OP
8/24/2025, 3:24:15 PM
No.106367841
>>106367672
>It's not, it's a fundamental design-stage question
What I meant when I said "implementation detail" is that I don't think there are any technical problems here. 4chan allows you to delete your own posts and there are no issues like other anons deleting your posts. Since the extension would consist of both client side and server side code, there'd be effectively no difference between it and 4chan itself, in this regard. It's just another server.
>but why give this power to OPs which could abuse it the same way
because you can disable OP's moderation powers with the press of a button, or leave the thread and make a better one if you want. Bad OP? Okay, do one of the above. Good OP? Great, you have a better thread. Everyone has power.
>It also goes against anonymity
Only a little, no more than tripcodes or even the ability to post under a name. The only way OP is special is that he made the thread, nothing else.
>If this system only benefits OPs
No, the point is that it could improve thread quality.
>Would be better to use the overlay so that you can vote on what posts or threads get hidden, in other words collective moderation.
I think this is a terrible idea. Upvotes on reddit are essentially a form of (soft) collective moderation, and what you're proposing is very similar. It would stop being 4chan.
>It's not, it's a fundamental design-stage question
What I meant when I said "implementation detail" is that I don't think there are any technical problems here. 4chan allows you to delete your own posts and there are no issues like other anons deleting your posts. Since the extension would consist of both client side and server side code, there'd be effectively no difference between it and 4chan itself, in this regard. It's just another server.
>but why give this power to OPs which could abuse it the same way
because you can disable OP's moderation powers with the press of a button, or leave the thread and make a better one if you want. Bad OP? Okay, do one of the above. Good OP? Great, you have a better thread. Everyone has power.
>It also goes against anonymity
Only a little, no more than tripcodes or even the ability to post under a name. The only way OP is special is that he made the thread, nothing else.
>If this system only benefits OPs
No, the point is that it could improve thread quality.
>Would be better to use the overlay so that you can vote on what posts or threads get hidden, in other words collective moderation.
I think this is a terrible idea. Upvotes on reddit are essentially a form of (soft) collective moderation, and what you're proposing is very similar. It would stop being 4chan.