d39670 No.183
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 59bfdc No.184
/tech/ is fucking fine
it's probably the same butthurt rulecucks that made /polpol/
7650c6 No.185
A bit stricter than now would be nice. Get rid of the most obnoxious shitposting. Not much stricter though.
e6f9e7 No.187
Well, the first page is so bad I think we are being raided right now. You might want to take a look and clean it from bait garbage and that tech support thread.
a97d15 No.191
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Honestly I'd like a bit stricter moderation, but not too strict. I'm just tired of obvious troll threads taking up page one. There's really no effort. It's the same shit I've seen six bazillion times There's no discussion to be had there, and most of it isn't discussing technology, but rather politics or opinions of someone (at least, referring to the shitposting of the last few days.)
07cb2d No.192
Please don't bring 8/a/ style of moderation to /tech/ or I won't be able to post there anymore. Everything is fine.
a97d15 No.193
>>192>I won't be able to shitpost anymore 679ef7 No.206
cc2617 No.207
The problem is that only people who don't like the moderation come here, others don't give a fuck. So if you want to know what /tech/ thinks you should post the poll on /tech/ IMO.
015b84 No.208
everything is perfectly fine, needs to be more lax because that is never a bad idea to lax up moderation.
242293 No.209
Just delete shit threads, like the unbuntu one
015b84 No.210
>>209"shit threads" are subjective
don't delete any threads IMO unless they are blatantly insanely off topic.
242293 No.212
18a2b7 No.213
>>210>"shit threads" are subjectiveHit the nail on the fucking head nigga
ayy lmao
787f8b No.214
>>210Agree.
Do not transform /tech/ on fascist moderation.
If you have good people on board, they will try always put a thread non-related (retarded) on a good way, in a good discussion.
We don't need rules, we don't need a "wiz" moderation, we have all we need on tech to free speech, do not strict it.
[opinion]
536557 No.216
Everything is mostly fine in /tech/, except for those corporate/governmental shills.
0914cd No.218
>>216Exactly. If anything I would banhammer anyone who uses "go back to /pol/" or uses stormfaggot. That is just premium bait designed to derail threads.
That said, stop liking what I don't like. >:^)
fe91f3 No.219
>>183No complaints from me. Keep up the good work, hotpocket.
a97d15 No.220
>>214We already have "facist" moderation when it comes to tech support threads and consumer recommendations. So really, what the fuck are you talking about?
78d5b9 No.221
>>183Keep it up. Loose/current moderation is good.
74f201 No.222
I think things are okay so far. My only pet-peeve is faggots who post shit threads without knowing jack shit, like this ubuntu fag (>>>/tech/184668) who doesn't know what a DE is and thinks that Unity=Ubuntu.
4a027e No.223
remove obvoius bait/shitposts, should be pretty easy, also feel free to axe the avatar faggots/countersage spammers, they contribute nothing.
2ac43d No.224
won't stop bitching about it. ban all the "What job do you have" and "what should i study" "how much do you make"
like
http://8ch.net/tech/res/174825.htmlgod fucking dammit.
719975 No.225
I'm tired of obvious bait threads that just rile people up and waste everyone's time. Nothing is ever learned. But really it's the fault of the posters for wasting their own time responding to bait.
Also any time someone gives an answer to a tech support thread outside the sticky, they're just encouraging more people to start tech support threads that get 3 posts do nothing but fill up the board.
a97d15 No.226
>>224The problem is that those do have the potential to bring promising discussions, unlike "which antivirus do you recommend" or "how do I make firefox do X" or "which browser should I use?"
All in all, increased moderation won't help, this place has clearly gone down the shitter and the users we lost aren't going to come back, and are instead being replaced by fucktards right off the train from /g/. It's not anyone's fault, it's just the way shit goes.
5b6c68 No.229
i agree with
>>223 and follow-ups.
can't use strawpoll because muh js.
4a24f3 No.232
plox no strawpoll
c8fd98 No.239
Fuck strawpolls, only morons bother to vote in them.
Just do what you feel is right and tell people to fuck off if they complain. We all know that a shit thread on a inane topic can turn into something good while one that had a lot of effort in it and is about an interesting subject can be ignored. It's up to the users to decide what kind of board they want.
a97d15 No.240
>>239In that case, why don't we just get rid of the rules on deleting tech support threads and consumer recommendations.
I'm sure it'll all work out, after all, the users gets to decide what kind of board they want. And fucking retards will be able to come in here and shit up the place, and have other fucking retards reply to them.
Sure sounds great to me. Why don't we just fucking call this place /g/ - Smartphones, "build my PC" and Linux circljerking already?
You fucking cunt 83890a No.241
We should be careful about this.
Goons have been shitting up the boards for the past few weeks and been trying to cause drama to make people leave and go to other boards that they control. We should be careful to avoid the same fate.
Discussion:
>>>/baphomet/77143
>>>/meta/72067
That said, I have no major problems with how things are runs right now. My only suggestion would be more moderation of obviously shit/bait threads.
d39670 No.242
>>239Hey. It's nice to have a general idea of what people want.
>>241Oh god damn it...
c8fd98 No.243
>>240Right now every major board on this site is experiencing massive shitposting from constant organized attacks. The best way to deal with it is by ignoring them and going on as if nothing was happening. Tightening up moderation and implementing major changes that inconvenience real users is exactly what they want to see and won't do anything to stop them. The less you interact with them the sooner they lose that high of pissing people off forcing them to take a look at how much they're wasting their lives. They then move on to easier targets.
A hands off "I don't give a fuck about your complaints, nothing is going to change unless it seems sensible" board owner and a userbase that ignores them is the last thing they'd want to deal with. The people causing the problems now aren't normal users and will go away soon enough.
663f4c No.244
>>187> I think we are being raided right now/pol/ here, goons are raiding almost every board right now
ban anyone that uses 'rulecuck' or has a history of nothing but shitposting with anime pictures and you'll be fine
a97d15 No.247
>>243This has nothing to do with the shitty drama on your boards, you cock. We don't deal with any of that anime shit spam. It has nothing to do with this conversation. And honestly, if you think that "the community" will just fucking self-moderate I suggest you lurk more. Because that seems to be what you were suggesting, and it simply doesn't. That kind of bullshit "lol just hide the threads" gave us /g/ back on half. So really, fuck off.
2ac43d No.248
>>226entire different thing between "i'm working on this project thread" and these faggots
fuck it. i'm out. see ya
c8fd98 No.249
>>247If the community is unable to self moderate with a helping hand from the owner and mods it deserves what it gets. I've been around since September and /tech/ has never looked as bad as it has in the last week or so, even someone who visited 2 weeks ago could tell that something has changed drastically. Every top 10 board is experiencing this in the exact same time frame, it's not a coincidence that loli threads and child model pictures have been popping up like mushrooms recently.
And /g/ went to shit thanks to shills being allowed openly and terrible moderation that didn't care or interact with the community. The users were only partly responsible, jumping ship was the obvious thing to do when there's no reason why things won't stop getting worse.
a97d15 No.250
>>249Then again, as I said fucktard, just remove all of the rules banning tech support and consumer recommendations. Just burn the fucking place down if that were the fucking case.
>le september memeSo have I, and you'd know what a stupid fucking idea removing moderation from the equation would be and throwing this shithole further to the wolves, just because it's faster and we seem to have lost a bit of userbase.
And seriously, what the fuck, you don't make any sense. On one hand, you imply that modeation should be loosened, and on another you say that /g/ was killed by LACK of moderation (which I agree with.)
Seriously, what the fuck are you even saying? You're incoherent.
07cb2d No.253
>organized attacks
>some kids posting shit
>mods please bring censorship, children trolled me :(
Geez, that faggots deserve shit board. They just don't know what to post so any kid can shit the entire board.
a97d15 No.254
>>253It's not organized attacks. It's just /int/ roleplaying and a sperg or two shitting up boards like /sp/. Get over yourself.
The shitposting this board is experiencing is just from getting bigger, and your run of the mill user churn, because some retard keeps advertising this place on /g/. "8ch" isn't filtered there so some retard keeps bringing this place up every several days. It's not a big conspiracy, go check the archives yourself.
07cb2d No.255
>>254>guys from /g/ will read and post at MY boardYou are still kid, aren't you?
a97d15 No.256
>>255>organized attacks r happenin guys!111>it's SA! no its GETchan! please come to our skiddy board, we got all da infos, even though we can't even dox a computer illiterate.get over yourself.
and yes, 8ch and infinity are mentioned alot, every few days on /g/, because some faggot doesn't know how to shut the fuck up. we've gotten a few cross-posted troll threads.
Also see
>>134 85fcb8 No.257
>>183OP, there are ALWAYS going to be some people that complain. Just keep moderating like you already are.
ec29f7 No.259
So, a good thread was deleted with no reason:
http://8ch.net/tech/res/187841.htmlThe thread is about
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Open-Source Hardware Anonymous 04/09/15 (Thu) 18:49:01 No.187841
So we have open-source software like Linux, but will open-source hardware ever get anywhere? When, if ever, do you think/hope we will be using fully open-source PCs?
[/code]
Fuck, any reason to delete it. Stop this fascist moderation folks, people will leave this place really fast if you keep it.
b57a8c No.261
>>185This. I'm tired of the most obvious bait shitposting gets reposted for eternities and still gets replies and page one. Just warn/ban people who does nothing than shitpost according to their history, and delete the threads. For me that whats the reason that /g/ went to shit. I can swear that now there is at least one pasta there floating around since I left /g/.
713aba No.264
limit distro wars to one thread
limit browser wars to one thread
limit os wars to one thread
limit lol stallman is stupid to one thread
don't make them into those new endless threads - that'll just encourage the shitposters.
536557 No.265
>>218Is this real? It's the most ass-backwards thing I've seen all day.
8fe10f No.268
>>183/meta/ boards are never a good idea. They create more problems than they fix. Why don't you people ever learn?
You're even using strawpoll to gauge consensus which is another terrible idea.
83f9e5 No.270
>>218That image..
There are 3 main arguments against Net Neutrality:
>ISP monopolies/abuse aren't that badShit tier argument
>Net Neutrality won't fix the problemNot a bad argument
>Net neutrality will cause more problemsVery valid argument
The diagram of the FCC cutting off free speech is correct, but the "solution looking for a problem" caption is dead-wrong. Net Neutrality may or may not be the solution, but malicious behavior by ISPs is an extremely pervasive problem.
polite sage for OT to OP b49798 No.272
lol
ebd41a No.274
>>183Just start deleting shill threads and start throwing some troll bans
a048fd No.275
Posting about Tox should be a bannable offense.
It's blatant advertisement at this point, after all revelations from how dirt their foundation is. Literally a meme project that only survives because of shilling and IRC circle-jerkers.
Time to cut it out, /tech/
inb4 tox devs and cock-suckers shill against my post here
4a027e No.276
getting worse by the day
3a8a27 No.277
>>276There's site-wide shitposting. /tech/ just might be the next target.
But in /tech/'s case, Look at what happened in this thread: >>>/tech/187636
Examine the logic of the posters. See which ones make sense and which ones don't. There's a desperate troll shitting up the thread.
Oh and blatant shitposting still left up:
>>>/tech/189107Are not enough /tech/ posters reporting or is there nothing being done by the moderation?
4a027e No.278
>>277There's no shortage of reports coming from me. But when there's only one mod and no strict plan as to what gets deleted the shitposters are just getting to be too fucking stupid to deal with. Better off just going elsewhere for meaningful discussion at this point.
0c0f86 No.279
its fine, just keep pruning things that are blatantly not /tech/ and let the rest fall off of page 15 naturally
also, maybe issue warnings to people that shit up threads bitching about muh /pol/ or other inane things unrelated to technology
0c0f86 No.280
>>218>all traffic should be treat equally regardless of source or destination>this somehow allows the government to encroach on peoples freedom of speechonly in america
a7dd39 No.281
>>185Pretty much this; some (most?) days it's not that much better than /g/
5bd310 No.283
>>280It is hard to explain freedom to people who have never had it. They would rather act like sheep.
d39670 No.285
>>283
I deleted it because it was a duplicate thread of >>>/tech/172299
e062a2 No.286
/tech/ is swamped in shitposts. Moderation has to be WAY stricter.
e42d25 No.287
I really don't see anything wrong with the way /tech/ is currently hotpocketed. And to be honest, stricter moderation won't make shitposting go away. Shitposting is an integral part of a channel, and strict hotpockets are only going to make it worse.
>TL;DR tech is fucking great, leave it the way it is and thanks for doing it for free
4a027e No.288
https://8ch.net/tech/res/190131.htmlthis fag constantly shitposts with his pictures of elon musk/jim halpert
a97d15 No.289
>>280But what about the poor ISP's free speech to throttle services that compete with their own?
:^)Won't somebody think of the regional monopolies? Poor, oppressed corporate entities.
572e60 No.290
I gotta be honest, I like a little bit of shitposting (sarcastic gallows humour, not just acting like a dickhead) after linux shits the bed when I need it to work.
honestly, I posted a fuckload on /tech/ in the early days, but later on I stopped having fun.
I also think we should be allowed to repost images: memes are how we create a culture and force our patrician culture on reddit faggots and hairy feminists. our GNU/memes should reign supreme.
ff986e No.295
The stricter the better. /tech/ should not be /g/
b7f122 No.297
>>295/g/ is /g/ because the sub human cucks love being under the foot of moderation.
this is why /g/ has vap threads and 50% of the board is phone shit / marketing
if you didn't notice forums with strict moderation attract idiots
a97d15 No.303
>>297You contradict yourself in your own post, you god damn moron.
92f94c No.311
Bored /int/ poster here.
It's generally a bad idea to hold this kind of poll on this board considering only those who are obsessed with banning things they don't like or complaining about /tech/ threads/posts are the majority of individuals that browse a meta board.
The poll will be biased.
It would be better if you made a thread on /tech/ because you know where everyone else who isn't a loser who spends all his time on meta boards.
and would like add
>using strawpoll
Aren't you a bunch of nerds or something? Jesus what kind of fucking idiot still uses that.