No.425
Updates:
1. New board owner. Previous owner appeared to be MIA so I took over.
2. Flags have been implemented. Check them out!
The following characters have been added: Akiko Minase, Bulma, Chi-Chi, Hanako/Delia, Mitsuko Shindo, Mrs. Briefs, and Rinko Iori. More will be made in the future.
Future direction of this board
The post rate on /ara/ has been abysmal for a while now. So I will be figuring out ways to expand this user base and try to make this board more fun for you guys. I have some ideas (which are currently secret) that I plan to implement sometime in the near future.
/co/ & Western art inclusion?
One idea that's not secret and that I'd like your input on is the following: I might start allowing and encouraging Western art that's related to this board's content. You know, attracting people from /co/, dA, and so on. I feel that diversifying the available content on this board is one possible method of expanding the user base and increasing the post rate. If I do allow it, it will probably be under the condition that their content be segregated in their own threads. Of course, any /furry/ garbage or similar would be prohibited. What do you guys think about this?
No.428
In the rules you should clarify on onee-sans. I'm personally all for keeping Onee-sans as a part of this board.
For other potential characters for flags (some of them are very much on the obscure side):
Masane Amaha
Cattleya (Queen’s Blade)
Saionji Reika
Ren Seto
Hoshizora Ikuyo
Nana Todoroki
Akana Rui
Crimson Viper
Vanessa (King of Fighters)
Cooking Mama
Yukari Takara
Mother Brain
I don't know how you can really "diversify" the content though. I mean, we have milfs and onee-sans. Not sure if there's any more we can do beyond that.
But either way, I have a lot of potential threads planned for this board anyway, but I usually only do it at a trickle at a time.
Western-art is iffy. Maybe just allow someone, if they want, to make a single thread for western art milfs and take it from there?
As for traffic, I think it's slowly finally starting to get there. The past week has been far more active then it usually is, so maybe the tide is finally starting to turn there. But it will take time and there's no guarantee, since 8chan is slow anyway.
No.429
Western art could be good as as long as it isn't extremely terrible if that makes sense?
No.433
Also Board owner, did you consider shilling by either making a thread on
>>>/boards/ or posting in the sticky thread for low-traffic boards?
It seems that a lot of low-traffic boards go those places to explain what their board is.
>>429I have no problem with western art itself (I have plenty).
I was only slightly worried that an overabundance will make the board look more like rule34 paheal and may turn some off. But Dexter's Mom, Madeline Fenton, and Mrs. Incredibles are examples of characters that get some fantastic milf art. I also humbly admit that Peggy Pete is the only time I've ever fapped to what is arguably considered furry.
There probably won't be much worry though: most around here will probably post more anime/game related and only occasionally we'll get western, so it probably wouldn't be an issue.
That's why I say if someone wants to down the line, then they should just have a single thread for western art, and see where it goes from there. I too think encouraging western art would be a good idea.
No.434
>>433That's reasonable and Dexter's mom my nigga :)and that would be slightly bad if this board looked like a rule 34 board.
No.469
Hello!
Updates:1. Trying Yotsuba as default theme.
I think it suits this board better, but if you guys find it too bright and prefer Yotsuba B, I'll set it back and try to come up with a better style sheet in the future.
2. Rule page has been updated. Any objections? Let me know what you think. I think it can be cleaned up a little, I'll figure out how to re-word things later.
3. Three new flags added: Araragi, Cattleya, Masane Amaha. Keep the suggestions coming. I think I'll do these in larger, less frequent batches, because 8chan has this glitch where new flags aren't listed in the reply box for each thread until someone posts a new reply.
New title ideas?Even though this is just a casual NSFW board, having a better title will attract more people.
2D MILFs & Cakes doesn't look bad, but I have a feeling it could be slightly better. Maybe I'm overthinking it. "2D" sounds slightly dorky. But it might be a problem if I omitted that. Thoughts on this?
>>428>I don't know how you can really "diversify" the content though. I mean, we have milfs and onee-sans. Not sure if there's any more we can do beyond that. Diversify, as in not just Japanese milfs and onee-sans but Western ones too. The rule on this was never clear to begin with.
>As for traffic, I think it's slowly finally starting to get there. The past week has been far more active then it usually is, so maybe the tide is finally starting to turn there. But it will take time and there's no guarantee, since 8chan is slow anyway.Yeah, I don't expect changes in the post rate to be anything but gradual.
>>429If by extremely terrible you mean bizarre stuff found on deviantArt or rule34 websites, then no I won't allow that here.
>>433>Also Board owner, did you consider shilling by either making a thread on >>>/boards/ or posting in the sticky thread for low-traffic boards?Good idea, I didn't know about that. Maybe I'll do it later in the weekend if I have time. I still want to tweak a few things before I go in 100% shill mode.
>I was only slightly worried that an overabundance will make the board look more like rule34 paheal/ara/ won't be anything like that website. Also I think they banned straight shota.
>But Dexter's Mom, Madeline Fenton, and Mrs. Incredibles are examples of characters that get some fantastic milf art.I encourage people here to make threads for each of those characters. There aren't that many popular western characters anyway, and this whole board can fit 375 threads at a time.
>I also humbly admit that Peggy Pete is the only time I've ever fapped to what is arguably considered furry.Peg Pete is very anthropomorphized. Like 10% furry. Maybe I can adjust the rules to allow characters like her. But I have to be careful about this.
EDIT: Sorry for this messy post. I'll type and fragment less in the future.Post last edited at
No.471
...and back to Yotsuba B.
Black font on light blue is easier on the eyes than dark red font on light peach.
No.473
ur a faggot OP
what does cakes mean?
No.478
>>469That's what I meant by extremely terrible yes.
>>473If I remember it's anybody over the age of 25 or 27 I think.
No.482
>>478Then what's to stop me from posting generic hentai and claiming they're all cakes?
>>469>New title ideas?MILFs, Straight shota & Incest
Play with mama! - MILFs & Cakes
Horny Hentai Mommies
MILFs - Hentai, Ecchi & Toons
No.483
>>469
>I think it suits this board better, but if you guys find it too bright and prefer Yotsuba B, I'll set it back and try to come up with a better style sheet in the future.I'm pretty undecided on the board theme overall, but I think the lighter color fits slightly better then the blue, but as you say blue is far easier on the eyes.
>2. Rule page has been updated. Any objections? Let me know what you think. I think it can be cleaned up a little, I'll figure out how to re-word things later.Rules seem fine to me.
>3. Three new flags added: Araragi, Cattleya, Masane Amaha. Keep the suggestions coming. Pokemilfs like Pokemon Black and White's Mom and Grace (Pokemon XY mom) would also be good.
>2D MILFs & Cakes doesn't look bad, but I have a feeling it could be slightly better. Maybe I'm overthinking it. "2D" sounds slightly dorky. But it might be a problem if I omitted that. Thoughts on this?I think it's fine, but
>>482 suggestions are good.
>Diversify, as in not just Japanese milfs and onee-sans but Western ones too. The rule on this was never clear to begin with.Ah, I see.
>Peg Pete is very anthropomorphized. Like 10% furry. Maybe I can adjust the rules to allow characters like her. But I have to be careful about this.For now, it would probably be best to not allow stuff like Peg Pete to my dismay since it will open the floodgates and blur the line between what is or isn't allowed.
>>473>what does cakes mean?Comes from the term "Christmas Cake" which is a 26+ year old japanese woman that has "past their prime".
So, older women.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Christmas+Cake No.494
I feel the need to thank you guys, from the bottom of my heart, for creating this board and spreading the glory of ara ara~ in 8chan.
Keep on being awesome.
Polite sage. In b4 sageing a sticky.
No.496
If I'm not mistaken, this looks to be a new banner~
Also going to need sauce plsAlso I don't think
>>245 banner was ever added as a banner but I'm not sure. If it hasn't, it should since it explains this board perfectly.
If other people decide to make banners, should they be posted here?
Also, what does everyone think of changing "Anonymous" to something else?
If yes is a consensus, then my picks are either "Boy Toy" or "Mama's Boy"
>>494We're still too slow. But one day, we will take over. Spreading the love of embracing an Ara is our goal. Even beyond 8chan.
No.497
>>482Renamed it to your last title.
>>496>what does everyone think of changing "Anonymous" to something else?I was thinking of changing it to Anon-kun.
>If yes is a consensus, then my picks are either "Boy Toy" or "Mama's Boy"Sounds a bit too /ss/. There's one guy that complained about shota
>>254 lol
>Also I don't think >>245 banner was ever added as a bannerDo you have the proper source for that? I think you gave the wrong link or page.
>If other people decide to make banners, should they be posted here?Sure. I would prefer though if people posted ideas of banners so I can crop and edit them myself.
>need sauce plshttp://www.hshare.net/topic/17459-mother-daughter-donburi-eng-subs/http://www.pornhub.com/view_video.php?viewkey=1859947731 No.516
>>497>I was thinking of changing it to Anon-kun.Sounds fine to me.
>Do you have the proper source for that? I think you gave the wrong link or page.Looking back, your right! I put the wrong link.
Try this one:
http://g.e-hentai.org/g/345176/72b4ed43a9/Page 2
No.558
Does anyone have the original sources for these banners? I want to see if I can improve them.
Also, if you like this board, please consider bumping >>>/boards/5854 and saying why you think this board is good and why it deserves more people.
No.561
>>558>please consider [...] saying why you think this board is goodIt's not
No.562
Possible Banners? Pics related.
>>558Sorry, don't know the sources.
No.582
Wow, it looks like the active users on /ara/ has climbed up to double digits. I wonder if this can ever get to top 50 on 8chan.
>>561If you have any suggestions to improve the board, please state them :^)
>>562Actually I uploaded that one a few days ago! I wish there was like an /ara/banners.html link to be able to see current banners.
>>563Those look difficult to crop properly, but maybe I can figure out a combination of pan & scan and dynamic scaling on them.
No.587
>>582Nah I'm just fucking with you. It's an awesome board. I've been dumping stuff in the OVAs and /ss/ threads.
No.614
I was gonna become a regular contributor after looking thru the catalog and all, even though it is a small board, and then I see that the board owner will allow western or co stuff in a general and calls furry content garbage.
No.615
>>614>the board owner will allow western or co stuff in a generalDidn't say that. Rules are more lenient than that. If a bunch of it is spammed in the wrong places, like a thread made specifically for doujinshi, those posts will get deleted. Who can disagree with that?
>and calls furry content garbage>>>/furry/ No.768
>>469I think 2D MILFs & Cakes made more sense than this current one since not all characters on here are mothers.
Since you're allowing Western art I would name it 2D MILFs & Mature Women
No.769
>>768> 2D MILFs & Mature WomenHmmm, I think I like this better too. But we'll see.
No.774
>>768You're right, that one's better.
No.830
>>558I made the middle two, let me see if I can find them.
Also email me sometime board owner, I'd be happy to help you out.
No.883
>>830I'll think about it later. This past month my new night-shift job's been taking a lot of my time and energy to be able to use my computer.
No.884
>>614cry some more faggot
No.888
I love this board and it's content but I have no idea what ara ara means.
No.895
No.1039
Figured out how to hide some of the useless, cluttered file information no one cares about.
Now I need to hide emoji images (♥♦) and convert them back to ASCII. It's annoying when a feature can't be disabled.
No.1053
My own personal opinion, but aren't there enough western porn/ecchi boards already? Although keeping all the western stuff in a single genera is good enough for me, so I guess it's redundant.
Also, are new banners still being accepted?
No.1089
>>1053In my opinion western should have been kept to one thread instead of a separate one for Shota and General, but oh well.
If new banners are being accepted, here are some animated sex ones.
No.1106
>>1053>aren't there enough western porn/ecchi boards already?/ara/ caters to one specific genre. There isn't any other board to my knowledge that does that.
>>1089>western should have been kept to one thread instead of a separate one for Shota and GeneralI didn't make those threads.
>If new banners are being accepted, here are some animated sex ones.I'd like to keep the banners non-nude/barely SFW. Leaves more to the imagination. If it's blatant pornography then it's not much of a tease.
No.1117
No.1147
>>1106
>I'd like to keep the banners non-nude/barely SFW. Leaves more to the imagination. If it's blatant pornography then it's not much of a tease.
Ah, I see. I agree too, but just wanted to make sure.
>/ara/ caters to one specific genre. There isn't any other board to my knowledge that does that.
Surprisingly there isn't. There is a 3D milf board but that's it. The rest is more general, like /rule34/, /vp/, etc.
No.1203
I need to bug Hotwheels to add a banners page feature so they're all viewable to the public.
>>1117
>any new flags planned?
Unless someone really wants one, I'm just going to wait until HW figures out a better way to display that option because right now it's pretty much hidden.
No.1247
Heart-san, I was wondering if it would be a good idea to do IRC and/or Skype group?
No.1349
>>1247
I think it's a little early considering the low traffic, but you can start it if you want to, and I can add it on the sticky.
No.1359
>>1349
You're right. Although being a small community does have its advantages somewhat, but I'll wait for a little while before posting it.
No.1526
I know its 3DPG, but I thought it was funny and definitely related. It's only seven second long. As this seems to be the meta thread, I thought I should share.
Here is the link at URL
http://a.pomf.se/ppiqwu.mp4
and to make sure that this doesn't ruffle any feathers, here's also some gifs of Cattleya from Queen's Blade
No.1533
No.1602
Alright here it is. Just copypaste it wherever on your Skike and you join.
skype:?chat&blob=Ziboj_1UO-RgIg6x-qx7L0XY4Q1Ofi5NlGIS8VMP500A752sm1Px-iKmw2CWvaE1HE5e8FlKVyIJmg
No.1603
>>1602
Do I click it or...?
No.1604
>>1603
Copypaste it on your chat. Do it wherever, really. On an inactive one, for instance.
You'll then get redirected to the chat and join automatically.
No.1633
>Straight shota & incest are allowed
Does this mean we might see mother-daughter threads at some point or should that be left in y/u/ri?
No.1635
>>1633
Don't see why not.
I would assume there would be more of an audience on yuri boards though.
No.1789
Why can we no longer see the file names of images?
And I don't see replies either. Is it just this board? Since other boards I visit seem fine.
No.1795
>>1789
>Why can we no longer see the file names of images?
looks fine on a PC, but it looks like it's broken for mobile
reverted css changes in >>1039
the lack of reply links is a problem for mobile users on all 8chan boards though. hotwheels will have to fix it.
No.1797
No.1801
File: 1433983862382.jpg (119.18 KB, 1067x1600, 1067:1600, 15285012023_9f84d1fdb1_o.jpg)
Okay, I'm reopening the title change discussion again.
I want to omit 2D from the board title and replace it with something else. While "2D" is understandable and straight to the point, I don't want to exclude 3DCG from this board. Please post any suggestions.
No.1802
>>1801
>MILFs, Cakes, & Other Mature Women
No.1803
>>1801
>I'd say to add the "3DCG" in the sticky instead, since I'm sure (although I might be wrong) most of the users here are intersted in 2D/manga stuff than 3D CG animation/art material.
No.1804
>>1803
Didn't mean to greentext here. Apologies.
No.1826
How strict is the definition of milf?
Are curvies like this pic allowed?
No.1861
>>1826
Curvies and straight shota aren't automatically milf.
Mothers, clearly older women, teachers, etc are more milf stuff.
Just use your better judgement I guess.
No.1863
>>1826
Keep context quite in mind. Unless the manga/anime/eroge tells you or at least implies that the girls are "adults" (i.e. cakes) then it's fine. But if it's teenagers or young adults (I personally put the limit to 25), then it doesn't count.
No.2202
>>2117
im not normally a saucefag but please please tell me who is on that gif
No.2236
No.2243
Okay, it looks like enough people complained and Google restored 8chan on their search index.
>>2117
Because of the heavy gradient shading, it seems the most I can compress that first GIF without significant loss of quality is at 251KB. I'll upload the banner anyway for now and see how badly it affects page loading; mobile users and Australian internet users will be affected the most.
No.2271
>>2202
Sorry for the almost month-late reply, I took a long break (feels good to be back)
Got it from Gelbooru, character is Sagiri Yuuko from Triage X
>>2243
Cool beans.
I was bored one day and made these cropped images from monochrome hentai, if you like what you see and have a desire to use them or not.
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No.2435
What about futa and poop? I got a guy to draw vore starring the grandmother from Golden Week eating a bunch of other over-the-hill ladies to become the champion of them all and I'm wondering if that's okay or if that's too much.
It's not stylistically 100%-on-target, though.
No.2438
>>2436
Welcome to imageboards. I'll be your guide. I'm not a very good guide, though. Here's a K-bar, half a Snickers, a frayed shoelace, and a can of air freshener I was going to throw out anyway. I'm sure you'll figure it out from there.
No.2461
Old board owner here dropping by just to say hello. My username was "aradmin", but I was more known as known as Mamamod.
I'm happy that /ara/ is still alive.
>>558
Here's the source for the last one.
>>1826
>>1861
>>1863
I don't know about the new rules, but on the old /ara/, we allowed onee-sans, such as the Sailor Moons. My definition of "onee-san" for the rules of /ara/ was either a blood-related/non-blood related older sister, or an older teenage girl/young woman having sex with a younger shota.
For the latter example, I'll include a Sailor Moon doujin as a reference in my post.
Also, one of the banners was from Onee-chan ga Kita (My Sister Came!), source included in my post.
>>1801
MILFs, Cakes & Onee-sans would be my suggestion.
I've noticed that there is now a /ss/ board, which was not there when I first made /ara/. This greatly splits the userbase.
As for the issue with the furries, this is my "radical" suggestion, but please hear me out. Perhaps a mega furry MILF & /ss/ thread could be made, for all the furry MILF & /ss/ content not to flood the board? Simply make a rule that you cannot post furry content outside of it and job's done. Everyone wins.
Another suggestion. I don't know if you're good at editing the board's code, but /ara/ could really do with a more custom look.
Thanks for keeping /ara/ alive.
No.2470
>>2271
Banner editing still doesn't work >>>/operate/35749
Hopefully it gets fixed soon.
>>2461
Hi aradmin.
>I don't know about the new rules, but on the old /ara/, we allowed onee-sans, such as the Sailor Moons. My definition of "onee-san" for the rules of /ara/ was either a blood-related/non-blood related older sister, or an older teenage girl/young woman having sex with a younger shota.
I avoid being overly nitpicky with the pictures posted, but if we allow teenagers, ordinary sisters, then how could this board possibly differentiate from /h/, /e/, and so on? The way I see it, this board can only survive by catering to a more specific niche as it does now.
>I've noticed that there is now a /ss/ board, which was not there when I first made /ara/. This greatly splits the userbase.
I never really saw /ss/ as a direct competitor to /ara/. All straight shota means is a young boy paired up with one or more females. Said female(s) can be younger than the boy. That's not allowed on /ara/ since only older women are allowed here.
>As for the issue with the furries, this is my "radical" suggestion, but please hear me out. Perhaps a mega furry MILF & /ss/ thread could be made, for all the furry MILF & /ss/ content not to flood the board?
I was thinking about that too, but I'm sure someone will eventually make that thread anyway. So far I have not noticed any real issue with furries yet.
>Simply make a rule that you cannot post furry content outside of it and job's done. Everyone wins.
I don't want to make a strict rule about this. This is more about common sense, where furry content will not be posted in a thread it clearly doesn't belong in. For example, if you look at a thread like >>2234, it seems it's just a lighthearted discussion thread. There's no reason for me to ban highly anthropomorphised furries from such a thread. If, however, someone starts posting stuff like ponies and pokemons, I will spoiler or delete those pictures because I consider those to be bestiality.
>Another suggestion. I don't know if you're good at editing the board's code, but /ara/ could really do with a more custom look.
I have been working on some different stylesheets, but the problem is that I always end up finding this default Yotsuba Blue style to be at least slightly better. It's really hard to beat. I still need a little more time.
No.2471
>>2470
>I avoid being overly nitpicky with the pictures posted, but if we allow teenagers, ordinary sisters, then how could this board possibly differentiate from /h/, /e/, and so on? The way I see it, this board can only survive by catering to a more specific niche as it does now.
Onee-sans and teenage girls are not the same thing and have never been. An onee-san can have the body of a teenage girl (like Sailor Moon), but her appeal is completely different. Like a large part of /ara/s, the appeal of onee-sans comes from older females with younger males. Like /ara/s, onee-sans have different personalities ranging from the motherly ones to the extremely lewd ones, the H-anime Kateikyoushi no Onee-san The Animation is a great example (it's about a guy in high school who over summer gets four private female tutors, all aged around 20-25, it's an example of the non-incest type of onee-san). Like /ara/s, onee-sans are niche, unlike their imouto counterpart, and the reason for this is the same one as to why femdom is more niche than maledom. And finally like many /ara/s, many onee-sans use ara ara~ as their catchphrase
Onee-sans simply don't belong on any of the other boards, but they still need a place to call home, a place to be loved and hugged. /ara/ is the perfect place for them, because I made /ara/ to give all older females love, be they mothers, older sisters, teachers, aunts, gardeners, etc., knowing very well how depressingly niche older females are, so niche that older females have almost no anime that focuses on them or just caters to the older female crowd, so niche that even in H-anime older females are extremely sparse, so niche that you have to wait months for a single new doujin with older females to appear.
This is why /ara/ was made, so those passionate about older females could talk about them without being persecuted, like on most other boards, even outside 8chan.
To deny entry to onee-sans is to admit the defeat of older females.
If you still have doubts about accepting onee-sans into the /ara/ family, ask the users themselves what they think about that, I can guarantee that most will say yes.
>I never really saw /ss/ as a direct competitor to /ara/. All straight shota means is a young boy paired up with one or more females. Said female(s) can be younger than the boy. That's not allowed on /ara/ since only older women are allowed here.
Yes, but please understand that the majority of content posted on the /ss/ board is young boys with older females, not to mention that the great majority of /ss/ works are young boys with older females.
/ara/ and /ss/ overlap too much, many users of /ara/ like /ss/ content, and many users of /ss/ like /ara/ content. In my opinion there's no point to /ss/ because /ara/ already covers that genre, if they really want young boys with young girls, they can just use the lolicon board.
>I was thinking about that too, but I'm sure someone will eventually make that thread anyway. So far I have not noticed any real issue with furries yet.
>I don't want to make a strict rule about this. This is more about common sense, where furry content will not be posted in a thread it clearly doesn't belong in. For example, if you look at a thread like >>2234 →, it seems it's just a lighthearted discussion thread. There's no reason for me to ban highly anthropomorphised furries from such a thread. If, however, someone starts posting stuff like ponies and pokemons, I will spoiler or delete those pictures because I consider those to be bestiality.
Agreed completely.
>I have been working on some different stylesheets, but the problem is that I always end up finding this default Yotsuba Blue style to be at least slightly better. It's really hard to beat. I still need a little more time.
I recommend an orange style similar to Finalchan, it is very pleasing to the eyes.
Do you need any help with advertising /ara/ and such? I'd be glad to help in any way I can.
No.2476
>>2471
I never "denied entry" to onee-sans (i.e. it's never been banned outright), in fact you'll probably find some in the straight shota threads we have. However, I'm hesitant to add it to the board title because I don't want people using it as an excuse to make threads about 14-year-olds like Usagi Tsukino from Sailor Moon, just because she happens to have a younger sibling. Underage onee-sans like her have to be posted in context. If she's in a picture by herself, or with someone older than her, that's not /ara/ content. If she's in a picture patting her younger brother on the head or whatever, then that's okay because the context is clear. The only other exception I can think of is that MILF-ification thread.
No.2477
Does the current board owner have an email address that I can contact?
No.2478
Here's a pink theme I've been trying out.
I still think it's inferior to 8chan's default Yotsuba B and regular peach Yotsuba because light pink might be too much of a saturated color for the eyes, hence why I seem to feel some eye strain from it. I tried increasing the font size a bit (see second pic), which helps a little, but I'm not satisfied with it.
Finalchan's orange is too saturated. It's a nice concept, but Yotsuba is still better.
Maybe I will try to design a theme similar to Yotsuba (peach), but figure out a way to relax the background light yellow color while keeping the OP text still readable. In websites where there is quite a bit of reading, such as this imageboard, I think eliminating eye strain is far more important than looking fancy. At the same time, I still want to strike a compromise.
Anyone still reading through this post is probably thinking I have OCD, lol.
>>2477
Just ask me stuff here m8. Is it too personal or something?
No.2479
>>2478
A couple other styles I've tried making.
No.2480
>>2476
As long as you don't ban onee-san discussion, everything is a-okay.
No.2481
>>2478
I like the idea of light pink, the green one reminds me too much of Foolz and the brown one just looks wrong
No.2482
>>2478
>>2479
i like the pink and green ones
No.2498
>>2493
I really like this one a lot. Purple is the ultimate MILF color imo. I really hope you go with this one as the default, but if you don't could I at least have the CSS?
I'm not a big fan of the pink. Pink is just too loud and in your face, it makes me think of lolis and moe shit. Purple is like a more mature pink, it's more modest and gentle, like older women. It's a lot easier on the eyes when browsing at night as well.
No.2500
>>2493
I really like this one.
Go for it
No.2508
Wait, I thought /ss/ was made before /ara/?
With that said, I don't think it overlaps TOO much to be much of a concern, but yes there is some overlap since a lot of milf stuff deals with /ss/ as well.
>>2461
>old board owner is still alive and still hangs around here
You worried me when you disappeared.
>>2470
>Banner editing still doesn't work
Aw, that's unfortunate.
Curious: how many banners can a board have?
No.2525
>>2508
/ss/ wasn't there when I specifically searched for it back then, and /ara/ was made around the time /a/ was made, one week or so after 8chan skyrocketed in popularity, when board owners were called admins and volunteers were called mods, and when you couldn't make mods unless you gave them the password to your admin account.
Oh, and thanks for your concern. I was worried about you /ara/nons too all this time I've been away.
Truth be told I should've given one of you the password to my account while I was away, so you could take care of /ara/ until I came back. But I guess that doesn't matter anymore.
Also, why isn't the thread sticky'd?
No.2532
Still experimenting with purple themes. For now I'll leave it Yotsuba Peach. I can paste the different CSS I don't use in a pastebin at some point.
>>2508
>how many banners can a board have?
50. I think we have about 15. And a few of them I plan to remove once we reach that limit since the quality isn't that great compared to the rest.
>>2525
>why isn't the thread sticky'd?
Decided the sticky is unnecessary. It just added clutter at the top. No need for a list of rules when it's obvious what this board is about.
No.2556
God bless this board for existing. The best board in this entire website. The best community, with all you /ara/bros of refined, excellent taste. I hope we last a good 20 years at least, if possible, even if it's not here.
No.2586
Does anybody else dislike multiple image uploads? I get that it's really convenient for doujin dumping, but I personally think it makes the whole board look really cluttered and ugly. I don't mind 2 images like this >>2479 because you can clearly tell it's the same post, but when it gets to 4 or 5 and images start appearing under the rest, that's when things start looking more like a booru than a chan.
This is more of a complaint about the board software so there's not much the /ara/ owner can do about it (unless you're really good with CSS). My suggestion would be to set max image uploads to 3 which is pretty reasonable and probably won't fuck up the formatting of posts (depends on the image dimensions). I really hope Infinity Next will improve on this.
No.2587
>>2586
I'll try to come up with a workaround with CSS. The two main things I need to do are to reduce the margin between the multifile images and to condense the file info.
No.2589
>>2586
>Does anybody else dislike multiple image uploads?
Nope, for me multi image uploads is the best thing. Conserves a lot of space for threads/posts and helps me organize my uploads better.
No.2607
death of /ara/ confirmed?
No.2609
No.2610
>>2607
Do the mods of /ara/ suck 75 dicks daily?
Does the general /ara/ community?
If you answered "no" to at least one of these, then this board is by default better.
No.2697
>>2607
>/aco/
>mostly tumblr-tier shit western art
>shit mods
>FOR FREE
>cuckchan
>did I mention the tumblr-tier shit western art?
The only good thing from that board was the Mexican por comic thread.
No.2705
>>2697
There are some decent artists on tumblr like inkertonkun/inkerbooru, bellend/gonzozeppeli (damn they keep changing aliases), and noill.
Some of there stuff was posted on >>498
No.2706
>>2705
That's why I mentioned "mostly", but yeah, you're right.
There are many good western artists, mind you. There's just way more shitty ones, sadly. Or at least, the shitty ones (and I include here furry shit artists, no matter how "good" they are) are more prevalent and famous than the good ones.
No.2707
No.2712
Allow Tor users to post images.
No.2716
Can there also be a sauce list to go with the banner list?
No.2717
>>2712
k
>>2716
Just ask here for sauce, I don't really know all of them.
No.2722
CP nigger botter has hit our shores at last. Just letting you guys know to beware.
No.2926
I'm changing the theme this weekend.
I've narrowed it down to either "purple" or "plum":
>>2493
>>2504
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No.2928
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No.2929
>>2926
I don't mind this current peach theme. I think it suits /ara/ fine. Maybe you should come up with a similar peach or orange theme. Though if I had to choose between those two dark themes, I think plum is easier to read. Or make the font a little brighter in purple.
No.2930
I feel like /ara/ could do with a change of scenery for the holiday. Plum being preferred.
Off-topic: Mama-chan a best.
No.2931
Which of these themes does /ara/ like better?
Sensual melon or calming pale oak?
After this weekend I'd like to set one of these two themes as /ara/'s new theme.
No.2932
>>2931
I'm digging pale oak.
No.2937
>>2931
pale oak is better between the two
No.2941
Admi, is it possible to turn on Captcha's for making threads? It's a pain in the ass when the CP spam bot comes around.
No.2951
>>2932
>>2937
I tested my theme for some time, then realized pale oak is an uglier, desaturated version of Yotsuba. Wasn't so calming in the end. So back to Yotsuba.
>>2941
If it gets bad I can enable it.
No.3085
B.O., how are you going to deal with Next?
No.3145
>>3085
Hope it's released soon. I think they said 8chan is transitioning to Next in early December. The new software should fix a lot of the problems, like the lack of banner editing, back pages, etc. I've been wanting to add new banners for a while.
I took a quick look at the beta and they've improved the multi-image post layout. Overall cleaner and better positioned.
It's not perfect right now though; for one, it's lacking reply buttons for threads which doesn't seem intuitive to me. And I'm not sure what's going to happen with the flags, although I wouldn't really care much since they're rarely used.
If they do bring back flags, do you guys prefer them organized by source title:
Dragon Ball Z - Bulma
Dragon Ball Z - Chi-Chi
Clannad - Sanae Furukawa
Kanon - Akiko Minase
or as it is right now, by type of media:
Anime - Bulma
Anime - Chi-Chi
Visual Novel - Akiko Minase
Visual Novel - Sanae Furukawa
or both combined:
Anime - Dragon Ball Z - Bulma
Anime - Dragon Ball Z - Chi-Chi
Visual Novel - Clannad - Sanae Furukawa
Visual Novel - Kanon - Akiko Minase
or just by name?
Akiko Minase
Bulma
Chi-Chi
Sanae Furukawa
No.3146
Okay I just thought of a different order I am now trying:
Akiko Minase - Kanon
Bulma - Dragon Ball Z
Chi-Chi - Dragon Ball Z
Sanae Furukawa - Clannad
I think the people who are real fans of these characters remember them by their names first, and their source titles second. Hopefully it won't look too cluttered.
No.3148
>>3145
The ladder for me. If anyone's really interested they'd put the name in a search engine. I'd be happy either way, honestly.
No.3149
>>3145
>>3146
Tough call. Just by name looks cleanest but it's nice to know the source. I'm used to that media type order, but the name and source probably makes most sense. Although I wouldn't be so sure people remember by character name before source. I think in the end it's mostly just about getting used to an order.
No.3150
>>3145
I prefer Source - Name or just Name only.
Name - Source looks really messy.
>>3149
>Although I wouldn't be so sure people remember by character name before source.
This. I find it easier to remember Clannad or Kanon than some long Japanese names like Akiko Minase or Sanae Furukawa. Often my thought process goes like "who's that milf from Kanon again?"
No.3152
>>3146
>>3145
>>3146
i like source title and then name better
name only is fine too, as >>3148 pointed out that people could search it anyway, it's not like /ara/ is some detailed wiki or something
by media it's a little tricky, because DBZ is a manga but is known more for its anime, Clannad is a visual novel but is known more for its anime, and so on
No.3164
Okay, I decided to go with Source - Name.
I even whipped up a little mock-up program in Visual C# to see how some of the drop-down lists would look like.
I had the flags set to order (A) yesterday, but it felt... unnatural, when you have multiple characters from the same series. (E) did look cleanest, but I think it's nice to have some context for the lesser known characters. (B) and (C) were attempts at capitalization, and frankly they were a horrible idea because the longer names got cut off. So (D) is my final decision.
No.3165
>>3164
and then Next removes flags next week
No.3166
>>3165
Oh well. The other site issues are much more important to fix.
No.3436
Is it weird I want to see a milf wear a pad? Just seems fitting somehow...
No.3437
No.3674
>>3193
kek
also that milf is pretty cute
No.3768
I come to /ara/ to enjoy the bounce.
No.3807
Is there a term for petite girls bullying milfs?
No.3815