Thread 5136

I've been spending a bit of time hanging out in the /g/ subreddits, particularly /mkg/, /hpg/, /sqt/, and the Desktop Thread. I'm particularly annoyed at the last of those. (Arguments about the generals in /g/ is its own thing.)

Things I've noticed:

1) People rarely talk about ricing. Every fifty posts or so somebody asks for a config file or window manager advice.

2) The posts in the thread are two things: desktop pictures and/or tripfags saying "good morning" and "good night" to each other.

3) Most of the desktops posted are obviously intended just to show off the wallpaper or images on the desktop at the time.

4) The thread is filled with tripfags, a number of them who ban evade frequently, and display a strong sense of entitlement whenever they are banned (especially for evading). Some are borderline avatarfagging with anime pictures.

The conclusions I've made are: the discussions here are *barely* about technology to begin with, and beyond that it has become a haven for evaders. Combine this with the fact that /w/ already has their own Desktop Thread, which is a lot less cancerous and more productive, and I'm wondering what the point of the /g/ version is.

I really think we should do something about the thread, whether it be find a way to ban the evaders better, or just get rid of the threads or move them to /w/.

Thoughts?

>>5136 (OP)
I do agree that pushing them to /w/ would be a good idea. Getting /g/ to help the average /w/ user would be beneficial.

Yes please

Both /w/ and /wg/ have those threads, and they are mostly civil.

I agree that these boards are the right place for this kind of thread, considering how poor the threads at /g/ are.
Although brining tripfag drama to slow boards is never good, but letting poor threads stay isn't any better.

there will be one hell of a pushback if we try that. Those threads are the kind where I can't even delete an hours-old shitpost without the poster crying MODS. can't imagine how it'd go if we tried a move like that

>>5146
This is very true. I might be mistaken, though, but usually it's a couple of vocal users (particularly the ban evaders) who complain about moderation the most.

>>5136 (OP)

Sounds to me like it absolutely doesn't belong on /g/. Fuck the pushback, send that shit to /w/. It's literally a board for desktops.

Can we talk about /edc/ threads? For those unaware, edc stands for "every day carry", and it's basically people posting the stuff they carry with them during the day. By now it's already clear that it's not technology related at all, but what's worse is that it inevitably devolves into gun law discussions, since practically everyone in these threads has a concealed carry somehow.

I'd just off-topic them, but the thing is that they've been around since before I started and I never see them show up in the queue, so I'd like to know what the stance on them is. They're pretty popular too, so I'm not comfortable deciding this just yet.

>>5242
The real question comes at where are we going to draw the line at what is technology-related.

Currently on /g/ (ordered roughly in the order I believe they are technology-related):
/dpt/ - Daily Programming Thread
/sqt/ - Stupid Questions
/mkg/ - Mech. Keyboards
/gcg/ - Graphics Cards
/wt/ - Watch Thread
/csg/ - Chink Shit
/guts/ - Insides of Computers
/bst/ - Battlesations
> -------- where I think the line should be drawn (for now)
/edc/ - Every Day Carry
/hst/ - Smartphone Home Screens
Desktop Thread
/ptg/ - Private Trackers

I'd agree EDC isn't really technology-related, and I would argue the same for /ptg/, the Desktop Thread, and /hst/. None of them are really discussing technology. (/bst/ and /guts/ are borderline, since it is at least somewhat about the hardware they are taking pictures of.)

Personally, I don't care for precedent, and would rather start deleting threads that are not technology-related.

However, I wouldn't say it's fair to delete the /edc/ threads, which at the very least I could see an argument for them having some technology discussion, since people post their computers, phones, etc, but not deleting /ptg/, which really has nothing to do with technology at all, and is just discussion of good websites for downloading movies and whatnot. But at the same time, banning /ptg/ would probably not go over well with the rest of /g/.

>>5245
I totally agree with this, I would personally put /bst/ under the line too though, for pretty much the same reason desktop threads are. While we can probably pretty much eradicate /edc/ and /hst/ by just deleting the threads for a while, I think desktop threads and /ptg/ will prove difficult since they're practically subcommunities at this point, and will cause some problems, as you've said. We'd need to push them somewhere else. As previously stated desktop threads would be at home on /w/ but I can't really figure out where we'd send /ptg/ other than /g/.

>>5253
Bumping this old thread to say /ptg/ could potentially go to /t/

I'm a /t/ janitor and I notice overlap. /ptg/ would be more than welcome. In fact, /ptg/ hosts a couple of threads on /t/ which they link to in every thread from their /g/ thread.

If everyone is ok with it, I think it would be a breathe of fresh air for /t/.

>>5512
I'd be all for this but I think a big reason that /ptg/ is on /g/ rather than /t/ is that they want it to be on a blue board. We could try moving but I don't think the regulars would agree.

>>5513
Their threads are not really technology related. /ptg/ was about the same size as desktop threads, which got pushed off a blue board to /wg/ and /w/.