/a/ is literally the worst board in this site
>>511924
not even gonna disagree
/v/ is worst in everyway.
I browse it. I know.
/mu/ is the worst
/a/ is the last board that somewhat resembles old 4chan
>>511967
>/a/ is the last board that somewhat resembles old 4chan
What a ridiculous statement. /pol/ and [s4s] are closer than modern /a/ is.
If anyone wishes to defend /a/, let me tell you how bad /a/ is.
This is a screencap from a few minutes ago.
Red boxes are waifu threads.
Purple boxes are threads that have a high chance of becoming waifu threads.
Black boxes are Jojo and hero.
Red X is a thread that I looked at thinking it wouldn't be waifu only to see that it had become only waifu.
I might have missed or mislabeled one or two, but the proof of /a/'s problem is irrefutable.
>>511951
/v/ shares the crown wit /pol/ right now. A few months ago it was /r9k/ but most newfags moved fast to /pol/.
>>512023
There is no problem whatsoever.
>>512023
I almost forgot.
>people complain about hero threads when dragonball, eva, death note, one punch, and naruto all have more threads.
>to love ru thread
How did I miss that one?!
>>512023
my god, no words
>>512023
>This is a screencap from a few minutes ago.
>a 4-23-16
If you want to convince people of something it helps to not start off your post with a bald-faced lie. And besides, did you really think we'd forget that you posted the exact same image just a couple days ago?
>>512023
post this in the 4chan happenings thread please
>>511968
Not sure about /s4s/ but /pol/ is exactly how I imagined 4chan when I heard rumours about it
/a/ is shitty but in my experience /v/ is far worse
That's why we need a retro anime board:
>>508640
>>512055
STOP WITH THE RETRO EVERYTHING. FUCKING STOP
>>512023
>he posted it again
Cute gril in the OP != waifu thread
It's common knowledge that /v/ is the worst.
The majority of the board aren't even 18.
>>512132
This. They're often so dumb that they didn't bother reading the rules so you can trick them into admitting it with a "Post your age and favorite video game" thread.
>>>/a/140802552
Jesus fucking Christ.
>>512157
That is pretty bad. I'm gonna report it. Anyone else care to join me?
>>511924
>/a/
>worst board
this is the worst board. spreads hate and bullshit, poisoning this whole site with crap.
>>512169
I would, but I already did.
>>512023
...so? You went to all this trouble showing there are different types of threads on /a/?
Who gives a shit? Why don't you highlight the whole catalogue, along with everything in desustorage, and go ahead and say 'guys wtf it's all anime such cancer reeee' while you're at it?
No, /s4s/ is objectively the worst board.
Are you the person who got banned in the drawthreads OP? You sound as salty.
>>512023
there is nothing wrong with this. in fact, it's probably a good thing since it keeps away /v/ cancer.
>>512023
The pink haired one in the sixth row is a dude.
>>512226
Poor Conrevo, so disrespected that it gets mistaken for a waifu thread.
>>512222
What the fuck are you even talking about? If some shitposter on /v/ wants to experiment with /a/, they're not going to see dozens of waifu threads and think "WELP, GUESS I DON'T BELONG HERE, MUST BE ON MY WAY THEN," they'll think "oh man, looks like a real circlejerk in here, bet i'll get more (You)s than ever before."
Not only that, your post is indicative of the type of mentality that is slowly killing /a/, this idea that /a/ is already perfect and anything wrong with it can always be attributed to outsiders instead. You intentionally stifle any sort of meaningful discussion beyond "which holes would you fug this girl in" and when it inevitably devolves into old-fashioned shitposting, if someone calls it out, it's suddenly /v/'s fault.
Yes, /v/ is one of the worst, if not the worst board on 4chan. But that doesn't mean /a/ is exempt from criticism, not in the slightest.
>>512035
I put 23 instead of 28 by mistake.
Also, thank you for proving my point because, that isn't the same image.
Then again, what do you even care? You don't even go on /a/ since you couldn't tell that was from today.
>>512117
>he posted it again
Nope, it's not the same one.
I said today and I don't lie.
>>512482
If you made that image right now then why is Hiro's GoT ticker still at the top there?
>>512171
I want /qa/ back ;_;
I don'did not like /q/ and neither do I like /q/2.0
>>512482
It's true, I didn't even bother checking because I decided accusing you of lying would be more fun. You have outplayed me. You still mistook Jiro for a waifu, though.
>>512157
>made it to the archive
Fucking mods.
>>512482
>Nope, it's not the same one.
I don't mean it's literally the same image, dumbass. You posted another image where you went through the entire /a/ catalog and labeled every thread with a cute girl in the OP as a waifu thread. Once again,
>cute gril in the OP != waifu thread
/a/ is Reddit. It's the only board where I've ever been banned for not fitting into a circlejerk. It's literally No Fun Allowed, and /a/utists claim this is because of a whole series of fucking imbecilic reasons:
>So many people want to talk about anime that only the true elite can post here!
>You asked a question! REEEEEEEEEEEE
>You should have read the unwritten sticky
>Don't ever mention anything that isn't anime! If you have a job that reminds you of anime, don't post!
I suspect /v/ is probably the worst board (although I never go there), but /a/ probably has the most cancerous people.
>>512601
>You asked a question! REEEEEEEEEEEE
>You should have read the unwritten sticky
Sounds like you need to fuck off and lurk more.
>>512601
It is like you don't read the rules.
>You asked a question!
More like you asked "where can I get my animes?"
>>>/global/rules/16
>Don't ever mention anything that isn't anime!
>>>/a/rules/1
>You should have read the unwritten sticky
More like mods occasionally come out and post to clarify what is fine and not fine. If you actually lurked the board you would know that.
>So many people want to talk about anime that only the true elite can post here!
Every large board has that problem.
>>512639
>Every large board has that problem.
Not really.
If there is a game that isn't a meme I can start a thread on /v/ and get some decent conversation and have done so a few times.
/a/ however will rip any show that isn't a 10/10 to shreds unless it can fap to at least 1 girl.
>>512601
>I'm new and people should cater to me!
>>512667
>If there is a game that isn't a meme I can start a thread on /v/ and get some decent conversation and have done so a few times
I think you mean any game that isn't hugely popular. Even some of the flavour of the month games that happen on /v/ they slowly turn against them.
>>512636
>You don't go on /a/ do you?
I do, which is why I can tell a bunch of the threads you've categorized as "waifu threads" aren't just by looking at your screenshot. Note also that a thread that has some people talking about which girl they want to fug interspersed with other discussion is not a waifu thread either.
/a/ will never be good again unless:
-it makes a choice it will not want to make.
-assuming it does make a choice, the mods are able and willing to follow what /a/ decides.
http://arch.b4k.co/jp/thread/15095638/#15098341
This is a problem that many boards are facing, but /a/ probably has it the worst.
The problem with /a/ is that the mods are part of the "community". They are not enforcing the rules, they are inforcing the hivemind board culture.
The sad panda-general is a perfect example of this. Any outside mod would delete that off-topic garbage ASAP.
>>512952
Repost that text here or nobody's gonna read it.
are you telling me that there are boards worse than /mlp/?
>>512978
/jp/'s character limit is 5k for some reason, compared to 2k here.
If I post it here it'll take like 4 or 5 posts.
>>512982
>>>/jp/15098341
There I just made that post 90% more readable.
>>511924
Not really, /a/ is doing fine despite what this board says. Especially when it keeps fags like >>512963 out.
>>512023
Yours it shit, mine is better despite being messy as fuck.
Red - Waufu
Blue - Template thread
Green - Cancer Generals
Purple - Shit thread/cancer
Please note for something to be template I've had to have seen it more than a multiple of times and in very similar way. Please note that some things classed as shit thread isn't because of the thread itself but because of the simple sheer amount of threads like it that get made and that hit bump limit and how many are on the catalog at the same time. Most of the time these threads are also garbage, shitposting, waifufagging or image dumping.
>>513004
That pic just proves my point. /a/ has the worst mods.
>>512023
t. not an /a/non
>>513011
We cal all agree that /a/ is a cancerous board that needs to be fixed.
How do we fix it?
>that whole To Love Ru thread.
We have /e/ for a reason people.
>>513021
In they eyes of a newfag, sure. But no body cares about newfags.
>>513059
>How do we fix it?
Ban the fucking generals and their culture and put the mods who actually cared about them board and community back.
Love-ru discussion belongs on /a/, anon. /e/ was made for image dumping /e/ content and I guess discussing that shit as well. It wasn't made to be a containment board for /a/ related manga just because that shit has /e content. The only thing wrong with that thread was that it was an art book, but it is still official content and as such allowed. There is nothing wrong with it as long as they don't keep trying to make the thread and forcing the images everywhere.
This is a image board. Images are apart of discussion as well.
>>513059
Lurk more.
>>512117
>arguing semantics
They're talking about how badly they want to fuck the anime girl nonetheless
>>513111
And?
>>513128
Go back to /a/, waifushitter.
>>513136
I have a few /a/ tabs already open.
>>513144
Close this one.
>>513059
Yeah, sure, it needs to get fixed because it doesn't cater to newfags like you. Being told to fuck off makes you feel unwanted, so you go cry about it on facebook but then you realize you have no friends.
>>513075
Trying to get rid of generals will cause more damage than fix shit on /a/, and I'll keep saying this until it eventually happens (since you hardcore general haters will never give up) and mods who hate the board use the no generals rule as an excuse to delete threads about anything they so wish from there.
>>513059
Make the cooldown 2 minutes long. The effect will be marginal but at least it will be in the right direction.
>>512952
>http://arch.b4k.co/jp/thread/15095638/#15098341
good post tbqh
>>513153
>thinks that's even enforceable
Sasuga ret/a/rd
>>513146
>Trying to get rid of generals will cause more damage than fix shit on /a/,
No it fucking won't, it'll be returning the board back to how it used to be and should be. Generals don't belong 4chan and those 'hardcore general haters' are mostly people who have been here for a fucking long time.
/a/ is easily one of the worst boards on 4chan, right up there with /soc/, /b/, and /lit/.
>we're all little girls right gaies :3
>purest form of love
>but that's forbidden love
>anything I disagree with is bait
>semen demon
>what are you, some kind of faggot?
>edgy fujoshit
>what does she smell like?
>ha ha I bet u havent even watched 20 shows, Naruto/SnK/KlK/whatever fag
>boku no pico
>creature
>I want to fuck X
>hey, X is my waifu
>you're waifu a shit
>X a best
>mah nigga
>shit taste detected
>why is she so perfect
>i want to hold hands with X
>b-b-b-but anon, that's l-l-lewd
>h-h-hesitant typing
>i want to abuse spoiler text
>you /v/ermin scum are ruining my perfect board, fuck off before I email moot
That board is irredeemable shit. 90% of people there are children who cannot contain their lust for drawings because they are currently in the process of masturbating. No other board is as rife with unfunny, cancerous memes, topped with laughable intellectual posturing and hypocritical rulefaggotry. If you go to /a/ then you are a cancerous faggot who should not come here.
Considering all the garbage on their board, their elitism is hypocritical and sickening. In one out of five threads somebody posts about how much better /a/ was five years ago back when elitism was taken seriously, how rec threads are all over the place nowadays, and how /v/ is ruining everything. It's like they're robots programmed to imitate each other. Also, they can't keep their dick in their pants, and 40% of posts are soft core porn dumps or posters asking what anime girls smell like. No other board sucks mod cock so enthusiastically, and any thread which is slightly off topic is sure to attract legions of whiny rulefags trying to turn it into another tired meta thread. /x/, /v/, /b/, and /r9k/, terrible boards which know they're terrible. /a/ is a delusional joke
>>513158
Why the FUCK are you talking about sausage?
>>513169
This pasta is still really gay.
As my home board it's sad to see what /a/ has been reduced to.
>hurr lurk more
It's like it's all /a/ can say these days. Blame all the problems on /a/ on the newfag bogeyman while the actual problems remain unfixed. They don't want to admit that they're part of the problem, they want to run away from it.
There's a reason why Rubio flopped in the presidential debate. Because he repeated the exact same shit 4 times. And even he is better than /a/ because what he repeated would have made for a valid argument if he hadn't kept repeating it.
inb4 lurk more
Thanks, since you're only reinforcing my argument by saying that.
>>513161
Consecutive threads discussing an episode of a show in the day it aired can be (and have been) considered generals too. Do you want to get rid of those as well?
What about threads about popular airing shows, popular enough so there's always one up. Are those generals too? Do they also need to get deleted?
If you get rid of all of those, then what's left in the board? Disconnect threads about random shows devoid of discussion, because trying to unify them would result in a general and become bannable material? Discussion about retro anime? Oh wait, those focus on a specific thing as well, so they're also generals and thus are forbidden. Okay, so, shitposting? Maybe that would be safe.
>>513169
Literally all of these things can also be seen on /pol/. Your move, atheist.
>>513175
Don't lurk more, just back to /pol/ and never go back to /a/.
>>513175
Lurk more retard.
>>513185
The entire point is that they're just as terrible as the worst boards on 4chan but they think they're above them you imbecile.
>>513180
Stop being a fucking idiot and dishonest. No, how are those generals. You are intentionally missing the point and trying to drop the meaning of generals to just merely being lots of threads. Fuck off to /v/ if you want to be retarded with that retard logic. You and I both know there is more to it than that.
Airing threads can't be generals unless they fit certain criteria. This shit is simple. It isn't it getting lots of fucking threads. The criteria is literally general culture itself. You should know what this shit is. It's cancer in and of itself.
>>512023
>Wah wah, I wanna talk about Serial Experiment Lain again and have the same dead end conversation that dies twenty comments in after bumping
>>513242
That's exactly my point, the fact that I have seen people calling those kinds of threads generals (more than once, at that) is what gets me worried about a no general rule getting accepted. I know they might have been shitposting for the sake of shitposting, but since it's a known fact that nearly every mod who tries touching /a/ is a huge newfag, what if they listen to those shitposters and start deleting everything because "hurr no general"?
As for the current generals in the board, they've never bothered me because I'd rather use the catalog than refresh the first page endlessly. Even if the people posting in them really is as cancerous as all arguments against generals tend to imply, I'm more worried about all the people that popular seasonal shows bring to the boards (notable examples this season being Mayoiga and Kabaneri) because holy fuck they're absolutely terrible. Hell, anime is an extremely divisive hobby as well so I don't see the problem with setting up multiple small communities in the board, a large scale example is how most of the people who like action shows doesn't want anything to do with cute shows.
>>513277
I don't see why you have such a massive personal vendetta against the sad panda threads and are constantly on a crusade to get them removed. There is nothing wrong with their existence on the board itself and most people have agreed that if you are going to remove them, it would be because they are generals at this point. But, if you are going to do that, you have the remove all the other generals as well.
>>513277
If that ever were to happen, I'd expect a shitstorm on the level of the Nipplecaust from last year to take place once again.
>>511924
The worst board on the site is actually /qa/
>>513287
This is literally the first time I've ever mentioned sadpanda you fucking idiot. Just pointing it out as a general triggered you this much?
>>513256
>Kabaneri
This is an interesting point. Show of the season gets turned into a psuedo general. It's not formal, but they are posting the same shitty edits and memes every thread, which is extremely cancerous, but then again it's show of the season, there is a lot of hype from many people, and not all of /a/ is full of NEET's that can scroll the catalog 24/7 which makes redundancy more attractive to those who missed the last thread. It's a tough situation with shows in season.
>>513277
Sad panda goes at a perfect pace though, which is why it goes largely ignored. Every bump is a contribution of diverse smut, which puts it into a special category.
There's no real easy answer for content quality of a board. Crack down then it's hurr durr no fun, which restricts the board from keeping diversity. Leave it be and it just degenerates, and I guess the only real solution is to leave it be. All you have to do is be the man you want others to be and make good thread with very nice OP's. I remember when the Blue Ribbon threads were good and fun. The Umaru quests were satisfying. The Roleplaying Anime Studio was very funny, and the Let's make a manga one paint panel at a time thread was wonderful. It's definitely not as often as I'd like, but /a/ is still waist above water in quality
>>513294
No, sadpanda threads is embodiment of everything that is wrong with /a/. Every poster is too busy rubbing each others dicks to cartoon drawings to have an actual discussion about something decent. There's /e/, there's /h/, and there's /c/. You can post 90% of the content that is on /a/ into either of these 3 boards, but you don't.
>>513294
Sadpanda is a general and you wanted generals gone, no?
>>513299
>not always up
>chaining those threads is widely looked down upon
>threads don't always make it to bump limit
How is it a general?
If it is, then can you please define what makes a thread a general?
>>513307
>it's not a general because it's not always up
Damn, nice mental gymnastics.
The OP is always the same and not some stupid epic board culture meme. It's a fucking general.
>>513312
>The OP is always the same and not some stupid epic board culture meme.
I see, you have convinced me. Thanks for explaining.
>>513315
Nice rebuttal.
>generals have to be always in the catalog to be a general
Right back at you. That doesn't even make a lick of sense.
>>513294
>posting the same shitty edits and memes
Old /a/ always did shit like that. This crusade some of you fucking mouthbreather armchair-admins on /qa/ against having fun with shows comes from people who clearly have no fucking idea that that's what the board was always like. moot himself used to partake in such shenanigans. If he was still around and still like his pre-'08 self he very well could have embedded an Umaru video on /b/ or something. That's what he was fucking like.
Basically stop taking unimportant shit so seriously while glossing over the real problem, that is that people don't demand each other to lurk and catch up in experience as much as they used to. Don't be plebs streaming at shit quality either; people get so caught up in resolution/AA levels of video games but can't be assed to get the best quality for an entirely visual medium? It's never excusable.
>inb4 that fucking idiot itt thinks lurking is a useless meme
Mods themselves enshrined the lurkmore and don't spoonfeed attitude. You wouldn't want to talk about video games with someone who has only played Angry Birds and Halo right? Or movies with someone who has seen only 5 movies in their life? Same applies to /a/. Those laughably inexperienced people aren't common in other media since most people learn what games/tv/movies are pretty much as soon as they can talk and walk. Anime however is something people often don't get into until their teens or 20s; there is a learning curve to it and it's useless to try to talk to someone who has no idea what they're saying.
>>513292
No, it's because there is some dumbass with a posting style similar you who is on some personal crusade to try and get the things removed like as if they killed his family. I personally want them to stay up for the sole sake of pissing him off, even if I think they should be removed for being generals along with all the others.
>>513326
At least old /a/ made actual OC while reposting them.
>>513307
They are always up, you're wrong.
You can go to the archives and see for yourself. For many months now there has ALWAYS been a sad panda thread on /a/. That makes it a general.
>>513329
I think 4chan overall has had a huge dearth of people actually making edits at all. Not sure why but it's very rare anything catches on and it's been like this for years. Things like those JUST hair edits used to happen weekly/monthly on '06 4chan. It sounds unbelievable considering how stale and forced the same handful of pepe/wojak template reaction faces shit feels today, but that's what it was like.
>>513329
I think the main difference was that /a/ didn't use their repeated memes as a way to constantly try and force discussion and keep their threads up for 3 whole days when there is only 30 IP's in it and a lack of actual discussion.
>>513299
But sad panda isn't really a general though. It always acts like a revolving door of smut where people come and people go. It's like calling a potluck a formal dinner.
>>513326
I'm not totally against /a/ having a shit ton of shitty threads about an in season show. I'm just admitting that there is shit and it does stink. Not going to throw away the couch because of it, and I don't want to make other people throw out the couch, but I will not glorify /a/ as an old world classic.
>>513340
Your reasoning is getting more and more ridiculous. Every sadpanda thread has the same content and feels the same. You should rephrase your bitching to "we should remove generals which I happen to not like".
>>513336
I blame re edit for stealing everything and calling it their own. If you've been paying attention, OC in general slowed down a lot once that place came to life.
>>513332
Sorry, but I'm a lifeless NEET who spends their whole day in front of the computer and I can assure you that often enough there are periods of time with no panda threads on /a/. People who make new threads while there's still one alive always get shat on pretty hard.
>>513344
>"we should remove generals which I happen to not like"
I think that's how every anti-generalfag thinks, indeed.
>>513351
Not nowadays. Check the archives.
When a sadpanda thread disappears another one quickly gets made. Maybe there are like 1-2 minutes without a thread, that's possible.
These people do everything to pretend that it's not a general, while at the same time saying that generals are cancer. Funny.
>>513363
By nowadays, do you mean after some ass started complaining about them in here, got completely destroyed by Hiroyuki, and started chaining and bumping panda threads in an attempt to make them look more general-like?
>>513344
>>513349
Yeah, I guess it is a general, but it's so functional. I don't actually go to that thread often, because it's not a thread that demand a lot of attention, because it is shallow in nature. Sure a couple angry guys about Fakku or whatever, but it's just a floating porn catalog of the latest discoveries.
I like Kabaneri, and I go to the threads often, but they don't bring new stuff to the table every thread. There's so much you can say only three episodes into a series every day for two weeks straight, while Sadpanda always has fluxes and droughts of porn, yet no matter the season, people always bump with links that matter, rather than meming the same Bane image again.
It's not a lounge to talk, it's a hub to come and go.
>>513363
Not that anon, but that one is actually a more recent trend. It started after that /qa/ thread that hiro posted in which also had this autist >>513327 who has something against the threads in it. Since then the threads are constant and started becoming more and more actual general like and before this no one actually chained threads or call back to dead threads, but, that happens now. It is a general now, but that wasn't always the case and sometimes there would be an entire week without a panda thread.
>>513388
>A thread with nothing but links to reddit, is that something you would support too?
No, but why would you make the comparison to sources of smut to rehashed conversations from another website.
>>513388
I guess you missed the whole thread where he made that post, so I'll just point you there.
>>470478
There's no need to talk about this any further unless you want to make a clown of yourself, since every point was already explained and analyzed in those 500+ posts.
>>513403
>off-topic
Now I know you're just an annoying rulesfag who has no regard for what people want and are just ass mad for being triggered by other people having fun on "your" board.
See ya fag. Have fun crying on /qa/ for the next 10 years before Hiro goes broke and sells to google
>>513403
And the conclusion was that those threads aren't going anywhere, cry harder /qa/fags.
>>513408
>stop not liking what I like!
wew lad
>>512132
The majority of 4chan aren't 18.
>>513421
Underage detected.
>>513434
It's the fucking truth. And nice projection.
>>513169
this
How did /a/ react to /trash/ being made so furries could freely post?
They're the niggers that kept being against fur-posting the most.
>>513450
/trash/ was never made to be the furry board, stop spouting that blatant lie. It was made to be the offtopic board since hiro missed the notice that /b/ is the offtopic board.
>>513457
>/trash/ was never made to be the furry board, stop spouting that blatant lie
if that helps you sleep at night, okay
>>513457
Hiro thought there should be somewhere to put clop threads, and when /b/ said they didn't want it, he made /trash/.
>>513489
This never happened.
>>513490
http://fgts.jp/b/thread/643545394/
>>512197
>nicest
Fixed that for you.
>>512601
Pretty much this. On no other boards do I ever feel like I'm walking on eggshells when posting. I got banned for calling someone a nignog, fucking christ.
>>513491
>Anonymous ## Admin 214 days ago No.643546114 Report
>Don't you think lesser is better on /b/ rules?
There you go, there is your answer for that thread. He made that thread because he probably looked at the rules and wondered if people wanted the place to be a big looser as he thought it was a board with rules looser than everywhere else. Nothing in there has any relevance to /trash/ and there is nothing to indicate /trash/ was the furfag or ponyfag board. In actual fact, there is shit that says the direct opposite. When the board was made and people were discussing the furfags and hiro replied, the last thing he said was he'd evict the furfags if they attempt to take a yard from the inch they were given.
/trash/ being the furfag board is a delusion in the mind of idiots trying to comprehend why Hiro "I have 50,000 redundant boards for a single topic on 2ch" Hiroshima would make a completely redundant clone of /b/.
>>513500
The truth is that /a/ is one of the worst places on the internet to have a real conversation about anime.
I remember about half a year ago someone kept spamming /co/ with anime threads because it was impossible to have a decent conversation on /a/.
>>513520
It wasnt about RWBY was it?
Because /a/utists dont consider it to be anime and will send them to /co/
>>513527
No, it was case closed or something.
I think there was a screen cap taken but I didn't save it.
>>513520
I have never understood this complaint people make as I have never found /a/ to be bad for getting discussion on shit. It is only hard to get discussion for obscure or old really old shit. Which is the same on every other board and how it always has been. If it isn't insanely popular or fresh, you have to make multiple threads until you hit the point of the day were there is people who actually care about the topic you want to discuss. This is just simply something that comes with site. The only thing you really truly aren't going to get discussion for is things that are generals.
>>513530
>case closed
So, detective Conan which is 800+ episodes? If it was this, it wasn't that discussion was bad, it was because literally no one was talking about it. 800+ episodes for a single show is pretty daunting for even some hardcore watchers and he probably made his thread at the wrong time so no one noticed it and it 404ed.
Everyone who talks shit about /a/ was probably rightfully called out on being a newfag/having bad taste/making a rec thread.
>>513536
Also don't get offended when you make a thread about some old anime that has already been discussed to death and it doesn't get any replies
>>513520
>conversation about anime
kek. An anime board is supposed to be fun, and that's what /a/ is. If you want serious discussion go to mal or something.
What's with all these 4chan critics today trying to define what's good and what isn't on some objective scale that even people who never use the board can understand?
If you don't use the board or like the topic on it, then why the fuck do you care? If the people who do like it have fun there then it's a good board.
Just let them be.
>>513540
>/a/
>fun
wew lad
>>511924
>/a/ is literally the worst board in this site
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simply epic
>>513540
>fun
Is that why /a/ is foaming at the mouth in rage at hero academy threads and trying to get them banned?
>>513545
You say that as if it's bait, but most people are agreeing with OP.
>>513571
Are you referring to one or two retards making threads on /qa/ who were told to fuck off by everyone? Are you one of those people who take a single post as a representative of an entire board and assume boards are hive minds and take everything said literally and seriously?
>>513540
>An anime board is supposed to be fun, and that's what /a/ is
/a/'s conception of fun is the same meme posts (>>513169) over and over again infused with an insufferable sense of elitism that only the most clueless of newfags can muster. They wouldn't know fun if it slapped them in the face
>>511924
I'm pretty sure /v/, /g/, /pol/, /int/, /sp/, /mu/ are much worse
now excuse me while I go back to my twitter/smarthphone/general shitposting threads
>>513011
>>512023
>>512482
now go to /v/ and count all the threads that are:
-offtopic shitposting
-piracy related (JUSTIFY PIRATING)
-twitter bullshit
-e-celeb bullshit
-filename threads
-reaction pics threads
-shit that belongs in generals
or go to /g/ and count all the threads that are :
-piracy bullshit related
-generals
-shitposting about linux
-shitposting abour windows
-asking for recommendations
-shitposting just for the sake of it(accompanied by drake)
see how easy it is to shit on a board, there is literally nothing (maybe 1-2 threads max) of interest on those boards RIGHT NOW
also
>purple boyes are threads that have a high chance of becoming waifu threads
>media players thread, backlog thread, 3dpd opinions thread,
you're actually fucking retarded, just either kill yourself or stop posting this bullshit
>>513628
>-piracy related (JUSTIFY PIRATING
>-piracy bullshit related
Are you trying to imply piracy is bad or that people for some reason make large amounts of threads saying 'literally doing nothing wrong'?
>>513604
>>513631
no, I meant threads such as :
>JUSTIFY PIRACY TO SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN BUYING GAMES SINCE FOREVER
>DAILY DENUVO STILL UNBEATABLE THREAD, IS THIS THE END OF PIRACY?
>STILL NOT CRACKED, PIRATEFAGS ON SUICIDE WATCH
>HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY PIRACY? ARE YOU THAT POOR?
>>513636
Yea, that does sound more like a /v/ type thread.
>>513637
it's a daily /v/ thread. There's a denuvo one up right now, and there was another shitposting one up 15 minutes ago.
Sometimes it gets on /g/ too but the OP isn't as aggressive
Daily reminder: only f/a/gs call sincere and voluntary help "spoonfeeding".
>>513649
I'm pretty sure asking a question that could be answered with a 2 second google search with thousands of incredibly in-depth database websites that will answer your question in almost every single way counts as spoonfeeding, mate. No, I don't think that is even spoonfeeding, it is literal retardation.
>>513649
>doing 2 clicks to search an image on google is hard
lol
>>513649
>sincere and voluntary help
You're not advocating virtuous behaviour here. People who can use image boards have the mental faculties required to use the basics of the Internet. If it was sincere you would tell them how to help themselves, which would make them a better person in the end if they were to listen.
Giving out help without asking for something in return is vile in a way, especially on something as easily accessible as 4chan. You encourage lazy behaviour since your act will be visible to everyone, which includes new people.
>all these newfags and casuals angry at /a/
What more proof do you need that /a/ is the best board?
>>513728
By that logic /pol/ is good
Dont you ever post a picture of my waifu ever again you garbage eating shitcan.
>>513763
I don't think you understand what the word logic means
>>513728
Exactly. /a/ fulfills its purpose quite well.
>>513770
Or newfag, /pol/ is filled with it.
>>513769
kay
>>513628
You're easier to trigger than a Tumblr SJW.
/a/ is pretty much the only board I can post without cringing.
>>513888
How?
>>512982
>/jp/'s character limit is 5k for some reason, compared to 2k here.
Is because /jp/ has the ASCII art tags.
A popular board on 4chan is bad? Shocking!
>>513934
They actually know the medium they talk about.
>>513946
Hahaha. Not really. Maybe all those people who have watched like two shows and then type out massive posts generalizing in stupid ways have caused you to set the bar low.
>>512023
>Red boxes are waifu threads.
Fucking what? Just read the OPs a good chunk of those are waifu threads, but like half of them just use a cute girl as the OP pic and talk about something else. If you think people posting cute anime girls is a problem then you're on the wrong board.
Anyway as far as actual discussion of the board topic goes, /a/ is one of the least shitty. I would like it if there were fewer /jp/ style shit threads, but at least the shitty threads are still about anime/manga most of the time.
>>513934
There's less meme- and shitposting than on other boards. I know this is supposed to be "let's talk shit about /a/" -thread, but the stricter board norms also mean that there's less your average teenager bullshit.
>>513992
Dude. He's just trolling, don't get your panties in a wad. Or maybe do, that sounds kind of erotic.
>>514008
>There's less meme- and shitposting than on other boards
and yet any anime thread outside of /a/ has better conversation.
>>514074
Aside couple occurrences I've rarely seen an outside /a/ anime discussion which could be classified as "better". Your statement already fails at the term "any", as large proportion of outside-/a/ discussion revolves around reaction pictures and source asking. Of course this exists to some extent on /a/ too, but in any case doesn't work as an argument to highlight better quality.
>/a/ complaint thread
>just newfags and casuals from /v/ complaining about how /a/ likes what they don't like
Every time. The fact you people hate /a/ is a mark of its quality. I'd be worried if /v/ermin ever felt at home on /a/.
As a guy who sits on /tv/ and /v/ pretty much every day, /v/ is one of the worst. It's become unbearable in the past few years. Direct kotaku links not being banned (they used to be), "epic" bait threads, reddit links galore, more buzzwords than you can shake a stick at, I'm guessing at least 60% of the board is under 18, and people aren't very nice. They are rude and some of the biggest assholes possible.
>>514109
>The fact you people hate /a/ is a mark of its quality
That is really retarded reasoning.
>>514194
I'd consider it a definite mark on how the board norms differ, but not an implication of anything else on its own.
But then again, /v/ isn't really a fair comparison as it's undeniable concentrated shit, and even looking at this thread it's not only my opinion.
>>513507
>In actual fact, there is shit that says the direct opposite. When the board was made and people were discussing the furfags and hiro replied, the last thing he said was he'd evict the furfags if they attempt to take a yard from the inch they were given.
You make that sound like he was threatening the furfags when he was just placating someone whining something to the effect of "if you give furfags an inch, they'll take a mile."
>>511924
Why does /a/ get so butthurt at naruto but welcomes all kinds of other low quality shit, some even worse?
>>514365
What do you mean?
If /qa/ redditors gets this buttdevastated about /a/ then it's clearly the best board.
>>514121
Not to mention the sony fanbase has gotten even worse over the past few years, and this year and last year nintendo's fanbased became like Neogaf (or nintendogaf as shitposters used to say, except now it's real).
>>514405
But /a/ gets buttdevastated all the time. There's a reason (well, many reasons) why /a/ is the laughing stock of /m/.
>>514418
>/m/
Who?
>>514422
Yep, confirmed. I rest my case.
>>514418
>/m/ of all boards, laughing at anyone
Now THAT is funny.
>>514418
/m/ has the same problems has /a/: too many generals, tripfags, dedicated shitposters, etc.
>>514418
Why does /m/ like to pretend it's better when we all know that isn't true.
>>514429
I didn't even remember what /m/ was until I checked it a few minutes ago.
>>514440
/m/ is 90% tokushit generals, gundam generals and generals about currently airing mecha shows. They also occasionally discuss some stuff which isn't mecha at all, like LoGH.
>>514445
>ships
>not /m/
>having discussion is bad
Though they are not perfect.
>>514434
>>514440
>>514430
Read >>514418 again.
>it's an "/a/ is the worst board" episode
/a/ is a lot like /tv/, the difference is that there's no real elitism on /tv/ and waifu-threads gets deleted very fast.
It was the best board when loli threads were allowed and janitors deleted anti-loli shitposts, but now it's the worst one after the moralfag SJW mod who is disobeying Hiro's word came back. I agree.
>>514412
I still don't even know really what Neogaf is aside from another forum and why people try to talk about it and Sony all the time. I don't care about those other sites.
>>514471
You said that as if elitism and escapism is bad.
>>514472
>loli made /a/ bearable
man, pedos really must be desperate.
>>514473
Traditional forum about videogames that was fairly popular in the past but has slowly gone in the same direction as SA (heavy moderation+SJW circlejerk). Absolute aids.
>>513809
delete this
>>514453
What the fuck are you trying to say? That you're a delusional /m/anchild?
>you must be a newfag to not like /a/!
/a/ was my home board for three years, then I realized it's shit and anime is also shit.
>>511924
>it's another shitpost about weebs and /a/ thread
>>514707
Your videogames are also shit, /v/edditor.
>>514741
Oh look, the typical /a/ boogeyman, great argument as expected of weeaboos. Do they not realize 4chan has more than two boards or something?
>>514434
/m/ and /vr/ are the boards most uptheir own ass it seems. Not saying they are completely bad but they have their share of problems too.
>>513337
One cannot even trust those IP numbers in the corner.
>>514756
Tell me what board you use
Loli threads get deleted and pedophiles banned, I'd say /a/ is better than its ever been.
>>515219
0/10
>>515206
/ic/
/g/
/an/
What now jackass?
>>515906
>/g/
So basically /a/+/v/
>>515925
Nice cherrypicking. It's shit but it's still above either of those boards.
>>513351
>I can assure you that often enough there are periods of time with no panda threads on /a/.
I looked this up, and there actually was a gap between the two latest threads. About 18-20 hours between them.
Seems like people on /a/ are desperate to pretend that it's not a general. It's a bit embarrassing.
>>511924
I don't know about that, not when it has quality generals like this one
http://boards.4chan.org/a/thread/140955669/
>>515926
>but it's still above either of those boards
Are you fucking retarded? /g/ is a cesspit of generals and normalfags. It's a disgrace.
>>516880
Like i said, it's still leagues above either /a/ or /v/
>>516888
No, it's fucking not. It's a normalfag shithole.
You're not welcome here.
>>516956
Yes it is, but yeah you're right in that it's a shithole. Weebs are making it so.
>>513946
This is untrue
>>511924
It's actually decent, albeit with severe problems.
>rampant "Everyday until you like it" threads and shitty forced memes, defended as "board culture" (and anyone who doesn't like it is accused of being "new")
>get warnings for reporting spam and shitposting
>kek has slipped in
>long-established generals
On the other hand, there are some good points.
>smileys as yet are not accepted on /a/
>same with most of the other garbage on 4chan, like frogposting
>recommendation threads still get ignored or insulted
>streaming and MangaFox are still disdained
>junk threads get deleted often (unfortunately not the most stubbornly repeated daily ones)
The bottom line is, /a/ still at least tries to be elitist (i.e., it prefers better to worse) -- although it fails miserably in certain ways. Many boards have simply given up trying.
>>517825
what's wrong with smileys? ):
do you not like them? T-T
>>518051
If you can't express your opinion and feelings in the English language then you are not fit to post on 4chan. Be creative and use your own words when you convey what you think, for emoticons are for the lazy and unimaginative.
Needless to say, this is an imageboard so you should use images.
>>518167
/co/ is the worst board.
>>518172
THIS
>>515219
10/10
/a/ just takes itself way too seriously.
>blatant ERP thread still up after 14 hours
Good job mods
>>>/a/141136679
Too many waifu threads. I'm convinced it's an organized effort to drive out actual discussion because "hurdur newfags!".
/a/ can't handle the medium being popular.
/a/ isn't the worst board but it's not doing well. report everything that breaks the rules. /a/ needs to have the rules rigidly enforced on it until the cancer just leaves for the containment boards like /c/, /e/, /h/, and whatever board the fucking ERP goes on. it can grow a healthier culture and learn to shitpost with taste once the cancer has been decisively culled.
>>521909
They'll just come back once the rules stop being rigidly enforced. If /a/ wants to rid itself of its cancer for good, the rules must be enforced permanently all the time.
>>521925
either way the "rigidly enforce the rules" absolutely needs to be done even if fucking everyone gets banned in the process
>>511924
/a/ is a high quality board
>>522277
I don't see anything wrong in this picture other than /a/nons having fun.
>>522279
You must have terrible sense of fun then
>>522277
Fucking general threads have to be purged.
Is that a motherfucking pastebin?
>>521925
>the rules must be enforced permanently all the time.
Rulefagging is cancer and you aren't going to fucking help any board by rulefagging.
>>522385
It's the only way to have any chance of saving /a/ now. If you'd rather watch /a/ become /v/-tier or worse, then be my guest.
>>522891
No it isn't. Don't be retarded. All you need is to ban the generals and put a mod who actually cares about the board and community and shit would be fixed incredibly quick. Rulefagging will only make the place cancer on par with /v/, except, on a different side.
>>512023
>implying waifus are not the #1 reason people watch anime
>>522915
>not watching anigays
I notice that the more negative a board's reaction is to anime, the lower quality that board is. Those are also the best boards to post smug anime girls and piss people off.
>>522925
It means they aren't full of cancerous manchildren
/v/ and /vg/ is full of unronic weeaboos and you know it's awful
>>511924
There is nothing i hate more than lack of self-awareness, other boards like /v/ and /tv/ might be terrible, but they are aware of it or even make fun of it, but /a/ unironically believes they are good board even though they are the biggest echo chamber on this site
>>522895
>ban the generals
Agree. Ban the sadpanda threads.
>>523079
>people there make it good
Are you fuckign stupid? The outisders ahve significantyl outnumbered the original population which is why there is so much generals and waifushit
>>523079
>/a/ is good
>>523088
>/a/ is good
>>523079
You probably love shitty waifu threads so of course it's paradise in your eyes.
>>522895
>All you need is to ban the generals
And those who used to post in them will spill everywhere in /a/.
>and put a mod who actually cares about the board and community
With the moderation staff as they are now? Never. They too are part of the cancer.
The best we can hope for now is for one cancer to get rid of the other, then it would make things simpler to deal with.
>>523029
>they are aware of it
>/tv/
If any board blames their problems on other boards and/or sites then they are not as aware as you think they are.
>>523172
Nothing wrong with forcing the general-fags to spread out around /a/. If they behave like dumbasses, you tell them to fuck off or you report them. Simple as that.
>>511924
/a/ did everything for this site, EVERYTHING. 4chanX, the archives, a fucking game and an orchestra, /a/ is 4chan.
