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This thread is for discussion of the state of /pk/. This includes ideas, plans, constructive criticism, advertisement methods, etc.
Feel free to place your input on anything in this thread
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Edit: "Welcome" sticky and everything else has been completely updated to express our reformed stance mentioned below.
Just an fyi, I plan on changing up what we're advertising ourselves as.
First off, advertising ourselves as wanting to replace /vp/ as the main pokemon board is more of a longterm goal. It sounds, and kinda is, Farfetch'd, though it's not impossible, since /vp/ is rather small in comparison to other boards. Also considering how popular 8chan has become. However, we shouldn't focus on that. Simply trying in succeeding in increasing activity, will prove what we can be in the future.
Also, because we all know we're still gonna browse /vp/ and /pk/, myself included, as long as /vp/ at least has something good there.
So…
I plan to advertise ourselves purely as the best alternative, as a "Sanctuary" for whatever isn't allowed on /vp/, and/or for whoever just wants plain freedom of opinion and to post, etc, without worrying about the mods/jannies being dicks. That'll also make us look more serious and casual, because after seeing the criticism about how we're advertising, I honestly get what they mean. I know not everyone's ever gonna be pleased, and there's always trolls, but I do see how it may have been approached wrong. After all, I wrote all that up in a period of anger. I always try to see criticism constructively, if it can be.
We can still do whatever here, but trying to replace /vp/ is not something that'll happen anytime soon, if at all. And I still plan on greatly advertising, because I want all to know that they have an alternate place to go to if they so choose, for whatever reason.
If I get at least one thread to stay up on /vp/ for at least 20-30 minutes a day, that should keep good advertising. I don't plan to quit anytime soon either. I won't let this become /poke/. Help advertising is still really appreciated, like the giveaways one of you anons came up with.
So fuck it, that's all.
I'll re-write the copypasta pastebin and the "Welcome" sticky later on tonight/tomorrow, and then we continue on.
75 posts and 7 image replies omitted. Click reply to view.Post last edited at 2014-11-14 04:54:04
No.1379
What happened to the pokegen? Did it get taken down because of all of the dicks?
No.1380
So much for "muh free speech". When are you adding "if I don't like you, I'll say you're Bui and ban you" to the rules?
No.1386
>>1378>because I'm trying to make you look bad? hell no, you yourself are making yourself look bad and for now you're making yourself look like a gigantic faggot who will only respectfully nod at people that post things you agree with>anyone who disagrees with you or points something out will get the "bui ban"I don't think I'm making myself look bad if I'm trying my best to stop a threat. Give me your proof I ban anything I don't agree with. If you post something nicely that I don't like, I won't remove it. Hell, I won't even remove shit that isn't nice. But as I said, anything that links to Bui will be removed because of the threat. I made it clear, so if someone makes that mistake, I'm sorry.
>also, if you hate the stress of moderation, why even did you bother to make this board in the first place?even implying a small board like this takes stress with it
Because I wanted to help everyone be free. If the board goes down because of me, it'll be because I tried my best to stop you. It wouldn't have a chance to get better if I left it be. Like I said, I would've given up already if people weren't enjoying it here already. But won't abandon anyone as long as they wanna give it a chance here. When and if I do quit, you'll know. When you actually run everyone off, I'll be gone.
>>1379The dick spambot probably pruned it.
>>1380Keep trying. See above.
In note, whether or not Bui is/has been the only one shitting up around here, any threat pf the state of the board will be treated equally. So saying you're getting an unfair ban and supposedly not Bui when you're already a threat is silly.
No.1427
>>1386I tried saving the remaing threads. I tried getting the last one but 8chan wouldn't let me
No.1467
>>1427Can't stop anything atm until the captchas come tomorrow. That'll stop his bot. The threat still remains, but he won't be able to spam instantly.
We'll see how it goes from there. I have a few more steps to go through before he makes me do what he wanted the whole time, make me quit. Even then, I have an alternative for you guys when I'm gone.
No.1482
>>1467Alright thanks for everything
No.1615
Captchas are here, removing anymore threats from the spambot. So in result, all salvaged threads will be unlocked again. And here's a thank you to 8chan's global mods who helped clean up the 14 pages of cock threads.
All Bui succeeded in was giving me a massive migraine when I spent a lot of time to remove and ban each individual dick post in the two threads he tried to shit up, since I couldn't nuke the entire thread.
No.1623
>>1615You're telling me global reports actually worked? Or did you ask?
Also, why is the captcha form auto-filled with the mod account name? No.1624
>>1615Thank you for ensuring that this board has any hope for start.
Bui as a backseat admin is a truly horrifying pestilence.
And to think I wanted to catch even a glimpse of /vp/'s dark ages…
No.1625
>>1624Honestly, Gynophobia-kun is a way better troll than Bui.
No.1627
>>1625In a way, I doubt whether Bui is a troll at all. When /Poke/ still held some promise, he was capable of limiting his activity to occasional yiff requests. But when /Poke/ refused to stray away from /vp/'s meta discussions and generals, Bui began to wreck the board thread by thread while telling 'metafaggots' to crawl back to /vp/ so that /Poke/ may remain healthy.
If this sort of behaviour was also present back in the days when /vp/ reached the point of deletion scare, then I can assume that Bui keeps destroying communities created and maintained by others just because they did not grew like he wanted them to.
No.1629
>>1627Bui is a troll for sure, there's enough proof of that. Remember #furret?
Often acts like other people too.
Although that loli probably lives in constant PMS.
No.1632
>>1625>>1629hello traumafox
what's up?
No.1697
Went on /vp/ in a few threads
full of tumblr and reddit fags
sad
No.1701
>>1697Given the shift in moderatorship, this was an inevitable outcome. M00t got himself way too far into the "too big to fall" mindset and he won't move an inch even if it means rapid decline in quality and self policing.
No.1702
>>1701True, just hope hotwheels doesn't make the same mistake.
moot will fall soon though
his new project with karp won't last long, just like canv.as did, faggot thought he could memeforce with canv.as
No.1729
>>1120Wait are you a furfag sitegod
No.1730
>>1729He is. He's also Bui's boyfriend.
Why are you retards letting a shitposting furfag, who's as bad as Bui, run your board?
No.1731
>>1730This is Bui. Trying to make the owner look bad so the board will fail.
0/10 troll
>sage in a stickyyou kekking me m8
Nothing personnel loli
No.1740
Soooo, when will the other threads be unstickied?
No.1746
>>1740Probably once Bui decides that 'the board is ruined beyond repair and redemption' and ventures for his daily fix of ruination elsewhere.
No.1747
>>1746this meme is really fucking epic
also daily reminder that the board owner is a hypocrite for oppressing me
No.1749
>>1747>oppressing meshill
No.1847
So, what happened to the board owner? Where is he?
B&?
V&?
No.1857
>>1847Complicated story made short, I've been tired an away.
Anyway, some things are doing on, so I can't promise I'll be active for the next week, but I'm working on it.
No.1861
I'm considering some things very hard, but I need some opinion.
First off, I'm already running out of energy and dedication to /pk/. Idk why, but I just really don't give a fuck and I haven't felt well lately. But I don't want to just abandon you guys after all we've done.
One thing I want to do is get some volunteers(mods) from some of you active productive posters. You guys know who you are, so if you're interested, let me know by quoting this post. Keep in mind I can see what posts you make, and if you haven't made a lot of posts, I probably can't choose you. This is to filter out potential bad choices that could fuck things over. I know who I can trust. But it won't hurt to let me know if your interested.
This let's me have some people to take care of things if I can't be around. And in the case I decide I don't wanna be around at all anymore, I'd want to transfer ownership to one of you, who I know will carry on my ideals of what the board was made.
I have some other things I need to take care of in regards to /pk/ before I make anyone volunteer, but I need to take note of those IPs first.
If I get no one interested, well, Plan B isn't gonna be as nice, but it's all I'll have left to do.
No.1864
>>1861I noticed someone made a hidden pokemon board.
>>>/pokemon/There's some threads and kinda empty and nsfw, but it looks like people are being recruited
i stumbled upon it by accident
No.1867
>>1864Not like we need a third board.
All the more convincing me to just shut down this one.
Plan B was to send you all to /poke/. We'll see how things go the next few days if anyone wants to help moderate the board and whatnot
No.1873
>>1861I'm open to become a volunteer, however, there should be at least 2 more. (yes, I realize this is a small board
for now) The best way to make people volunteer would be to keep in mind what you just said + the fact you'll need max hours of moderation a day. Yes, this board is small for now, though I'm pretty sure it'll grow, especially if we all do our best and contribute.
I have to add I get troubles getting online during weekends as they tend to get busy sometimes.
Why do you feel giving up on /pk/ though?
Also, don't send us to /poke/. For now this board is a bit bigger and more active. And when going to /poke/ I feel like going to 7chan.
No offense to 7chan, I visit there too though. No.1881
comedy gold that you moved away from /vp/ because you were crying about janitors removing your shitposting, and now you're here crying about shitposters
lmfao
No.1896
>>1873>Why do you feel giving up on /pk/ though?Not totally giving up yet, but about why I'm loosing dedication, idk. The board has potential and I'm not having any issues with it. I just don't feel to well in my personal life I guess. I have other things on my mind and I feel like I'm rarely thinking about /pk/, and when I do, I get kinda stressed. For what reason, I don't know.
>>1881I pretty much ignore your comments Bui, but that's wrong. How am I crying about shitposters? I've had no issues since the captchas came in. See above why I'm not feeling well. And you well know that I didn't want to leave /vp/ because of my few shitposts getting deleted, but about lots of my legitimate posts being deleted and getting false bans, plus the fact it happens to lots of people.
No.1899
>>1896I understand personal life issues have a huge priority towards internet related stuff. You shouldn't let anything internet related make you more stressed though. Back in the days, the phrase "the internet is serious business" is just sarcastic and is used to remind people that being ridiculed or such on the internet isn't the end of the world. Just keep that in mind.
About your personal life issues, it would be best to have someone in real life to talk about that.
Also, don't bother explaining or replying decently to Bui. There's no need to do such things towards an obvious troll. See "the internet is serious business".
No.1900
On a side note: there hasn't been much activity on here today. I guess everyone is playing ORAS…
6 more days for me
No.1901
>>1899>There's no need to do such things towards an obvious troll.my favourite meme
No.1902
>>1901so, what other hobbies do you have besides constantly refreshing every pokemon board in the world to shitpost?
No.1903
No.1904
>>1903>diet bestialityfix'd that for you
No.1905
No.1952
>The lack of interest is almost writing our own epitaph.
I pushed Plan B down the list, since I'm gonna try other things first. I may have to use local autists to help moderate this board if I end up needing them/no one else volunteers to volunteer.
I think I can be active myself soon, but we're all playing ORAS now, so that'll still slow me down for a while.
As far as advertising, I saw a shiny Kyogre named /pk/ on the GTS a couple days ago. It gave me more hope again. So yeah, you guys just keep advertising however you can, because I'm not feeling like using my copypasta/VPN for a while.
No.1954
>>1952>a shiny Kyogre named /pk/ on the GTSThere are about 30 of those that went around. Just like 30 shiny Groudon and 30 shiny Rayquaza named /pk/
No.1958
Does anyone else experience shitty glitches?
Like, sometimes the board is in fucking spanish, and sometimes things don't update right, eg. I see a thread has posts on the main page, but when I open the thread it isn't there. Also, when I unstickied those threads, a few still appeared sticky for a whilewhen they really weren't.
Also fyi, /poke/ is ahead of us again on the active boards list, so advertising should ideally pick up again for a while for the sake of the board. When and if all activity is lost, I'm done.
No.1959
>>1952Blue Sky here. I won't have ORAS for a bit yet, but I'm afraid I don't really have the time to moderate here either. I can be online around 4-5 hours a day Sun-Thu, but I don't think that'll help much. Sorry to hear you're not feeling well! Like
>>1899 said though, don't let this take priority or make anything worse. Good luck!
No.1974
>>1958>/poke/ is ahead of us again on the active boards listThey didn't pass us, we went down from around 50-60 unique IPs to 22. Probably due to those 3D model posts being deleted. It loses the unique IP when a post gets deleted. There's still more activity here than on /poke/
No.2000
Board looks dead to me. Wonder what caused that.
Anyone still around?
If so, should we start advertising again? Should we let the board prune? I don't really care at this point, but if I can get any input, I'll work with that.
No.2005
>>2000>ORAS is out everywhere now>Thanksgiving just happened in the USThere's been no new OC in the animator thread, either. Hopefully at least one animator will come back soon. Considering how popular the thread is.
No.2609
Images are now once again allowed to be reposted, even if they're still already posted elsewhere.
Other than that, the threat of me letting the board get deleted has been over for a while, I just haven't been updating and such. I know promotion is bad, but I don't think anyone is doing anything anymore, including me. I may pick up again later, but for now I'm still laying off the extreme stuff.
I saw a few modeling threads up on /vp/ recently. I don't know if it was temporary, or it's gonna be allowed there again, but if it is, those who want the NSFW content can be directed here. It's small, but good advertisement to serve the purpose of the board.
Other than that, I've got nothing. The board may be slow, but I think we'll just take things as they go. I don't think we have our fate in sight.
No.2753
So….should we start working on a board-tan?
Or should that come later, when the board is more popular?
No.3449
>>2609As a newcomer, I have some questions for you :
- IIRC , Goodrafag seems to have been banned at sight thus far. Is he coming back regularly or did he stayed at either /vp/ or /poke/ ?
- Isn't it possible to merge with /poke/, or are the conflicts between the two communities too important to even think about it ?
- What's your point about giveaways ? I've done some of them during the past (including the infamous male shiny Goodra one), and I don't mind making some if it's allowed here
Thanks for answering, and sorry if my question causes some trouble.
No.3463
>>34491) Idk what's going on with Goodrafag, I haven't been on /vp/ more than a handful of times for a few minutes in the last month. I get bored there when it isn't hype season since idgas about competitive. He doesn't come here, that is, if Goodrafag isn't just Bui himself just using an alter ego with a clever ruse, which is my speculative personal opinion on the matter. No matter the case, Bui is all over /pk/, /poke/, and /vp/, who is worse than Goodrafag.
2) /pk/ and /poke/ are almost identical, besides the fact /poke/ wants to restrict and censor porn and shit like that. It's explained in the sticky. My idea of total freedom conflicts with their censorship, and both sides can't come to an agreement on it. I've tried months ago. I laugh at them, they a laugh at me. The dominant board is really reflected on what is more active and promoted, but I barely give two shits these days about this place. But it's still here so you anons can do what you please.
3) Not sure what you're asking about giveaways. If you wanna do some here, go for it. Do whatever the fuck you want as long as it isn't spamming shit.
Post last edited at 2015-01-20 08:36:29
No.3465
>>3463Goodrafag was just spamming /vp/ with threads about how Goodra should be female only and how male Goodras and their trainers should be euthanazied. People laughed the first time, ignored him the second time, started to complain the tenth time and spamming for something to be done the hundredth time. As an answer, a distribution of a shiny male Goodra was created, and had a large success until the one who created said distribution got tired of being accused of being Goodrafag (even after a /vp/ mod confirmed they were two different people) and basically told /vp/ to go fuck themselves. But the giveaways were made popular by the Goodra one (who reached more than 100 boxes of shiny male Goodra named "male only" being given), people saw that as huge circlejerking and tried to confine that into megathreads in order to "not have to hide such threads that take too much place", and there was conflict about it (which leads to my third question)
That being said, while there were one or two people thinking it was Bui, mods came again to confirm they were two different people. But yeah, Bui is clearly much worse than Goodrafag.
About the split, I understand it better now, and yeah, I think it's upon us to choose which side we prefer. Still, thanks for the answers.