Hi /pt/, I fixed the thing where old threads get bumped by spam posts and then don't drop back down the catalog when the useless replies get deleted. At the same time I bumped the version of the web framework, seems to work fine on my end but if anyone has any issues please let me know. You may have noticed that I added some nav links at the bottom of threads recently too, hopefully they are useful. Anyway I've noticed a bit of an increase in posts about the site culture and moderation so consider this an admin approved thread for discussing these topics frankly and openly. I know there are not really any published rules for the board or anything and that is deliberate but I am happy to answer questions here about my own 'philosophy' if that is not too grand a word. cheers, jack p.s. have been enjoying processing the submissions for ventoux issue 2, you can still submit! the email is ventoux at this domain.
site updates + meta thread :
jgb (Admin) :
15 days ago :
No.6308
>>6317
>>6308 (OP)
>hopefully they are useful.
They are, thanks!
>>6552>>6308 (OP)
Please add the ability to quick-reply to a post by clicking its number; that'd be a huge QoL improvement.
Thank you for your work thus far.
Anonymous :
15 days ago :
No.6312
>>6318
>>6312
It's important to me that literature is one of the main things discussed on the board, in part because literature is one of the closest things to my own heart, but also because a board which discusses serious books is likely to have good discussion about most other things.
Implicit here is the answer to your question, which is that I do not desire for /pt/ to be exclusively about literature. The governing principle of the board should be a vibe and a certain amount of common feeling among the users rather than a content policy. This is, approximately, how rsp works, and in its heydey it was an extremely good web forum. It's still better than most others.
On the topic of content policies: I despise nothing more than despotic little reddit mods who get two inch hard ons every time they ban someone for violating rule 17 subsection (b). I would prefer you to think that my moderation is arbitrary and opinionated than pedantic and smug.
>>6317
I'm glad :)
One thing I wanted to know, do you want this to be a more strictly /lit/-focused board?
Anonymous :
15 days ago :
No.6317
>>6318
>>6312
It's important to me that literature is one of the main things discussed on the board, in part because literature is one of the closest things to my own heart, but also because a board which discusses serious books is likely to have good discussion about most other things.
Implicit here is the answer to your question, which is that I do not desire for /pt/ to be exclusively about literature. The governing principle of the board should be a vibe and a certain amount of common feeling among the users rather than a content policy. This is, approximately, how rsp works, and in its heydey it was an extremely good web forum. It's still better than most others.
On the topic of content policies: I despise nothing more than despotic little reddit mods who get two inch hard ons every time they ban someone for violating rule 17 subsection (b). I would prefer you to think that my moderation is arbitrary and opinionated than pedantic and smug.
>>6317
I'm glad :)
>>6308 (OP)
>hopefully they are useful.
They are, thanks!
>>6312
One thing I wanted to know, do you want this to be a more strictly /lit/-focused board?
It's important to me that literature is one of the main things discussed on the board, in part because literature is one of the closest things to my own heart, but also because a board which discusses serious books is likely to have good discussion about most other things.
Implicit here is the answer to your question, which is that I do not desire for /pt/ to be exclusively about literature. The governing principle of the board should be a vibe and a certain amount of common feeling among the users rather than a content policy. This is, approximately, how rsp works, and in its heydey it was an extremely good web forum. It's still better than most others.
On the topic of content policies: I despise nothing more than despotic little reddit mods who get two inch hard ons every time they ban someone for violating rule 17 subsection (b). I would prefer you to think that my moderation is arbitrary and opinionated than pedantic and smug.
>>6317>>6308 (OP)
>hopefully they are useful.
They are, thanks!
I'm glad :)
Anonymous :
4 days ago :
No.6538
>>6545
>>6538
sorry, but this is unlikely to happen because as you note the copyright risk is significant and pdfs are a potential vector for attacks similar to the 4chan hack.
>>6542
yes, I do. it is not perfect, I sometimes wish that people would respond a bit more constructively to each other, and of course we could do with more traffic and post volume, but I think the board is on a steady upwards trajectory and I view the building of the community here as an ongoing and collaborative process.
Hi admin. I think it would be cool if we could upload .pdfs, and would fit in the theme of the board. I think the potential benefit to this outweighs the security and legal problems (let's bring trust back to the small-i internet).
Anonymous :
3 days ago :
No.6542
>>6545
>>6538
sorry, but this is unlikely to happen because as you note the copyright risk is significant and pdfs are a potential vector for attacks similar to the 4chan hack.
>>6542
yes, I do. it is not perfect, I sometimes wish that people would respond a bit more constructively to each other, and of course we could do with more traffic and post volume, but I think the board is on a steady upwards trajectory and I view the building of the community here as an ongoing and collaborative process.
Do you like what you've created?
Anonymous (Admin) :
3 days ago :
No.6545
>>6548
>>6545
You really want this place to be super professional and serious lol, should just accept being part of the internet dredges and let the black flag fly... Ah well. Maybe I'll host an IPFS instance or smth
>>6538
Hi admin. I think it would be cool if we could upload .pdfs, and would fit in the theme of the board. I think the potential benefit to this outweighs the security and legal problems (let's bring trust back to the small-i internet).
sorry, but this is unlikely to happen because as you note the copyright risk is significant and pdfs are a potential vector for attacks similar to the 4chan hack.
>>6542Do you like what you've created?
yes, I do. it is not perfect, I sometimes wish that people would respond a bit more constructively to each other, and of course we could do with more traffic and post volume, but I think the board is on a steady upwards trajectory and I view the building of the community here as an ongoing and collaborative process.
Anonymous :
3 days ago :
No.6548
>>6549
>>6548
I absolutely do not want it to be 'professional and serious' lol. This whole project is about carving out a place on the web that is entirely independent of 'professional and serious' (i.e. amoral) big tech. I just want to minimise the possibility of the board getting vandalised / having to take it offline.
>>6545
>>6538
sorry, but this is unlikely to happen because as you note the copyright risk is significant and pdfs are a potential vector for attacks similar to the 4chan hack.
>>6542
yes, I do. it is not perfect, I sometimes wish that people would respond a bit more constructively to each other, and of course we could do with more traffic and post volume, but I think the board is on a steady upwards trajectory and I view the building of the community here as an ongoing and collaborative process.
You really want this place to be super professional and serious lol, should just accept being part of the internet dredges and let the black flag fly... Ah well. Maybe I'll host an IPFS instance or smth
>>6548
>>6545
You really want this place to be super professional and serious lol, should just accept being part of the internet dredges and let the black flag fly... Ah well. Maybe I'll host an IPFS instance or smth
I absolutely do not want it to be 'professional and serious' lol. This whole project is about carving out a place on the web that is entirely independent of 'professional and serious' (i.e. amoral) big tech. I just want to minimise the possibility of the board getting vandalised / having to take it offline.
>>6308 (OP)
Please add the ability to quick-reply to a post by clicking its number; that'd be a huge QoL improvement.
Thank you for your work thus far.
Anonymous :
3 days ago :
No.6553
>>6554
>>6553
I'm not the admin, but my understanding is that that's hard to do w/o JavaScript, which the admin doesn't like
>>6552
>>6308 (OP)
Please add the ability to quick-reply to a post by clicking its number; that'd be a huge QoL improvement.
Thank you for your work thus far.
This
Admin, add free punjabi flash games that I can play whilst waiting for a reply to my genius posts.
Good job.