I want to talk right down to earth, in a language that everybody here can easily understand

[He Sets Me On Fire]

Null is a loving father.

We are his loyal children.

Love this site and it's community. Thanks, Null!

 

[Peace and Harmony]

This post is 10/10 titties. Lolcow news and wiki are sorely needed because it's so easy to miss out on good milkings. I think the problem with rules for this forum though is that the people with a high enough internet IQ to be good contributors already wouldn't do those things, and the people who shitpost autism won't read them/care anyway.

In any case I spent way too long writing two articles about people who are old enough to be my dad, so I want a little bit of recognition dammit

 

[yasscat]

Yes good. I love the news blog idea! So excited.

 

[Sanae Kochiya]

My friends, a toast!

To lulz now, and lulz forevermore!

So long as there are autistic morons, obese pedophiles, basement permavirgins, triggered Tumblrinas, and true & honest lesbian soul tomgirls, we will drag them out into the light.

And laugh at them.

Kiwi Farms. Forever.

 

[Slowboat to China]

All hail North Kiwia! Can't wait until we start getting resolutions passed against us by the UN.

In all seriousness, though, I've rarely had so much fun on a forum. Even with so many people and so much potential for crazy, this place is one of the calmest, sanest places I've ever hung out on the Internet, and if Null wants to be a benevolent dictator then I say have at it!

 

[ColorfulCassowary]

I'm experienced in wikia editing. I could help out with the lolcow wiki. Don't be surprised if I end up with a huge article sandbox tho :v

 

[Treblinkachu]

I think that this site should require every new member to answer the question "If you have male chromosomes, what is your gender?" and the options should be 'male', 'female', 'other', or 'whatever I want'. If they cannot answer male, it means they are a tumblr cumrag with no sense of humor. Normally I would not advocate such a thing because I don't care, but since we're dealing with an influx of self-righteous activists who do care, it would surely generate some delicious drama.

 

[CatParty]

the audio verification required to create a new account is a pain in the ass

What was your previous account name?

 

[Sanae Kochiya]

I think that this site should require every new member to answer the question "If you have male chromosomes, what is your gender?" and the options should be 'male', 'female', 'other', or 'whatever I want'. If they cannot answer male, it means they are a tumblr cumrag with no sense of humor. Normally I would not advocate such a thing because I don't care, but since we're dealing with an influx of self-righteous activists who do care, it would surely generate some delicious drama, and also maybe even filter out people who literally can't bring themselves to choose 'male' on it.

With the recent surge of lolcows who have apparently had sexual activities with dogs (ie more than one of these fuckers), we should probably put in an extra question asking if it is acceptable to fuck dogs.

 

[Silver]

With the recent surge of lolcows who have apparently had sexual activities with dogs (ie more than one of these fuckers), we should probably put in an extra question asking if it is acceptable to fuck dogs.

Maybe just "non-human animals" in general, can be more of a catch-all

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

I think that this site should require every new member to answer the question "If you have male chromosomes, what is your gender?" and the options should be 'male', 'female', 'other', or 'whatever I want'. If they cannot answer male, it means they are a tumblr cumrag with no sense of humor. Normally I would not advocate such a thing because I don't care, but since we're dealing with an influx of self-righteous activists who do care, it would surely generate some delicious drama.

Why would you want to keep out the comedians though?

 

[TaterBot]

Wikis and blogs, if well-done, are nice addendums to forum sites. But the forum itself is still the foremost draw, and imho, merits the most intensive care and attention.

Speaking of doing the numbers, there are plenty of "analytical" sources surrounding any Internet endeavor. Here's one interesting example regarding kiwifarms.net

http://kiwifarms.net.hypestat.com/

Edit: updated version

 

[John Furrman]

Dear Leader's plans seem solid. I look forward to the news feature.

 

[exball]

sanest places

Lol.

 

[Trans Fat 41g]

Papa Null can I spoon with you.

In all seriousness looking forward.

 

[Arctic]

The news feature would be a great improvement, it's annoying when you have to scroll through a featured thread for 10 minutes before you finally understand what the hell is going on.

I think that this site should require every new member to answer the question "If you have male chromosomes, what is your gender?" and the options should be 'male', 'female', 'other', or 'whatever I want'. If they cannot answer male, it means they are a tumblr cumrag with no sense of humor. Normally I would not advocate such a thing because I don't care, but since we're dealing with an influx of self-righteous activists who do care, it would surely generate some delicious drama.

That would be splendid. This website is about lolcows, not about how people are terrible for making fun of the LGBTWTFBBQ.

Spoiler

 

[Glaive]

Out of everything mentioned, structuring some kind of Lolcow News sticks out as the greatest potential addition. Having a sort of centralized location to see all of the major headlines for what's gone down recently along with a timeline would save folks a lot of digging. You mentioned the use of the little alert banners like the one created to link to this very thread as being one of the only tools right now to direct attention to major happenings and updates. Perhaps a simple temp solution until something bigger is fleshed out could be a public log of past banner alerts along with their original post date. Everything noteworthy seems to already get thrown up there and a history/log page would help people who miss out on a few days worth of Kiwi browsing.


Everything else seems beneficial as well, just one small suggestion for the Feedback board if you are interested in better phasing out the need for Lolcow alt-sites.

I thought a feedback board would be totally dead, no one could possibly take interest in such a thing, but sure enough it works. Go figure.

Now, I'm really enjoying the Feedback board as well. And I wish we were able to handle having guest accounts there to post. As you know very well though that privilege proved to be too much for users to handle with the roleplaying that resulted. Anyway I think I've found a possible happy medium. No ratings. Disable the ratings across the entire Feedback board. The sad truth is that people care far too much about ratings, and I believe disabling ratings on that board may bring out some unfiltered opinions and replies that would otherwise never see the light of day. Plus the whole purpose of the board is to get written responses, not to win popularity contests. Rating my feedback as feels or late or whatever doesn't tell me what you actually think.

 

[bearycool]

I'm glad the spirit of ED never died.

It has just metamorphosed into the most disgusting, beautiful butterfly it was meant to be.

Just finish up the wiki so we can chronicle all the epic halals.

 

[U. cinereoargenteus]

I lurk like hell and never log in, but I thought I'd throw down my two cents since this is in the spirit of feedback. Finishing the wiki and starting up a blog sounds great. I first encountered CWC back when ED was less dumb/petty*, forgot about them for years, then on a lark decided to see what they'd gotten up to right around the house fire. The CWCki made getting caught up easier than reading through a 50 page forum post. Plus it's no longer in the hands of a thread's OP to keep a timeline of events, bless those that do.

*not that it was really that much better, I was just a middle schooler and less stuffy.

 

[Silvana]

In all seriousness, though, I've rarely had so much fun on a forum. Even with so many people and so much potential for crazy, this place is one of the calmest, sanest places I've ever hung out on the Internet, and if Null wants to be a benevolent dictator then I say have at it!

I couldn't agree more. I've been a fan of internet drama for several years now, but I never joined any forums or posted on any imageboards. The "belligerence" Null mentions (the inevitable consequence of anonymous posting) always seemed to pre-empt the possibility of intelligent dialogue. Now, however, I feel I have found my natural home - a forum with just the right combination of thoughtful, perceptive discussion and the sort of heartless mockery only a bunch of hurt spergs and misfits could be capable of producing. And the threads that result are always a joy to read.

I'm glad the spirit of ED never died.

It has just metamorphosed into the most disgusting, beautiful butterfly it was meant to be.

Oh, wow. @bearycool - you took the words right out of my mouth.
Kiwi Farms - ED's true spiritual heir! To a bright and beautiful future of Autism, lulz and delicious drama!