I hear these are all the rage at 2ch and likewise boards, so let's see if we can come up with some cool ones ourselves!
Have you seen 4chan discussion boards?
It's very messy. You think you are talking to the same person, until that "same person" starts arguing with himself, then you realize they were all different persons you were talking to.
That's just in the beginning when you have no clue what's going on, though. If 4-ch wanted to be especially newbie-friendly, there could be a short disclaimer at the top of every board, announcing every Anonymous name. But I think it could also be covered in the FAQ and that's that. Also, there are the session ID tags to tell people apart sometimes.
The way iichan made up names based on IP address was pretty cool.
does it still do?
nope its all Anonymous now - wtf?
It's an option, and it's turned off on 4-ch.
Also I support this partition.
I was thinking the >>1 one, but if you have any others, make an offer.
>7
Is it off by default? Maybe it should have been on by default.
∧__∧ ________
<丶｀∀´>/￣/￣/ I hold this paper
（ 二二二つ / と） in representation of the fact
| / / / that the partition of >>1
| ￣|￣ ￣ is FUCKING SIGNED.
Since you fellas have nagged on about it, I will take on >>1 's idea, HOWEVER, should more boards be made, you'll have to come up with the anonymous name for it, and I'll start a thread in any new boards so that you can suggest.
Over the next couple of days I'm going to do some revisions, fixing the RSS, changing some other things, so if the site appears a bit borked at times, wait 5 minutes, and if its still broken, make a thread here in /req/ about it.
> Since you fellas have nagged on about it
Come on, it's a great idea, nagging or not! :D
And I have one edit to my initial suggestion:
> Partition
"Partitioner"
> Politics = "Proletarian"
This one's good, but I'd also like "Citizen".
>>14 is also signed.
Alright all the boards except for /nihongo/ and /req/ have been changed. Any problems, let me know.
I think the names should somehow be a mix of a pun on both the board's theme and the whole Anonymous thing. Both of those two suggestions aren't really working for the second property of the mix.
typo in Food: "Apprentice" has two p's
I still think that "Proletarian" has a more faceless nuance to it than "Citizen". In most nations, citizens tend to be registered somehow.
Alan Smithee /is/ anonymous, as linked above.
I just like being able to say "State your business, Citizen."
Also, "Citizen" is more politically neutral than "Proletarian". And "Proletarian" implies a class society, and thus does not represent everyone.
> Also, "Citizen" is more politically neutral than "Proletarian"
This can only seriously be stated by someone who also believes in the followin:
> And "Proletarian" implies a class society, and thus does not represent everyone.
False consciousness! False consciousness!
No one uses "1337 speak" and the constant upppercase sucks wang. Find a different name that doesnt suck.
> No one uses "1337 speak"
That's the joke. Anonymous names should be partially or fully derogatory.
Derogatory anonymous names are lame. IMO they should either be neutral, or else funny if they are derogatory (Toshiaki, Nuitari, etc) to encourage anonymous posting.
"I don't listen to Anonymous Cowards because they don't have the balls to list their fictitious pen-name on the anonymous Internet" - how many times have you heard that one before?
also, I would suggest replacing "CYB3R H4XX0R G33K" with something less emphatically numeric, such as "leeth4xor@4-ch".
I very much agree with >>36. Words are more important than names.
I got the idea for "CYB3R H4XX0R G33K" from this world2ch thread:
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:GxSbZvY-CRIJ:world2ch.net/test/read.cgi/pc/1049664529/1-0
I guess HYPER HACKER works as well. :)
Requesting "Unpopular Popstar" get changed to "☆ ♪ Unpopular Popstar ♪ ☆" :D
How's about we get some more activity happening on the boards, ya? It's getting kinda quiet here.
Needs more advertisement. I have done my fair share, though.
on /neko/ i set anon to anonyneko.