/qa/ - Questions and Answers

>>5206
If there's one, it's because of spambots.

>>5206
>>5207
Yes, there have been several spambots that have targeted the site recently. It's a temporary measure, and should be removed soon

Why was my thread deleted. Nothing in it was against the rules and this is an imageboard we are SUPPOSED to be dicks to each other!

>>5209
Also the other guy started it.

>>5209
/mlpol/ is a board of frenship. The thread was not deleted, only moved

>>5209
The thread was not deleted; it was moved to the /sp/ board, evidently because the thread topicality did/does not match with the /mlpol/ board, thus making the /sp/ board - with no real rules of topicality requirements - a more appropriate venue.

>>5212
>>5211
Alrighty then.

>>5209
>>5210
>>5213
/sp/ has rules closer to old /b/, so in general if you have a thread you want to start that doesn't pertain to ponies or politics it's better to post it there.

>>5209
>this is an imageboard we are SUPPOSED to be dicks to each other!
Wut?

Does this site have an exif data stripper?

is there a way to get around two equal signs turning text red?

>>5224
Yes exif data is removed from images and other files as good as possible. As per the About section of Options "Metadata in files are removed using custom code and TagLib with ExifTool as fallback. * There is no way to guarante that all metadata will be completely removed from a file."

>>5225
I will look into a way to make Base64 strings/urls not turn into header, or a fallback that works as a workaround. As of now sadly there is no good workaround (that won't break links.
One way you can do it is to add a empty bold or spoiler etc. in between the equal signs =[ b ][ /b ]= (without spaces) and you can make them that way Base64== Base64==

>>5226
>based admin actually responds with an answer to my question
thanks. I'm starting to like it here

Someone is necroing old threads on /mlpol/ and I am not sure why. Looks like a slide attempt.

>>5228
Yeah, I just came home and the catalog is a mess.

>>5228
It was not a slide attempt, it was a newfag who didnt know that all ips are encrypted on mlpol, such that not even staff can determine a user's info. Its an understandable concern, but it has been addressed. At least, the necrobumping has, I neglected to mention the encryption. I hadn't made that connection at that point.
A bit of bad form, but nothing warranting deletions or anything.

I just read that there's a weekly Friday movie night, with MLP episodes afterwards. I would like to tune in to this.

What are the details I need to know to get in to the stream and group chat?

>>5269
The current medium for movies is Bitwave.tv, although Kast is being looked into as an alternative platform.
>>>/mlpol/265636 →

>>5273
>although Kast is being looked into as an alternative platform.
Nope for us.
Politically, Kast is full zog company, see pic 1.
Additionally, that company wants total control over the user's browser by forcing to use exclusively Microsoft and Google browsers. See pic 2.

>>5269
Stream is every Friday at 6:30 PST, I post the link along with what movies we watch in the thread that >>5273 links to.

>>5274
The deeper I've looked into Kast the less confidence I have that it will be viable for us, plus I couldn't get it to work with my streaming software. So for the foreseeable future we'll continue using Bitwave.

>>4126
Can the staff delete ALL my posts if i request it?

>>5301
The short answer is yes, though 'why' is a definite consideration as to whether that request is obliged

>>5302
I can't delete older posts of mine so i would rather have every post deleted and thread throughout every board, if you would do that for me then thanks.
>Why?
I have my reasons, one of which is that my time here was well spent although i think it's time to pack up my bags and leave along with my posts.

I might return at some point but i don't want to leave my mark upon the site while i ponder my decisions.

>>5303
>I have my reasons
>along with my posts
With all due respect, requests of that sort (vague and unsubstantiated) have been declined in past. It will be discussed tho

>>5305
>It will be discussed tho
Well, what do you want to know?

>>5306
I'll give you an example:
Some time ago an artfag who had posted several works requested their removal, as he wanted no further connection to the site (this was in the early part of the derpi debacle iirc). He was declined.
Again no offense, but maintaining pw's is the user's responsibility and even if the pw is retained, threads cant be deleted except by staff to preserve any/all replies to the thread.
The internet is forever fren

>>5307
Would you be able to locate those posts and report them?

>>5309
The posts in the paranormal thread and the get it off your chest thread, they are the most revealing.

>>5310
Specifically the ones on /vx/ and /üb/, the ones on the other boards aren't really important.

>>5310
>>5311
It's far easier to delete all posts than it is to identify and delete specific posts (especially without knowing what you feel is self doxxing), unless you're willing to report the posts in question

>>5313
I reported them.

>>5315
Men doku sei,....

>>5316
Please?

>>5315
Well, after reviewing the posts in question, the images and videos can be easily removed without compromising the integrity of the discussions. Would that be sufficient?
I never noticed the spoiler at the bottom of one of the /ub/ posts. I got unironically choked up, no homo <3

>>5318
>Would that be sufficient?
Yes, it would.
No homo.

>>5319
It's done ^_^

>>5320
Thank you anon.
Thought Antifa was gonna catch me fucking ponies once and for all.

>>5321
YW, it's what we're here for

>>5323
You deserve a medal.

Why is there no dedicated pone discussion board? I understnad the point of mlpol but I dont really see the bandwagon effect of getting pony lovers on board without a place they can go to keep their generals in easy reach. I like the idea of pone discussion happening in pol but gore, political horror, and etc dont really mesh well with comfey equestrian fantasy >green

>>5325
>Why is there no dedicated pone discussion board?
Answer: --->
>I understnad the point of mlpol

>>5325
Hello newfren. The answers you seek are prominently displayed on the policy page at the top

>>5326
So basically fuck anyone that likes ponies and creates oc.
why are you guys like this?
>>5327
If you're talking about /pol/ generals that's understandable, but not only is what I'm talking about a whole different board, the purpose of the generals makes sense, it's there to create small communities who will act as audiances for the posting of >green., and a repository for previous green that can be easily shared for new users. I think generals are kind of shit, but without them you don't get this kind of regular content, not ever.

Without this drip feed of OC, /mlp/ would have died years ago.

>>5328
>fuck anyone that likes ponies and creates oc
Easy there tiger, that's not what anon said. Its Hearth's Warming, so I'll spoonfeed.
A separate /pone/ board would be redundant. The first (third) rule addresses the permissibility of greens, oc, etc in letter and in spirit. If anons want ponies without any politics, /mlp/ is still a thing, as well as plenty of other boards and sites.
But /mlp/ went off the rails long ago, and rules 9/11 (inside jeorb!) address that too, specifically targeting the redundant nature of /mlp/. The desire of those who came from 4chan - not exclusively those who founded and developed /mlpol/ - was to eliminate or restrict that redundancy as much as equinely possible. In fact, theres an argument to be made that the overwhelming majority of 4chan (across the boards) is redundant; if one wants redundancy those places still exist too.
/mlpol/ is not those places. This isnt to say that none of /mlpol/ is redundant, but a decided effort is made to minimize its redundancy.
Ponies and politics is a very niche interest group that isnt for everyone. Everyone is welcome (barring anons who behave unacceptably), but not everyone wants to be here and the site is specifically not trying to cater to everyone, and (no offense) especially not those who want to change the board/culture/spiritwithout grasping it first and participating participating in and around second.

That last statement is not a quip, it's to address the fact that plenty of anons over the past few years have attempted those things; it's not an insinuation that that's what you're doing.

>>5325
The /mlpol/ board is slow enough that any general is not likely to fall off the board, and will remain in the first few pages provided there is at least some activity in the thread/general. We've hosted Anonfilly for three years now, and have had OC production threads and many pony threads before. We still do. /mlpol/ is for ponies and politics both. If you happen to be a fan of one but not the other, make a thread for what you are interested in.

>pone discussion doesn't go well with gore and political horror
You could just as easily say "my thread doesn't go well next to inflation threads/slave pony general/whatever other thread coexists in the /mlp/ catalog that I don't like." It's rather silly to complain about the existence of other threads in the catalog you will never read, because you weren't going to click on them anyways. Furthermore, we don't have gore on /mlpol/, and if any exists it's in tiny corners.

>>5331
>>5329
I typed out a bunch of shit but I deleted most of it because I just cant fucking understand this on a conceptual level, even if it makes sense. You guys are just genuinely okay with 4chan as it is and dont care or want to provide any kind of alternative to it... To me this whole topic was brought up because 4chan has gotten horrible, and 8chan was executed. this board isnt part of smuglo.li so its afaik the only place where a viable mlp alternative could exist. But if I'm reading you right you guys are completely fine with the absolutelly pozzed way mlp is and choose not to offer any service that would potentially overlap it....

>>5332
>okay with 4chan as it is
Hell nah, we didnt leave JUST cuz 4/mlpol/ was kill
>dont care or want to provide an alternative
Uh, you're looking at it
>4chan has gotten horrible
No contest
>8chan
Likewise
Anon, what we are offering here is an /mlp/ (and /pol/)alternative but with good reason, all of /mlp/ is not desired. There is a line, and while I certainly dont speak for everyone, we feel that /mlp/ crossed it long ago. There are a number of (((agendas))) that are quite permissible to promote on /mlp/, for starters (trannies, gays, etc). It isnt that no one is allowed to be trans or gay on /mlpol/, but the normalization and promotion of those agendas will be thoroughly btfo if they arise. Those are only two examples.
Though it wasnt referenced, there are plenty of elements of /pol/ that will not be tolerated on /mlpol/. The key concept of 'alternative' is that it isnt the same, nor is trying to be. There are elements of both, but there is also a very necessary filtering of the elements of both which - your words, not mine - caused 4chan to become horrible even before their mods became adversarial and shills of every variety were granted largesse.
IF there were to be a /pone/ board, it would come of necessity and mass demand, because the resources already available had proven insufficient.
4/mlpol/ was a beautiful thing and it taught many invaluable lessons about friendship. A separate /pone/ board would do a disservice to that legacy.
You're effectively saying "Yeah, ponies and politics are alright, but wouldnt it be great if it was JUST ponies (and thereby JUST politics)?"
If that were to occur (and if I were in Vegas, that's not where my money would be), it's a very long way off at best.