What went wrong?

>>146310868
Normalfags.

Nothing, its working as intended, I get to call anyone I want a faggot and they get to call me a faggot right back.

Listing what went right would be faster.

You got here.

>>146311068
wtf I hate myself now

>>146311139
Thanks.

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our boy didn't come through

>>146310969
faggot
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>>146310868
Narutards defending Nardoshit.

Me

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Post em

Fact: /a/ is at its worst when Americans are awake.

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>>146311389
>unironically using filters

>>146311389
Nice hugbox

>>146311493
/a/ is hugbox generals: the board though

>>146310868
Studio wars.

>>146311463
I'm sick of re:cancer threads and best girl shittery covering half of the catalog

>>146311278
It was always too late. By the time that statement was made, generals had been around for years.

There's no getting rid of them now because of the backlash.

>>146311278
>le generals are cancer meme xD
Fuck off. Generals are what makes this board the best one in all of 4chan.

>>146311720
bait this bad will only catch newfags

>>146311720
kill yourself

>>146311720
Generals are pure cancer, they go agains everything that 4chan boards stood for

You make a thread when you want to talk about something specific, there should never be a thread 24/7 about one series, it breeds namefags, its kept alive with nonsense post that have no content when it should have died long ago, and it fragments /a/ even more

>>146311720
This

>>146310868
RE:ZERO

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>>146311389

Degenerate normalfags.

>>146311963
Please post the screencap of your catalog

>>146310868
Lack of strong memes that can last beyond the end of the season.

>>146311869
What if I want to talk about waifus 24/7? /a/ is pretty much the only place where I can do that, no other site I know of offers the possibility to, for example, talk about how much I want to fuck ships from KanColle, or post cute pictures of them whenever I want. No site that isn't a ghost town, that is.

>>146312057
> /a/
You can go on /vg/

>>146312057
Its fine to make a waifu thread as long as you at least TRY to come up with something original for the OP and provide some potential discussion

>>146311278
I agree with generals getting purged on some boards, but getting rid of generals on /a/ would be a fucking disaster.

The most popular show at any given time (Which right now is Re:Zero) would absolutely dominate the catalog.

>>146312057
You know there is a board called /c/. It's slow but thats because everyone posts on /a/.

>>146312048
That's the opposite of something going wrong. One of /a/'s worst tendencies is repeating shitty jokes long after they've lost value.

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>>146312251
What did he mean by this?

>>146312256
Yeah memes killes original thoughts
In some things /a/ is more of a hivemind than ever, its scary, if you dont use the correct meme you are just told to fuck off.
I know we had to be elitist to drive gaia out but those days are long gone

>>146312231
Are threads about airing shows which stay up 24/7 considered generals? I thought the term only applied to series like Monster Musume, GuP, Muv Luv and others which have ended.

>>146312412
ESLs are a big problem for this board too.

>>146312440
>Are threads about [...] which stay up 24/7 considered generals?
Yes.

Things like Goobergate, The Fappening, and Pokemon GO just bring more and more normies here everytime someone squirts "anonymous" from their cunts. Or when someone's feelin "nerdy lol xd"

Secret club's over boys. Pack it up. Pack it in.

>>146312460
Oh yes I have no idea how that happened, at least spics bothered to learn proper written English.
Why would these smelly asian monkeys think they are welcome here

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>>146312536
>normies

>>146310868
Retards with shit taste
HURR Bleach shipping
RE:Zero
Narutards
Shonen shit
SnK
yesterday was even a fucking SAO thread that reached 350 replies without berailed by dub gets and shitposting.

>>146310868

Irony.

>>146312536
What did pokemon GO do for non /v/ based boards?

>>146312536
Why would Pokemon GO bring people here?

>>146312536
In truth I have never have a problem with "normals"
As long as they behave and talk about anime whats the problem

>>146312460
I rarely come across incomprehensible posts (by ESLs of course), calling those few ones "a big problem" is an overstatement.

>>146312610
>...

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>>146312533
>even when the season is over
Yeah, that's what I meant.

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>>146312536
>Goobergate
>Pokemon GO
>normies
Become an hero.

>>146312660
>>146312657
They see that 4chan has a Pokemon board, they look around and see anime board.

"Don't mind if I do! I'm a nerd XD! Gonna go ask about cool animes and talk about Naruto!"

>>146312678
>normals
Fuck off.

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>>146312693
>>...

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>mindless template threads (this is your ______ tonight/this is a ______/describe this _____/I want to fuck _____/what does /a/ think of ______/what did he mean by this?)
These are nothing more than low-quality, fill-in-the-blanks style threads that disallow any intelligent discussion.
>trap threads
Thinly-veiled /y/ or /cm/ image dumps with an extra dose of blogging and normalfaggotry. I don't see why they belong here. "BOARD CULTURE" isn't a fucking excuse. They're no different from template threads as they follow the exact same formula right down to the OP.
>fetish threads
Nothing more than thinly-veiled /e/ image dumps.
>incompetent moderation that deletes on-topic threads and let off-topic shit remain for far too long.
This is self-explanatory. Yes, sometimes they are on their shit, but sometimes it's as if they aren't even reading the report queue.
>incompetent jannies
Do these faggots just mash buttons at random? If you say you dislike a certain Lupin movie your post is deleted (perhaps sacriligious, but STILL on-topic) yet they ignore will freely ignore off-topic shitposting. I've seen them go into threads and delete lolicon yet inexplicably ignore the guro and gore that is literally three posts above it.
>eternal generals that exist simply for the sake of having a 24/7 chatroom rather than out of actual necessity
>people who enable source begging and rec threads despite more tools than ever at your fingertips to get what you want

Self-moderation can only go so far.

>>146312814
Oh sorry I didnt use your special keyword, specially tailored and made for /a/ the super duper special board

Go hang yourself retard, you are the cancer

>>146312762
>he agrees with me that my secret club has declined over the years
>he said words I don't like to get his point across
>gotta be contrarian

Fucking kill yourself you reddit cuck piece of shit memester

An hero lolol xd niggerfaggot

Not enough Nenechi

>>146312440
/a/ honestly doesn't have the same problem with generals as a lot of boards do, especially /v/ when it got really bad. We pretty much have at least one Madoka thread up 24/7, but it's not a general, and their fans have the decency to juggle around subject matter instead of just calling it a Madoka general.

/a/ is one of the few boards that doesn't really have a major problem with general usage.

All lowercase poster.
They're are always either low-quality or pure shitposting.

>>146312772
I thought the standard practice was
>come for /b/ memes
>look around and see that 4chan has anime and video game boards

>>146312863
It clearly shows.

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>>146312875
>typical underage spoiled newfag who can't handle any form of critique
Your ass must get jealous of all the shit that comes out of your mouth. Seriously, remove yourself from existence for the betterment of the world.

>>146312678
There is some validity behind the dislike of normalfags, as in general those people don't come here often and don't watch much anime.
The problem is that the people that are here every day only complain so much about normalfags so that they can feel like special little snowflakes.

>>146310868
Direction changed mid-season.

Shittiest plot ever.

Edgy and pretentious.

>>146312982
Telling somebody to kill themself isn't critique. Just saiyan

>>146312772
And if they behave like retards they get shot down immediately, even in Naruto threads.
Unless you consider it taboo to like Naruto or other popular anime here, even when the discussions are not so different from those about other series.

Crossboarders are the only problem

>>146312875
Fresh from /v/, /tv/ or /pol/, kid?

>>146313038
Fair enough. I could have chose a better word.
That aside, his post shows how pitifully new he is, and he continues to fulfill the newfag stereotype to a T, as they all do.

Aside from the general acidity of the populace here, my biggest problem with the board is trying to talk about anything that's more than 4 years old and isn't either entry level or overwhelmingly "popular". Hate me for it or not, but I'd like to just start a thread about an anime I saw 10 years ago that didn't get a lot of attention and see what other people thought about it.

>>146311418
I'd argue that, but we are pretty shitty.

>>146312345
Memes have to be carefully dosed.

Repeating them too seldomly, a good meme will be forgotten, due to not reaching the critical mass required to self-perpetuate.
Repeating them too often, they will gain such a large publicity that the ingroup of /a/ will get tired and the outside groups (Facebook, etc.) will eventually get wind of it: At that point, popularity on /a/ has already peaked and people need a break from the meme, but because the outside hasn't been saturated yet and only the seed has been planted there, the meme will explode with a delay on the outside, at the moment when /a/ is most tired of it.

That's why people on /a/ react very negatively to seeing memes on the outside. Not because the meme is bad, not because others use it, but because there's a huge disparity in the degree of saturation at a certain point in time.
It's like your grandpa shouting "the cake is a lie" 5 months after the Portal 2 release.

>>146310868
Report and sage meta-threads.

It died in 2008.

Too much autistic moderation and too many autistic redditfags halted the creation of new potential memes that can originate here. This board is too stale and dry because of them.

>>146313143
>not because others use it
I'm afraid that's the real reason.

But I think we can all agree there'll never be enough Keit-Ai

>>146313143
>muh meems are precious

Only a redditfag believes this. Goddamn you goys really are cancer

>>146313307
I never said that. I give zero weight to them and the discussions are what's precious to me.

It was a purely descriptive claim, not a normative one. Brush up your reading comprehension.

Main problem is /a/ still stuck with the outdated idea that /v/ is the entry level board for redditors coming to 4chan when that designation now belongs to /pol/.

We should be a lot harsher towards /pol/ crossboarders.

>>146313307
Memes are precious you newfag. They've always been part of 4chan culture and always will be.

>>146313416
lol

>>146313413
/v/ is still the second largest board on the website. Not everything politics-related stems from /pol/. Lurk a whole lot more and drop your generalizing assumptions.

>>146313416
Your mother should have aborted you and raised her placenta instead.

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>>146313413
This!

>>146310868

We stopped calling it animu & mango.

>>146313307
>>146313416
>>146313512
Memes are and have been since right from the start an important establishment on 4chan, but they've always been a means, and not an end.

As such, they're both precious and worthless.

>>146313603
Deep

>>146313603
I can agree on that

>>146313681
>I only post in waifu and ERP threads and I can't conceive that someone has actual discussions in threads I never stepped into
Fuck off.

>>146313681
I second this >>146313771
Jesus Christ it's like you don't actually try to communicate with other humans.

>>146313512
/v/ hasn't been growing though, /pol/ has exploded in growth over the past year because r/the_donald is one of the most active boards on Reddit and they worship /pol/ loudly and frequently there, so redditors are enticed to check out their fabled overlords on 4chan.

>>146313413
Dealing with /pol/ is like walking on a tightrope. Largely because people are stupid and think in black and white.
Decry them, and the sensitive crowd from tumblr will think they're welcome. Embrace them, and they'll think their posts are anything but off-topic garbage.

>>146313771
Good god this is why this board is too stale because of redditards like this my fucking goodness

Still better than every other board

>>146313835
Treat them the same as every other crossposter. You don't need to bring up politics at all when the main objection is /pol/ content being off-topic.

>>146314030
>better than any other board
>hasnt produced memes since keit ai

Even /ck/'s GMO trolling is funny af. Even a goddamn almost dead /po/ still produce quality shit. This board is too stale af like in any other Japanese cartoon website

>>146313835
I actually have to agree with that. Hopefully it'll be much easier to deal with them after the general election.

We should just be telling anyone who talks about politics to fuck off regardless of what side.

>creates thread that is not anime on an anime board
>asks what's wrong

>>146314167
>memes determine the quality of the board
Guess /pol/ is the best board then.

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>>146311087
>now
Come on now anon

>>146310868
the anime industry got full of pedophiles and americans and white scum tend to be pedophiles a lot if you see usa news you know

so they took anime to escape their pedophile nature but they will be back in 30 years and the world will be more fucked

anime destroyed the world in 30 year japanese always thinking that far

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>>146313681
"No John, you are the Reddit"
And then John was reddit

>>146310868
waifu-faggots.