$$$$ CONSUMERIST CANCER$$$$

>customizing your linux install

Those threads have nothing to do with technology and you know it.

Daily reminder that an anonymous savior spammed the shit out of the threads, to choke out the cancer, leaving the litteral faggots posting in those threads butthurt.

>>56605924
Moot fired all the old mods and hired new ones from reddit. Someone posted an infographic on here but I didn't save it.

>>56606009
(((Before he left)))

>>56605924
>customizing your linux install

You mean post a picture of your favorite naked imaginary cartoon-girlfriend and jerk off to others?

Yeah, so much technology there.

>>56606009
random infographics are a great source in the first place

>>56605934
they literally do. about as much as mkg and all the fucking shill threads and everything. desktop threads weren't exceptional in their low-quality.

there's no other place for that kind of thing, and I really like it, and it's definitely tech related.

>>56607048
>firstly ignores how it isn't related to technology
>defends it by saying it's just as irrelevant as mkg
>later just states it's related with no proof or even info hinting as to why it's related

Desktop threads were cancer, people say it's for desktops, but it's more like this
>10% images of actual desktops
half of these images come with rates of others or at least a response to someone
>40% shitposters an shills
>50% borderline loli porn or other unrelated under aged anime girl posts

Fuck off, /g/ is better without that trash.

>>56605934
Stickers do? Piss off.

does anyone remember that one time a really perverse but not technically nsfw loli dekstop was used to start a thread, and it spawned a situation where there were somewhere around 6 or 7 desktop threads up at one time because the furries and lolis and rulefags were all at war with each other and they kept making threads and then some guy started inexplicably spamming pictures of corn flakes everywhere

good times

>>56605924

>>>/wg/

>>56607423
they are randomly deleted and they ban you there too, they are also entirely banned from /w/

>>56605924
Fuck off to reddit, retard

DESKTOP THREADS

>>56605924
complaining about this decision should get autosage too. If you want to play tripfag circlejerk go to reddit. No one wants to see japanese porn over some minimalist low to nil functionality window tiler. The only people who are bitching about this decision are the ones who tripfag'd in those threads, note how everyone in this thread has told you to kill yourself. Buy a rope.

>>56607622
you're an idiot

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Please tell me you're achieving something with these threads, I really miss old /g/.

>could you make one
>make one
>one

So this one can be reported?

>>56607261
if you dont like loli then there are other great tech discussion sites for you like /r/technology and tomshardwareforums.

>shills
for what? open source software?
>configuring operating systems isnt technology
sure
>discussion of posted desktops isnt relevant in the desktop discussion thread
sure

you know what, nevermind, your post was bait. 4/10 made me respond.

What I am gathering from all these grievance/suggestion threads is that /g/ is basically exactly the same as it was a few years ago when I was lurking here everyday. [company name] circlejerks, tech shitposting, animu, consumer electronics. I guess there are more "generals" threads now but otherwise it's pretty much how I remember it, Maybe fewer trip friends, too.

Anyway like I posted in another thread:
The word "*cuck*" needs to be word filtered to a random word, which changes every hour. Preferably apply it site-wide, but starting with /g/ would be good.

Graphics cards are tangentially related to technology due to being computer parts. I agree with stickers though lets ban them as well.

>>56607658
>The word "*cuck*" needs to be word filtered to a random word, which changes every hour. Preferably apply it site-wide, but starting with /g/ would be good.


Agreed

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>pic related

BAN
PHONE
POSTERS

>>56607652
threads on other boards were deleted within minutes, if anything the /g/ mods are on strike to make a point or something

eitherway, I say killem all

>>56607672
THIS

>>56607658
>few years ago
Add a few years more, and it wasn't like this at all.

>>56605924
Graphics cards are definitely /g/. Watch thread is not as everyone in there thinks mechanical watch movements from the 1600s are technology.

How are homescreen threads allowed, but desktop threads are not?

>>56607672
Phone posters must go.
Graphics card posters must go.
Whoever makes these daily /mpv/ threads needs to go.
Tech support/what should i buy posters need to go.
This is the cancer plaguing /g/.

BRING BACK /PROG/

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>>56605924
>but customizing your linux install is strictly prohibited and autosaged and banned and deleted randomly

watch threads need to go to /fa/

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sticker threads 100% should not be allowed

desktop threads should also fuck off, all they contain is neets and pathetic losers circlejerking about how fucking kawaii!!!!1! generic anime character #352 is and how she's so much better than #351

battlestations and actual hardware related things are fine because people in those threads ACTUALLY DISCUSS THE TECHNOLOGY ON DISPLAY instead of just circlejerking over anime characters like the autists they are

animeposters and weaboos 100% consistently supply this board with the lowest quality content

>>56607657
neck yourself you stupid fucking weaboo

>muh desktop threads
Kys

>>56607693
mechanical watches are tech but talking about it as fashion isn't
watch threads need to go to /fa/

>>56605924
/g/ has too long been infested with Windows gamer kiddies. It's time to purge them once and for all.

Any of the following regularly occurring threads on /g/ is either directly or indirectly about Windows gaming:

* Intel vs. AMD threads
* GPU threads
* Various types of rig/battlestation/guts/Speccy threads ("What parts should I buy, /g?" "Is this part good, /g/?" "Check out my specs, /g/.")
* All Windows discussion and support threads (obviously)

These threads only serve to discuss products for playing video games. They have nothing to do with programming, networking, security, privacy, freedom, design, usability, or anything else /g/ related.

These threads and the people who post within them belong in either >>>/v/ or >>>/vg/, as they are the appropriate boards in which to discuss their hobby, along with "console war" and "PC vs. console" threads. This should be Rule #4 for /g/ and it should be aggressively enforced until the children finally get it and move on.

This is the thread to petition Hiroshimoot to cure the /v/ cancer in /g/. If you really care about technology and not just vapid consumerism, help by adding your voice to this discussion.

We can do it, /g/.


----


Winkcucks don't care about technology in general.

All they care about is the product, not the method. Product is >>>/v/ and the method is >>>/g/.

Products are GPU shitstorms, speccy threads, guts threads, casing threads etc.

A typical winbabby's perception of judging a GPU is "Gaming benchmarks".

None of the gamer wincuckolds are interested in the method or process of making games. Game is not technology, programming games is.

Buying GPU is not technology and neither is discussing which build will play the latest manchild games.

Wincuckolds do not care about privacy and cryptology. They are more invested in games.

If all they care about is the ability to play games they should move to >>>/v/

>>56607701
>Whoever makes these daily /mpv/ threads needs to go.
I don't understand how something so useful as mpv has a dedicated cancerous poster, it's not like mpv needs it.

>>56607714
battlestation poster detected

>>56607714
if you want weeb free tech discussion then GO TO FUCKING REDDIT

its that simple

>>56606009
>hired

>>56607687
double edged sword, they simply delete things they personally dont like without even botheirng to think of an excuse
example: desktop threads
dozens of people have asked on irc and feedback page for a reason they are being banned with zero response

>>56607714
Battlestation threads are basically interior design threads. That shit belongs on /fa/ or somewhere else. The fact that you put a computer on your desk does not make it relevant to /g/.

Guts threads are /g/ related on the other hand even though I still dislike the people that post in them.

>>56607691
I think I mostly started wasting away on /g/ around 2009? That sounds right, because windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10 was just about to come out when I decide to lurk.

My memory may be fuzzy but it was pretty similar back then to how it is now, just with perhaps new shit to circlejerk over. SSD's aren't as hot and new, but a new GPU and phone comes out every few months and people love to ejaculate about it and how the Internet the dried jizz stains.
That's part of the soul of this board at this point, but maybe change would be nice? I dunno. I didn't know they started banning Desktop Threads though. Seems a little unfair. They fit right in with everything else pretty much.

>>56607722
Good post

>>56607693
>Graphics cards are definitely /g/.
No. They are truly cancer. It is a bunch of children talking about video games and circlejerking about getting 60fps. It needs to be contained somehow. Low effort "what is the sexiest graphics card?" "IT'S OVER AMD/NVIDIA IS FINISHED" are shitposts and need to be removed and the posters need to be banned.

>>56607722
100% agreed

>>56607767
>NVIDIA IS FINISHED

70% of market share baby. We aren't going anywhere. Where my Green Team at??

Ban all generals (on all boards) (except /vg/ ofc)

>>56607767
you are truly cancer.

>>56607761
>but a new GPU and phone comes out every few months and people love to ejaculate about it and how the Internet the dried jizz stains.
absolutely false, and you're missing the big picture here: these /v/ threads aren't inherently bad, but there's nothing more in /g/ nowadays

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>>56607782
Fuck off manchild

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BAN INDIA

Mega list:

watch threads - unsavoury and not technology
battlestation threads - savoury and not technology
guts threads, speccy threads, "rig" threads - unsavoury and technology
gpu threads - unsavoury and technology
desktop threads - savoury and technology

any more?

>>56607714
>battlestations and actual hardware related things are fine because people in those threads ACTUALLY DISCUSS THE TECHNOLOGY ON DISPLAY
No, it is definitely about interior design.

>>56607722
Good post. There is a time and a place for Windows discussion though. It's just that the number of low-effort posts ("Lincucks on SUICIDE WATCH", "LINUX CAN'T LOOK THIS GOOD") are rampant here and we can't seriously discuss anything Windows related without being invaded by fanboys and shitposters who think this is /v/.

Also >>56607217 is right.

>>56607815
desktop threads can fuck off somewhere else, no one wants that support group on this board

Watch threads are literally just an excuse for some tripfag to show off his rolex.

>>56607831
apart from the hundreds of desktop thread posters hmmmmm

>>56607831
I want

>>56607793
What's absolutely false about a simple observation?

The /v/ threads have been happening for years and years, and /v/ shares a large venn diagram slice with /g/, so that honestly isn't THAT strange. I think they are different enough to not warrant insta bans or thread closings, I don't think the more consumer/entertainment side of /g/ is much worse than the other circle jerks and shit flinging that goes on.

If people would rather have it split into non-consumer and professional/work boards, I guess that might work but one of those would dwarf the other, and they would both be full of shit posting and circle jerks of some kind.

>>56605924
>mfwnf these thread are starting to get cancerous too
>inb4 mod

>>56607782
>>56607784
The day of the rope nears, /v/-tards.

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>>56607722
This

>>56607831
ricing is part of /g/ culture and you can't deny that.

4chan needs a shopping board for all these GPU/PC Building/etc threads

>>56607831
Speak for yourself.

>>56607859
split into consumer and non-consumer professional/work*

so why are there so many autistic game haters on /g/? why do people sperg out so much when thinking about desktop threads? why do they fling shit at anime on this website?

there isnt another board that does this, where did these people come from and why are they how they are?

>battlestation is tech
>>56594501
>250 replies
where? where is tech being discussed?

>>56607859
>and /v/ shares a large venn diagram slice with /g/
This is what /v/ likes to believe, but knowing how to build a PC doesn't mean you can have all the board to shitpost about your manchild hobby.

>If people would rather have it split into non-consumer and professional/work boards
That'd be /g/, the rest goes to /v/.

>>56607896
No one is hating games, posters like you are the problem.

>>56607896
They fancy themselves elite linux hackers and are bothered by people using computers for entertainment I imagine.

>>56607932
no need to samefag

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>no one wants desktop threads

We had 2 - 4 desktops a day every month for years

>>56607949
/b/ also had /soc/ threads.
so much that moot gave them their own board.

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Winkcucks don't care about technology in general.

All they care about is the product, not the method. Product is >>>/v/ and the method is >>>/g/.

Products are GPU shitstorms, speccy threads, guts threads, casing threads etc.

A typical winbabby's perception of judging a GPU is "Gaming benchmarks".

None of the gamer wincuckolds are interested in the method or process of making games. Game is not technology, programming games is.

Buying GPU is not technology and neither is discussing which build will play the latest manchild games.

Wincuckolds do not care about privacy and cryptology. They are more invested in games.

If all they care about is the ability to play games they should move to >>>/v/

>>56607896
>>56607932

Game-related stuff brings the shitposters and underage fags. I enjoy games, but tolerating these people is bad for the board.

>>56607977
>Winkcucks
>winbabby
>wincuckolds
let me guess, your a linuxfag

>>56607977
Here's the fucking problem: all that shit you mentioned gets removed from /v/ and the mods and janitors send them to /g/. Desktop threads used to be there, speccy threads, and battlestation threads.

As >>56607828 said, there is a time and place for Windows discussion. The problem is that the majority of Windows-posters don't have enough technical knowledge about Windows to create quality posts, and they are essentially about cosmetic things. A lot of Linux posters also do this. I'm sure you've seen the "WINDOWS CANT LOOK THIS GOOD" threads.

And yeah, as >>56608001 is saying, calling them "wincucks" is really cancerous also.

But I generally agree.

>>56608001
FreeBSD :^)

>>56607974
I don't believe you just said that what is good for /b/, of all boards you could have picked, is good for /g/. Perhaps you should be posting there instead of here.

i think we've established who the problem is here

its these posters
>>56607977
>>56607925
>>56607902
>>56607831
>>56607808
>>56607782
>>56607722
>kid, cuck, babby, manchild, etc
bare in mind they do this unironically

https://archive.rebeccablacktech.com/g/thread/56591129

Jannies so butthurt that this thread actually got its OP banned from 4chan.
Look at the content, it was so much LESS cancerous than most /g/ threads and usability was discussed and everything. However the ban is the first real statement moderation team has made about desktop thread outside deletions

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it's simple

we just need to stop VIRGINS from posting on this board

this provides us with the benefits of getting rid of weebs/animeposters, stickerfags, people that post in desktop threads, and the little kiddies and neets that play vidya all day and only post about graphics cards and peripherals

all the cancer on /g/ can simply be chalked up to social autism and a lack of communication with other human beings

>>56608056
And you only need to look at the formatting of their post to realize they're not from around here.

>>56607977
Here's a piece of advice, if you want to try and make a convincing argument do it without insulting your opponent. As soon as you engage in personal attacks you have lost. The points you did make are reasonable but it was lost in childish insults.

>>56607977
>Intel and Nvidia are razer tier
>AMD is real hardware for the discerning /g/entleman

This attitude actually bothers me so I will fight it when I see it.

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>>56608056
Do you know what 'unironically' means retard?

>>56608068
the current moderation team absolutely has to go

>>56607261
G was better before winfags shit postiong in 2011.

>>56608095
hello friend, it seems you are trying to make a point in the argument. however, unfortunately, it appears you lack the understanding and vocabulary to correctly and accurately explain your opinion. i would recommend attempting your post again in a few minutes after doing some basic research and googling the definitions of the words you are planning to use. there is no need to thank me, and good luck next post!

>>56608125
Take your English classes seriously, junior.

>>56608114
Microsoft and Apple should be combined into one containment board.

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How do we solve the /v/ problem, /g/?

>>56608157
you are the problem more than them (they are too)

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>>56607296
>>56607048
baited this hard it's definitely not tech related., but is /g/ at its best

we need to ban all the weeaboo kids from /g/ and send them back to /a/

>>56608156
ok, that's it Macs should get their own board
now, seeing as it is a Fashion conscious take on Technology, it should be a combination of /fa/shion and technolo/g/y
/fag/-Apple Technology

>>56608194
that werks

Actually what is /r/ or /wsr/ even used for?

Why would anyone want to go there to ask for help if the board is filled with other people who couldn't find help elsewhere?

>>56607672
This. I'm not sure if people are fucking around or not, but I've heard a lot of people saying they browse /g/ just because it was the "default board on Clover".

Can't the dev of that application randomize the boards for everybody, so just SOME may end up on /g/? And yes, the randomized boards should be SFW.

>>56606184
is the only we have
Im' not reading old threads or wikis to know the true

>>56608205
containment boards

>>56607672
>>>/sp/
smartphone board when?

>>56607722
I agree 200%

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>>56608157
Simple

Ban anyone who posts in BST manchild threads or GPU circlejerk threads

>>56607722
God damn it. Your post makes a point, but why did you have to use the cuck word? You're also a part of the problem, whether you're aware of it or not.

>>56607722
good post

>>56608190
How do I became the saviour?

>>56608283
too late kiddo
turns out all you had to do was disable anti-aliasing on all your fonts

Does anyone know Japanese? I don't think hiroshimoot can understand all of this.

>>56608327
He doesn't have to if he's just going to ignore it.

>>56608341
by 'make mod regulations' he just meant 'im not going to do anything and i dont understand that the mods dont communicate with the users and infact its even against the rules to discuss moderation practices'

>>56608327
If I was the 4chan President I would make desktop threads great again.

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>>56608393
what did she mean by this

>>56608400
She wants desktop threads back and graphics cards threads banned.

>>56608299
Mildly underrated

>>56607902
Video games are technology. But they are a big enough subsection of so many interests, that they warrant a board to themselves.
That doesn't mean that the technology used to play video games is not still technology. There is going to be SOME crossover between two interests that go hand-in-hand, and that may be due to technology being such a vague topic. So splitting up the board could very well help with that, but there would still be a separate board from /v/ dedicated to consumer tech and not purely gaming.

>>56608056
Granted, I don't believe that general insults and shitposting should be banned from /g/. But every time there is a shitpost (whether trolling or not), there are a few choice words or phrases that get thrown around. Cuck being a favorite. It would be amusing to watch shitposters whine about losing their favorite empty insult.

THIS BOARD IS FOR DISCUSSING C++ ONLY FROM NOW ON, EVERYONE ELSE MUST GO REEEEEEEEEE

COMPUTERS ARE NOT TECHNOLOGY

WATCHES ARE NOT TECHNOLOGY

PHONES ARE NOT TECHNOLOGY

SCIENCE IS NOT TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY IS NOT TECHNOLOGY.

EVERYONE GET OUT REEEEEE

>>56608508
>Video games are technology
Video games are not tech, programming video games are tech. Designing them are 3. Educate yourself

>general insults and shitposting should be banned from 4chan.
gb2redshit

>>56608508
For the sake of the board, the crossover should be extremely minimal. Graphics cards wars should not be allowed here. They are senseless "your card sucks, mine is better" threads.

>>56608528
Nobody discusses gameplay design in this board.

Discussing the different technologies utilized in every game and the way they work is definitely tech related.

>>56607722
>>56607764
>>56607778
>>56607868
>>56608256
>>56608277

You could at least try to hide it if you're going to samefag this aggressively.

I know exactly what kind of person you are and you're an absolute moron if you think that 4ch is the place to come to for discussion on complex subjects that require even an iota of precursory knowledge. This site is far too broad and accessible, /g/ in particular possesses nowhere near the amount of interest in shit like privacy and cryptology and other niche subjects required to sustain a board around them. If you culled out the things that you called out then you'd be left with a very slow moving board comprised of 90% anime and weebshit which is much, much worse than the winbabbies and kiddies from /v/. If you want to take this initiative then at least also advocate for the removal of /a/ from /g/ because their posts almost always have nothing to do with technology and they use it as an excuse to just circlejerk over anime girls with other autists where as at least vidyafags care about graphics cards and processors.

Removing desktop threads was a good start, let's also get rid of sticker threads and battlestation threads but the rest of the shit revolving around hardware absolutely deserves to stay because the board would essentially die without it. What you're asking for is pretty much the same as asking for /mu/ to remove everything but classical/art music because it's (very obviously) superior to the other childish drivel on that board. It'll never happen and even if it does the board will die because no one comes to 4chan with the sole intention of discussing subjects like music theory and composition and the vast majority of this site's userbase couldn't even begin to distinguish between things like form, structure, modality/tonality etc etc

>>56607746
This made me laugh hard

>>56605924
story behind he op pic?

>>56608586
wtf not reading all this

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>>56608578
>Discussing the different technologies utilized in every game
You mean which GPU should I buy threads? yeah no. Poor excuse of posting /wsr/ stuff in /g/

/wsr/ is designed for tech help. Don't delude yourself by thinking /wsr/ tech help threads belong to /g/ just because they are loosely related to tech

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Hi my name is anon I've been a desktop poster for over two years now. My kinks include i3wm, gentoo and bitmap fonts.

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>>56608529
Well I mean, half of the threads on this board that gain any traction are basically that.

Again, maybe splitting /g/ up to avoid that problem would be for the best, but the shitposting and circlejerking would never end, I reckon.

On that note, banning desktop threads is pretty fucking arbitrary, all things considered. Either ban most/all of the tech circle jerks, or ban none. Don't just go all half-assed on it and non-proportionally punish certain people.

>>56608606
"what X should I buy /g/?" Threads in general are shitposting and they aren't exclusively relegated to GPUs. We get that kind of shit from all types of things: GPUs, smarthphones, dumbphones, laptops, CPUs, wifi cards, mice, etc. It's just that the first 2 are the most prominent and constant ones.

We don't instaban people for posting "hur durr /g/ I got my facebook h4x3d wat do?" Despite the fact that the fucking sticky says /g/ is your tech support staff, we still get those every day, and nobody is complaining about that, so why get annoyed at other types of subjects that are definitely related to technology?

Just shilling this.
>>>/qa/671543

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REEEE EE
I WANT MY RICE THREADS BACK!

>>56608635
A lot of people come here to learn stuff and not just to shitposts.

>>56608655
Then they can stay in /g/, right? What's wrong with that?

>>56608586
>you'd be left with a very slow moving board comprised of 90% anime and weebshit
I am 100% okay with this. I am not into anime, but I understand that this website is a place for fans of anime to discuss technology. I don't think it is my place to change that.

>at least vidyafags care about graphics cards and processors.
Oh, you're a /v/-babby. Please leave and don't come back.

>Removing desktop threads was a good start
Desktop threads result in more discussion of configuration, window managers, and software in general than a good 2/3 of the posts on /g/ today.

>>56608626
Hi, anon. I hope they bring desktop threads back. It was desktop threads that got me into Linux in the first place. I am now a happy Gentoo user and have posted a few times on /wg/.

>>56608668
I bring it up because i'm sure the OP on that other posts would love it if he could keep anyone non-savvy already out of muh secret club, and that's kinda reaching too far considering the current state of this board.

>>56608630
I agree with you for the most part. Half of the threads here are "you suck, what I use is better", and we need to do something to encourage higher-effort posts. Removing meme posts (OP threads with a single sentence [what did he mean by this? for example] would definitely be a start.

I actually can tolerate desktop threads. They are a display of configuration, and they encourage discussion about various software. There are a lot of weebs, but this is a website for fans of anime. Us non-weebs just have to deal with that. /BST/ /mpv/ /mr robot/ /homescreen/ /appel sux android better/ threads are truly cancer though.

>>56608700
I'm not saying mass ban idiots, the board would exist as an alternative to /g/.
Not a replacement.

>>56608671
I couldn't stand half of the people in desktop threads but I learned a lot about configuring different parts of my system from those threads.

Not just looks but hotkeys and other workflow related stuff.

I don't think they deserved to be forced off the board, they were no worse than /bst/ if you consider this an anime website

Mods don't care what you fags say not the new ones at least

Moot fucked us its a shame there is nowhere we can move to.

A lot of people on here are reddit/ltt members these days.

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Because people from reddit shitpost here along with /v/ overflows onto /g/.

Daily reminder we have:

Stupid Questions Thread >>>56603732

If you want to contribute to /g/ then post in threads, don't start new ones unless it's /g/ related. We don't mind /v/ or reddit posting here, just stop making bad threads that bump /g/ related threads into oblivion.

Bad threads include:

>Rate my build
>is X a meme
>I fell for the meme
>how do I hack

If you're going to post in these threads sage and don't post any picture as it counters the sage. If you're thinking of making these threads then post it into /sqt/ >>>56603732

>>56608730
>I learned a lot about configuring different parts of my system from those threads.
Same here.

>they were no worse than /bst/
Have you read a lot of these threads? They are a bunch of fags rating each other's LEDs and interior design skills. It has literally nothing to do with technology.

Also, private tracker threads.

>>56608790
I filter /bst/ actually. Half the time it is the one OP trying to do the rich-guy bit way too hard (probably on layers of irony but is actually serious) and the other half it is just dull. Since it is only one general I just filter and don't complain.

>all these things about computer hardware and software i dont like should be redirected to /v/, the fucking videogame board, because i dont like the subject
Every time
Crossposters are a problem but the pissfit over it is toddler tier and the suggestions to fix it fucking retarded
Meanwhile only a couple people itt bring up the truly ridiculous threads on /g/ like the fucking watch general or constant mr.robot threads, shit that actually deserves to get deleted and redirected to their respective boards

>>56608927
"computer hardware" threads? You mean like /bst/? or graphics cards threads? or rate-my-build threads? All of these need to be purged.

>>56605924
>copy-pasting configs while blogging and role-playing as akari or whatever other garbage moeshit flavor-of-the-month is currently banned from /a/ is "technology"
you're absolutely no better and your "content" was boring and tacky as shit
kill yourself

>>56608957
bst should go
Topics about computer hardware that deserve their own thread should stay. There actually should be an effort to mop it up into their own generals that were designed specifically to help keep /g/ clean. Graphics card threads belong in /gcg/, build discussion belong in /pcbg/, etc
It doesnt matter if you like it or not, theyre still on topic

>>56608927
>watch general
It's a fucking retarded general, but why the hell does that trigger people so much? It's more technology-related than "look at my bedroom gamer cave guys xDDD" and "rate my waifu lmao" blogs, and just because it can be fashionable too doesn't really mean it's any less tech-relevant.

>>56609046
>Topics about computer hardware
There is a line here. The majority of /g/ hardware-related threads are "what should I buy" and are better suited to some containment board.

>Graphics card threads belong in /gcg/
Gaming benchmark threads belong on another board. They don't actually discuss the technology, they are a pissing contest for fanboys.

Are you new here or something?

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We should just have a /technology general/ board.

>>56605924
Go to /wg/

>>56609095
deskop threads are banned there

>>56609065
It's basically the equivalent of "toasters are technology - toast thread". They aren't actually discussing any of the technology in watches, they are looking for buying/fashion advice.

>>56605924
Also, /g/ humor threads are pretty fucking terrible and off topic. The same people posting the same images for years now.

>>56609106
>They aren't actually discussing any of the technology in watches, they are looking for buying/fashion advice.
It's been a while since I've been in them, but there was a decent amount of discussion on maintenance and design and all that shit. Maybe it's changed, whatever, but still, they seem to keep to themselves, the threads themselves don't seem overly obnoxious, there's no bullshit tryhard sticky, no off-topic maymay OP images (most of the time), they don't raid other threads that talk shit about them like the desktop tards did. Feels like they just get a little too much hate despite probably being one of the less obnoxious generals on the board.

>>56609095
Desktop threads moved to /w/, much to their dismay. Supposedly they turned it into quite a cesspool of twitterposting spam and at one time literally took up half the catalog with thread reposts because they kept making a new thread every time it hit autosage like they were still on /g/.

Moving them was a mistake, the mods should have just babysat them and banned all the IRC twats until they gave up and fucked off back to r/unixporn

>>56609065
Theres zero technical discussion outside of only recommending a mechanical watch to new people popping in. Its usually 99% discussion about which watches are fashionable. Its as on topic as the sticker general thats being forced right now
>>56609080
I agree, but until a real containment board exists there are containment generals to facilitate that. I also agree on gaming benchmark wanking, i personally dont even acknowledge graphics card threads so I forgot about that. But you cant just unload the entire graphics card topic onto /v/. Ergo, containment thread on /g/.

I want cuck posters to leave

>>56609132
It's nothing personal against the people in them, they mostly keep to themselves, but it is still off-topic and better suited to /fa/ for the most part.

>>56609150
>mods on /g/
>implying they do anything useful
Really though, desktop threads are the least of /g/'s problems now in this /b/-tier cancerous time.

>>56609151
graphics card threads are a (potential) mix of /g/ and /v/, but due to the gaymen discussion (as gaymen is the main use for graphics cards), it heavily leans to /v/. Maybe there could be some /shopping/ board or something where all the /g/ consumerist crap could go to.

>>56609184
>Really though, desktop threads are the least of /g/'s problems now in this /b/-tier cancerous time.
Consider this: the desktopfags no longer have a home and have now spread into all the rest of /g/, causing this influx of cancer

Solution: BRING BACK DESKTOP THREADS

>>56609184
Yes, I know it's unrealistic, but I can dream.

>Really though, desktop threads are the least of /g/'s problems now in this /b/-tier cancerous time.
That shit was pretty /b/-tier though, from nigger twitter shitposts to raiding any thread that hurt their fee-fees, so I'm okay with the ban, it's the closest we'll get to a real solution anyway unfortunately.

>>56609224
>these faggots have made /g/ shitter
>Solution: CODDLE THEM
I wish we could at least take on some more volunteer janitors/mods to keep a leash on them, maybe then we could re-introduce the threads. They definitely belong here on premise, but the IRC fucks need to go.

>>56609224
I would rather have desktop threads than 3/4 of the low-effort posts that are on /g/ daily.

>>56609264
Drinking piss is a preferable alternative to consuming a bag of shit, that doesn't make it good.

>>56609224
It time?
Deploy Acidburn?

>>56609224
Start a thread and see what happens anon-kun-senpai-desu. Mods will be too scared to do anything with Hiro watching.

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>>56609285
>>56609296
SWIM would get banned if he started a desktop thread right now for ban evasion. They're banning for filter evasion if you start one. I'm not a bad enough dude to risk my own neck

>>56609296
they're autosaged via filter

>>56607714
>battlestations and actual hardware related things
>look at my legs I am gay!!! xDD!!

Because desktop threads are full of circlejerking faggots and their methods are so well known that they have less interesting discussion than a fucking lightbulb thread. And no, hu6 and ca sperging out together was never interesting. If I wanted to read ill-informed pompous macfags complain about everything nice about linux for bullshit reasons that don't actually matter I'd go to rob pike's G+.

This is like asking why my little pony, a cartoon, was banned from the comics and cartoons board.

>>56608208
This was already done

i don't mind desktop threads, personally.

they're most interesting when they foster discussion over customization rather than just people sharing pics tho.

>>56609317
This is your mind on video gaymez.

>>56609343
What? Most DTT fags probably couldn't do any real programming or even build non-gaming PCs like cryptocoin rigs or NASes with good power:perfromance, or even configure them without copying the basic configs from google.

At least gamers have some real skills in hardware selection. All you can do is pick colors for your xresources and write vim macros to copy them into your browser css.

>>56609391
>At least gamers have some real skills in hardware selection.
"WHAT SHOULD MY MOM BUY ME NEXT /g/?"

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>>56609391
>Most DTT fags probably couldn't do any real programming
Most have their own github account with pet projects actually

>build non-gaming PCs like cryptocoin rigs or NASes with good power:perfromance
Not a skill, literally just buying things then plugging in plugs. Even women can do this

>without copying the basic configs
Everyone starts with a boilerplate config then customizes. Software even ships with configs that are commented explaining shit for you

/g/ should be about hardware and not software.
The software board is called /v/.

I honestly expected this board to have more stuff that isn't related to computers when I first came here

>>56609440
/g/ should be about cellphones and video cards

>>56609440
>Software = video games
Get out manchild

>>>/v/

>>56609444
They made it clear only consumer electronics and CODING are allowed when they split /g/ into /g/ and /sci/

>>56609435
1: You mean three have github accounts with abandoned projects and dotfiles
2: The anime circlejerkers wouldn't even know where to start and would end up buying garbage. Knowledge is required. Are you sure you're not just jealous? The computer pros of old always knew what systems were the best buy. Softfags are a recent occurence caused by the proliferation of cheap shit laptops.
3: I wouldn't expect the spoonfeeding thread to try to understand the default configs and read man pages. Why would you? They couldn't go a day without asking "how do i make urxvt use this font". Good riddance.

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>"why don't people like our desktop threads, it's technology related reeeeee"
>"it's not just avatarfagging! shut up!"
>"it shouldn't be banned here! /wg/ bans us too!"
>"it doesn't have anything to do with us! it's you guys who are the wrong ones!"

idk why people have such strong opinions on threads that are pretty harmless like this. just filter threads you dislike? it's silly to argue the topic is out of the scope of /g/

and plenty of more frivolous threads are allowed.

>>56607048
You are killing the word literally.

>>56609546
it would be all fine and good if you stopped coming here to beg for your circlejerk to be back on /g/

did you like all the negative attention that poured in? are the quiet /trash/ threads too nice for you?

Us normal people are fine to incidentally mention our rice. You, you pieces of shit, love nothing more than posting THE SAME SHIT MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES A DAY JUST BECAUSE YOU LOVE BEING CALLED FAGGOTS

FAGGOT

OH I BET THAT GAVE YOU A STIFFY

FUCK YOOOOOUUUUU

>>56609517
What do you except from weebs in [Current Year]?

>>56605924
i miss the threads, but the problem was when the people who were good at it released their dotfiles and scripts, it made any kiddy be able to jump in with absolutely nothing to add, and it just devolved into circle jerking and cancer.

I bet if the threads were allowed again tomorrow half of the people would still have the same old shit cause they couldnt even be bothered to learn basic bash scripting

>>56609581
Learn English fucktard manbaby

>>56609584
half of them don't even rice anymore because they finally accepted that linux shit will never look good and be usable at the same time lol

>>56609589
Shut up egghead!

>>56605934
>shill threads all the time
>mech keyboard general
>sticker general
>audiophile general
>headphone general
>smartphone general
>private tracker general
>chink shit general
>ricing threads not allowed thouhg xDDDD

>>56609596
more than half didn't rice to start with, changing color codes in someone elses .files hardly counts

>>56607387
Remember all the stealth bumped desktop threads?

Good autism, good times.

>>56605924
I'd agree with you if only those threads weren't in fact breeding grounds for /lgbt/ /soc/ /fur/ /a/ cancer faggotry. You know damm well it's all you do when you rice it once or twice in a blue moon and just circlejerk the rest of the day.

Youre all missing the point
There is only ONE THING needed to make /g/ great again:
BAN ANIME
Everyone posting with an anime picture gets his post deleted and gets shadowbanned for eternity

>>56609317
Just because you don't like the thread doesn't mean they aren't relevant, just don't go into desktop threads.

>>56607672
Fucking this

>>56609546
/Thread

>>56609612
Pay to play, brah. 1,000₩ per post.

>>56609653
Make X great again should be banned as well nigger, go back to your containment meme board. you are the cancer killing 4chan

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>>56609689
Memes? On MY 4chan?
More likely than you think!

>>56609615
Remember the last threads before they got shat up by #cutegang? The only ones who ever made their own themes, edited source code, and did neat shit are the ones who all stopped ricing and just use ugly shit or stopped posting. All the contributors gave up, even the shitposting contributors like zixaphir and seaweed. In the last few threads, you didn't even find the most shitposty holdouts. They gave up.

The general lost its core members, died, became a shitpost circlejerk, and got banned. Everyone went their separate ways and the faggots that ruined it went to /trash/. End of story, end of era.

>>56609722
post your desktop, mate

>>56609727
Shoe on dick and I'll consider

>>56609722
you are in dire need of reeducation idiot

>>56609737
tfw dick too small to fulfill request

/os/ - Operating Systems
>desktop threads are related to OS', thus should be allowed THERE.
>all OS flamewars disappear on /g/

Possible /ce/ - Consumer Electronics
>all phone relared stuff disappears from /g/
>all /v/ shit, like GPU threads disappears from /g/

BUT, /g/ might be a ghost town later on. Start with ONE board split at a time, but these are the options.

Why aren't phone homescreen threads banned as well? They're basically the same.

>>56609722
theyre just in various irc channels instead, works better that way anyway

>>56609788
because nobody insulted a mod's phone homescreen

>>56609546
The issue is that bumping threads that are out of /g/'s scope will ultimately kill threads that could have been /g/-related discussion.

>>56609796
Where they should.

>>56609801
Should I start shitting on every homescreen I see? I have a life too anon believe it or not.

>>56609809
Really a shame that the 800th nvidia vs amd thread of the day might not get as many posts

>>56609838
When did I say that Nvidia vs AMD is a /g/-scope thread? They're just as bad, if not worse, as the out-of-scope threads.

>>56609849
>When did I say that Nvidia vs AMD is a /g/-scope thread?
Well you didn't, but I assumed since you're anti-desktop thread you're pro-consumer hardware thread

>>56609854
I see, and can understand why you'd think that. I'm anti-both at this point. When I first started browsing I enjoyed particular generals for buying advice, but I've since realized that consumer threads are echo chambers that equal desktop threads in terms of how simply terrible the discussion is.

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requesting a new sanctuary board be made for the few of us left here that actually matter:
/gf/ - free software
we can let the retards and shills think that they're the ones getting rid of us if that will help this to actually happen

>>56609890
I'd suggest /gg/ - GNU technology
MIT licence not welcome.

I remember a time where /g/ was toxic enough to keep all normies out. Why is everybody here whining about the bad quality? Go out flame that fuckers to death. Or even better... Dont reply to fucking bait threads. This thread is useless itself.

The last thread i posted in was a help thread. A random retard couldnt diagnose a simple problem and everyone was helping him. And fucking nobody posted install gentoo or delet system 32. I blame all of you!!

Btw phone posters or desktop threads are not the problem. Tech illiterate people are the problem.


Or this:
>>56609890

>>56607672
>he seriously wants to ban phoneposters
Know that if someone uploads a photo it's 99% taken with a phone and fuck if anyone's got time to copy that photo to a computer.
Fucking hell.

>ITT: Buttmad linux idoits blog posting.

>Its one of these listen stop liking what i don't like
>because linux can't run it right thread.


Linux is outdated OS kernel flawed from the beginning as its not from professional programmers.
that Mircosoft^tm actually finish a software product to do anything the customer wants

software its not technogly programed software in general is bits of 1 and 0 its not a psychical thing therefore not technogly hence is why >>/v/
exists

>linux based OS's
>broken
pick two.

Its fucking nothing.............
NOW FUCK OFF !

"home schooled programers and tech"
REE~

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>>56610417
Fuck off back to your containment thread BST fucktard virgin manchild

>>56610417
this is such a mess I wouldn't even call it bait. find medical help tripfagot

>>56605934
buzz off faggot

i don't even like those threads and i'd take them over the nigger-tier phoneshit/gpu garbage spammed here

>>56607722
300% agree

>>56605924
Haven't you heard? /g/ has been converted to an adspace for companies like apple, amd, intel, nvidia and samsung.

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>/g/ - forever autism
Fucking stealth bumping bullshit.

>>56610255
>>56607722

Rolling for agreement

>>56607722
privacy is for pedos

the only worthwhile part about crypto is breaking it and nobody here is competent enough for that

>>56609314
Dude literally fucking this. Every battle station thread there's at least one faggot who posts his legs or socks or tail butt plug and it's followed with "show boi pucci".
The other posts aren't much better, either people are asking consumer advice or they're posting blatant bait.
I'm fine with anime otherwise I'd go to something like Reddit, but /g/ should be tech first, anime second. That's how every board works and don't see why /g/ should be different.

>>56610992
Just like gaming is for manchildren, right? You should move over to your home board >>>/v/

>>56607649
What's wrong with Brave New /g/?

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>>56609890
I've been here longer than you and still think stallman is a communist piece of shit and that no GNU software is of any value. None.

Linux would have been better off with a ported BSD userland.

>>56611012
No, privacy is just for pedos and terrorists. If you hate the proper social order you should hang out on /pol/ with the other kids.

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>>56611023
>No
That's where you are wrong. However if you are over 18 and play video games you are a manchild and you should go back to your containment board /v/

>>56611023
>Linux would have been better off with a ported BSD userland.
You wish, BSD cuckold

>>56611035
Oh no, a one-line memer. Go post "toddlers lol" in an apple thread for three hours like you usually do.

>>56611042
Enjoy that bloat. At least you have fast grep, written by someone who wasn't actually a major part of the ganoo project.

>>56611061
>iToddler
>Shilling BSD

Is it true that all BSD cucks in /g/ are actually closet mactoddler in disguise?

>>56611076
I don't endorse macs, but I do know your type and what you spend most of your life shitposting about.

But you're too fucking stupid to catch on to that and just think you're clever when people respond to you

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>>56611076
WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY?

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>>56611096
>iToddler on full damage control mode
>>56611098
Kek

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>>56608633
I think we should go a step further and do something about "wat distro shuld i get :(?" threads. They really aren't much better than part wars because trying out a Linux distro is so easy now it's unbelievable. If you're so stupid you can't make a live CD you really shouldn't be on this board.

>>56611104
i'm sorry, you were actually posting something other than itoddlers for once

sorry for aggravating your autism get help soon

>>56611117
Get back to your fruity toddler facebook machine, mactard

>>56611096
>Actually admitting to be a mactoddler
This is some hardcore shit

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Frankly I want /g/ to be slow and steady like paper craft or something. You'll get timely responses but the board for the most part doesn't move very fast.

>>56607722
A gadget board would help for the consumerism posts I reckon. In particular a lot of cross-board posters came to /g/ to shitpost about the removal of the headphone jack in the iphone 7 last week. That shit needs to go to /gadgets/ and it could take the endless smartphone threads with it.

And seeing as there are loads of threads on /v/ about GPUs and windows I can never understand why they come here. Keep it there.

>>56607722
Agree, but now that we pointed out the problems how do we solve them?

Desktop general can >>>/wg/
I don't understand why a watch general is even in /g/
Speccy, guts and pc build can merge without a problem
Split /g/ into Hardware and Software, maybe?

we need solutions, /g/

>>56605924
more like why do setting wallpapers and fucking up android launchers is allowed
but i like the ban on linux desktops because fuck anime

>>56611211
Aww /v/irgin manbabby is so mad. Did you poo poo in your mommy's bedroom for the latest nvidya card?

>/v/edditors actually trying to defend shitting up the board

fucking hell

Ban /pol/tards

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>>56611395
>Being a PC virgin gamer autist

Daily reminder

>>56606381
>shut up chair force go fly a desk
My sides.


Anyway, I have the solution, my children:

/gp/ - Professional and hobbyist technology (or /pg/
/g/ - Consumer Technology.

Help, buy, suggestion, recommend, all that stays in /g/.

The rest of us that actually like technology? We move.
/g/ is but a letter. Objectively the shittest letter.
It can't even keep itself in the lines. It fits perfectly. (because /gp/ both go below the letter, everyone on /g/ are thick as shit, but we know how to party)

I just woke up from a dream about being beaten and raped by ocean witches. Fuck you too.

>>56611438
>Help, buy, suggestion, recommend, all that stays in /g/.
No

>>>/wsr/

>>56611451
Keep reading, spergy.

>>56611476
I did

>>56611496
Then you will know that /wsr/ was a terrible idea, and global request boards do nothing to stop requests in a single board.

/r/ has never worked since the day it was created. And the last I checked it, it ended up being a large shitpost of "lol xray my ex", "who is this girl that is obviously underage posing on all 4s", and other delightful threads.

/wsr/, just from having a look over, is more of the same shitty low-quality requests of shopping, asking for webms of a guy with really big eyes enjoying food, and image editing software.

Yet on every SFW board, requests happen persistently and nothing is done.
What, you think moderation will help you?
We've been asking for active VISIBLE moderation to come back since 2006 and it never. What makes you think this will help?
What, because hiroyuki said it will?
Oh yeah, kinda like moot said he would reverse invisible moderation, saw all the whining for a month, then went back to invisible moderation like the spineless faggot he is. (and repeat with raids on /b/day, with /v/, with /a/ and every other major board when it comes to moderation)


tl;dr
NOTHING WILL CHANGE.

I'm going to make breakfast, you want any?

hahahah you fucking desktop weenies

fuck off to your own imageboard, stop trying to steal 4chan users

>>56607669
You've got to be kidding me. /pol/ has generated one of the most powerful insult memes I've seen in a decade. "cuck". Immediately, a man sees that and starts reevaluating his life. Some man is rude and tries to put you down, at first you might think, "ahh I'll let it go", then another voice in you head says, "but that's what a cuck would do...". Once you're uncucked, you start being more assertive, you carry yourself with respect. You notice it in the way you walk, your friends ask you for your work out routine, and women are begging you for it, left right and center.

The cuck meme is all over the place now, in your safe space and in your mind. This frightens you.

There will probably be some beta-lefitist planning to vote for Hillary. When he sees the ballot, the voice of his lost inner manhood emerges, "Hillary? Really... kinda a cuck thing to do isn't it?" and right there rejoins the ranks of men and votes Trump the God Emperor. At work he cancels the plan to outsource jobs, then comes home to fuck his wife with a raging MAGA dick.

/pol/ is winning, and it scares you. America's back baby.

>>56611978
Buttmad /v/irgin manbabby is buttmad

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bring back desktop threads

make tidus great again

Why isn't there a /prog/ for discussing the making of technology and a /tech/ to discuss the application of technology?

>>56612119
this is actually a fantastic idea
i would love this to happen

>>56608208
Yes this is long gone. Back when clover was on the play store, like one version before it was taken down by jewgle - /g/ was the default. But that's not been the case for at least a year if I am remembering correctly.

I manually set /g/ as my default board because its the only way Clover feels right ;^)

>>56612119
>Why isn't there a /prog/
FUCK YOU

>>56612001
Desktop threads arent even that bad. Just make a general like we do for Linux, programming and smartphones. I personally don't care about them. I think we can all agree that amd vs nvidia is the real cancer of /g/. Any and all graphic card discussions should be in /v/. I'm really tired of sifting through dozens of shit flinging threads about how amd is finished or nvidia will burn my house down. It's completely turned /g/ into shit. The actually technical content being discussed here is getting smaller by the day.

>>56612039
everything about this image is fucking retarded

>>56605934
You have to at least write cfg files for Linux customisation. That in itself is 400 times more relevant than 90%of g these days

So what's hiroshimoot's verdict?

Seems to me like everyone is overcomplicating things. We have an organization and enforcement of rules problem. This is what happens when you give people freedom.

Some threads are on the middle between v and g so they're hard to judge, but technically belong. They don't harm anything, not like there's any good discussion anyways on the other threads.

The solution is general threads that are enforced AND people themselves being mature. Have Windows, Linux, macOS general threads and stay there leave others alone. Everything will fix itself instantly.

You might say oh well I like shitposting, but it hurts you too because it just shits up the place. Ironic shitposting is shitposting.

>>56613034
Generals are a cancer.

>>56613051
this, but desktop threads aren't generals imo

>>56613071
They are, they just have a different name.

>>56605924
Fuck the windowsfags and gayOSfags.

>>56613051
No, they're the solution. They contain people and they stay out of the way instead of spamming the board.

Want an answer to a question? Make your own thread which annoys everyone or post in a question general? Have a more in depth question pertaining to Linux? Ask Linux general.

People are already starting to organize it this way. Generals are the answer. Feel free to chime in with your great solution.

>>56613117
This.

>>56613117
>>56613194
cancer, gb2forums

>>56612201
>Desktop threads arent even that bad

Spot the weeb virgin

>>56612201
>Any and all graphic card discussions should be in /v/.
Yes.

Also, Mr Robot threads, /g/-humor threads, mpv threads, battlestation threads, tech support/what should I buy threads are all cancer. Gaymer fags need to be purged and the mods need to enforce the fucking rules

>>56613375

The same could be said about linux-ricer fags and their cartoon waifus.

>>56613475
Desktop threads are about configuration and create discussion about software more than 2/3 of the threads here now. Complaining about desktop threads is like complaining about the airplane food while the plane is going down. Let's worry about the dozens of cancer threads here daily first.

>>56613117
Generals are a cancer, in that they pesist on a site that's isn't supposed to be permanent.
Having more threads, gives more of a chance for the good stuff to come out.

>They contain people and they stay out of the way instead of spamming the board.
What they really do is drown out all other threads by staying at the top of the board.

>Feel free to chime in with your great solution.
Bringing back that wonderful herb we all know and love.
With more people yelling MODS = FAGS because visible moderation should be used when the circumstances are right.

>>56608194
Those are exactly my thoughts.
>/fag/ - Fashionable Technology
I approve that.

>>56613615
You "lol Appel sux" Android circlejerker fanboys will be purged as well. Literally no one would talk about it without you fags making 15 threads whenever an apple device is released.

The majority of the front page is generals.
QUALITY board.

>>56612022
Nah, "cuck" is an silly, empty insult. No more empty than "faggot" I suppose, but it's basically unknown outside of *chan.
The only person who cares about that insult is a mental cuck, letting his sweet, fair common sense get fucked by a big black insecurity, right in front of him.

He may want to take action against that insecurity, ultimately in way that won't solve the problem. Or he may even pop a shameful boner, and deep down want his level headed thought to keep getting filled up and pounded by the larger, more powerful insecurities. But unlike real life cuckolds, mental cuckolds are actually doing something inherently harmful to themselves. And if they don't tackle it reasonably, the end result will be the same; bigger, darker insecurities will make mince meat of the various fuck holes in his logic.

Sad times ahoy, friend.

>>56613519
Imageboards with purging isn't a fucking unique feature, or some sort of way of life. It is a way of making use of limited resources.

>drown out other threads by staying at top
Stop using pages you fucking newfag. You create this problem.
Pages should be deleted.
Catalog view has existed before pages, even in imageboard history.
Also, learn how to use the damn search bar, you ignoramus.

Visible moderation was the only thing that kept this site sane for the first few years.
When it went invisible, it failed, then brought back, THAT is when mods = fags was born.
The shitposting went through the roof globally when invisible moderation happened, and when it was about to be revoked it got even worse.
No, there was no freaking out when people got banned, not until after moderation went invisible then came back sparingly.
Banning didn't derail threads in the slightest until invisible moderation was trialled. moot used his shitty cowardice and lack of spine as a reason to go back on revoking invisible moderation.
That day, I lost all respect for him. That is the day he gave the shitposting newfags (at the time) keys to the site. (FYAD shitposters on /b/)

>>56607658
Cuck

>>56607722
This. make /g/ great again.

>>56609707
what does pic related do?
Is it a prangg :DD

>>56607722
This guy.
>>56607977
And this one.

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How about we just have a stickied 400 post limit thread that autocycles for consumer related questions and tech support related questions like on 8ch? It is extremely unlikely that any of the boards that aren't moderated ever will be, or that the moderation will be in a form that is desired or good for the community. So why don't we just give them a designated shitting street so we can wipe the crap off the rest of the board?

>>56616953
make it 2500 posts and allow question bumping and maybe you'll be good, otherwise it will cycle so fast and people who don't get answered will just get mad and continue to flood the board with shit

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And not a single Moderator replied

GET OUT OF YOUR FUCKING IRC
GET
OUT

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>>56615310
I cri everytym.

>>56617044
fuck you stroke chan you took my grandad he was a great man

i hope you fucking rot in hell

>>56613071
>regular recurrence reposted almost immediately after the thread hits autosage
>full of the same stale pieces of "content" racing each other to being posted first so as to get more attention
>full of unique tripshits that don't use their trips outside of the thread
>full of blogs and other off-topic posts
it's literally the archetype of /g/ generals

>>56607706
It's back, just not on the 4chan domain

>>56617098
But I like desktop threads and hate generals.
Explain that, retard.

>>56617012
>>56616953
Fine. They can even have one for gaymen shit
>why can't my ps4 plex app pick up my xubuntu server?
>What's the easiest way to set up dualbooting with x OSs
>best filemanager for whatever distro?
>how do I let linux and windows machines see each other in their respective network programs?
This goes in >>>tech support

>AMD IS FINISHED MAD FAGS BTFO
>Do I want to emphasized single or multi thread performance for EVE online?
>look at these l33t benchmarks /g/
>*autistic screeching*
>Does my PSU have enough power for my graphics cards?
>>>Video Gaming Support/Discussion

>Best flagship phone sold in q3 20xx?
>Now with even more wires for your wireless earbuds!
>What sort of amp do I need to drive these cans?
>best vpn service for college students?
>What kind of x watch can I get for y purpose for z dollars?
Why don't we try and put all that in >Consumer Support

This kind of thing would bleed the life out of a significant number of generals, remove garbage from the catalog and save a ton of board space in the process. With a janitor that could move threads we might actually have something here.

>>56605924
300 get

https://youtu.be/h1QEIu6jgkk?t=22

>>56617125
Indeed, Desktop Threads, Battlestaiton threads, Gut Threads, Everyday Carry Threads, etc. are a whole different kind of autism that should be forbidden.
It's basically
>I've spent hours customizing this and nobody but me is going to care or even see it
>Oh wait, I'll show /g/ and get my appraisal there! Look at me, tell me how good it looks!

new thraed
>>56618201