Changes & Sub-Forums for Lolcow

[Null]

Hey all,

It's getting a little crowded in here. I'm considering adding two new forums and changing the dynamic of the boards. After reviewing some statistics, I've come up with these ideas.

Spoiler: The most popular threads by post number in Lolcow

There's three parts:

Part 1 - Operation Splitting Hairs
I've noticed two trends in threads. Groups, and individuals. A specific lolcow would be someone like Rika, while a group (lolherd? anyone?) would be the entire concept of Social Justice Warriors and their activity over Tumblr. I think that by splitting out the threads into different forums, it would increase breathing room one Page 1 and allow for more topics to be in scope at a time.

Part 2 - Operation Cross-Hairs
So there's two groups which are overwhelming popular at the moment. Parkourdude91 and the Love-Shy/Wizardchan threads. I think we could add two new boards for them.

Parkourdude91's forum would be the first instance of a non-Chris board about a specific person, and would operate much the same way 'Chris' did before the Update forum. Any time content is posted, released, a stream happens, etc a new thread may be created.

"Blue Pill Communities" would be a subforum for groups, and pretty unique for this place. By Blue Pill I mean any community that whole-heartedly devotes themselves to their social inadequacies. I kinda of want a better term for this, but as it stands I see it fitting. This would also be a place for threads like "I'm a wizard -- ask me anything", if we decide to continue allowing those.

Part 3 - How Now Brown Cow?
I want to get away from the word Lolcow. I feel that it is inherently insulting and is implicitly dangerous to the people on the board. It has an aura of cannibalism to it that I want to get away from. It also breeds a superiority complex. I feel that just because someone is interesting and worth watching, that doesn't automatically mean that everyone is better than them or that their life is merely a tool to churn out laughs at their own expense. The term appears to have outlived its usefulness and expresses a less desirable connotation, like the word "atheist".

I propose "Person of Interest" / "People of Interest" as its technical and official replacement, but I would not word-filter "Lolcow" or "Lolcows" respectively. I do use the word in this post but it's to avoid confusing people as to what the message is about.


All feedback is welcome -- thanks for participating.

 

[MysticMisty]

Didn't mean to vote for "I don't like any of the ideas". Actually it all sounds pretty good to me. This is a pretty popular section of the site, and some organization would definitely be good for it.

 

[hm yeah]

i have nothing against the word lolcow as i use it a lot myself among other coonoiseurs of silly people, but i never thought of it that way.

i do use person of interest as a euphemism all the time, so i guess i like that term more.

im fine with however you choose to split the forum.

 

[kagayaki]

I'll go for the first two choices, with ParkourDude91 & Pixyteri under the Individuals subthread and Wizardchan under the Group subthread.

 

[Saney]

I'm fine which all of these changes, they seem like good ideas.

 

[Duke Nukem]

I'd be all right with any of it, I just want to discuss these weirdos.

 

[José Mourinho]

1 & 3 for me, but I'm fine with anything.

 

[Pikonic]

I second the term Person of Interest/People of Interest. Lolcow implies there's trolling involved and the DF01 thread is mostly art and literature criticism (though that makes us sound way too classy).
I agree with making ParkourDude his own subforum since he actually is pumping out more than pictures and writing (unlike Pixy and DF01) and interacting with people online.
I've gotten used to all changes you've made before this, I'll get used to this.
I'd only ask the Parkourdude forum be moderated a little more strictly than Discussion. I want updates and not "What if Jace liked this movie?", "Does weed make Jace stupid (aka the weed debate tread)" threads.

 

[Big Bob Pataki]

i'd say a subforum for loveshys/wizardchan/sjw would be the figurative tits

 

[sparklemilhouse]

I'd be all right with any of it, I just want to discuss these weirdos.

Can we call the sub forum that? "Weirdos"?

 

[José Mourinho]

Internet Nobodies?

 

[Golly]

I like all of these ideas, but the first two are the best. I sometimes feel like I have to get into threads on Lolcow early on because otherwise, I'd have to dig through 100 pages of stuff to suss out the highlights. This is especially true for Parkourdude, the wizards, and the loveshies.
I could go either way on changing the name. It's all semantics in the end.

 

[exball]

Or we could just shit ourselves and do nothing.

 

[The Fair Lady]

I never liked the term 'lolcow' either.

 

[Holdek]

If we change from "lolcow" to "person of interest," does that expand the criteria for people that can have threads started about them? Or will it just be a semantic change?

 

[NobleGreyHorse]

I have the same question as Holdek. I found some of the "personal lolcow" threads interesting enough (depending on who's posting what, of course) and "personal person of interest" sounds like you're trying to date them but not come right out and say it.

 

[MysticMisty]

What about "Weirdos you know"?

 

[Holdek]

To me, an lolcow is simply a person (or I guess group) who keeps giving lulz. I think I've created two threads on lolcow, "Losethos" and "Furries."

With Losethose the guy himself is mostly sad because he's schizophrenic, but the OS he develops is lulz-worthy itself, and more than that, his personal story and programming efforts are just kind of "WTF" interesting.

With furries I don't presume that "everyone is better than them or that their life is merely a tool to churn out laughs at their own expense." Hell, we even have some on this board that I like personally. But that doesn't mean that furies in general aren't funny for doing what they do.

Maybe it would be good just to extend the "no a-logging" rule to lolcow?

 

[Bgheff]

I think you should just nuke it. The whole subforum is an ocean of troll shielding and a-logging.

 

[CatParty]

I kinda don't like the "personal lolcows". There was a post a while back that seemingly was just someone complaining about someone bothering them and it just seemed like they were trying to build a personal army.