What do you think about this? When people from certain boards hate on other people who are new or just visiting?I understand why people would be annoyed when the same questions are asked, or people do generally "newbish" things, but then that's what stickies are for, so people can be informed as quickly as possible. I don't think it's a person's fault for wanting to visit a place or start going there regularly if mods do not sticky these threads. For the years I've been here I mainly browsed /v/ and /r9k/. Certain other boards like /a/ or /jp/ are extremely elitist and "xenophobic". I don't even post there but sometimes it's still hardly bearable to be in those boards because of this attitude. "Do as the Romans do" doesn't really work if you don't know how to be Roman. What are the most xenophobic boards here? Does anyone else dislike it? Do you think it's fine?
>>118152>"Do as the Romans do" doesn't really work if you don't know how to be Roman.But you can find out if you watch them for a while without them knowing you're there. Nothing is hidden from view here, you just need to look for it.
>>118152>don't know how to be Roman. Oh sure you do, it's called lurk more.
Lurk, you piece of shit.
Sounds like the elitism is doing its job perfectly, keeping people like you, who obviously aren't willing to lurk before they post out.
It's good and if you dislike a board because of it it means they have been doing it right.
>>118217can you explain why it's good?
LEAVE US ALONE YOU FAGGOTSESPECIALLY /jp/ LEAVE US OUT OF THIS
newfags just need to lurk moar. this used to be understood by everyone, but these days newfags expect to be told every little intricacy of a board's culture the first time they're there.we don't need sticky threads on every board. nobody reads them anyway.
>>118239Isn't it obvious?People who are unfamiliar with the culture of a board will shit all over it without understanding why it's bad. If we give them a sticky explaining 'how to post' they will still shit all over it because they'll think they understand everything right off the bat.This is the problem, really. People think that just because they're on the internet and have posted elsewhere, they're 'internet savvy' and can just waltz into any online community as if they've always been there. It is very much a form of pervasive arrogance.
>>118263It's one of the reasons everyone thinks that /mu/ is "full of hipsters"They don't understand anything and think they're the most important poster on the board, even though they're new as hell
this is a huge problem on /soc/ because people just come in, ask for dump threads for camwhores, don't bother going to /rs/, and anytime they're told to lurk more or delete their thread it's..."hurrr /soc/ is all cancer and summerfaggotry i come from /b/ you all are cancerfaggotry normalfag cancer cells"
>>118249It's not even that, we got people here that can't delete there own post and still think sage does something other than not bumping the thread.People should have to answer a quiz on board rules and facts before enterring the site
Ok so the problem is really shit-posters and not necessarily defaultly hating new people? Not even new people but just someone who wants to start regularly visiting a different board.
>>118282>In order to lurk you need to lurk
>>118272That pic isn't accurate at all though, people on /mu/ are really awesome at ignoring threads about music they don't like. Hell, I've seen people have civilized discussions about My Chemical Romance for fucks sake.I think what happens is that they people see the popular bands on /mu/, and get massively buttfrustrated that their favorite band isn't one of them, and call people hipsters for not recognizing their glory or whatever.
>>118315Consider this metaphor.Let's say a group of 10 people come together every day and want to discuss cupcakes. They each have their favorite variety of cupcake, they spend hours discussing the merit of different ingredients, of cream versus egg based icing, and so on.Let's say someone just found out about this club and they go there. They want to talk about vanilla cupcakes, which by definition is the most basic kind of cupcake.If they make a thread saying 'hey guys I like vanilla cupcakes but i'm looking for something a bit more complex than betty crocker mix, would you mind giving me some suggestions?' then that's fine.If they make a thread saying "OFFICIAL CUPCAKE POWER RANKINGS: 1. PLAIN VANILLA BETTY CROCKER ...... 90000001. EVERYTHING ELSE IF YOU DISAGREE YOU ARE A FAGET" then they're just shitposters.
>>118351First one isn't fine either, he could easily find that out by simply observing the people discussing, without having to interrupt them with unnecessary shit.
>>118282>People should have to answer a quiz on board rules and facts before enterring the siteif they fail the quiz, they're confined to /b/
>>118173>"Do as the Romans do" doesn't really work if you don't know how to be Roman. That's why people should fucking lurk.
>>118368I don't understand why. Let's say I really like [specific author of specific genre of literature] and I'm looking for similar authors by writing style or genre. Why shouldn't I make a thread?
>>118411Because 4chan isn't google. The boards don't exist for your convenience, they exist for people to discuss what they already know. Lurking is always the answer.LURK MOREYou will get your answer
>>118411Because then you're not joining the discussion at all, you are asking them to turn to you and you only.
>>118411You know what works wonders? Actually trying to set up a good discussion, or contributing to one that's already underway. So if you like an author, you can bring him up in the context of some wider discussion that various members of a board can contribute to. Just making a thread for the purpose of getting an answer for yourself, and solely yourself (unless someone else happens to have that same question), is pretty much against any sense of community these places try to create.It's somewhat appropriate to realise that the community becomes inclusive the minute you include them in your posts.
