Null teaches the Kiwi Farms how to forum.

[Null]

Ya'll niggas are fucking lazy. Seriously stop making me clean up your shit. The post quality is getting unacceptably low for even this dump and it's making reading threads I like difficult to skim.

Here's some tips on not looking like a gigantic retard. Feel free to report shit you see doing this.


Don't quote more than you're responding to.
Stop quoting entire essays.
Stop quoting posts with a dozen images or YouTube videos.

A quote gives context to a message. If your quote is a giant fucking blob of noise, it does nothing but bloat the page and make your post more obtuse than it needs to be.


Stop posting reaction images.
And videos.

This isn't 9gag. Kill yourself. You're not funny. Unless the reaction is really really really related to the topic (like, it's old lolcow content made funnier because of the new context you're replying to), don't. If you're not smart enough to figure out if a reaction image is appropriate just avoid it altogether and save me the trouble.


Figure out how to make lolcow thread titles, good lord
I know immediately if a lolcow forum OP is low IQ or not by how they title. It's literally every single thread that follows the exact same pattern and I am still finding myself constantly cleaning up garbage thread titles in that board.

Lolcow / Lolcow Name / Other Name
Lolcow "Alias" Name
lolcow might be a lolcow?
lolcow/lolcow name/other name

If you don't immediately recognize this pattern just looking at the last 400 or so lolcow forum threads you're probably mentally handicapped and would have been eaten by wolves a few hundred years ago. This shit is monkey see monkey do 101.


Put attachments on separate lines from your post and figure out how the image proxy works.
I can't get over how fucking lazy people are. When you insert an image into your post, don't just inline that shit in the paragraph. It looks awful. It looks really bad. Take the 3 required seconds to put a newline before an attachment or image. If people cannot mentally comprehend this concept I will be forced manually style images to break lines, which would prevent you from putting two images together or one image in a paragraph (like an unofficial emoticon).

Also, the image proxy works by downloading the image and saving it to the server. This is so that 1) lazy assholes who don't properly archive shit don't hurt us as much as they could, and 2) IP grabbing attempts are blocked.

That said, the image proxy only works if you give it an actual image. If you don't, it breaks.

This is an image URL:
https://i.imgur.com/RNnPRt3.png

This is not:
imgur.com/a/pmdmp

If you somehow cannot figure out how to get an image into the image proxy just attach it.


Thanks for reading and good luck not making garbage posts.

 

[Dunsparce]

Stop posting reaction images.
And videos.

This isn't 9gag. Kill yourself. You're not funny. Unless the reaction is really really really related to the topic (like, it's old lolcow content made funnier because of the new context you're replying to), don't. If you're not smart enough to figure out if a reaction image is appropriate just avoid it altogether and save me the trouble.

This one is a big one for me. They're not funny, quit this shit. No one wants to see you responding to a post with a picture of some random cartoon looking grossed out. They add nothing to the discussion and are overall a lazy way to farm positive ratings. My policy has always been to delete them on sight.

 

[LulzKiller]

That said, the image proxy only works if you give it an actual image. If you don't, it breaks.

This is an image URL:
https://i.imgur.com/RNnPRt3.png

This is not:
imgur.com/a/pmdmp

I use direct image links just because that's how you get the standalone image, didn't realise that's how that whole proxy system works. Never got those who linked albums for single images in the first place regardless.

 

[Null]

I use direct image links just because that's how you get the standalone image, didn't realise that's how that whole proxy system works. Never got those who linked albums for single images in the first place regardless.

They literally do not understand how images work. They think they need to link the album URL, and not the .jpg/.png URL.

People should be attaching virtually everything anyways. It's critical to how we operate.

 

[NQ 952]

I do nothing but shitpost. Should I be worried about this referendum?

 

[Null]

I do nothing but shitpost. Should I be worried about this referendum?

If you shitpost without quoting entire OPs you're fine.

 

[DuskEngine]

This one is a big one for me. They're not funny, quit this shit. No one wants to see you responding to a post with a picture of some random cartoon looking grossed out. They add nothing to the discussion and are overall a lazy way to farm positive ratings. My policy has always been to delete them on sight.

i agree people who do that should just

 

[Ponderous Pillock]

Ya'll niggas are fucking lazy. Seriously stop making me clean up your shit. The post quality is getting unacceptably low for even this dump and it's making reading threads I like difficult to skim.

Here's some tips on not looking like a gigantic exceptional individual. Feel free to report shit you see doing this.


Don't quote more than you're responding to.
Stop quoting entire essays.
Stop quoting posts with a dozen images or YouTube videos.

A quote gives context to a message. If your quote is a giant fucking blob of noise, it does nothing but bloat the page and make your post more obtuse than it needs to be.


Stop posting reaction images.
And videos.

This isn't 9gag. Kill yourself. You're not funny. Unless the reaction is really really really related to the topic (like, it's old lolcow content made funnier because of the new context you're replying to), don't. If you're not smart enough to figure out if a reaction image is appropriate just avoid it altogether and save me the trouble.


Figure out how to make lolcow thread titles, good lord
I know immediately if a lolcow forum OP is low IQ or not by how they title. It's literally every single thread that follows the exact same pattern and I am still finding myself constantly cleaning up garbage thread titles in that board.

Lolcow / Lolcow Name / Other Name
Lolcow "Alias" Name
lolcow might be a lolcow?
lolcow/lolcow name/other name

If you don't immediately recognize this pattern just looking at the last 400 or so lolcow forum threads you're probably mentally handicapped and would have been eaten by wolves a few hundred years ago. This shit is monkey see monkey do 101.


Put attachments on separate lines from your post and figure out how the image proxy works.
I can't get over how fucking lazy people are. When you insert an image into your post, don't just inline that shit in the paragraph. It looks awful. It looks really bad. Take the 3 required seconds to put a newline before an attachment or image. If people cannot mentally comprehend this concept I will be forced manually style images to break lines, which would prevent you from putting two images together or one image in a paragraph (like an unofficial emoticon).

Also, the image proxy works by downloading the image and saving it to the server. This is so that 1) lazy assholes who don't properly archive shit don't hurt us as much as they could, and 2) IP grabbing attempts are blocked.

That said, the image proxy only works if you give it an actual image. If you don't, it breaks.

This is an image URL:
https://i.imgur.com/RNnPRt3.png

This is not:
imgur.com/a/pmdmp

If you somehow cannot figure out how to get an image into the image proxy just attach it.


Thanks for reading and good luck not making garbage posts.

Did I do it right?

 

[Trans Fat 41g]

Quoting isn't really as important as some bad habits make it out to be. Just be on topic and not vague as hell. If it works for my basic level of shitposting it can work for anyone elses.

 

[MrTroll]

You should get rid of the Featured Threads, they act as a magnet for lazy people who just want to make low-effort shitposts. I know from experience.

 

[Pepsi-Cola]

Tbh, this forum has worse problems than most of the ones you've mentioned here (besides the part about reaction images/videos those are cancer) but, still a very well written post about proper forum etiquette.

 

[Null]

i agree people who do that should just

I don't know if this is intentional but this is also exactly what I mean by

Put attachments on separate lines from your post and figure out how the image proxy works.
I can't get over how fucking lazy people are. When you insert an image into your post, don't just inline that shit in the paragraph. It looks awful. It looks really bad. Take the 3 required seconds to put a newline before an attachment or image. If people cannot mentally comprehend this concept I will be forced manually style images to break lines, which would prevent you from putting two images together or one image in a paragraph (like an unofficial emoticon).

In typography, each line has what's called a line height. It's usually 1.2x the natural height of the font. In instances where you inline an image (called an inline-block), the line height for that specific line bloats to the height of the image. It's really grotesque.

 

[Null]

Tbh, this forum has worse problems than most of the ones you've mentioned here (besides the part about reaction images/videos those are cancer) but, still a very well written post about proper forum etiquette.

Well, go ahead and say what. I've been stretched thin lately.

 

[Quijibo69]

Did I do it right?

You should feel sorry for yourself, go sit in the corner!

 

[Pepsi-Cola]

Well, go ahead and say what. I've been stretched thin lately.

It mostly boils down to people being retarted and acknowledging the fact that they're doing things they shouldn't do in the hopes that their self-awareness makes it any better (i.e. "this is a powerlevel, but..." or "I know this will sound autistic, but...") but in the end it's probably more my fault for not reporting that kind of stuff as often.

 

[Sanae Kochiya]

*raises hand*

Can I still quote multiple posts in lounge topics that aren't related to lolcows?

Mainly so I can just add my post to the yiffing that is requested in the Fun Adventure of Fun.

 

[DuskEngine]

On a serious note, thanks for the clarification re: what reporting is for. I used to think that it was just for posts that egregiously went against the rules or were highly disruptive, and I kind of suspect a lot of other posters are operating under a similar assumption.

 

[Lurker]

It's mostly boils down to people being retarted and acknowledging the fact that they're doing things they shouldn't do in the hopes that their self-awareness makes it any better (i.e. "this is a powerlevel, but..." or "I know this will sound autistic, but...") but in the end it's probably more my fault for not reporting that kind of stuff as often.

Eh, it's not that simple. What might sound autistic to the poster may not actually sound autistic to the reader. So the poster acknowledges that they may come off as a bit spergy, but the reality is that they don't. I think that it's ultimately pointless to tell people to stop doing it because, well, they still will. It's almost ingrained in the fucking forum culture at this point.

That being said, if someone is legit being autistic or powerleveling, then yeah, that's an issue. But I think that people tend to use these terms somewhat incorrectly, and although it's been addressed, it still happens.

 

[AngeloTheWizard]

It's mostly boils down to people being retarted and acknowledging the fact that they're doing things they shouldn't do in the hopes that their self-awareness makes it any better (i.e. "this is a powerlevel, but..." or "I know this will sound autistic, but...") but in the end it's probably more my fault for not reporting that kind of stuff as often.

If you're gonna share an anecdote or say something that might be 'autistic' (with the low bar this forum has), just fucking do it. Literally no one gives a shit about your self-awareness, all it does is tempt people to slam those negative rating buttons. I've shared a few anecdotes and when I need to, I just tell the fucking story.

 

[4Macie]

mostly boils down to people being retarted

I agree, some people just get too tart over the things certain lolcows do/say.

But honestly, some people posting on these forums are just as retarded as the lolcows they're making fun of. It comes with the KiwiFarms territory I guess.