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>>6649
>it's gotten to where people are afraid to say anything less they get ripped on and chewed out.
The OP makes a post with a specific, crystalline-clear, question, and points out that the subtitle of the /tat/ board creates a false expectation towards its potential users. Then, after being barraged with obviously expected opposition they claim they don't actually care (while contradicting themselves -immediately- in the next sentence, and then doing a 180° after, impressively), and then attempts to invalidate the whole thread, because this was just a "joke" and everyone replying fell for some sort of bait. How this translates in any way to a reflection of potentially inhibited posting is beyond me.
>maybe I'm kidding myself, maybe it's not even possible.
The issue is: What is shitposting? For some (per the rules) is someone replying "no" in a post to an elaborate question. For others is blatant use of reaction images, for others is deliberate mocking and insulting. As the owner of the site, you absolutely have the ability to write out elaborate guidelines. If you're not content with the ones you have written already, then why not change them? If the mods are over-zealous, then why not direct them? I'm sure it's a tough task, but there is no one who still posts who doesn't believe in your capabilities and dedication.
>If anything I feel this is one of if not the main issue the site is dealing with.
I'm not you, so I don't have your insider knowledge to know what the issues here are, but I strongly doubt "fear of challenge" is what stop people from posting. Specially when if you go to any other board and mention Tohno-chan, it is praised or alluded to be an hermetic and autistically-moderated high-quality board, which is something you should be proud of, even if it keeps the user base small. But this isn't what is gradually leaking users.
It's a lack of an anchor. If you were to stumble upon TC by coincidence, is there anything you could say "Wow, this is pretty cool, I'll hang here for a while" about? Is TC different enough to any of the hundreds of anime-related imageboards in -content-? TC has no particular beacon, hub, harbour, etc. that differentiates from others, with the single exception of being deemed an enclave of tightly-controlled otaku demographic. Whether this perception is for the good or bad of the site, that's up to you to decide. Still, I'd rather have my site be considered the stronghold of the few, than the cesspool of the many.
I think you had a fantastic idea with the re-subtitling of F.A.Girl, but it's understandable for a continued effort to be kept, specially without a translator that frequents the board and/or the irc.
>>6650
>Even now I feel like somebody is going to get their snark on
You seem to be the kind of person who can't help themselves taking things personal, so I'll start by remarking these thoughts are in general, and goes for you as well as anyone else who might feel the same, and not you exclusively.
>it's annoying and it shouldn't be.
There is no direction (courtesy of Tohno) to what the quality of each board should attain to, because the overall rule is to "post whatever you want" as long as it doesn't break the rules, which I agree to. Therefore, what the quality of posting in TC should be ended and ends up to the ideal of each user. The users veered the quality. This means it's impossible you won't eventually fine someone who disagrees with you. The issue you're having is that it seems you don't like being disagreed with, same as this thread's OP, and if you find annoying then you have around four options:
- Stop caring about negative replies.
- Reflect upon your posting and put more effort.
- Complain and overrun the site until its warped to your liking.
- Leave.
It's understandable you'd wish a post or thread you make receive no disapproval, but TC is not a hug box (outside or /mai/) and that's how it should be. You're not entitled for your feelings to be protected nor your notions to not be countered. Ultimately, you do have the choice to stop caring, so your feelings become your own responsibility, and nobody else's. As long as the alleged snark doesn't become outright baseless insulting, like OP's vitriol in >>6646, then you shouldn't feel opposing behaviour doesn't belong in a site that allows for discussion.
>Getting mad at people for this or that doesn't exactly help encourage activity.
Hard to say. Maybe more people would be drawn (or return) if the quality of the site improved. I personally don't think making TC more a of hug box helps.
>>6651
I partly agree with your post. I myself care more than I should about news, agenda, "brainwashing" and similar stuff that you might find in your average politics-discussion board, but I just don't think TC is a place to discuss these topics, unless it's strictly related to (or directly affects) Otaku-, Hikikomori- and NEETdom.
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