What would you do if you became the new admin of 4chan? How would you make the site and community better? By the way, deleting the whole site isn't an option.
I would nuke the population
4chan seems like a massive waste of money. it doesn't generate nearly the amount of money that sites of this traffic typically get.
if i was hiro i wouldn't have bought 4chan to begin with.
I'd remove the catalog view, remove pic related and (You)s, moderate /pol/ and /v/ myself and get the site of google search
I'm certain this alone would help improving the website a lot.
>>571482
I would change the catalog system
I would put generals in their own tabs, with their own page thing
So you would have
[index] [Catalog] [Generals] [Bottom] [Archive]
>>571478
Ban Australia.
>>571478
>deleting the whole site isn't an option
There goes plan A.
Enforcement of rules on all boards would be more strict than it is now.
I would try to find a way to stop mobile IP addresses from posting. I might let them post on a few boards like /b/ and /trash/.
I would ban porn from /b/ to see what would happen.
>>571482
Curious, why do you think catalog view, showing replies and (You)s should be removed?
4chan has too many boards, and a lot of them can be merged with other boards.
Less boards + more moderation = better 4chan
I'd probably just shut it down.
>>571495
> By the way, deleting the whole site isn't an option.
>>571478
I would remove non anime boards to be honest.
rocks fall everyone dies
Remove the inline extension.
People have been treating threads likes chatrooms ever since it has been introduced.
>>571478
Make a version of /b/ called /ob/ (old /b/) where it would have cachapa-less posting, legacy timers, have all posts be a GET. Finally global rules :Gloable Rules: 4,10, 11, 13, and 15, will not be enforced
- Remove the whole site except the index from Google Search. I'd delete the current index and make a new one with only ads;
- Implement a HTTP Referrer detection system, redirect everyone who comes from other sites that aren't chans to the front page (full of ads, generating profit);
- Ban attwhores (i.e. "btw, i'm a girl"), normalfags, redditors and moralfags;
- Make it a way so /b/tards can't browse other boards;
- Move the servers to either Panama or Malaysia so I can tell FBI to fuck off;
- Put a legal disclaimer telling that the staff is not responsible for the content here (though I'd still have the takedown request page) and remove rule 4, some parts of rule 3 (such as the racism and the dubs ones) and allow posting from some VPNs;
- Forced anonymity on some boards;
- Bring back /z/, where it would have just the no illegal shit and no spam rules.
That's it. Oh, I'd also love to nuke /lgbt/ and /soc/.
>Remove 4chan as a google search result
>Rehire mods for /v/ and /tv/
>Remove tripcodes entirely, but add the ability to give your posts an ID but only for that thread
>Make [s4s] hidden
>turn /vg/ into juts /generals/
>Add highlights around filtered words like cuck senpai desu etc
>Filter "shill" to "friend" and "Shilling" to "having fun"
>Fix the filters to detect missspellings and workarounds
>Remove Global Rule 3 except for the "Off topic" part
>Force mods to be much more linient with what is considered off topic
>Allow light anime discussion on most if not all boards. Obviously don't let it go overboard, but a thread about a game based on an anime on /v/ wouldn't hurt anyone
>Remove the raids part of Global Rule 4
>Add new green boards (Yotsuba C) where nsfw can be posted, but must be marked with a NSFW tag. Boards would include /lgbt/, /mlp/, /soc/, /pol/, and /gif/
>Merge /wsg/ and /gif/
I think that might cover most of it. Everything else would just be minor changes like removing /news/ or selling the site to facebook
>>571478
>remove name field and tripcodes
>make a new board for "robots" and hide it
>hide [s4s]
>bring back /z/ and /fk/
>bring back emotes but only for /b/, /trash/, [s4s], /z/ and /fk/
>add a new color theme
>add some wordfilters on all boards except [s4s] and /b/
>maybe bring back /q/ for one month
>>571478
I would:
● Restore world4ch (but using weabot instead of kareha software) and move all the generals there.
● Add an SFW general discussion board.
● Remove "humanities" from /his/.
● Rename /jp/ back to Japan/General.
● Add a Japanese video games board.
● Add a /neet/ board.
● Add a feature which would allow users to view the last 50 and last 100 posts of a thread, like the same feature on 2channel. It's especially useful when you have a Q&A threads with 5000+ replies.
● Add a flipside system, where every board has one side for normal threads and a flipside for trolling, meta discussion, "board culture", etc.
● Rename /pol/ from Politically Incorrect to just Politics to deter the alt-right's hugbox behavior.
● Remove flags from /pol/ as they really do not help the discussion of politics in any way.
● Enforce a strict "politics only on /pol/ and /news/" rule.
● Restore the visibility of sage and encourage its use.
● Encourage the use of the 4chan filter.
● Add [aa] tags on every board.
● Issue bans to people who do not respect what 4chan was founded on.
● Enforce GR6 more strictly on all boards (besides /b/, /trash/ and /s4s/ obviously)
● Do an advertising contract with Crunchyroll and Niconico Douga to display ads on all the anime/otaku boards.
>>571494
I disagree. Slow boards typically have better discussion and less need for moderation anyway.
>>571498
Who are you quoting?
>>571541
>Who are you quoting?
The OP, dumbass
>>571541
What are [aa] tags?
>>571543
Ruse'd
>>571544
ASCII/SJIS art formatting tags that would allow people to post things like pic related.
Enjoy your delusions of power, you can remake the boards but you can't remake the userbase. Everyone good is gone.
>>571490
Generally i found that the more practical something becomes the more you become lazy while using it. I normally wouldn't mind but when it comes to a forum it's never good.
I'd like to prevent people from seeing every thread at any time (catalog view) because the catalog gives a very lazy overview of the thread without correctly portraying how the thread is itself. Having been forced to use the regular view because the catalog one was very shit on another channel, i can safely say that using the regular view will show you more of the threads (while showing less threads) meaning you get much more information about the thread and as such are more proned to be interest by it.
I found myself attracted to threads i normally wouldn't browse proly because i used the regular view, because said view shows a few comments in the thread which help judging pretty fast if it's shitposting. Those few comments can also create interest. Catalog view provides that but in much worse.
Showing replies & (You)s also because practical = lazy. Showing all the replies of a comment tend to allow for petty internet wars and attention whoring. The same way people on reddit will (subconsciously or not) tend to post something different as to get more karma, people on 4chan might post certain things (bait) as to get responses. May it be the replies shown in my previous pic or (You)s.
Seeing immediately the replies to your post without searching for it will get you to feel that you need to react much faster which is something that i do not appreciate. Users should not worry about how much time they spent writing a comment and not having a clear indication that they got a response will make them respond slower and care less about the time. Also slows down internet fight.
All of those i suggested to remove do not influence how good a comment can be, meaning whether it is present or not you will see good quality posts.
>>571551
I'm good...
>>571482
>>571484
>>571487
>>571489
>>571494
>>571501
>>571517
>>571521
>>571529
>>571541
Looking at retards like this I take back what I said about Hiro. I don't mind him as Admin considering we could have got someone this fucking bad. Bonus points to:
>>571529
>>571521
For the worst responses in the thread.
>>571534
>>571480
These are the only sensible replies in the thread. You see Hiro this is why you don't get suggestions from /qa/ its full of newfags and retards that think that they know how to run the site.
>>571558
>These are the only sensible replies in the thread.
sensible doesn't mean "things i agree with"
>>571478
sell it to google lmao
>>571478
Bring back all of the word filters.
More visible moderation. (User was banned for this post) shouldnt be a fucking yeti sighting.
Fix triforcing.
Allow unicode on more boards.
Allow ASCII art on /b/.
Delete [s4s].
Delete /soc/. Ban all /soc/ subjects except for timestamped pics.
Bring back /z/.
Never ban a specific game from /v/ just because people whine.
Encourage usage of /vg/ for new games with a lot of discussion.
Allow political discussion on any board if it's centered around the board's subject.
(Example: video game company donates large amount to some cause can be discussed on /v/. Movie studio doing the same can be discussed on /tv/. This would curb the >>>/pol/ shitposting)
Responding to someone with only >>>/board/ will get you a fat autoban. Add some content to your post or fuck off.
Encourage streamers to take ad space on video game boards instead of just banning them.
Tone down GR15 to just "MLP centric threads" as the current rule is out of date and just gives people a reason to complain.
Admitting that you go to Reddit is a ban. We dont care. Go away.
Encourage people to post pron to the actual porn boards instead of just /b/.
Discourage mods from banning opinions, even if it comes across as a shitty troll.
Never appease whiners. If it isnt breaking a rule and isnt illegal, then use the hide function. No we're not adding a rule fuck off.
PSA: There is no such thing as "crossboarding", no fucking shit people use more than one board.
PSA: There is no such thing as a "containment board." Also "containment board" is on the autoban list.
Add a global "rule" acknowledging that 4chan does not believe in the existence of "hate speech."
>>571558
>sensible replies
>"bring back /q/"
And you say that we don't know how to run a site?
Running an imageboard isn't like running a normal site. You need to know the userbase you're working with. In this case, anons hate new users, meme sites, SJWs, and bullshit rules that are useless, therefore removing 4chan from google, banning these cross-site posters from epic maymay sites and banning SJWs would please the userbase.
No userbase = no site, did you get this?
I really wonder who is behind this post...
>>571478
I would pay the moderation staff
Delete the site for good and free us all
>>571478
Well for one, I would start actually talking with people
And #2 would be to reduce the veil of silence to pre-2008 era 4chan instead of the North Korean complete mod blackout we have now.
>>571480
4chan still generates a profit. It's just not as lucrative as it once was.
And I'm convinced, memes aside, some of the moderator team is paid in some way.
>>571478
-Make a global general board with 50 pages and force every single general on the site into it. April furs it.
- Fuck with the mods and remove global status from all except some and tell them to pick the boards they actually like and have an interest in and to moderate those. Find some for the missing boards.
- Add text boards back.
- Do nothing else but fucking around with the userbase. Encourage fun.
There, site is fucking fixed as everything will start proceeding to fix itself.
Why hiro ignore the anon's in one thread.
>>571729
I like the idea of removing global status on mods ,but it can't happen.
I think the mod problem is overstated and is a result of too few people who are all very close friends having to maintain a board they really don't care about. If you gave them any more restrictions besides "hang out all day in skype while occasionally clicking around the boards" most of them would just quit.
>>571732
Mods aren't supposed to have strong feelings about boards. They're cops, not crusaders.
>>571734
The mods aren't. They are meant to be apart of the community of the board, not some ironfisted overseerer.
>>571734
>Mods aren't SUPPOSED to
There's the problem. If this were really true, there wouldn't be board-specific mods in the first place.
Like redwood, who is exclusively a /co/ problem.
Remove all the geographical restrictions. /a/ would be a board for all sorts of cartoons, not just weeb-shit.
Nobody in this thread know how to make chan, just are newfags.
>>571594
Mods ban all theses things you said? No.
The userbase still here? Yes.
So stop to be a kid who dont know nothing about run a site.
>>571594
Remove 4chan for google just gonna make 4chan die, faggot.
Blocking all phoneposters would be a good start.
>>571521
>- Make it a way so /b/tards can't browse other boards;
This but /pol/tards instead of /b/tards
>>571575
If you want more (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST), there needs to be some form of censoring content in the post, especially things like external links if they were advertising. That could be accomplished by red-barring some text or something.
>>571779
More users = more advertising dollars.
>>571781
How? Why even?
>>571529
>having fun
OP wasnt asking subhuman trash from /v/
Go play your video games you faggot dweeb
>>571999
That's why I said "make the index page full of ads".
>>571478
I would enforce global rules to the letter, and probably add some more.
For example, a reply that's just a picture of someone's face with no text would be a 7-day ban, or 10-day if it's also a picture of a fedora. Such images do not contribute to discussion and are overused to the point of losing all meaning.
We should spell out precisely what "off topic" means and then stick to it, no exceptions. It will be fair because the rule will be explained in detail so everyone can understand it.
Currently it's a minefield, with /tg/ being the de facto "nerd fiction" board for all media except when it isn't, and there's no rhyme or reason to the boundaries.
I don't give a damn about making the site "better" for full-time shitposters. There must be consistency in the way the global rules are applied, or else the majority of posters looking for discussion are like lab rats getting shocked at random, afraid to do anything and nothing.
>>571981
You could get more "banned" messages if they'd just do it. Most bans are just for shitposting in the first place.
Now that I look at http://www.4chan.org/bans I can see why /v/ mods wouldnt want that though. They're just awful.
>>571478
delete /a/
>>572249
As dumb as that sounds at first, a temporary deletion might actually be a good idea.
>>571575
>Add a global "rule" acknowledging that 4chan does not believe in the existence of "hate speech."
I don't think it's practical to openly assert such a position, but it would be neat.
>>572041
>or else the majority of posters looking for discussion are like lab rats getting shocked at random, afraid to do anything and nothing.
This so much.
I rarely use the report function because I believe in self-moderation, but last week I reported some idiot spamming cuck shit on /a/ and I got warning. I reported him again and I ended up with a three day ban.
I honestly do not understand how mods or the report function work at all.
>>572041
>>I would enforce global rules to the letter, and probably add some more.
Fuck off rulefag.
>>572289
>I rarely use the report function because I believe in self-moderation
You are a level beyond stupid.
>>571781
Phoneposter here. Kill yourself.
I would make mods be per board. There would be some global ones too, but there would be some per board.
Janitors wouldn't exist. There's no reason to have janitors and mods. Trusting someone enough to delete things but not enough to ban people means you don't trust them not to abuse power at all.
All bans would be appeal-able, but also rules would be enforced hardcore. However bending rules or banning people for incorrect rules would result in suspension or removal of mod privileges.
I would also do >>571479 and just shut the whole site down for like a month without warning until morons with short attention spans moved on. After that, I'd probably keep /b/ and /v/ shut down for another month or two just to give them an even longer break.
I'd merge /cm/, /y/, and /u/ into /fu/jo, regulate ALL 3D porn to /s/, /hm/, or /hc/, with the exception of /gif/. /e/ is gone, replaced by an /ac/ where people would be able to post anything about currently running anime series, including NSFW scenes. After the anime is over, it's regulated to /a/ which would remain SFW. /h/ is NSFW /a/, period, as well as anything else like porn games. I'd probably also make a board just for manga, LNs, actual novels, and any other sort of written Japanese material VNs too maybe. NSFW.
Also the social shit boards are gone. /v/ is merged back into /v/ with the exception of /vr/, but a seperate board for internet and phone games is made. /trash/ isn't able to have new threads made.
Above all, I'd seek to destroy "board culture" and the idea of sticking to one board, and the even more degenerate idea of sticking to one thread. 4chan is a site with lots of boards and people would be made to use the one most appropriate for the topic they wanted to post. /s4s/ would probably be used as a meeting ground for people to dump off-topic shit relevant to specific boards.
I would filter and ban so many buzzwords that /v/ would never be able to hold a conversation again.
>>571478
Ban toku on /m/
Fire all the mods except the ones on /a/ and replacr them with mods who aren't shit
Hire five-hundred-man mod team for /v/, making the board not shit again
Posting actual bait is a permaban
>>572736
That looks interesting. "board culture" is a problem that every board suffers from.
>>572736
>Above all, I'd seek to destroy "board culture" and the idea of sticking to one board, and the even more degenerate idea of sticking to one thread.
How would that even be possible though? I like the idea but it just seems unfeasible.
Keep things running in pretty much the same way, make sure illegal shit gets dealt with and removed. Other than that not a whole lot. The community makes this website what it is, not the admin.
>>571478
break /pol/ in half and actually moderate memeposts off the other half
just to see what would happen
r9k on every board but only active after they've made the same post like 15 times
>>572797
>but also rules would be enforced hardcore.
Through that.
I mean seriously, hardcore, no-fun-allowed level enforcement of board rules and topics. e.g. If you want to talk about the anime of a game, you had better be in /a/. You want to post a comic about video games that isn't directly about a particular video game? Better be on /co/. Literally no shitposting, funposting, borderline posting or any sort.
Of course the unfeasible part would be having a large and trustworthy enough staff. I'm not sure general type threads could be stopped either, but that's the reason for the seasonal anime board. When the season ends, your general dies and your anime is thrown into the anime cesspit. for everything else, hopefully they just acheive a fast enough post speed that generals get pushed off.
That or I could bring back the marked for deletion thing or liberally use the mod's thread permasage function.
There should be an experimental board where threads can't be bumped or can only be bumped for a few hour or only bumped once per ip.
>>572755
>Ban toku on /m/
There should be a live action board on this 4chan to put idol threads and Japanese movies into, as well as Japanese drama, toku, etc. /jtv/ or something.
>>572457
How so?
Reporting rule-breaking shit gets you banned. Why the fuck would I bother reporting posts?
Put up across the entire site the same label as /b/: No one in their right mind should take any of this seriously.
Fuck off for the rest of eternity.
Enjoy.
>>572736
>but also rules would be enforced hardcore.
>Above all, I'd seek to destroy "board culture
Fuck off you retarded newfag rulefag. There is you aren't a mod or janny.
>>571478
>remove 4chan from search results
>fire most mods and replace them with competent ones
>delete /pol/, then pull an April Fur's Day with all IPs that posted on it
>strict anti-/pol/ moderation on other boards to get stragglers to fuck off
>bring back text boards
>bring back /z/ and make it a hidden board
>hide [s4s] and /r9k/
>make hidden boards unable to be accessed by going 4chan.org/[board]
>make /purge/ for what /trash/ was originally supposed to be, disallow creation of new threads on /purge/
>maybe moderate /trash/
>maybe make a hidden board called /comfy/ solely for comfyposting, heavily moderated
>rename /d/ as /d/ - deviancy and make it the general 2D fetish board so /aco/ is what it was supposed to be
>maybe split /tv/ into /tv/ and /film/, /co/ into /co/ and /ca/, and /a/ into /a/ and /mn/ if there was enough demand
>make a generals tab like >>571484 suggested, perhaps give the generals tab a separate set of pages to the normal board (if so, I'd probably remerge /v/ with /vg/ and /vp/ as well)
>allow for media types other than images to be posted (text files/pdfs, audio files, audio webm, maybe more)
>bar regular /b/ posters from being able to view other boards somehow
>add a fuckton of filters for flavor of the month buzzwords, making them instabans if they get too bad (cuck being the first one)
>add green boards where nsfw can be posted but must be spoilered/tagged, then make /qst/, /mlp/, /lgbt/, and /soc/ green
>maybe make an /l/ for loli/shota if there was enough demand
>make /cel/ for waifufags and e-celeb bullshit; ban both of those from all other boards
>maybe eventually delete /mlp/ and remove the no pony rule if it gets too slow
>add more pages to most boards on the site
I might think of more in a little bit too
>>573433
>have a panel on Hiro's birthday
>>573550
what do you mean anon?
I also like that idea actually
