you mean when people spent weeks arguing how it was a stupid idea, sacrificing copypasta and macros, and putting monocles on memes?

i don't think that qualifies as good-ish.

To make it good again the mods would have to permanently anyone who asked for relationship advice or posted in a relationship thread.

>>4500957
No, I mean the short period after the initial shitstorm and before the avalanche of relationshit threads.

despite it being just about everyones favourite site no 4chan board was ever good

>>4501050

^^
wasn't here when r9k first opened up

No. I remember some good /r9k/ topics throughout the ages, but I don't remember any point when /r9k/ itself was good.

It's too bad we don't have some default reply for certain shitty, repeated threads. /fit/ on 7chan (I think) has a sticky or FAQ that they constantly refer to. I'm thinking perhaps some rapidshare/megaupload of typical relationship threads and their "solutions" or some other garbage.

>>4500996
what you just described is a lack of something. it was not the intial shitstorm, and it was not the avalanche of relationship threads. what was it exactly? i was there, and i too remember this lack of previously mentioned items, but i can't remember what people did instead. i remember the whole gentlemen-thing though.

/r9k/ was originally meant to be /b/, but with original content. Now it's just turned into.... Fuck, it's probably worse than /b/.

>>4501575
I have three words to describe /r9k/ at the time of its founding: unicorn porn thread.

>>4501634
People made a lot of philosophical, religious, and political theory threads before they realized that there were only a couple of directions that those topics could go and they were tired of making the same thing over and over again.

>>4501666
Yes, let's not use descriptors or anything. We don't want anyone to accidental understand what we're saying.

>>4501666

Yup.

Word for word control stops meme repetition.

It does not stop the cycle of ideas.

"ROBOTSIMSOLONLYMYBOIFRIENDNOTHERE"
"ALLWOIMINZISWHORESLOLLOL"
"HEYGUYSYOUASLONLYASME?LETSALLBELONLYANDEDGYTOGETHER"
"HEYGUIZTHISISMEWOULDYOUDOMEGUYZGUYZ"

>>4501689
Yeah. I'm actually surprised the you-know-what threads actually get attention. I mean, some of the threads are like reading an extremely long boring as fuck novel.

That and the fact everyone on here listens to fucking Elliott Smith and has no sense of humour.

>>4501705

I guess you're aware that tripfags are an addition to the cancer killing /r9k/, yes?

Not that I defend those crappy theads. I hate them as much as I hate tripfags.

>>4501722

The cancer killing /r9k/?

You mean 4chan right?

I don't mind if a trip name is merit based but I hate that being able to individualise members of a board based around anonymity has spawned some sort of strange circle jerk and cam whoring without cameras.

Hell, you could consider that an inovation I guess.

>>4501722
Notice how I'm quoting you back and forth here? Good excuse for me to use a trip. If you're conversing directly with someone on here, it makes it easier. I ditch a trip after a week anyway.

Actually, that shit started failing the first week in.

>>4501747
>I ditch a trip after a week anyway.}

No you don't