Hi anon! We reformed the rule set! Check it out here
https://mlpol.net/policy
>What was wrong with the old set?
So very, very many things
To start off, it was not made on mlpol.net. It was made on April 2, 2017, on the merged board of 4chan. It was never made for this website, nor any independent site, and it has no reflection to our situation. The vast majority of people who participated in that thread on 4chan are not here now, and do not use mlpol.net. Several of the rules in the old set were added by staff over the years and were never voted on.
Second, it has no bearing at all to rules as enforced and probably never has. The number one violation for which we issue bans is and long has been spam. Those little cyrilic bot posts with the ultra-low-resolution images. Tell me where in the old rule set it says "do not spam?" Pro-tip: it doesn't. A majority of all of our moderation enforcement has been against something that isn't even listed as against the rules. There is also no rule in it against off-board raiding - even though that is clearly the spirit of several of the rules - and off board raids have long been one of the dominant reasons for bans.
It worked the other way as well. The rule against "generals" was discarded in practical enforcement in the first year when we decided to allow Syria General to post on /mlpol/. Not long after this, anonfilly was invited after being kicked off of /mlp/. There's also that unstated rule 1 and rule 2. "Don't talk about /mlpol/." We realized within a month of April 2 that not advertising the board - which now was off of 4chan and was it's own website - was a bad idea.
The rule set had absolutely no rule against insufferable and obnoxious posters, and that was a rather big issue.
And you can't tell me it wasn't ungainly and long. It was two typed pages. That isn't useful.
The rule set was prone to misinterpretation, or at least, to give the wrong impression to newcomers. I met with a friend who didn't know I had anything to do with mlpol, and asked him what he thought about the altchans. He told me that mlpol.net and /poner/ was hampered by its banning of generals. A rule we have enfored... once? Ever? Back in the summer of 2017?
And yes, the rules lawyering around the "striped" thread was a factor. Rather than arguing actually relevant issues like whether or not the zebras having sex with twilight were a part of fetish, or posted with a deliberate intent to disrupt the board, instead time and energy is wasted arguing with people who in some cases had never used the board before that day over what degree the my little pony porn resembled some kind of thread that was spammed on the /pol/ board many years ago. That's not helpful.
>Why now? Why not after a long, lengthy process?
It should have been overhauled years ago. I have wanted to overhaul the rules for years. The primary reason we have not is because we didn't have an idea for how to codify a moderator response to what we considered to be edge cases - posters who seemed to be acting in good faith, but who were so horrifically and consistently obnoxious it ruined the experience for everyone around them. It wasn't until this year that I figured out the blanket term "disruptive" captures the essence of these edge cases, but also posting types we ban anyways, like off-board raiders and spam.
>But why now specifically?
Because now is the time that reforms that have been long put off are most needed.
>Why these rules?
I wanted the rules to do three things. One, to reflect actual enforcement and the needs of moderation. Two, to be rather limited, allow most posts to be permitted, and maximum freedom to posters. And three, be short and easy to understand. What we came up with, I think, does capture most circumstances where moderation action is needed, and does so in a succinct and easy to understand manner. Some of the rules could easily be split up into smaller rules, but still, it is a short list of rules.
>Why does the policy page say that the rule set is "under construction"?
Because that part of the policy page is probably going to be modified to include a description of the boards and any rules that might be specific to the board
>But shouldn't the community discuss the rules?
Well, this is the thread. Discuss it now. As stated, the rules were written to reflect actual enforcement. These are things that we have already discussed endlessly, including last year when there was a proposal to add a "lurk more" rule. And besides, if you haven't noticed, who the "community" even is right now is in a state of flux. The newcomers need a very simple set of rules that they can read, understand, and not misinterpret, and they need it now.
>Does this mean that /poner/ is not getting rules on porn?
Not necessarily. We've decided that we will give that a little more time to decide what to do. It's very unlikely that we are going to make /poner/ a completely blue board, but it's far from out of the question that we will add rules like no NSFW in the OP, no porn dumping, or require spoilers. If this is added, it will not be listed on the global rule set. It will be under the board specific rule set, which as of now has not been added.
>You're a faggot
no u
/qa/ - Questions and Answers
Keeping the community together by giving you a voice
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>>9508
The problem is this: almost everyone in this community has some kind of sexual preference that is and ought to be perceived as disgusting. This community is based off of horny posting, so it doesn’t make complete sense to me to completely ban it, as most people would like to talk to other people with similar interests, and there are enough people who share said preferences even at the smaller size that this is viable. Like the striped post had several people saying it was sexy, the hazbin hotel abomination got unfs, and then just the whole disagreement in the HVOP and pony threads shows there’s a sort of divide on any subject. So what do we do? Do we “””ban””” porn and people make just make text based porn and link off board, which is what /mlp/ did? Do we just declare weapons-free and people can just filter and hide, which is what we’ve been historically doing? That’s the question.
I’m kind of leaning towards spoiling the weirder fetishes, banning completely non-mlp related porn, and letting everything else be free, but it’s blatantly obvious from the past week that there isn’t a consensus on what to do about it, and staff has not decided.
Also what >>9509 said. Anthro is likely to be fine.
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[Read more] The problem is this: almost everyone in this community has some kind of sexual preference that is and ought to be perceived as disgusting. This community is based off of horny posting, so it doesn’t make complete sense to me to completely ban it, as most people would like to talk to other people with similar interests, and there are enough people who share said preferences even at the smaller size that this is viable. Like the striped post had several people saying it was sexy, the hazbin hotel abomination got unfs, and then just the whole disagreement in the HVOP and pony threads shows there’s a sort of divide on any subject. So what do we do? Do we “””ban””” porn and people make just make text based porn and link off board, which is what /mlp/ did? Do we just declare weapons-free and people can just filter and hide, which is what we’ve been historically doing? That’s the question.
I’m kind of leaning towards spoiling the weirder fetishes, banning completely non-mlp related porn, and letting everything else be free, but it’s blatantly obvious from the past week that there isn’t a consensus on what to do about it, and staff has not decided.
Also what >>9509 said. Anthro is likely to be fine.
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>>9510
By the way I don't know what you're fucking smoking, nobody said "unf" to the AI dog porn pic. Every single reply is about how cancerous it is.
Unless you're talking about >>>/poner/5493 → which is very obviously the same anon elaborating on his post, specifically replying to every (You) he got to reply back and using the exact same style and rhetoric. I don't know if your janny tools are showing a different IP for that post or something, but even if they are I'd be immensely surprised if it wasn't a proxy, because the way it reads like now is like the exact same anon with zero doubt, it's not even like he's trying to hide it.
By the way I don't know what you're fucking smoking, nobody said "unf" to the AI dog porn pic. Every single reply is about how cancerous it is.
Unless you're talking about >>>/poner/5493 → which is very obviously the same anon elaborating on his post, specifically replying to every (You) he got to reply back and using the exact same style and rhetoric. I don't know if your janny tools are showing a different IP for that post or something, but even if they are I'd be immensely surprised if it wasn't a proxy, because the way it reads like now is like the exact same anon with zero doubt, it's not even like he's trying to hide it.
>>9510
>Like the striped post had several people saying it was sexy, the hazbin hotel abomination got unfs
Striped faggots showing up in a group is exactly how raids work. Samefagging and astroturfing is exactly how shills work.
Relevant facts
>donkey showniggers and trolls would shit up /mlp/ with their friends and cause division and general unease with the board, taking advantage of mods allowing it like you are doing now and seeing how stripedfags showed up overnight it's more likely the same group.
>donkey showniggers and trolls will ban evade and samefag. So jumping on a vpn or phone isn't hard or new. You already saw this with the striped threads, and posting demoralizing striped shit in pony threads.
>donkey showniggers are busy sewing D&C between the alt boorus, any reason to get the refugees to fracture further and create infighting, and the striped/fur shit is more of the same.
>Like the striped post had several people saying it was sexy, the hazbin hotel abomination got unfs
Striped faggots showing up in a group is exactly how raids work. Samefagging and astroturfing is exactly how shills work.
Relevant facts
>donkey showniggers and trolls would shit up /mlp/ with their friends and cause division and general unease with the board, taking advantage of mods allowing it like you are doing now and seeing how stripedfags showed up overnight it's more likely the same group.
>donkey showniggers and trolls will ban evade and samefag. So jumping on a vpn or phone isn't hard or new. You already saw this with the striped threads, and posting demoralizing striped shit in pony threads.
>donkey showniggers are busy sewing D&C between the alt boorus, any reason to get the refugees to fracture further and create infighting, and the striped/fur shit is more of the same.
I tried to warn (you) about being exceptional,....
>>9512
This is accurate and I think the staff need to have a harsher stance on furries. Not because they are a serious threat to the site, but because they are a different culture and need to be decisively unwelcome. We don't want them here. I welcome TFH, Ico, Spirit, irl hoers (no zoo pls), griffons, dragons, even abyssinians (nopony likes them), but there should be a clear line when it comes to furries from out of the fandom. Ausländer raus!
This is accurate and I think the staff need to have a harsher stance on furries. Not because they are a serious threat to the site, but because they are a different culture and need to be decisively unwelcome. We don't want them here. I welcome TFH, Ico, Spirit, irl hoers (no zoo pls), griffons, dragons, even abyssinians (nopony likes them), but there should be a clear line when it comes to furries from out of the fandom. Ausländer raus!
>>9532
As the resident furfag, I agree with this. TFH is wholesome, and Arixzona alone is worth the effort.
>clear line of furries
AGREED. Non-pony and non-pony related (griffons, minotaurs, yaks, etc.) should be banned. Yes, I said BANNED
As the resident furfag, I agree with this. TFH is wholesome, and Arixzona alone is worth the effort.
>clear line of furries
AGREED. Non-pony and non-pony related (griffons, minotaurs, yaks, etc.) should be banned. Yes, I said BANNED
>>9532
>staff need to have a harsher stance on furries
Stop asking the mods and admins to do everything and do something yourself you lazy bum.
The admins/mods of mlpol are staff, but it is the users that define the culture. If the users are crybabies that can't even bully furries out of their own platform, then they deserve to end-up like 4chan.
>staff need to have a harsher stance on furries
Stop asking the mods and admins to do everything and do something yourself you lazy bum.
The admins/mods of mlpol are staff, but it is the users that define the culture. If the users are crybabies that can't even bully furries out of their own platform, then they deserve to end-up like 4chan.
>>9555
The only thing "users" can do is post angry comments at the furry.
>If the users are crybabies that can't even bully furries out of their own platform
That's not how this fucking works, any furries coming here will obviously know everyone will be angry at them. You cannot fucking "bully out" a baiter, it's literally what he's here FOR. Are you fucking retarded?
Why are soijaks banned, and get deleted by the mods? Do you think the posters here aren't going to angry at a soijak post, or aren't going to tell him to fuck off? And yet the mods, who deem soijaks to be a problem, also decided that users being angry at them isn't enough to deal with the problem by itself. Curious.
The only thing "users" can do is post angry comments at the furry.
>If the users are crybabies that can't even bully furries out of their own platform
That's not how this fucking works, any furries coming here will obviously know everyone will be angry at them. You cannot fucking "bully out" a baiter, it's literally what he's here FOR. Are you fucking retarded?
Why are soijaks banned, and get deleted by the mods? Do you think the posters here aren't going to angry at a soijak post, or aren't going to tell him to fuck off? And yet the mods, who deem soijaks to be a problem, also decided that users being angry at them isn't enough to deal with the problem by itself. Curious.
>>9556
>The only thing "users" can do is post angry comments at the furry
Heavens no, what a dour attitude. The trick with furries is to know what they hold near and dear and exploit it. Furries are just very complicated snowflakes; they SEEM ambivalent, until you use their own memes against them
>The only thing "users" can do is post angry comments at the furry
Heavens no, what a dour attitude. The trick with furries is to know what they hold near and dear and exploit it. Furries are just very complicated snowflakes; they SEEM ambivalent, until you use their own memes against them
>>9557
Well I'm sorry I'm not an expert in the deepest inner secrets of furfag culture.
Enlighten me, what for example would you have exploited in the AI dogposter that shat up part of the horsepussy thread a couple of days ago?
Well I'm sorry I'm not an expert in the deepest inner secrets of furfag culture.
Enlighten me, what for example would you have exploited in the AI dogposter that shat up part of the horsepussy thread a couple of days ago?
>>9386
>What was wrong with the old set
Nothing much, actually. Same can't be said about you. Like being a stripedfag/BBCuck for example and you intentionally taking down the old page because it exposed you for what you are. Atlas should kick your god damn ass and become the big boss owner once again. You really should stick to Ponerpics and stay there without getting involved into administrating the imageboard as you suck badly at it. There are a grand total of about THREE(four even!) good ideas: no spam rule, shoo the offboard raiders, no "No Generals" and your abortion of a ruleset actually being short, succinct, straight to the point. Everything else was done vastly better by the OG ruleset.
>It was never made for this website
This is bullshit and you know it. It was made for this website and Atlas would confirm this if he was still around here.
The rule set had absolutely no rule against insufferable and obnoxious posters, and that was a rather big issue.
aka "I can't handle being called out for being a bad admin and a negative influence on the site" rule.
>>Why now? But why now specifically?
You got blown the fuck out in the other thread for being a stripedcuck and this is your attempt at responding.
>Does this mean that /poner/ is not getting rules on porn section
What was the purpose of voting if it's not going to matter? As it can be seen in the current results, red board option is winning by 13 votes, yet here you are, appearing to ignore this in favor of one of the loser options. What are you doing, Lotus?
TL;DR: Current ruleset is severely subpar with very few pros and exceedingly many cons and serves to allow things that were rightfully forbidden before while cracking down on calling staff that supports said banned things out. /poner/ vote results didn't appear to matter as of yet.
[Read more] >What was wrong with the old set
Nothing much, actually. Same can't be said about you. Like being a stripedfag/BBCuck for example and you intentionally taking down the old page because it exposed you for what you are. Atlas should kick your god damn ass and become the big boss owner once again. You really should stick to Ponerpics and stay there without getting involved into administrating the imageboard as you suck badly at it. There are a grand total of about THREE(four even!) good ideas: no spam rule, shoo the offboard raiders, no "No Generals" and your abortion of a ruleset actually being short, succinct, straight to the point. Everything else was done vastly better by the OG ruleset.
>It was never made for this website
This is bullshit and you know it. It was made for this website and Atlas would confirm this if he was still around here.
The rule set had absolutely no rule against insufferable and obnoxious posters, and that was a rather big issue.
aka "I can't handle being called out for being a bad admin and a negative influence on the site" rule.
>>Why now? But why now specifically?
You got blown the fuck out in the other thread for being a stripedcuck and this is your attempt at responding.
>Does this mean that /poner/ is not getting rules on porn section
What was the purpose of voting if it's not going to matter? As it can be seen in the current results, red board option is winning by 13 votes, yet here you are, appearing to ignore this in favor of one of the loser options. What are you doing, Lotus?
TL;DR: Current ruleset is severely subpar with very few pros and exceedingly many cons and serves to allow things that were rightfully forbidden before while cracking down on calling staff that supports said banned things out. /poner/ vote results didn't appear to matter as of yet.
>>9558
Laugh and be over it, it was how many images? If it became excessive I would have either deleted them or chucked them in any number of threads on /sp/ (saging, of course) and told the poster to go find them
Laugh and be over it, it was how many images? If it became excessive I would have either deleted them or chucked them in any number of threads on /sp/ (saging, of course) and told the poster to go find them
I'm talking down low, toward the bottom, about to slide off threads
>>9558
But again, that's what staff is likely to say and don't mistake me for one. As far as what a user should do? Laugh and be over it, or start flooding with horsepussy. If you want to strike back, you need to understand the culture that surrounds it. You need to know what images will disturb them, which is tricky when they're ALREADY posting grotesque porn. The culture is overrepresented in the LGBT community, so tranny rope memes would be good
But again, that's what staff is likely to say and don't mistake me for one. As far as what a user should do? Laugh and be over it, or start flooding with horsepussy. If you want to strike back, you need to understand the culture that surrounds it. You need to know what images will disturb them, which is tricky when they're ALREADY posting grotesque porn. The culture is overrepresented in the LGBT community, so tranny rope memes would be good
>>9560
Also
>What was the purpose of voting if it's not going to matter?
On strawpoll? No purpose, I didn't bother voting and I don't know why anyone still does.
>As it can be seen in the current results, red board option is winning by 13 votes, yet here you are, appearing to ignore this in favor of one of the loser options. What are you doing, Lotus?
Unconditional red board is losing significantly to the three other options which all support some measure of restriction. Some middle-ground option sounds like the way to go, reasonably speaking. Yes, if each option was completely independent then "red board" would've been the winner, but something like "allow OPs to choose for their thread", for example, both allows the rest of the board to remain red while also accomodating some of the people who wanted a blue board and/or those who wanted spoilered porn, by letting them have some threads where they can restrict things that way. So it's strictly superior, even going by the poll results, to picking one of the extreme options of global red or global blue with no compromise.
Also
>What was the purpose of voting if it's not going to matter?
On strawpoll? No purpose, I didn't bother voting and I don't know why anyone still does.
>As it can be seen in the current results, red board option is winning by 13 votes, yet here you are, appearing to ignore this in favor of one of the loser options. What are you doing, Lotus?
Unconditional red board is losing significantly to the three other options which all support some measure of restriction. Some middle-ground option sounds like the way to go, reasonably speaking. Yes, if each option was completely independent then "red board" would've been the winner, but something like "allow OPs to choose for their thread", for example, both allows the rest of the board to remain red while also accomodating some of the people who wanted a blue board and/or those who wanted spoilered porn, by letting them have some threads where they can restrict things that way. So it's strictly superior, even going by the poll results, to picking one of the extreme options of global red or global blue with no compromise.
>>9565
Unconditional red board is winning to the other options. If it was losing, it wouldn't be the voted for option. Come on, anon, don't be such a numget!
Unconditional red board is winning to the other options. If it was losing, it wouldn't be the voted for option. Come on, anon, don't be such a numget!
>>9566
Nigger grouping options is basic polling.
If you treat the options as "no restrictions" vs. "some restrictions" then no restrictions is clearly losing.
Obviously if you also group the options as "no porn whatsoever" (i.e. the blue board option) vs. "at least some porn", then no porn is also losing badly, so full blue board is obviously also not the winning option. But hence compromise.
Different viewpoints can be grouped and split in different ways and just because the poll grouped its options that way doesn't mean it's the only thing that should be considered. If the strawpoll had said literally "full red board" vs. "consider some sort of restriction" then red board would've been losing. It's not how it was created but that's because the latter was split into three different options spelling out different levels of restriction; the meaning and vote totals are still the same if you group it.
Just because one option has more nuance (different ways of restricting porn a bit) doesn't mean that it ought to be disadvantaged in polling compared to the option that can't really be split.
[Read more] Nigger grouping options is basic polling.
If you treat the options as "no restrictions" vs. "some restrictions" then no restrictions is clearly losing.
Obviously if you also group the options as "no porn whatsoever" (i.e. the blue board option) vs. "at least some porn", then no porn is also losing badly, so full blue board is obviously also not the winning option. But hence compromise.
Different viewpoints can be grouped and split in different ways and just because the poll grouped its options that way doesn't mean it's the only thing that should be considered. If the strawpoll had said literally "full red board" vs. "consider some sort of restriction" then red board would've been losing. It's not how it was created but that's because the latter was split into three different options spelling out different levels of restriction; the meaning and vote totals are still the same if you group it.
Just because one option has more nuance (different ways of restricting porn a bit) doesn't mean that it ought to be disadvantaged in polling compared to the option that can't really be split.
I have been working all week and have not been able to pay attention to this thread, but if additional changes are going to be made I would like to be informed/involved.
Can anyone give me a quick rundown on what the current argument is? I thought we already updated the policy page.
Can anyone give me a quick rundown on what the current argument is? I thought we already updated the policy page.
>>9570
I'm pretty sure the thread is obsolete. It was unstickied after 24h, meaning the decision was already made.
I'm pretty sure the thread is obsolete. It was unstickied after 24h, meaning the decision was already made.
>>9570
Most of the arguments pertain to /poner/. There was a spat about whether furry images should be discretionally allowed or categorically banned, and now people are bringing up the red-blue debate again.
Most of the arguments pertain to /poner/. There was a spat about whether furry images should be discretionally allowed or categorically banned, and now people are bringing up the red-blue debate again.
>>9573
For one I'm in favor for a very strict SFW and NSFW divide the latter of which between politics and porn, ie indiscriminate banning of porn in SFW and politics boards.
For one I'm in favor for a very strict SFW and NSFW divide the latter of which between politics and porn, ie indiscriminate banning of porn in SFW and politics boards.
>>9560
>You really should stick to Ponerpics and stay there without getting involved into administrating the imageboard as you suck badly at it.
>implying he doesn't suck even worse there
HURRR LETS ALLOW FURRY IMAGES BECAUSE UPLOADER CLAIMS THE CHARACTER WAS PONY ONCE
HURR LETS ALLOW UNTAGGED AUTISTIC FETISH SPAM AND ACTIVELY OVERRIDE THE OTHER STAFF'S DECISION TO BAN IT
HURR WHY ARE YOU NOT FILTERING UNRELATED TAGS THAT THE FETISH INCLUDES
HURR JUST DO MASS TAGGING ON THE AUTISTIC FETISH FOR ME, USERS, I CAN'T FIGURE OUT A TAG THAT DESCRIBES THE AUTISTIC FETISH EXCLUSIVELY NOR CAN GRASP THE CONCEPT OF "Only staff have access to built-in bulk tagging tools and no delay on tag changes"
>You really should stick to Ponerpics and stay there without getting involved into administrating the imageboard as you suck badly at it.
>implying he doesn't suck even worse there
HURRR LETS ALLOW FURRY IMAGES BECAUSE UPLOADER CLAIMS THE CHARACTER WAS PONY ONCE
HURR LETS ALLOW UNTAGGED AUTISTIC FETISH SPAM AND ACTIVELY OVERRIDE THE OTHER STAFF'S DECISION TO BAN IT
HURR WHY ARE YOU NOT FILTERING UNRELATED TAGS THAT THE FETISH INCLUDES
HURR JUST DO MASS TAGGING ON THE AUTISTIC FETISH FOR ME, USERS, I CAN'T FIGURE OUT A TAG THAT DESCRIBES THE AUTISTIC FETISH EXCLUSIVELY NOR CAN GRASP THE CONCEPT OF "Only staff have access to built-in bulk tagging tools and no delay on tag changes"
>>9570
Well there's this guy >>9560
but other than that the policy page is fine. Users don't/shouldn't need exhaustive and precise rules, there used to be a tagline about how mods are the ones who enforce the rules, but you already know that.
IDGAF whether /poner/ is made blue, /mlpol/ will always be red, and non-pony and pony-related furry shit should be prohibited from /Mlpol/ and /poner/.
Well there's this guy >>9560
but other than that the policy page is fine. Users don't/shouldn't need exhaustive and precise rules, there used to be a tagline about how mods are the ones who enforce the rules, but you already know that.
IDGAF whether /poner/ is made blue, /mlpol/ will always be red, and non-pony and pony-related furry shit should be prohibited from /Mlpol/ and /poner/.
>>9576
I care because nsfw material is discussion killer and discussions is why /mlp/ retained the original spirit of 4chan. Did the board change? Absolutely. However it was a rare island of escapism found nowhere else.
I care because nsfw material is discussion killer and discussions is why /mlp/ retained the original spirit of 4chan. Did the board change? Absolutely. However it was a rare island of escapism found nowhere else.
>>9575
How about you use the filter on artists that make the shitty things you hate? I guess the world needs to ban everything that inconveniences you.
How about you use the filter on artists that make the shitty things you hate? I guess the world needs to ban everything that inconveniences you.
>>9579
Rather than filters the reason why 4chan was such a big part of our lives was how strict the filterless sfw/nsfw split was.
Rather than filters the reason why 4chan was such a big part of our lives was how strict the filterless sfw/nsfw split was.
>>9578
>nsfw material is discussion killer and discussions is why /mlp/ retained the original spirit of 4chan
This is nonsensical, every other blue board completely changed. /mlp/ stayed the same because it's /mlp/. It has nothing to do with nsfw, and you'll especially know this is true if you were there before the scruffening.
>nsfw material is discussion killer and discussions is why /mlp/ retained the original spirit of 4chan
This is nonsensical, every other blue board completely changed. /mlp/ stayed the same because it's /mlp/. It has nothing to do with nsfw, and you'll especially know this is true if you were there before the scruffening.
>>9579
Anon, filters on boorus are for content, not for artists, that's retarded.
I'm not even mad about the same thing as that anon, but your logic would just lead to terrible tagging even for people that want to see that fetish for example. Saying "nah no tag for it, just filter the artist" means anyone searching for it is left also just searching for the artist, which leaves off any art on the same topic made by a different artist.
I have no idea what the context of that anon's rant is, and if the thing really doesn't deserve a tag then it doesn't deserve one, but if you want people to be able to filter and/or search for it then it does deserve one, simple as. In neither case is "use the artist tag" a valid alternative.
Anon, filters on boorus are for content, not for artists, that's retarded.
I'm not even mad about the same thing as that anon, but your logic would just lead to terrible tagging even for people that want to see that fetish for example. Saying "nah no tag for it, just filter the artist" means anyone searching for it is left also just searching for the artist, which leaves off any art on the same topic made by a different artist.
I have no idea what the context of that anon's rant is, and if the thing really doesn't deserve a tag then it doesn't deserve one, but if you want people to be able to filter and/or search for it then it does deserve one, simple as. In neither case is "use the artist tag" a valid alternative.
>>9581
I for one think the scruffening was, in hindsight, a blessing as much as GR15 was our greatest boon.
I for one think the scruffening was, in hindsight, a blessing as much as GR15 was our greatest boon.
>>9571
>Samefag
Uh, no? Are you seriously accusing two distinct administrators of being the same person? No, that’s me, Atlas (the website founder), and some third guy whom I’m pretty sure is not staff but don’t know. We have IDs in this thread.
Like if you want to think that the three of us are all the same person then you’re objectively wrong, but you do you I guess.
>>>9573
> I'm pretty sure the thread is obsolete. It was unstickied after 24h, meaning the decision was already made.
No. Me and another staff member agreed to let a little time pass before making a decision.
>Samefag
Uh, no? Are you seriously accusing two distinct administrators of being the same person? No, that’s me, Atlas (the website founder), and some third guy whom I’m pretty sure is not staff but don’t know. We have IDs in this thread.
Like if you want to think that the three of us are all the same person then you’re objectively wrong, but you do you I guess.
>>>9573
> I'm pretty sure the thread is obsolete. It was unstickied after 24h, meaning the decision was already made.
No. Me and another staff member agreed to let a little time pass before making a decision.
>>9585
I’ll be presenting a proposed set of rules for all boards soon, but I am back at work.
If I made a rule proposal for /poner/ right now it is:
1. No NSFW in OP, no porn dump threads, spoiler fetish porn, no NSFW that isn’t at least vaguely MLP related. Otherwise a red board.
2. Keep at threads at least vaguely mlp, mlp fandom, or horse media related.
No restrictions on quality of posting besides the global rules of no spam and no duplicate threads
I’ll be presenting a proposed set of rules for all boards soon, but I am back at work.
If I made a rule proposal for /poner/ right now it is:
1. No NSFW in OP, no porn dump threads, spoiler fetish porn, no NSFW that isn’t at least vaguely MLP related. Otherwise a red board.
2. Keep at threads at least vaguely mlp, mlp fandom, or horse media related.
No restrictions on quality of posting besides the global rules of no spam and no duplicate threads
We’re still listening to what users have to say, and no vote has taken place among staff.
>>9586
>No restrictions on quality of posting
Does that mean low-volume (i.e. non-spam) baiting is not going to be against the rule? I understand that it's not always easy to judge, but sometimes something is very obviously just posted to derail a thread and make people mad because funni. Even 4cuck had a "no trolling outside of /b/" rule, and while it was rarely used, it DID see use and I did see threads sometimes get derailed by some nigger clearly baiting against public opinion (e.g. entering a hoof appreciation thread and gloating about eqg, or obvious shit like that) actually get cleaned up.
So it's not something that has to be severely proactively enforced but imho it's a good rule to have for cases when it does come up.
>No restrictions on quality of posting
Does that mean low-volume (i.e. non-spam) baiting is not going to be against the rule? I understand that it's not always easy to judge, but sometimes something is very obviously just posted to derail a thread and make people mad because funni. Even 4cuck had a "no trolling outside of /b/" rule, and while it was rarely used, it DID see use and I did see threads sometimes get derailed by some nigger clearly baiting against public opinion (e.g. entering a hoof appreciation thread and gloating about eqg, or obvious shit like that) actually get cleaned up.
So it's not something that has to be severely proactively enforced but imho it's a good rule to have for cases when it does come up.
>>9586
>No NSFW in OP
This is very disappointing since the catalog is the first line of defense - what difference does it make when NSFW will be allowed in every other post? Is it just because you want mlpol to be easier to browse publicly or something? I genuinely don't see the point of this.
I'm fine with the other proposed changes though.
>No NSFW in OP
This is very disappointing since the catalog is the first line of defense - what difference does it make when NSFW will be allowed in every other post? Is it just because you want mlpol to be easier to browse publicly or something? I genuinely don't see the point of this.
I'm fine with the other proposed changes though.
>>9584
He either thinks in lockstep with you on all pertinent issues, or it's you using his credentials, either way the result is the same. Samefag.
>we have IDs
Please observe picrel and don't say that again. Also, they're easy to circumvent by a user, much less staff who knows how IDs are formed.
>>9579
Also, lotus, use your credentials at all times in this thread.
>>9582
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/40910778/#40989309
He either thinks in lockstep with you on all pertinent issues, or it's you using his credentials, either way the result is the same. Samefag.
>we have IDs
Please observe picrel and don't say that again. Also, they're easy to circumvent by a user, much less staff who knows how IDs are formed.
>>9579
Also, lotus, use your credentials at all times in this thread.
>>9582
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/40910778/#40989309
>>9592
>He either thinks in lockstep with you on all pertinent issues, or it's you using his credentials, either way the result is the same. Samefag.
>nooo atlas isn't supporting my imaginary argument so it's samefagging
Kek.
>He either thinks in lockstep with you on all pertinent issues, or it's you using his credentials, either way the result is the same. Samefag.
>nooo atlas isn't supporting my imaginary argument so it's samefagging
Kek.
>>9586
If you're going to prohibit porn dump threads on /poner/, you should make it clear that such threads are encouraged on /mlpol/, and move any such threads there.
If you're going to prohibit porn dump threads on /poner/, you should make it clear that such threads are encouraged on /mlpol/, and move any such threads there.
>>9591
If everyone just goes back to 4channel after it’s back up and the /poner/ board dies then we’ll probably hide it. If it has some use or people stay then we’ll keep it up and visible. And if 4channel dies completely we’re more than happy to take its place. I made the board on a whim just to prove a point. We’re very happy that so many 4channel users have chosen to come here and we are more than happy to accommodate all of you. But at the same time, we’ve done this before, and we know what’s likely to happen.
Whatever happens, the /mlpol/ community will stay here, come what may.
>>9590
The /mlpol/ board will not have that rule if it’s added to /poner/
>>9589
Disruption and thread derailment are already against the rules. However, whether light banter or trolling will be allowed is a grey area. I would prefer that some is allowed so long as it isn’t too disruptive, but that’s an open discussion.
>>9592
At this point I’m seriously considering asking all users to put “lotus” in the name field just to fuck with you. I haven’t made a single post in this thread without capcodes.
Yes I see that the ID on capcoded posts defaults to 00000. I forgot that ASPNet defaults all capcoded posts to 00000 (Tinyboard didn’t when we used that), wrote a whole section on it, realized the error, deleted it, but apparently missed that sentence because I’m posting this on my phone from work and the text box is tiny.
No shit we don’t contradict each other when posting publicly on the board. It looks bad when we do. I actually got in trouble for contradicting Atlas in a capcoded back when he was sole administrator and I was a moderator in 2017.
>>9594
They would be. On /mlpol/ and /sp/.
[Read more] If everyone just goes back to 4channel after it’s back up and the /poner/ board dies then we’ll probably hide it. If it has some use or people stay then we’ll keep it up and visible. And if 4channel dies completely we’re more than happy to take its place. I made the board on a whim just to prove a point. We’re very happy that so many 4channel users have chosen to come here and we are more than happy to accommodate all of you. But at the same time, we’ve done this before, and we know what’s likely to happen.
Whatever happens, the /mlpol/ community will stay here, come what may.
>>9590
The /mlpol/ board will not have that rule if it’s added to /poner/
>>9589
Disruption and thread derailment are already against the rules. However, whether light banter or trolling will be allowed is a grey area. I would prefer that some is allowed so long as it isn’t too disruptive, but that’s an open discussion.
>>9592
At this point I’m seriously considering asking all users to put “lotus” in the name field just to fuck with you. I haven’t made a single post in this thread without capcodes.
Yes I see that the ID on capcoded posts defaults to 00000. I forgot that ASPNet defaults all capcoded posts to 00000 (Tinyboard didn’t when we used that), wrote a whole section on it, realized the error, deleted it, but apparently missed that sentence because I’m posting this on my phone from work and the text box is tiny.
No shit we don’t contradict each other when posting publicly on the board. It looks bad when we do. I actually got in trouble for contradicting Atlas in a capcoded back when he was sole administrator and I was a moderator in 2017.
>>9594
They would be. On /mlpol/ and /sp/.
>>9595
Reminiscing over old web design, old 4chan had six categories for its boards: Japanese culture, interests, creative, adult, other, and miscellaneous.
Source: https://4chanarchives.com/
Honorable mention: https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/4chan
For reference, /pol/ is listed as "misc." which, I think, is a good candidate for red boards other than adult; the rest are best entirely safe for work.
Which boards, do you think, are best suited for mlpol dot net if not for the fandom as a whole?
Reminiscing over old web design, old 4chan had six categories for its boards: Japanese culture, interests, creative, adult, other, and miscellaneous.
Source: https://4chanarchives.com/
Honorable mention: https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/4chan
For reference, /pol/ is listed as "misc." which, I think, is a good candidate for red boards other than adult; the rest are best entirely safe for work.
Which boards, do you think, are best suited for mlpol dot net if not for the fandom as a whole?
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