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dpt on /tech/
could we maybe have a /dpt/ sticky? i appreciate that really threads should stand on their own merits and not be stickied, but i hate having to go to halfchan just to browse the /dpt/, especially considering that its just a couple of legit posts mixed in with an entire thread of shitposting now.
Business thread
I'm curious if someone more experienced than I in the field wanted to start a thread about making automated internet money
examples: Craigslist scripting, Online bidding automation, Adsense blogs.
This is technology related, and helps developers who arent interested in selling an app or SASS. The gigs are more about mass and technology assistance.
New Volunteer
In light of the spam and shitposts that recently flooded /tech/, I've decided to add a new volunteer from Europe to cover the off-hours where the rest of us would be asleep. Work's been eating away at my free time and I haven't been able to get on all too often. My current volunteers have been carrying a lot, if not most of the weight, and for that I apologize. Hopefully things can get sorted out a little better with more hands on deck.
If you have been banned or have had any posts deleted for any reason other than rule breaking, please email me at tech@8chan.co
We need the "hay guyse what distro should I use" and the windows 10 threads to go away, because they are too many and they always bring to the same answer: go to the sticky.
Monthly Mega Meta Thread #6
What software have you fallen in love with?
Following the fallout between Hotwheels and Josh, and the overall decline in 8chan's userbase, what do you think of the current state of /tech/?
/tech/ board quality
/metatech/, The same question has been itching at me every time I have been on /tech/ and that is the preservation of the boards quality, or whats left of it anyway? How do we keep the board from becoming a massive collective of corporate/government shills turning the board into a products catalog and mass surveillance supporter like /g/ on 4ch?
Spam?
Is there something /tech/ shouldn't be discussing that it's now being slid by spam?
/emacs/
Is >>/emacs/ worth mentioning in Related Boards?
josh spam
so are you going to actually get to that shitty josh spam fixed
Monthly Mega Meta Thread #5
Happy GNU/Year
why did my tech related > arrow story get pruned
Monthly Mega Meta Thread #4
Happy holidays! What's on your mind?
UPDATE:
Both /tech/ and /metatech/ now have beta equivalents which can be found on https://beta.8ch.net/tech/ and https://beta.8ch.net/metatech/ respectively. Both boards use the /kappa/ stylesheet (https://beta.8ch.net/nexttest/). Flags are still being converted and uploaded due to new image size requirements. Hopefully things will go more smoothly with the stickies once beta goes live and cyclical threads are reintroduced.
this censorship has to stop
we should at least be allowed to know what is being deleted.
underageb&
Can we make underage, or those claiming to be so, bannable? All they do is ask for stupid advice and devolve into shitposting, like >>>/tech/444371
It's basically a tech support thread.
Age is fucking irrelevant in many circumstances, just like gender, and advice threads are fucking stupid unless someone derails the discussion with something actually worthwhile to talk about. Just like "how do I get a job, /tech/, I have no motivation and can't apply myself?"
I don't care to look them up, but the last few underage threads were like this. Either it's some faggot, or underage kids from /v/ seriously need to be banned.
underageb&
Every fucking day someone admits to being 15 or younger for the purpose of attention whoring. Every fucking day. And it really gives the impression that /tech/ is full of retards. Can we have a rule against underagers? I'm fully aware that it wouldn't actually get rid of the kiddies, but at least they'd shut the fuck up about their age.
Frozen Cyclicals
Threads on the site start freezing after 300 posts, is it possible to lower the limit of the cyclicals?
Sent a report but though making a thread might get more attention from the staff.
Stickies
What happened to the stickies? Those new OP images make terrible thumbnails and the bg has gone.
Pinned threads are too long and, because of it, broken. Cut the post limit in half, please.
Can we have djvu support for the board? It allows smaller file sizes which would mean quicker uploads and more files per post and it's an open standard which would keep the freetards happy. Is there a reason not to add it?
Can we have a rule against anything blatantly false
Monthly Mega Meta Thread #3
Sorry, a bit late for this MMMT. Been caught up with real life lately and haven't had much time to tend to the board... What do you think of the moderation lately?
Why was the Ubuntu 15.10 thread deleted?
Pic related. I can see the thread but it 404's on every client I have. We had literally dozens of Windows 10 threads, why can't we have one on the newest version of Ubuntu?
You'd think it'd stay up, what with Ubuntu being essentially Linux for Nugger.
Please disable Zalgotext in the board owner dashboard. There is literally no reason that /tech/ needs it, and it's just used to shit up threads.
More pages
Why is it that /tech/ is the third largest board, but we only have 16 pages in the catalog? Even /bane/ has 25.
IDs: Yes or No?
A concern was brought up to me today by an anon who was worried about samefagging in certain threads on the board. He argued that enabling IDs would let people spot out samefags who are trying to push a certain opinion or product. The problem with this, however, is how easy it is to change IPs or use proxies/VPNs, and the fact that anyone dedicated enough would just do that anyway.
I wouldn't dare to decide on this sort of thing without popular vote and discussion beforehand. What's your take, /tech/?
/tech/ Sticky Android Apps
I just sent an email about it but I'll post it here too - The apps on the sticky are still Exodus and Infinity, both of which are no longer in active development.
Exodus has lost greentext and doesn't support captcha, hasn't been updated in months now.
Infinity hasn't been touched in over a year and is still horribly broken.
Newer apps are available.
Ouroboros
Developed by a user on /tech/ and available on F-Droid, Github, and GPlay
https://github.com/Luorrak/Ouroboros/
https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=com.luorrak.ouroboros
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.luorrak.ouroboros
And Overchan, while more suited for multiple imageboards is available, also on Github/Fdroid/GPlay
https://github.com/miku-nyan/Overchan-Android
https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=nya.miku.wishmaster
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nya.miku.wishmaster.sfw
Monthly Mega Meta Thread #2
Oktoberfest Edition
"optimizing" per OS
http://rog.ie/blog/html5-boilerplate-addon
Lets get a little feedback and support getting this implemented into 8chan. No one has spear headed this as yet and although I am far from ideal, I decided I should get the ball rolling.
The simple idea is to be able to optimize board css per useragent info and ultimately OS. The plan will unfold in two steps.
1) We need to get HW to accept this minor JS commit.
2) We need to use custom CSS on /tech
This has many benefits. One of which, I am sure we can all agree upon, is to temporarily hide posting elements from windows users when needed. Windows threads being at an all time high, now is such a time.
Is there an archive for /tech/?
Should there be an archive? I didn't see it on 8archive.moe.If not, is there a reason?
About the sticikies background patterns
They look pretty good, but considering last month's security breach, I don't think hosting them on Imgur is a good idea.
Sure, when embedding from outside we would have been safe from that specific exploit, but what if they discover a different zero day and replace the image with their own exploited version? Just visiting /tech/ would infect us. And this is without considering they are already tracking us through third party requests.
I would recommend moving the background to /metatech/'s sticky, then linking them from here. 8chan allows internal links in the CSS whitelist.
Can someone ban this guy? He posts huge schizophrenic essays filled to the brim with demostrable misinformation and/or FUD, which is harmful to the security and privacy of less weary /tech/ users
Babby's First Birthday
We've done it, /tech/. We've went on for a straight year now. Here's to many more.
More banners!
In wake of the new increased banner limits, let's get a new banner thread going!
Pic related. Just added this one to the banner list.
tags for q&a
From now on let's use '[Question]' and '[Answer]' tags in the subject field when asking/replying to questions.
Would be helpful for the support thread and the consumer thread.
Can we ban the spoiled NEET mint nazi faggot (no, I'm not complaining about nazis, I just wanted to be clear) who keeps shitposting in the sticky? It's frustrating to see your questions getting drowned in that sea of spam
Monthly Mega Meta Thread #1
In order to get a more accurate count of what you guys want or don't want on /tech/, I've decided to make a make a thread here on /metatech/ on the first day of every month and link to it in the board announcement in order for it to gain more visibility. Hopefully these generals can foster decent discussion.
Max Thread Cap is Enabled
In light of the recent destruction on /cuteboys/ and /pol/ caused by a certain anon using a big botnet and a script that can near-instantaneously fill a board with threads, I am implementing captchas a 25 thread-per-hour cap as a precautionary measure in case it happens on our board. Sorry for the inconvenience, but given the circumstances, it's better to be safe than sorry.
Moderation
>techie hidden 9 minutes /tech/ Deleted post #272634
Bumplock could be a nice effort to prevent shit like battlestation threads to be constantly on page 1, but why should a generic e-mail thread be deleted? Only because it's generic?
I don't want a hyper-moderated board that will eventually reduce itself to a circlejerk reddit board. In case of doubt, don't delete.
Delete only if necessary, for God's sake.
It wasn't shitposting. It wasn't circlejerking, It's a recurring board-related question. It could sparkle interesting discussions.
No, I wasn't particularly interested in that thread, I didn't create it, all I did was just to open it and then notice it went 404 when I tried to reply.
Nothing of value was lost, but please don't attempt to craft another reddit ktxbye
TECH SUPPORT THREADS
BAN THE FUCKING TECH SUPPORT THREADS, HOLY SHIT. UNLESS YOU BAN THEM, THE CLUELESS FAGGOTS WILL NEVER LEARN.
Why? It seems discussing package pruning on distro repository servers is perfectly on topic for /tech/. What am I missing?
Are the jewish spammers banned yet?
Monthly Meta Thread
This board is super slow, and based on the number of UID's, definitely not an accurate representation of the userbase's opinion. Can we adopt /a/'s model: a monthly thread for suggestions and feedback? It works out bretty well there, keeping the userbase happy, while giving the mod's an excuse to clamp down on meta posting.
What's the difference between /tech/ and /g/ here?
why was that thread about upscaling images deleted? thats a pretty tech topic.
It might have been the OP but if not wtf are you doing hotpockets, is only linux shitposting allowed here?
What the fuck is going on?
https://8ch.net/search.php?search=shill*&board=tech
/tech/ now looks like an abortion between 4/g/ and /pol/.
Moderation needs to be tighten.
I'm glad the entire board now serves as a techinical support board. Might as well remove the stickies at this point you useless fucking faggots.
>lainchan is advertising here
>go over there for the first time in like a year
>18 global rules and the userbase is terrified of stormfags coming over
When did they turn into reddit?
Does anyone have that huge image full of Kalyx being a fag in IRC?
so now we are banning /tech/ OC but threads about tv shows can stay?
not to mention the multiple /techsupport/ threads that survive and the ten threads about a SJW tweeting something.
this board has fucking shit moderation.
Does /tech/ mod team not care about blatant b8 threads?
Why are threads like >>253441 allowed? Yes, I do report these, so it's not that nothing is on the queue.
They contribute nothing, encourage retarded shouting matches, and bump good threads off the board. Even a minority of shitposters will be able to post at a very rapid rate (because typing formulaic insults and stale memes is zero effort) and give people the impression that such "discussion" is or should be the norm for /tech/.
The rules say:
>No spamming, shitposting or starting threads advertising or requesting any kind of currency (bitcoin, altcoin, USD, etc), referrals, boards, products, and/or services. (Shitposting is defined as a post or thread that doesn't have any meaningful content within the given context of discussion. It does NOT mean "anything you don't personally like.")
What exactly does this include? Are blatantly shitty b8 opinions (like "macs are a great product lol ur just poor" - note the issue is not supporting macs but the low quality of the claim) admissible simply because it's conceivable someone somewhere out there might be retarded enough to hold that opinion? Is that what "you don't personally like" is supposed to telegraph?
Is /tech/ actually serious about punishing low-quality content? I understand if the policy is to delete only the bottom 1% of posts, and leave all the bad but not awful content alone. There are many valid reasons for this (laziness, fear of dealing with grey area/subjective, being scared of losing PPH and dropping in rankings, an obsession with equal rights of everyone to express an opinion no matter how stupid, etc). Boards like /b/ for instance are explicitly low-moderation in terms of content quality.
Such shitty threads are far from the majority on /tech/, but almost every day I see one or two. I report them, but nothing ever comes of it (I watch the threads for several hours to make sure). It's your board and I'm not about to tell how to run it, but moderation is a cooperative activity between users (who supply reports) and mods. If you are going to be lax about shitposting, just come out and say it so we don't waste our times submitting these reports (and so you don't waste yours by reading them).
IDs on /tech/
/tech/ needs IDs
What link did I post on /tech/?
I honestly don't remember what link I posted to get an "advertising" b&
File actually related
Jobs are not technology
Please ban anyone asking for advice about jobs or kids asking what to study to get a job.
/tech/ needs more info on the sticky
The browser threads are becoming annoying, it wouldn't hurt at all to have more info about browsers on the sticky, for example.
Hyper-linking to http://heptagrama.com/best-firefox-configuration.html may be enough since the information there is a great start.
Another suggestion is to add userscripts that may improve 8chan experience.
We have a somewhat buggy imageboard and there's a lot of interesting scripts around to make browsing it better.
8chan-X being the obvious one.
Then there's 8chan click-filename-to-download fix
// ==UserScript==
// @name 8chan Download original filename
// @namespace 8ch_original_filename_download
// @include https://8ch.net/*
// @include http://8ch.net/*
// @version 1
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
/* Save as original filename */
(function() {
var fileinfo;
fileinfo = $('.fileinfo');
fileinfo.each(function() {
var fName, filename, orighref;
orighref = $(this).children('a');
orighref = orighref.attr("href");
orighref = orighref.replace('media.', '');
filename = $('.unimportant > a', this);
fName = filename.attr("download");
return $(this).append(' <a class="fdownload" download="' + fName + '" href="' + orighref + '">[Download]</a>');
});
}).call(this);
8chan 404 auto redirect.
// ==UserScript==
// @name 8chan 404 Redirect
// @version 1.0
// @description By /a/ for /a/
// @include *://8ch.net/*
// @include *://media.8ch.net/*
// ==/UserScript==
//if (location.host === '*8ch.net') {
if (/8ch.net/.test(location.host)) {
if (/^404 Not Found/.test(document.title)) {
var path = location.pathname;
var pathname = path.slice(1).split('/');
var board = pathname[0], temp = pathname[1];
var threadnum = pathname[2].slice(0).split('.');
var number = threadnum[0];
var filename = pathname[2];
var archive = "http://8archive.moe/";
if (/.jpg|.png|.webm|.gif|.jpeg|.pdf|.mp4/.test(location.href)) {
var path = location.pathname.split('/');
var filler = "/full_image/";
var url = (archive + board + filler + filename);
window.location.replace(url);
}
if (/.html/.test(location.href)) {
var filler = "/thread/";
url = (archive + board + filler + number + '/');
window.location.replace(url);
}
}
}
Let me know what you think about this, BO.
way to fucking go fascist mods
fuck you techie i was arguing with someone in this thread and you deleted it
it wasn't strictly a tech support thread imo
faggot
Why do you keep deleting my haiku thread?
Please stop using /tech/ as a gamergate football.
We don't care about the ebin hashtag movement, leave our board alone.
Someone opened a thread with a title in Moonrunes and whose only content was "10.7.15" some minutes ago. However, it has since disappeared.
What was it, and why was it deleted? The board log shows two recent deleted post entries, one of them deleted by guy ( >>/tech/260545 ) and another one deleted by the poster itself ( >>/tech/260562 ), but I am unsure as which one was the thread.
Have we been hit by a Chinese hacker or something? A spambot? Or did the poster fuck up while posting and decided to delete his own mistake?
https://8ch.net/log.php?board=tech
Also, I would try to search myself for that thread in the archive, but /tech/ isn't being archived so it's pointless.
The board is stale.
Can you post new content instead of hot pocketing?
It's dull seeing threads from a month ago still around.
Since when is K&R a 'virus' ? What the hell.
PPH
over the last 9 days and 16 hours the post rate averages to 46 per hour (pph). wat do?
Keep in mind 0.5 chan gets 32 million unique visitors per month. In one month we get about 34456 posts. With this we see that if only one out of every 928 unique visitors of 0.5 chan posted on /tech/ just one time,we have our current post rate. Assuming that there are lurkers and people that post more than once, things get fuzzy at this point, but I would say that we have maybe 1:10000 of 0.5 chan's user base aware that we exist.
mods offline?
hey, can we get some update on what's been going on for the last days?
did you just not have time to cope with the raid or are you allowing it on purpose?
Career thread
So why isn't this also stickied? Maybe change the image for a red tie akin to the other stickies image designs, shitty suggestion maybe, but I think It would be a good fit.
Also nominating >>>/electronics/ and to a lesser extent >>>/electron/ for the Recommended Boards list to see if they can catch some steam.
8/tech/ is dead
/tech/ is literally /g/ now so we should just pack up our bags and leave. Remember when we flipped out over this board having a few shitposts? Well, now it's worse.
Ignore shit posts
Hide shit threads
Do not reply to shit posters
Allahu Ackbar
Why exactly my thread has deleted?
So, basically the moderation allow politics discussion and shitpost but not when
someone publish about one of the most respected cryptologists of this decade,
and extreme related with 8ch recent attacks? It's it?
Please tell me if you mods think it's your correct point of view, because if it
is I'll neven come back to /tech/ again.
I don't give a shit if Jacob is SJW, a plant or gay, it's not tech related and not
a motive to delete the thread.
/techonlogyjobs/ Mod here,
That makes sense.
Potential suggestion for /tech/ team
I would like to draw attention to
http://8ch.net/tech/res/236644.html#q236682
Breaking suggestion into section as the line limit is reached (20))/
I want JIDF to leave
/tech/ and /pol/ historically had good relations (see: C+=, ToleranUX). The influx of whiny faggots calling out on something as insignificant as mentions of "goy" or "hurr durr /pol/ is always right" never fails to derail a thread into another pointless flame war. I believe that there are 2 possible causes for this change:>JIDF
>offended redditors
There's conclusive evidence that there has been an influx of redditors (board owner-kun knows) and it is also possible that JIDF is extending their reach to /tech/, now that pol has essentially became extremely heavily moderated to the point where any slight dissent is viewed as shilling.
In order for the stated demographic above to leave, I propose that we hide and *ignore* their whiny posts. By pissing off polacks and derailing threads, neutral anons will eventually be convinced that /pol/ is the cancer killing /tech/.
Redditors are highly vulnerable to ad populum, all we have to do is disregard JIDF revisionists and show those fedoras that /pol/-/tech/ relations have historically been amicable.
/tech/ is kill
/tech/ is now /g2/. Give up now.
Thread deletion request
Hello, I am OP ofhttp://8ch.net/tech/res/196446.html
and I want to rework the OP so could someone delete it? I don't have the password to delete.
Bans n shit
Is there a particular reason I was banned, mods? What is "shitposting"? Or is it simply "muh feels"?
fags
Die mods. You add nothing, NOTHING to this board. Kill yourselves, you cucks. You sjws. You seem like you don't understand chan culture, so I propose you fuck off back to Reddit.
I try not to be a rulecuck, but for the love of Christ /tech/ is the most important board on 8chan. I understand some of your decisions but why do you not delete all these fucking tech support threads? There's one for them already.
Why dpo you want /tech/ to
Page for search engine information
We already have special board pages for two recurring topics:
https://8ch.net/tech/email.html
https://8ch.net/tech/chrome.html
Since Duckduckgo is coming up all the time and people keep posting a horribly unorganized picture about jews, maybe we could have a board page for that? I made this thing today, and that could be suitable. This is the text:
Have you taken the metapill yet, /metatech/?
Please enable Tor images on /tech/
>>>/operate/17958
>desktop thread
>battlestation thread
>browser threads
>filled to the brim with cancer
What the fuck? You should resign. Have somebody competent take your place and fuck off back to reddit. Hell, /tech/ would be better off getting a nigger to do your job, obviously you can't handle it.
WHY
My thread on /tech/'s lowering quality has been deleted. I'm not a rulecuck, I just want shitposting kids to fuck off, but I am not advocating banning anyone.
Lolicon/Ecchi
Hey, I know that there's a lot of debate on anime content's board relevancy, and I myself am inclined to favor the pro-anime crowd, but one issue that's been bugging me is the pervasive amount of Ecchi (particularly Lolicon) being posted. It oftentimes doesn't even get spoilered (the lolicon neckbeards here seem to think that covered vag = SFW, which is absolutely not the case.)
I'm not saying that we ban anybody over this as the situation currently stands, but I do think that a decrease in tolerance of ecchi, especially unspoilered ecchi, would be a good idea for the board.
/tech/ tan
I'm thinking of making our very own board daughteru
Name: Sonia Stallman (SS)
Specs: 4'5" 85 lbs
Any suggestions?
BAN MIKEEUSA
BAN MIKEEUSA
tfw no proper email field
All he ever does is shitpost and spam non-tech related shit in all threads, and it's almost never on topic either. Eitherway it can't be healthy to enable the mentally deficient by letting them post pure crap without consequences.
ban troll/NSA agent
dear admins, i can't report users by clicking the report button because my IP is blacklisted (i think running a tor relay got me into some blacklists, e.g. startpage blocks me too) and i don't want to change my IP right now so I'll ask here.
this user keeps saying /dev/urandom is more secure than /dev/random which isn't really an issue because nobody will believe him and nobody sees his posts in the sticky anyway but it would be nice to have him removed from the site before he can do actual damage.
>>216894
>>216917
>>216922
>>216933
>>217004
note that he isn't saying /dev/urandom is secure enough, he actually claims it is more secure.
thank you for your time.
I propose that /tech/ and related boards be split into /hw/, /sw/, /gnupol/, and optionally /tech/ for non-computer technology.
Desktop threads
Can we get rid of fucking /g/ ricing threads?
This fucking trash is near 300 replies https://8ch.net/tech/res/191453.html
The fags from cuckchan /g/ are obviously getting banned and coming over here.
Was the gentoo thread autosaged and why? It had all of the useful instructions to install Gentoo and now it's gone. Fuck that.
Recently we have been trampled by multiple new boards. We need a way to promote ourselves and what we make or we will end up like all the other boards not on the top 23 kek.
>minimal shitposting/baiting
>actual discussion
>/pol/ is gone
what the fuck is with /tech/ today?
Why is duckduckgo not reccomended anymore?
Can someone explain this?
I didn't make any of the posts quoted in the last one on the pic. Pic is not edited.thread at >>>/tech/198739/
Did the /g/ community migrate to 8chan more, less, or the same amount as other 4chan boards? Why?
After so many meta threads being made criticizing my style of hotpocketeering for being "too slack" or that "I don't care about /tech/" made me curious as to what you guys think? What kind of moderation do you guys prefer? Lax? Strict? Would be nice to know, considering vocal minorities tend to be heard more than the general populace, and it would be nice to hear from both sides of the isle. http://strawpoll.me/4038911
>>>/int/225964
Why does chile hate you so much?
t.bored raider from /int/ who thinks /tech/ is too boring to raid.
https://8ch.net/tech/chrome.html
https://8ch.net/tech/chrome.htmlWell board owner, seeing as /tech/. clearly is not a technology board any longer, you might as well rename /tech/ heading to reflect what it really is; "/tech/ -Linux circlejerking and Botner paranoia"
Subject goes here
I'm getting real sick of seeing Logan's youtube channel being shilled here. I've seen several threads in the last month with his channel being promoted in the OP, I'd find them in the archive and link to them if I knew where the archive for /tech/ was. Wouldn't surprise me at all if the filenames were all the same.
>>>/tech/191936
I can't imagine what kind of person would consider this channel "tech approved" or mention it here, do you see a lot of discussion on overpriced gimmicky gaming hardware? Look at my posting history and awhile back I posted a pretty decent list of youtube channels relating to real technology. I'd love to share them but not in threads like these. And nobody is going to post a decent youtube channel thread when this one is around, they'll probably bump it during the most active hours of the day for a week or more.
I'm not saying delete that thread because I don't like it just be more wary of marketing, otherwise people are going to stop contributing.
There are too many people making threads that should belong in the stickies, and it get's annoying to keep telling them to fuck off and put it there. Clearly, for some reason, people aren't reading or are just purposely shitposting. In the case that they aren't reading, maybe you should make the stickies more obvious in a way that new people can see it, perhaps make the images for the stickies a bit bigger or make the text stand out. Up to you. I just want new people to be more aware of that.
Greeting. Problem I'm having with my computer since this morning. Not anywhere near enough information for anyone to make an accurate guess as to what might be the cause. Some red herring that tells you what an incredible idiot I am. Request for a quick solution that'll fix everything without doing any effort or research on my side, without stating it as such.
how to ensure post quality
in order to start a thread or post in any thread except for the stickies you must solve a /tech/ related questionso that all the faggots with no power level can fuck off
10/10 suggestion
Board Quality
It seems board quality has improved somewhat.
Can the Infinity development threads be stickied and/or made to recycle in order to promote further development?
Just wanted to let /tech/ (mods and board owner especially) know if you don't already.
Basically, we're being raided by someone (not quite sure who though, we've been throwing around suspects). They've been trying to turn users against board owners by spamming anime images then accusing the mods of being rulecucks when they're deleted. New boards are created and advertised on other boards. /v/, /pol/ and /sp/ have all been major targets.
More info is in this thread: >>>/baphomet/77143 with the most important posts being linked in >>>/baphomet/77389 .
Is it possible to emphasize that the tech support thread is also for software recommendations? It's not exactly clear, unless you read the rules.
Why are there so many oneliner posts on /tech/ right now? Are we being raided?
Board Updates
Hello! Just wanted to share some new things I've implemented for /tech/.I've added a new, fully-sourced page outlining why Google Chrome is a botnet and is bad for privacy. You can find it at https://8ch.net/tech/chrome.html (aka. no need for any more "Welcome to the botnet." threads. :^) )
If there's anything else you guys would like to suggest for a board page, feel free to share!
I have also broadened the tech support sticky to cover tech questions as a whole. Do you need help with anything, or want to ask a small question? Please post in there. Thanks.
Also, following copypaste's addition of cyclical threads, I have made the 2 stickies cyclical as well. This means replies to those threads will start being automatically pruned once new replies come up, so no need to completely replace the stickies time and time again.
PS: Please check out >>183
Thanks!
Thanks
I just wanted to thank the mods for deleting all of those posts made by that obnoxious pony avatar tripcuck.Have a pepper
We seriously don't need multiple threads up shitting on rms and freetardation, especially when there's a perfectly good discussion at >>>/tech/180430 to whine about it.
Can you please just delete obvious fucking troll threads? There's no discussion to be had, we've seen them 12 million times if you're not a newshit.
pls, guy. pls.
>>>/tech/183049
>>>/tech/182042
>>>/tech/178836
What happened to my post on KISS distros?
Please enable ID's, I wanna filter out the cuckposters.
Start on page 0?
Will this ever happen again? I miss when halfchan used to have this.... Rizon blocking Tor
Port 6697 and 9999: Refuse to connect. SSL Handshake FailedPort 6660-6670 and 7000:
Error: Tor exit node detected (port ) Visit http://abuse.rizon.net/akills/*
for more information (Code 2))
or
ERROR: Closing Link:
[IP here] (DNSBL Blacklisted IP). Visit http://rbl.efnetrbl.org/?network=Rizon&i=[IP here]
for more information (Code 4))
Rizon seem to block tor and have shit TLS support. Tried many different exit nodes.
I refuse to enter in this without Tor.
The irc4.oftc.net:6697 enter perfectly, and TLS work. Maybe we should do a channel there.
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Tor Version:
$tor --version
Tor version 0.2.5.11.
Client:
$dpkg -s pidgin
Package: pidgin
Maintainer: Ari Pollak <ari@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.10.10-1~deb7u1
TLS:
$ openssl version -a
OpenSSL 1.0.1e 11 Feb 2013
built on: Wed Mar 18 20:32:25 UTC 2015
platform: debian-i386-i686/cmov
options: bn(64,32) rc4(8x,mmx) des(ptr,risc1,16,long) blowfish(idx)
compiler: gcc -fPIC -DOPENSSL_PIC -DZLIB -DOPENSSL_THREADS -D_REENTRANT -DDSO_DLFCN
-DHAVE_DLFCN_H -DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4
-Wformat -Werror=format-security -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wl,-z,relro -Wa,--noexecstack
-Wall -march=i686 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_PART_WORDS -DOPENSSL_IA32_SSE2 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT
-DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_GF2m -DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -DSHA512_ASM -DMD5_ASM -DRMD160_ASM
-DAES_ASM -DVPAES_ASM -DWHIRLPOOL_ASM -DGHASH_ASM
OPENSSLDIR: "/usr/lib/ssl"
uname:
Linux amnesia version 3.16.0-4-586 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 4.8.4 (Debian 4.8.4-1) ) #1 Debian 3.16.7-ckt7-1 (2015-03-01) i686 GNU/Linux
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Board Quality
https://8ch.net/tech/res/176534.htmlThis thread went downhill from the start. It's kind of hard to read through actually.
I'm hoping to get some actual discussion here from people who are equally concerned on the subject.
How do you feel about the recent quality of /tech/? Looking at the catalog I see anons ignoring the consumer advice and support stickies, botnet, browser, and "do my googling" threads. Hiding them works to an extent, but it doesn't seem to be enough.
There will always be shitposts, but now it feels like we're declining (not even slowly) and we've even lost our spot in the top 5 boards.
Please let us create new threads without forcing images, this way users of the hidden service (http://fullchan4jtta4sx.onion) can create threads too.
remove image requiremnet for thread creation
remove the image requirement for thread creation in order to allow tor users to create threads.there is no reason to have forced image upload for thread creation on a technology board and it prevents people from being able to be anonymous while creating threads.
this is not the case on other boards where tor users are welcomed and able to create threads either by embedding a video or because there is no image requirement.
i think it's a shame and frankly a joke that /tech/ is the board that is hostile to privacy and anonymity.
freedum
plox ban everyone that mentions proprietary software Good suggestion for once: IDs
Too easy to samefag and shitpost without IDs.
Shills and shilling
Would it be possible to enable IDs on /tech/? Same fagging is starting to get really old, and in the cases of things like a recent net neutrality thread, possibly harmful.It's not in question that paid shills use anonymous imageboards, so it would be nice so they had to work for it a bit more.
Oekaki
Is there a particular reason for having oekaki disabled on /tech/? Easily making little drawings is nice sometimes, and doesn't hurt anyone or anything as far as I'm aware.
Could we have another banner thread? i'm pretty bored with what we've got and im sure others are too.
not that i suggest removing what we have, just adding more
Pdf upload
would it be possible to activate pdf upload?I often try to answer questions where the easiest solution would be to include an article/book that answers it perfectly.
Enable archiving plox
why doesn't tech support archiving.many times I Participate or lurk in an interesting thread when suddenly its 404d
I mean all these crappy boards have it why not tech
>/tech/ bypasses /furry/ in top 25
Thank you, 8chan!
Let's get that cancerous board off the top 25!
MAKE. THE. PEDOS. LEAVE. TECH.
Daily reminder
This board is slow enough, if you start listening to these people on what you should ban people will just go back to /g/ as there is little reason to stay sinceA) /g/ is much faster
B) unlike /v/ and /pol/ posters on this board where not banned from discussing their opinions on topics, we are here simply for ideological reasons.
The reason 4chan became big in the first place was because it was a place that people could come and talk about anything.
ideas grow from freedom to discuss them not by disallowing conversations.
also be very cautious of people who want to become volunteers. these people do this simply to either get a high from power tripping or push their ideas into the community(/pol/ is an example of this). moderation should be treated as a duty not a privilege
Can you please activate the moderation log, to allow complete transparency in moderator actions. Also 25 get.
Terry
Please make being Terry A Davis an automatic ban>must include an image
Make me a Janny
Where do I apply to be a janitor? The existing Jannys here are never on and I feel like /tech/ could use a bit more help with administration
Can you guys please start moderating the board?
It's full of duplicate threads, /pol/ style "Redpill me" shit, and general garbage. I can't recall the last time a /tech/ support request was actually locked and sent to the /tech/ support thread like it should have.