/meta/ - Site Discussion

>>225
I was on the fence about it, so I appreciate your feedback. I've lifted the ban (previously was 2 days).
>is this gonna be like a strict hugbox now?
>those sites make u feel like ur walking on eggshells
I don't want that to be the case here, of course.
but I do want to create a space that's less antagonistic than a lot of imageboards. so when someone comes in and their first post is hostile and accusatory, it makes me a bit wary. the site's culture and userbase are still in their early stages, so things like rule 10 exist partially to help guide it in the right direction - I don't want the site to become a space where people feel like they have to keep a strict guard up, you know? or one where people stop putting effort or vulnerability into their posts because they know someone might come in and stomp all over it, or suddenly start flamewars.

I realize that this sentiment alone will turn off imageboard users who are looking for a more no-rules, unfiltered sort of environment (ala 4chan), which is okay. I'd almost say that's the default for imageboards, so there are lots of places like that already!

I can see how this time I was being overly wary, though. I should've given them more leeway. sorry, anon (^^;)

>>226
adding onto this thought - in situations like this, it's really better to just let users respond first, as things will often de-escalate and any overly mean behavior can be discouraged that way, without need for intervention. so I regret reaching for the mod hammer; it was far too early.
>>225
>u want me to fear u marzimin & marzimods?
hope this doesn't scare you off! :^p
we're learning as we go m(_ _)m

This is a good example of how it's impractical to change the overall level of hostility in a social environment, you're just shifting it around and disguising it as something else. Even if you didn't ban him, a warning or the threat of intervention is equally stifling just more disguised. What you want is impossible, what you're getting by striving to achieve the impossible is increasingly verbose copes for why being politely, indirectly, or secretly hostile to others is necessary. I hope this post isn't interpreted as hostile because I'm not emotionally invested

>>228
hmm, I don't know about that.
maybe that's true if you're talking about a fixed group of people whose behavior doesn't change much. if those people want to be hostile, and you hold intervention over their head, I can see the argument that the hostility has just changed shape (become "secret" or "indirect", perhaps, like you say).

but in this context, I don't think the main purpose of moderation is to change how individual people will act. certainly there are some people like that - people who maybe had the wrong initial approach, but when prompted can "switch modes" and engage with the space in a positive way without feeling cramped.

but I reckon for the most part, the role of moderation in "steering" the environment is to warn or remove users who seem to be a bad fit; i.e., people who will consistently bring in hostility, antagonism, meanness, et cetera. and I'd argue you can definitely change the level of hostility in an environment by controlling who is in that environment.

>>229
Warning and removing users is also a form of hostility even if well-intentioned, and its indirect effects can be compared to the effects of the overtly hostile and antagonistic culture seen on typical imageboards. People won't feel free to fully express themselves or take pride in this expression if they might be banned for negativity or using rude words (or in the case of 4chan, suffer mockery or get their thread derailed).

You can't win here if your goal is to create a uniquely non-hostile space. Most overmoderated fandom spaces with similar intentions are about as welcoming as 4chan, just with different permitted speech and enforcement mechanisms. I think removing people who don't align with the goals of a community is important, but the goals of this community aren't coherent.

By attempting to steer the environment in a seemingly "less hostile" direction, you're only policing overt hostility which directly requires passive-aggression and exclusionary social behaviour via moderation actions, and also selects for/incentivises the same type of behaviour from users. The message you're sending isn't "be nice", it's "don't make your malice too obvious". If you've ever tried to edit Wikipedia and had a dispute with another user this will make perfect sense but you probably don't accept my argument, whatever that's all I have to say.

>>218
>>219
luckily, I was already planning to migrate things as part of the site overhaul, so some of the prep was already done. but I didn't think the old drive was going to suddenly bite the dust in those couple of months (^^;)

>>220
should we hold a mock funeral?

Marzichan Lives!

>>221
maybe we can it honor it when we put the old site to rest. it lived a long life - actually, I think it was well over 10 years old...

test!?

>>85
make the limit 25mb or something 10mb is too cucked because you cant post 1080p videos

>>91
okay, I've raised it to 25MB. don't make me regret it, okay? (´›ω･`)b
>cucked
in exchange, I'd prefer if you didn't bring in this particular variety of slang (^^;)

>>92
thanks

Cool grown bearded men can use av1 to compress a 1 minute long anime scene in 5mb. Keep seething kids, ffmpeg is too complex for you.

H.265 matroska ogg with rescale to 240p.

19>>84
where I can download winrar archive of such emoji kaomoticons?
I've seen gen alpha use them on TikTok

The Marziplan unfolds...

Please don't enslave me :'((((

huh, thanks for pointing this out. does it say specifically what the reason for blocking is?

>>203
nope
it just brings up the generic "this site could be risky" message (that you need to disable HTTPS to see because comcast is redirecting you away from a secure site and browsers naturally hate that)

it has been very annoying lately, I've seen it across more sites in the last month than I have in ages

I tried connecting to this website on work wifi one time, and the wifi flagged the site as malware and wouldn't let me connect, if that means anything.

>>206
>>202
BitDefender also gives me a fat warning page whenever I visit the website on my laptop. My guess is that this site was auto-included on a suspicious activity list for whatever reason (Maybe the CSAM spam was detected? No clue)

>>206
>>207
damn, that's unfortunate :(
I wonder how that ended up happening

>>25
I subscribe to the fewer boards camp, enough to count on one hand is safe.

No more boards!

>>23
Cool!

I’m kinda team 1 board ngl. Also might not come back some time, that’s how it’s been for me with most altchans, I post a lil and like it but eventually get distracted.

yeah it doesn't really make sense to have new boards when there aren't enough people to populate them...
you can talk about any of ur interests in the main board!!! and if it somehow becomes super popular and loads of people start talking about it then maybe it would need a board of its own. but that sounds like something that would take a whiiilllleee >.<

This is me. Literally me. No other character can come close to relating to me like this. There is no way you can convince me this is not me. This character could not possibly be anymore me. It's me, and nobody can convince me otherwise. If anyone approached me on the topic of this not possibly being me, then I immediately shut them down with overwhelming evidence that this character is me. This character is me, it is indisputable. Why anyone would try to argue that this character is not me is beyond me. If you held two pictures of me and this character side by side, you'd see no difference. I can safely look at this character every day and say "Yup, that's me". I can practically see this character every time I look at myself in the mirror. I go outside and people stop me to comment how similar I look and act to this character. I chuckle softly as I'm assured everyday this character is me in every way. I can smile each time I get out of bed every morning knowing that I've found my identity with this character and I know my place in this world. It's really quite funny how similar this character is to me, it's almost like we're identical twins. When I first saw this character, I had an existential crisis. What if this character was the real me and I was the fictional being. What if this character actual became aware of my existence? Did this character have the ability to become self aware itself?

sure! should be allowed now

>>198
will have to add a replacement for this thumbnail onto the to-do list

>>198
Interesting

>>182
these current colors will definitely stick around as the default theme, though I may make slight adjustments while porting it over

you should add a dark theme of sorts. the default theme is cute, but light colors strain the eyes after awhile.

>>192
yup, it's one of the planned additions either as part of or immediately after the new version of the site. sorry for the wait (^^;)

>>193
np, though i hope "new version" doesnt mean a departure from imageboard. they can be tedious, but imageboards are the best form of communication.

>>194
nope, don't worry! it's still going to be an imageboard, just one that's more secure, has nicer UI, some new features, etc.
it won't be a radical departure from what we have now, just a more polished version :)
I am also planning to make an effort to migrate over existing posts when the time comes