I lurked this site for almost two years before I joined in 2019. Since then I think I have only made around 500 posts total. I religiously follow about 5-6 cows but only feel compelled to post something when I see a point that hasn’t been made or a joke that would work.
There is nothing wrong with just reading and being entertained. I always thought that was the point of this site. I can’t tell you the amount of times I’ve written a post, read it then deleted it because I thought to myself I am not really adding anything with it. I wish more people had that kind of self-reflection.
There has definitely been a huge influx of new members (especially this year 2022) who clearly have no idea what the culture of this board is. I think some kind of moratorium on new members would really be beneficial. I don’t know what the rules would be but some kind of limit on posts per day or posts per thread until they have shown they aren’t going to shit the place up.
All I can say is to the new people, please don’t fuck this place up. This board is the last vestige of the old internet I knew before the stasi style censorship and clampdown on the free flow of information came down in the early 2010’s. Once this place (and the small handful of others mimicking it) is gone the entire internet will become just another corporate owned conglomerate media shithole like cable TV. And the only way you will be allowed to participate with it is if you reflect their lie of reality back to them. I mean for fuck sake just look at twitter or reddit.
In spite of my high post/day ratio I very much feel this. If you want a thread to use as a chat log go find some off topic general thread or something equivalent. Don't just post your random off the cuff generic thoughts in a lolcow thread. Keep some fucking decorum in those threads.
This and this.
If you cannot think of something to add that is funny, insightful or even slightly relevant to a cow thread you are getting mad about? First, cope, seethe (and dilate). Then calm down. Then, if it's a public URL, archive, screenshot, fucking 3-2-1 backup whatever is activating your MATI mode.
Archive.ph.
Wayback Machine.
Archive.st.
Ghost Archive. All the good shit at the
archive tools thread. If you must enter a cow's private channels to document their equally hilarious and rage-inducing endeavors (such as Discord servers or whatever), do not interact with them (or their fans). Lurk and screenshot everything you see, regardless if it gets you mad (unless it's spoiler-worthy NSFW or literally illegal shit like CP, then uh, that's not lolcow territory. That's "contact law enforcement" territory).
Everything else that is powerleveling or off-topic should be either spoilered or posted in their appropriate threads.
In case you cannot follow this process, then follow this: Log off from KF and/or click the X button of your browser (or swipe off the app for you filthy phoneposters).
If you must be MATI, at least share what's making you MATI in an appropriate manner.
Maybe your MATI can make someone else lose their sides instead. But that's only if you don't post like a raging retard. Then everyone else becomes a raging retard. And that's not fun for all us basic retards.
Please laugh. Maybe archive first. But definitely laugh.
I love you niggers.