Why?
>>129 I agree, it's part of the fun, and a counterblast to those who say the Eternal September is over
>this website has been dead for over 12 years
lmao. But yeah it's a fucking textboard in [current year] and part of a pretty obscure subculture to boot. I don't think any gatekeeping is even necessary because the format itself and the slow speed (with it's lack of instant gratification) repels social media zombies. Even "New users" who wander in here from 4chan or wherever else are probably already the type to fit in, or otherwise make like 3 posts, get laughed off the board, and never return.
>If a certain someone didn’t scare off new users with their “oh those fucking newfags get off my board!” act
Nobody gets scared off by that. Do newfags like this really think that talking shit to someone online and telling them to fuck off works? That anyone ever heard "omg fuk off bro" and then went "oh i guess im not welcome then i better leave"? Really?
>talking shit to someone online and telling them to fuck off works
I think I have seen people being repelled from boards due to their experience with one or two posters. One poster replies with some edgy racist/transphobic/antisemtic crap, and the newfag says “oh, so this is some gross far right internet hole? Count me out!”
Not quite the same, but I still think making fun of posters who are new has dissuaded new users at least once too.
Of course, on an anonymous forum it's possible that they assimilated and never spoke about it again, but still used the site. But I've seen users with distinct posting styles disappear after getting the piss ripped out of them by other users.
Not just repelled from new boards, I've left boards I've browsed for years purely because of one or two new posters that dominated all conversation and destroyed all existing culture.
I guess it does happen then. Bizarre to me. But maybe that's because my homeboard in the day was /b/ and my introduction to imageboards was being called a fucking faggot newfag and getting gore and other shit spammed at me. I never would have guessed people got run off of an anonymous place before when it's as simple as blending in with everyone else. On a typical forum everyone knows who you are. Places like this take that continual identity out of the equation.
You are completely missing the point.
It has nothing to do with identity and anonymity. People who aren't teenagers don't want to waste their energy on edgy teenagers and they definitely don't want to blend in with annoying retards so they leave. The end.
>>136 Sounds like you didn't lurk enough, or else they wouldn't have noticed your newfaggotry
>>138
Everyone gets called a newfag for shit there. I forget what I even said as my first post. But I've been on imageboards now since 2006. I still get called a newfag and I've been around longer than moot or any of the people calling me one at this point. Nobody ever followed the "lurk moar" thing.
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I guess some feelings got hurt. Why is every anonymous space so fucking touchy these days? May as well be on reddit at this point.
2. You will immediately cease and not continue to access the site if you are under the age of 18.
Hot take but quantity is always better than quality for image boards.
"But they will ruin our tight-knit community and obscure culture!"
What good is that if only dozen people check the site over the span of a month? I prefer more activity.
>>145
Dumb cunt. Have you even seen 4chan lately?
Quality > Quantity for any website, ever. Giving internet access to the unwashed masses and third worlders has been a gigantic mistake.
What good is any community if any intelligent, meaningful conversation there is drowned out by retarded jabbering?