing facebook machine to the facebook machine in the attached image] BTFO/FINISHED/...
I could really go on and on about shillposting on /g/.
>>51574272
>helped /v/
>>51583051
But anon, he's right. It did help /v/. It got as much video game discussion off of the board as possible to give way to more Frogposting and Console Wars. :)
>that moment you remember /vg/ is better than /v/ in every single aspect
>that moment you remember you already posted this on /adv/ once
>that moment you remember a guy posted >>51583051 's gif on that very same thread
I don't even like generals but this notion that creating a new board to move generals there is just fucking dumb. It doesn't solve anything. It just keeps adding new boards for no reason. Anyone who thinks /v/ became better because /vg/ was created is delusional as fuck. /v/ is still a cancerous shit board infested with 12 year olds. Keeping or removing generals was never going to fix it.
>>51583230
There's barely enough generals on /g/ to justify creating a new board that would be as fast as fucking /vr/ with 1/3rd of the content.
It's ridiculous, and I can't help that most of the people angry about the generals are just upset that they weren't allowed to play with the autistics in their autism threads. Though if their behavior in this thread is any indication, they were probably assholes.
>>51582608
Top fucking kek
I've been on 4chan since 2006, and I was posting on /v/ back when it was still a video game board.
Generals have always existed, but it has never been this bad
/fit/ has a splintered generals for four different anabolics. I'd say about 1/3 of the posts are anything other than dank memes
>>51583230
If you look at the ban list 4chan.org/bans
99% of the list is /a/, /v/, /vg/, and /sp/
/vg/ definitely helped siphon off some of the cancer on /v/
>>51583553
>It has never been this bad
>goes to /fit/
GEE I WONDER WHY IT'S SO BAD FOR YOU
>>51567764
Yes please.
>>51573854
THIS
I've said this before;
- create a new /consumer/ board, send all the apple/microsoft/samsung/... shilling there. ALSO, monetize it. seriously, don't be retarded. change the referrer in the links to amazon, or something
- send all desktop threads to >>>/wg/
- a third thing that I forgot
