>>1002
Janitor here, a couple things:
>CP
1. Nice job posting the CP ad, considering youre not advertising it obviously and its just a picture of a chest I wont report you or anything (just FYI)
2. We cant ban people posting the CP. or rather, we shouldnt. This is illegal content, if WE ban them they only get a board ban not a site wide ban, and if we delete the post the IP is lost forever, the best we can do is spoiler it and global report it, waiting for someone on the next level to delete it
>Posting quality
This has been something that I, as a user of the board since the exodus, have also seen a decline in, its not that the majority of the user base has changed to shit posters, its that people will start a lot of bait threads and see which ones take. The thing is the definition for shitposting on /tech/ currently is set so that it has to be so blatently off topic they were trying. People who do these mass spam bait threads often use tor and that means even if we are able to delete the thread for shitposting obviously we cant ban them. The best thing is even if its a personal support thread for instance, if we dont catch it in time and a discussion forms in the thread I am hesitant to delete the thread because what will happen is 5 more threads will be made spouting that the board is dictated by "Rule cucks", a lot of people on 8chan (obviously) hate being censored in anyway, yes, deleting shitposts in by definition censorship.
When I started I would give people 1 minute bans to let them know what they did wrong (thats the smallest I can give). Within a week people were complaining that the moderators were too strict
>>964
for example
and its not just a few people, there was a poll a couple months back that asked if we should be making the rules more strict and it was an overwhelming no
yes, I am completely aware that its extreamly easy to rig a poll.
Rules are hard, and obviously this community wants a lot of freedom for discussion, that makes it even harder.
If you would like to try your hand at coming up with rules to combat what you believe is shitposting and it can stand the test of time what I could not reccomend more is going on the #/tech/ IRC and talking to guy9000, the owner of the board.