/next/ - Infinity Next

>>1665

I don't really see that changing anything.

The tag system needs to be fixed to be more like >>>/dir/ first.

>>1666

>I don't really see that changing anything.

People don't go to the index and click on tags to search for similar boards. If competing boards are not listed on the same board, they will never take off. Ideas like board forking were turned down because they were too complicated and, this is the simplest thing that can be done to keep hot pockets on check.

If the tagging system becomes complicated, maybe you this should be done manually, where boards are added by request of competing boards BOs and approved by a global mod or Hotweels

Similar boards: [click to add your board here]

This way you won't have to worry about BOs abusing the tag system to get exposure.

>>1667

could be placed in the top bar

for example, in political boards, you would have:

/pol/, /leftypol/, /politics/, /liberty/, /anarcho-capitalism/

no one invests time in a board that no one will know about, if I know a board that fits my ideology will be viewed by like minded people, I consider posting in it

if users can't find an alternative in 8chan, they either visit less or go to another site

so I really hope you consider this

>>1668

Try CatChan. This is exactly what you want. >>>/q/38974

Sorry, >>>/operate/38974

>>1671

maybe you should read more and spam less. If it's not a built-in feature and enabled by default, it would be useless.

>mods fuck up

>users decide to not put up with their shit

>users create a new board

>the newly created board appears on the top of the page

>users now see there's an alternative and move

>the newly created board picks up traffic very fast

The current system is a failure. You have to choose between high traffic and good moderation. Most people go for option #1, they don't get to express themselves, so they post less, or post on another site. The traffic is concentrated in few boards because no one is willing to invest time in a slow board.

>>1676

> If it's not a built-in feature and enabled by default, it would be useless.

I released it under GPLv3, therefore infinity next can adopt it as it is if they want. Or we citizens can decide it if we rush to use the script; admins can't stop us using the script, then we can migrate boards WITHOUT script from admins. And also we can migrate sites because the script can gather tags simultaneously from lainchan, 4chan and KC. Why are you so slave under admins? We can appreciate good admins, and also we can abandon bad admins, this is a userscript.

>>1677

> this is a userscript.

Only few users would install it, this is human nature. Users want to type 8ch.net, hit enter, and start shitposting, they don't want to get third party shit to use a website even if they trust you.

>>1678

So, how about there is a way that they can provide it as an official script under GPLv3? I mentioned this, and the function is exactly what you want. Or they can copy part of script if they have enough skill. The most important thing is that they can get it but they won't. Then, why don't you get it by yourself? If you want to be a slave, that's also your freedom though.

I provided the function what should be implemented in 8ch, that's all.

>>1680

>Then, why don't you get it by yourself? If you want to be a slave, that's also your freedom though.

Stop parroting this line. This feature would be effective at solving the hotpockets problem only if it's applied at a large scale (i.e., built-in and enabled by default). Adding the userscript in my browser would only affect me.

Also, the feature could be server-side if implemented as mentioned here >>1667

All of this probably doesn't matter, Hotweels seems to be happy with having 4-5 active boards and 100s of dead and semi-dead boards. 8chan is an infinitely expanding graveyard of boards.

>>1682

> only if it's applied at a large scale (i.e., built-in and enabled by default).

Of course I think so, that's why I appealed the script to admins. I'm waiting a site which adopts tag system.

> server-side

It's enough to provide tags.json technically, and I requested it a years ago though they couldn't understand. Therefore now it runs on client-side, but it works well in lainchan and 4chan because they are small to scan.

> Hotweels seems to be happy with having 4-5 active boards and 100s of dead and semi-dead boards.

Yes, this is the biggest problem, and this is all. So I provided another way to achieve it BY OURSELVES.

>>1683

>It's enough to provide tags.json technically, and I requested it a years ago though they couldn't understand. Therefore now it runs on client-side, but it works well in lainchan and 4chan because they are small to scan.

the problem with relying on tags is that some faggot might tag his board with popular tags that are not related to his board to get exposure, that's why manually approving boards might be desirable

>>1684

But Nico in Japan is working on such a system. Yes, there are frauds or abuses, but anyone can modify or correct it anytime, so the tags are trustable. Tags abusing is like a shitpost in discussion, you can ignore it.

/dir/ owner here. I wouldn't say that it's impossible to have a viable alt board. /politics/ is doing perfectly fine. You just need to fill a need that the larger board isn't filling and have a community that's alienated enough to buy in.

>>1668

The main problem I'm seeing is people want this site to be more like a chat room, a la 4chan than a traditional forum. If it's not moving as fast as the top 4 boards do, they lose interest in a hurry. People see their reply at the top of the page for 10, 15 minutes and bite the bullet and go back to the larger board, with moderation they hate and a community they're sick of.

>>1676

>The traffic is concentrated in few boards because no one is willing to invest time in a slow board.

That's not an indictment on the system as much as that's people not being willing to buy into it. Too many people think this site needs to be 4chan Jr. If enough of the people that hated the moderation took the time to post a thread or make a reply on an alt board, we wouldn't have this problem. Instead they go where they can get instant gratification.

That, of course, leads to the question of whether or not people's frustration with bad moderation is overblown. I mean, if it was so bad, would they be so willing to tolerate it?

>>1686

Let's say I create board for anarchists. How would other anarchists find about it? They would have to click the politics tag, search for anarchist board. What do you the find? Last post: X days ago. They won't even attempt to do that, people pick a board from the homepage and starts posting. This is the way things are, it doesn't matter whose fault it is. Same goes for competing boards, people don't necessarily want a chat-level activity, but they want decent activity, where the board don't stay inactive for 5 hours.

> /politics/ is doing perfectly fine

It's doing ok, but for how long will they be able to keep it up? /polpol/ was doing ok a for while too.

I admire that they linked political boards + "politics" tag in the header. This should be in every political board. If HW is not happy with the current system, then he will have to do something. "changing the people" is not gonna work.

>>1682

> only if it's applied at a large scale

See >>1692

>>1693

you have issues, IQ deficiency is the least of them

>>1697

Yeah, I'm confident that you, Josh and the Brazilian are genius so you'll provide a solution and solve this problem easily.

>>1697

You should leave your opinion or proposal at first, genius Singaporean. All posters other than you in this thread have own opinion or proposal, and we are discussing about it.

>>1698

>>1700

>2 replies to the same reply

>30 minutes apart

>obsession_intensifies.jpg

>>1698

>>1700

Calm down gook sama, your script will be popular one day.

Just kidding its not