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[Near]

slight change of plans. I'm now a mod and I'll be working to choose another supervisor for this subforum. I'll have to get them to sign an NDA and then groom them with homemade meals before abandoning them.

(I'll still be dramatically reducing my interest in DSP when the time comes)

If you're interested in being a supervisor or have someone to suggest plz DM

I nominate @FuckYou

 

[neger psykolog]

Ok later today at some point @SoapQueen1 will be made a supervisor of this subforum.

They're an all around good user and don't get involved in too many slapfights, plus they're also pretty well read into the DSP extended comics universe and have some respect from the users. So I'm hoping that they'll be a good pick.

 

[Done]

The janitor is dead, long live the janitor!

 

[KingjadVCMP]

Congratulations to @SoapQueen1 (and thanks) for becoming a supervisor, and I hope you're not a stranger round these parts @neger psykolog.

EDIT: correction underlined.

 

[James Smith]

I've been through a lot lately. My full-time relationship and my adult house have failed. My soap shop was run out of business due to horrifying chemical burns. But now I am your queen and I will be righteous.

 

[James Smith]

Poll results saved for all eternity:

New pohl: Will Kat appear on another stream/video before Summer begins?

 

[James Smith]

Poll replaced, here are the landslide results of the last one:

 

[James Smith]

Considering DSP totally doesn't read Kiwi Farms dood I half expected a Tweet saying he called his mother just to "show those detractors they're idiots. I guess not.

 

[James Smith]

I guess there will be no bans for the ban god.

 

[Waveysauce]

I know this wont be a poll but as far as the forum title I for some reason always liked "the empire of dirt" the most

 

[James Smith]

Since you peepul can't be bothered to archive Twitter stuff and it then gets deleted I'm now automatically doing it.
Original:

Archive:

Good enough.

 

[James Smith]

 

[PieceofShet]

Here is a possible poll question: Will he crawl back to the switch version of usf2? You may think its impossible, but its dsp so... Also, will he go back to pubg?

 

[neger psykolog]

Ok this forum is way past due for tags

@SoapQueen1 plz give da input

DSP - threads directly relating to DSP (cooking/megathread/loan and savings)
Real Talk - threads for aspects about DSP (psychology/best moments/shit)
Meta - threads about the subforum
Autism Magnet - threads about side characters whether they're detractors/supporters of DSP
Suspensions - Threads about his shit getting suspended/terminated (there are like 4-5 of them now so its worth a tag)

 

[James Smith]

General discussion thread for boring normal stuff

Tags for stuff about:

• Muh Legacy - DSP's meticulous execution of his craft as an entertainer (YouTube videos, live streams, sub/Patreon goals themselves, Instagram, etc)
• Real Talk - DSP's personal life (cooking skills, psychology, cultural/ethnic heritage, love life, taste in television and movies)
• Meta - the subforum itself
• Autism Magnet - side characters/companies that have been sucked in to the black hole
• Beggin' Video - events when DSP particularly panics/cries wolf
• Business Update - events that are out of the ordinary, good or bad
• Plugs - financial stuff

I'm trying to think whether or not any discussions would be left out

EDIT:
Edited Kahntent - stuff people create regarding DSP, thinking like the attempts to make timelines on here, high-effort videos people have made that merit discussion (everyday videos don't need their own thread), stuff like that

 

[neger psykolog]

General discussion thread for boring normal stuff

Tags for stuff about:

• Muh Legacy - DSP's meticulous execution of his craft as an entertainer (YouTube videos, live streams, sub/Patreon goals themselves, Instagram, etc)
• Real Talk - DSP's personal life (cooking skills, psychology, cultural/ethnic heritage, love life, taste in television and movies)
• Meta - the subforum itself
• Autism Magnet - side characters/companies that have been sucked in to the black hole
• Beggin' Video - events when DSP particularly panics/cries wolf
• Business Update - events that are out of the ordinary, good or bad
• Plugs - financial stuff

I'm trying to think whether or not any discussions would be left out

EDIT:
Edited Kahntent - stuff people create regarding DSP, thinking like the attempts to make timelines on here, high-effort videos people have made that merit discussion (everyday videos don't need their own thread), stuff like that

Ok I made a request in the TTS
I'm also suggesting "Fued" for when he has a slapfight with a particular person

 

[James Smith]

PSA:
TL;DR I don't want people to have to read a ton of nothing to figure out what's going on in the world of DSP. Please only post if you have something to add and be liberal about making and using new threads for out of the ordinary events, even if they haven't become big yet.

I've been trying to figure out a way to maintain a low barrier to entry for people wanting to discuss or even read about the DSP universe. I had originally focused on the rapid growth of the general discussion thread after a conversation with someone who was hundreds of pages behind and he mentioned that he was only a few months behind. The sheer number of pages he had to read to catch up is a good example of a high barrier to entry. Some large events have happened lately (breakup announcement, taxes reveal, escort saga, Kat reveal) and some small ones (failed sponsorships, suspensions) and I understand that type of thing is going to create more discussion than usual. The issue I have is that the amount of discussion hasn't gone down to normal when those events end. The growth hasn't simply sped up while out of the ordinary stuff is going on, it has sped up exponentially as though all of these events never ended and are happening all at at once, even though they have ended and have been more or less one at a time.

Please refrain from posting in event specific threads if you have nothing to add. If you just want to talk about the normal day to day activities of DSP stuff do so in the general discussion thread. I'd like the general discussion thread to be something people can skip if they only want to know about "interesting stuff." If stuff is remotely out of the ordinary please make a new thread for it with a date, descriptive title, and whatever description you want in the opening post or use the thread for it if it has already been made.

 

[neger psykolog]

PSA:
TL;DR I don't want people to have to read a ton of nothing to figure out what's going on in the world of DSP. Please only post if you have something to add and be liberal about making and using new threads for out of the ordinary events, even if they haven't become big yet.

I've been trying to figure out a way to maintain a low barrier to entry for people wanting to discuss or even read about the DSP universe. I had originally focused on the rapid growth of the general discussion thread after a conversation with someone who was hundreds of pages behind and he mentioned that he was only a few months behind. The sheer number of pages he had to read to catch up is a good example of a high barrier to entry. Some large events have happened lately (breakup announcement, taxes reveal, escort saga, Kat reveal) and some small ones (failed sponsorships, suspensions) and I understand that type of thing is going to create more discussion than usual. The issue I have is that the amount of discussion hasn't gone down to normal when those events end. The growth hasn't simply sped up while out of the ordinary stuff is going on, it has sped up exponentially as though all of these events never ended and are happening all at at once, even though they have ended and have been more or less one at a time.

Please refrain from posting in event specific threads if you have nothing to add. If you just want to talk about the normal day to day activities of DSP stuff do so in the general discussion thread. I'd like the general discussion thread to be something people can skip if they only want to know about "interesting stuff." If stuff is remotely out of the ordinary please make a new thread for it with a date, descriptive title, and whatever description you want in the opening post or use the thread for it if it has already been made.

Agreed, this is an issue but the solution isn't too easy.

The solutions I can suggest are:

• Keep OP meticulously updated with information (there is no information now) and move out any questions people ask which cover basic information
• Move out any posts which are just memes or below a certain word count/quality standard (short posts, unless they're really thought provoking/funny usually just add clutter)

The biggest issue with DSP emergencies is that he never fucking says what "the situation" is until he drops it during some prestream or emergency stream which is when everyone collectively loses their shit. There's nothing to stop that, but its true we could at least cut down on the shitty posts until he actually shares more.

Also:

 

[James Smith]

• Keep OP meticulously updated with information (there is no information now) and move out any questions people ask which cover basic information

This is something that actually doesn't get done much and I should do better about that.

 

[Prince Lotor]

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I've been thinking this for a little while: Since the original live-fap incident DSP has become one of the most easy to stumble across lolcows, I'm not sure I've seen a single instance of Phil get mentioned where people don't at least say, 'Who? Oh, wait, is that the guy who masturbated? lol ok, what about him?'

In my head I have sort of dubbed him 'baby's first lolcow', if that makes sense. With even the shortest examination of him he instantly comes accross as a rather disgusting, unapologetic asshole due to: his lean ins directly into his mic to belch or snort from 1 mm away, the constancy of his berating fans who have just donated to help him, his non-stop verbal diarrhea during 6 bibles worth of prestreams; the list could go on for quite awhile of things people instantly find dislikable and laughable about him.

He's a household name in lolcows that hits a sort of lowest common denominator of being dislikable. As such his forum ends up with a very high amount of posters who are unfamiliar with general lolcow forum practices, such as trying to read up to current posts before posting to avoid having 7 people say the exact same thing, or responding to other posts just to agree without furthuring the conversation, or the times you have seen new posters make completely off-topic posts and get internet-mad when it's suggested they stop etc. This is a not unknown phenomena in this sub-forum with the amount of new accounts made to post in it and the amount of accounts that only read and post in this sub-forum.

Maybe some type of extended 'Best Posting Practices' thread would be a beneficial meta thread on top of the 'Forum Posting Guidelines' header since people frequently won't look at anything outside of this sub-forum for fear of catching cancer-aids. Or if there is already a good meta thread about posting practices you could copy paste posts from that into a stickied thread on this sub-forum, and at your discretion maybe send people PMs suggesting they peruse the unspoken rules of the posting culture that exists to prevent people learning through trial-and-error.

For example I try not to post unless I think I'm saying something or have a different perspective on something I haven't seen posted, or to further a conversation, or if something relevant I thought is making me laugh a lot. I try not to respond to posts asking for information unless I have direct links to that information instead of half remembered general outlines of the situation. Instead of making posts asking about lore I try to utilize the sub-forum search tool. Try to post something you would enjoy reading and conversing with as opposed to something that makes you feel good to get off your chest. There are other places you could post a diatribe against Phil, like a YouTube comments section or a Twitter post.