Seriously. Every other day, I can't connect because of dead servers. My IRC client just sits there and tries to connect until I give up and quit it. Meanwhile, I can connect to 2-3 other networks just fine...Am I the only one? Image related, even if most of 4chan is too young to know who she is.
I get dropped fairly often, and there are many times when I'm unable to connect for an hour or longer. So it's not just you.
Recently I've gotten various errors from timeouts to 'server full.' I tend to idle alright, maybe a disconnect a day. But my aim goes as well so that's probably my pos router.
I don't think I've ever had a problem staying connected to irc.
>>545I get the same sort of problem, some days it just won't log-in, or it'll disconnect too much and eventually exit out of itself.
I get that too, although sometimes I'll wait long enough, take a shower, etc. and come back to it finally getting its shit together. I'm not sure if it's me or the network, but many other networks work perfectly fine so..
First off, thanks again to Coda for the awesome new oekaki features on /i/. I believe everyone has taken to them really well. The global announcement has turned it into /b/ paint right now. :)Because the upgrade also changes the nature of /i/, I was wondering if perhaps this might affect the rules as well. There have been some obviously non-oekaki pics posted, when I'm assuming this function is for when the upload fails.I'm aware it's still early days, so if it's okay I might put up some ideas later on as to how the new system might be detrimental to /i/ without certain guidelines. Thanks :)
There hasn't been any problems with the new unoffical loli rule on /i/, but what about furry? There are one or two /i/ posters who are trying to get furry porn threads going. Would these stay as with the loli 'rule', or be deleted as furry outside /b/?
this has already been addressed in the channel but I figured I'd mention it here too:furry stuff is still not allowed on /i/ or anywhere else besides /b/
There's been some discussion regarding some changes to the /i/ uploads. There appears to be some confusion regarding whether it's a file size limit of 100kb, or an image size limit of 300x300 pixels. I tried it out and it appears to be the latter.To prevent any people who haven't screencapped their work, or even begun one witht the new system, can we make some kind of notice as to this change? I assume it's for bandwidth and such, which is cool, but it might be an idea to give the board a heads up?
>>553I'm pretty sure this is a bug, and I've already told coda about it. It's up to him to fix though!
Every once in a while a "cute dead girl" thread pops up on /c/. As the name implies, pictures of dead girls are posted. I know anything extremely bloody is guro and therefore not worksafe, but a lot of the images are "tasteful", where the girls depicted are not mutilated and such. Are these threads not worksafe simply because they depict death? They seem to get an equal amount of sages and bumps, so I am not even sure what /c/'s opinion is. What's yours?
I don't see why death isn't work safe.
I only browse /c/ occasionally, but I think it is solidly outside the realm of "cute."Death is not cute.
>>509Well that's disputeable. Can someone post the pictures in question so we can further determine the circumstances?
>>511Sorry, I never save the pictures. (I agree with Unnes about death's lack of cuteness) The next time a thread pops up I'll post some here. But like I said, the pictures are tame for 4chan's standards. Most of the time it is a girl with her eyes closed and her wrist bleeding, or a girl hanging from a rope (but not all purple and bulgy-eyed).Consider this scenario: if you were looking at /c/ at work (let's hope nobody really does) and a passerby saw one of these threads, they would think you were a fucking weirdo, regardless of how "tasteful" the art itself is. I don't think it is good for the board.
>>523You make a good point, I retract my argument.
theres currently several "what slr/compact should i buy" threads on /p/. its beyond a joke. they do allways spark discussion, so i'm reluctant to delete them. can i get a clarification, or might i even suggest a new rule, reffering such discussion to /g/?
As another janitor on /p/, I would have to say that slr/compact threads would be hard to remove from the board. It is important to be able to talk about performance of cameras as they are used to produce photographs. However, these are cyclical. They start up around November/December for the holiday season and quickly end shortly after. Another peak time would be around May or June as well. Though I agree that it is almost ridiculous that there are probably 4 threads on the first page about gear in general, they shouldn't be deleted. Even /p/ gets bored of gear threads and start to sage them. About forwarding them to /g/, I don't think that there should be any conscious campaign to do so. Camera threads do pop up in /g/ but, I think they are pretty much valid in both boards.
The problem is that the gear threads appear almost constantly. Often times there will be threads for the same damn camera on different pages...usually an XTi, though at one point someone was (clearly) astroturfing the Sony SLR.Anything that keeps /p from turning into the absolute shithole that /g is, is more than welcome./o used to have a problem with "help my car broke" and "I have $6k, what should I buy" threads. Deleting them one or twice resulted in people then posting "why haven't the mods deleted this yet? Arrg!" :-)For the 2 users that whine, 100 will sigh a great sigh of relief. Seriously, when someone posts a picture of a Rebel XTi "borrowed" from Amazon...that's not /p material to me. 99% of what follows are imageless flaming posts. That can be done on the discussion board.Here's a shocking idea...on each board's main page and reply page, link to the relevant discussion board.
>>475interesting. I want new rules for /p/ and a sticky, with stuff like links to camera review pages. i'm also getting sick of all the 350D/400D and D50/70/75/80 threads.moving them to /g/ isn't smart, cause /g/ will say: go to /p/ for that.threads about older film cameras are OK on the other hand, IMO. they're less frequent and more interesting. there's plenty of info on the Canon/Nikon low-end DSLR series
>>483Also, please put in the sticky a link to http://photo.net/learn ...because when /p isn't asking equipment questions, they're asking basic photography questions.I do kind of agree about the film camera threads, though some idiot usually posts about film being better than digital.
Camera discussion is not going to be moved to /g/ because thats a horrible idea and /g/ already has a no tech help rule. If things like this are actually a problem we should discuss a rule change in irc.
People are starting to get bad about this again... I've counted about six threads of Rapidshare dumps in the first two pages of /h/ alone. There is no rule against it, but there was a sticky for it not too long ago.Recommendations?
I like the idea for a /rs/. It is a very effective way to transfer files after all. Why not encourage it?
I know it's been suggested before...actually I think it was suggested a long time ago but I'm not sure exactly what all the arguments against it were. Probably need a few new janitors just to keep it in line though.
I'm for it too, and not only cause I run rapidsearch :)As far as boards go, it'd be about the lowest bandwidth usage. Right there next to /t/, which can't be much.It'd also cut down on the rapidshare dumps in other boards, as the people whoring their collectors accounts would have somewhere non-destructive to do it in.
I do kind of wonder how well rules could be upkept though. With all boards flooding a /rs itd be pretty chaotic. The content seems like itd vary a lot in quality too...the extra steps in starting a torrent tends to keep some dips from posting worthless crap.
I agree, a /rs/ would be an excellent idea. As long as it didn't end up being like /r/, which is in the realm of possibility.
are threads asking for suggestions support or not?
Depends on suggestions for what. Even if it's a question about say mp3 players, I would consider that support because it's helping the poster make some sort of purchase. I don't think that sort of stuff should be allowed in /g/ because it doesn't really add anything. An exception would be talk of a new mp3 player using some new tech or design methodology and comparing it to current standards. However, suggestion threads are fairly innoculous, so it's more on a case by case thing, but I would personally consider them support.
Well, I think it was said before, but it may not be the accepted that support threads are like "Spyware, what I do?" "Adaware logs" "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, I WANT THESE MOTHERFUCKING VIRUSES OFF THIS MOTHERFUCKING COMPUTER" "My computer won't see my new printer". Mostly threads talking about products will talk about what's good and bad, and that itself is support, but not the type that is trying to be stopped from being posted.
I've been overlooking /po/ for quite a while, and i'm very happy with the direction it's been going. There are lots of good posts, but maybe a litte too many requests.The thing that has been bothering me, and appearently the admins, is that there hasn't really been anything to delete for a while. But now i'm beginning to think i might be looking for the wrong things.So far i've been deleting things that are downright destructive, such as obvious /b/-threads. But should i delete single replies to posts that don't add anything to the post as well? Posts that aren't really offending but don't really add anything either?Examples: http://cgi.4chan.org/po/res/28555.html#q28712 (a /b/ meme)http://cgi.4chan.org/po/res/28555.html#q28762After thinking about it, i think i would delete these. Is that right?http://cgi.4chan.org/po/res/29093.html#q29188http://cgi.4chan.org/po/res/28427.html#q29185Really unsure about these. They don't really do any harm, and as long as there aren't too many such posts, they don't clutter too much either.
There isn't anything wrong with those posts. You can't expect every post to be a nugget of wisdom. Even retarded posts by retarded people shouldn't be deleted unless it is offensive, breaks a rule, or will cause a thread to spiral into an internet fight.
Since not4chan.us showed up, and the sticky in /t disappeared, are loli and shota still allowed in /t, or should I start weeding them out from now on?
Just because a sticky is gone doesn't mean it doesn't still apply. Just that the staff thinks it's been around long enough for everyone to see. If something said in a sticky were going to be reversed, they'd probably make another sticky about it.
Bumping this so we can get a mod's opinion on this.There are a lot of loli/shota torrents posted in /t/, and people aren't even subtle about it (post subjects advertising LOLI or SHOTA).
Talking about it on IRC, it's my opinion we change the rules back to their original form. There's really no need for them in /t since other sites already allow them. People also can't request them in /r which kind of kills the usual system anyhow.
Okay, seems final conclusion is no /l or shota torrents. No obviously sexual /l outside /b and /i.
>>478For those of you who haven't noticed, global rule #3 was updated to the following:"Do not post the following outside of /b/: Trolls, flames, racism, off-topic replies, uncalled for catchphrases, macro image replies, indecipherable text (example: "lol u tk him 2da bar|?"), anthropomorphic ("furry"), grotesque ("guro"), or loli/shota images."So now technically loli/shota isn't allowed. Honestly, I don't mind if it is somewhat laxly enforced. Delete blatant lolikon/shotakon, but stuff that is borderline is fine by me--unless people start complaining about it that is.
i've been seeing this pop up in the channel, and it has been a concern of mine so i thought i'd ask.is it possible to flag reports made by logged-in janitors so that they look different in the reports list? if a janitor is dealing with a repeat offender and reports with the intent to ban request, another janitor could come along and delete the reported post without knowing. i don't think it's a huge issue, but better safe than sorry, right?
As an extra request, it would be handy if janitors didn't have to wait between reports for when multiple ban requests/etc are necessary.
Quick note, I'm a douche. When dealing with the cp flood in /v/ earlier, I intended to flag the board for review. However, I did so when looking at /j/ initially. Oops XD
Hey fellow /j/ team members,Just wanted to ask your opinion on something. Some of the users of our drama board /cgl/ felt it was necessary to report a bunch of posts that accused a cosplayer of photoshopping her pictures. Not that photoshopping is a big issue for /cgl/, it's done all the time. The posts are not illegal content or breaking the rules of /cgl/. From what I have read, abusing the report function would be reason for a ban.Should I be escalating these fake reports for bans or clearing them without action?
This is something I've wondered as well. How would we punish excessive bad reports?
Moderators have a ban reporter button. If you find a series of reports that are a problem, come tell a moderator to ban the reporter. Removing the report removes the way to ban them, though.
This is somewhat on topic: There's at least one person in /a/ who consistently reports EVERY instance of "battletoads," "combat frogs," and similar responses to source requests.Granted, replying with "battletoads" is pretty stupid, but I generally clear the reports because people realize it's a joke. But there are 3-4 reports a day for "battletoads," and assuming that I'm doing the right thing by clearing them, it would be nice to warn the guy and say "hey, stop reporting this."
geckoagua, Shisutaabooi, Bachus, and mynamejt please be in the IRC channel more.irc.rizon.net #janiteam patti
I'm usually idling there 24/7 :o Just doing Vista upgrade yesterday so I've not got it reinstalled yt.
Half the time I'm between noon rush and evening rush shifts sitting on a laptop just scanning through, but alright.
It's possible my internet will be shut off, but I am in the process of getting a brand new ISP, so if I am gone it shouldn't be for very long. (/sp/ can usually handle itself anyways, rofl.)
Okay, so from around the 20th to the 26th, I'll be with my family in Texas, so glance at /sp/ every once and a while. I might have a computer down there though, so I'll keep you posted.
Texas eh. Hope we get another Bahamas Christmas, I hate the cold.
Yeah my family lives down there and I figured I'd spend Thanksgiving+ with them.
I just booked airfare from Buffalo to Tampa, I will be gone from Dec 26 to Jan 6. Please watch /g/ for me.Pic related.
You're leaving upstate NY in the dead of winter?You bastard.
Talk about 'in advance'. O.o
>>443Can you blame me? I hate it here.
>>444I got super cheap airfare. lol
Sorry if I'm not around to do much work over the next week or so, but at the moment, I'm in and out of hospital with eyesight problems. It's kinda serious, but hopefully they'll be able to do something about it. I'll do what I can, but if someone could keep an eye on /h/ for me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks all.
/h/ janitor --> too much fapping --> blindnessIT ALL MAKES SENSE.Hope they can fix you up.
No worries. As always, I'm keeping close eye on the board. Be well, comrade.