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The State of This Site Anonymous 08/28/2022 (Sun) 23:17:31 Id:3ec90a No. 450 [Reply]

I hate that I even have to be making a thread like this, but things have been building up, and it's time to have a discussion. I'm feeling very frustrated. I love this place and have been around since the beginning, and have put in a lot of hours and some of my own money trying to help it grow, but I'm quickly losing faith in the future of this site based on the way things are going. First of all, why are blatant troll, schizo and other similar posts designed solely to disrupt and make people mad being left alone? There's been several cases of this in threads now where someone's clearly just trying to stir shit up, leaving a perfectly good thread derailed in the wake. But nothing happens, it's just left there for months, potentially stifling further future growth of that thread. Second, and on a much more serious note, now this sites on the radar of actual, unironic CP bots, and that shit is getting left up for hours. As an artist, I've wanted to help bringing attention to this site through pony art that gets sourced back to here, but now I can't do that anymore. I don't want my name to be associated with somewhere that has a very real possibility of someone clicking a link, only to have some kid getting dicked be the first thing they see. What's the plan of action here? How can these problems be addressed? I really hate this timeline. These last couple of years have really felt like the old fandom surrounding pony is withering away rapidly. G5 is a flop, /mlp/ is as much of a dumpster fire as its ever been, and alternative places to discuss anything related are drying up. >Fansites are dead >Forums are dead >Imageboards are dying What's left, really? Reddit? Discord? It's a bleak outlook. All I want is a place to post and discuss cute poners in peace without all the cancer that has infested the present day internet.

Anonymous 08/28/2022 (Sun) 23:49:51 Id:8d4e14 No. 451

Ignore bait. Disregard spam. Really, this shit has been going on since the Golden Age of 4chan. It ain't no thing.

mys_elf Board owner 08/29/2022 (Mon) 19:37:00 Id:6f019f No. 452

>>450 I think things are exaggerated a fair bit here. While we do have bots from time to time, we take appropriate action against them and will continue to do so. Thread derailment is a pretty rare occurrence around here. It has happened, and we have cleaned it up before. Should Anons be unhappy about the resolution of things, I would hope they would come to /qa/ so we can discuss what would have been a better outcome. And if you see something against the rules, report it, and a staff member will review it. If you have examples feel free to link them here or directly report them.

Anonymous 08/29/2022 (Mon) 22:12:40 Id:222ce7 No. 453

>>452 I thought this was a troll thread at first.

Anonymous 08/29/2022 (Mon) 22:45:48 Id:a03a76 No. 454

Honestly /mlp/ has the same problem. The difference here is that there's less staff to delete threads 24/7. this month alone, actual genital gore was posted on there and it was up for at least 15 minutes.

Anonymous 05/13/2025 (Tue) 19:14:31 Id:da8b99 No. 808

CP bots create threads here almost daily and the board is very slow so it's not a small problem in my opinion

Effectiveness of Advertising Anonymous 08/30/2021 (Mon) 23:19:31 Id:b486fd No. 229 [Reply]

Out of curiosity, is there any data available in regards to web referrals and direct links to here? I always make an effort to drop a mention of here on /mlp/ when an appropriate moment arises, but I'm also interested if links from other places are being fruitful at all or not. For example, on fimfic I include a link in the Author's Notes to a specific thread. I know some people from there have visited here since they comment on it, but I've been wondering just how many that number may be.

mys_elf Board owner 08/31/2021 (Tue) 00:14:26 Id:aa998d No. 246

>>229 Pic rel is likely the best I can offer as far as stats. I do think that mentioning the site were appropriate is probably the best form of "advertising" and is more likely to get people interested in the site vs a literal advertisement. >I always make an effort to drop a mention of here on /mlp/ when an appropriate moment arises It is appreciated, thank you for that and for the content that you create.

Anonymous 05/13/2025 (Tue) 16:04:48 Id:a284bc No. 807

can you make seo addon work with 2.10 ? it helps list threads on google. >breaking diff https://gitgud.io/LynxChan/LynxChan/-/commit/b59b6e96e1422e24a0383aa6692debb5cb0d4b08 only sitemap is needed, no other fancy things. https://bpa.st/E2NQ https://bpa.st/5HWA https://bpa.st/AYNQ

An anon 04/25/2025 (Fri) 20:31:13 Id:328d81 No. 803 [Reply]

what is this exactly? also many times happens that i actually answering the captchas right but it says failed no i am not spamming anything

mys_elf Board owner 05/03/2025 (Sat) 02:04:32 Id:94a3d0 No. 806

>>803 The block bypass is intended to work as an alternative to captcha on every post (when board activity is low enough). Each bypass only buys so many posts before you need to get another one. I've been adjusting the site configuration for it over the past while. The way it is now set up, you should not be able to burn through a bypass before it expires due to age (and another one automatically requested). If you have issues, you can manually delete your bypass cookie to request another one. Sorry for the delayed response.

What is 'Extreme Fetish Content'? Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 01:52:45 Id:32ab19 No. 752 [Reply] [Last]

Is it entirely mod-determined, or will there be a list beyond the current ones? Current examples are mostly things involving ensuring no underage or gastrointestinal content is posted, but there's definitely extreme stuff out there that qualifies despite not being either context, so it might be best to nip it in the bud.

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Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 21:46:45 Id:b26ddd No. 785

>>766 "HMD" and affiliated ntr-adjacent autism was always slop too, two wrongs don't make a right, but at least its proponents haven't been flooding unrelated threads with "ponyboi" and its affiliated faggotry

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 21:55:42 Id:540c87 No. 786

>>785 I can pretty much agree with that. The whiteboi stuff that goes beyond just images in blacked threads was often just for demoralizing purposes of non-black, like how Aryanne posters can be directed to demean and demoralize non-white as well as non-pony while recycling extreme content from the other side of /pol/

mys_elf Board owner 04/23/2025 (Wed) 00:41:49 Id:5f7bba No. 787

>>762 We've tentatively decided to allow the current stripped thread, though it will still be subject to GR12 if it appears in other threads. There may be further consideration in the future, but this is where it currently stands. Watersports can be subject to GR2, just wanted to check if there were any further nuance previously discussed.

Anonymous 04/23/2025 (Wed) 01:04:40 Id:32ab19 No. 789

>>787 Containment thread/oneshot topic, got it. Like that you're already better than the alternative. I got nothing else, if i do end up with any other questions it'll be a new thread. Thanks, boss.

Anonymous 04/24/2025 (Thu) 07:05:45 Id:0216ca No. 798

>>787 >Literally just american politics fetish is allowed What is even the point of this website if for every gay thing you ban you allow something twice as gay

I've been summoned by the ghost of scruffy for his dead capcha Anonymous 04/16/2025 (Wed) 22:48:30 Id:a6cd32 No. 681 [Reply]

Trying again after this faggot ass captcha limit has passed? To my secret stalker~ I'm glad you learned how to communicate in something besides symbols. I'm on brave, Windows, Desktop. The capcha is in a half-broken state at best, it will constantly say it's wrong even when it's right. This is a consistent complaint across the site, and offsite about nhnb even when resident schizos are claiming it's all one guy. Sometimes it doesn't even load anything at all, no matter how many times you push reload the capcha is just a broken file. The site has a full-retard flood detection, since you have to load capcha more than once since it's broken, this will set off the flood alarms. And then when I get WARNED to post in /qa/ I couldn't even do that earlier with bug after bug after bug.

mys_elf Board owner 04/17/2025 (Thu) 01:29:13 Id:00d536 No. 686

>>681 I suspect the volunteer was trying to write >>>/qa/ in the first image. As for the captchas, I thinking this is related to the captcha pool size, which I have increased. So hopefully that helps. If the captcha doesn't load, refreshing the page usually fixes it. I'm guessing you're talking about posting a thread? I've been increasing limits for posting, I'll have to see what current limits are for threads. Do keep in mind that there is a global thread rate limit as well (which has also been increased).

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 11:06:56 Id:3447ac No. 748

>>686 >killing your dead site with pointless anti spam measures

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 11:11:39 Id:3447ac No. 749

>>686 You know you can just implement these measures when we are being raided..... which does not happen a lot anyway whats your excuse for keeping these measures in place?

mys_elf Board owner 04/22/2025 (Tue) 03:21:03 Id:00d536 No. 758

>>749 If you wait until after it happens, then it's already too late to be effective. But the more day to day application is to reduce the amount of bots that get through. Which has been an issue in the past (pre-captcha).

You guys have to get rid of the one-hour posting limit Anonymous 04/16/2025 (Wed) 05:14:42 Id:32eba6 No. 652 [Reply] [Last]

It's unfair to NEETs like me who have nothing better to do than post ponies all the time! (in all seriousness though, if /mlp/ really is gone for a while or potentially for good it's probably just a good idea in general what with all this new traffic)

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Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 19:23:03 Id:49f6d5 No. 733

>>668 Is there a way for some faggots with expendable income to donate to assist with the extra server load?

mys_elf Board owner 04/18/2025 (Fri) 19:54:57 Id:79f498 No. 734

>>733 Not currently. I think we are handling okay with the current setup.

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 22:07:28 Id:49f6d5 No. 736

>>734 Well, I would consider it in the future is site traffic stays up and doesn't dwindle. It would be nice to have higher file size limits. If it's a worthwhile endeavor people don't got a problem giving money. a couple 10 dollars a month goes a long way in the world of small server hosing.

Anonymous 04/22/2025 (Tue) 00:16:19 Id:90a4a3 No. 751

>>652 What is this bypass thing? Why can't I post? I'm sorry for asking to be spoonfed, but I've had a long day of everything going wrong.

mys_elf Board owner 04/22/2025 (Tue) 02:54:55 Id:79f498 No. 756

>>751 The bypass, in part, is an alternative to having a captcha on every post. Once you've used up the number of posts per bypass (or the bypass has expired) you will need to complete a new one. If you are having issues, you can delete your bypass cookie and you will be prompted for a new bypass on your next post.

Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 23:35:21 Id:3ce33b No. 750 [Reply]

How do I search for posts instead of just OP's? Also, is it possible to keep the watched threads window always open?

mys_elf Board owner 04/22/2025 (Tue) 02:51:41 Id:2f5bce No. 755

>>750 There is not a global site search. Currently the thread watcher will close when you leave the thread, unless you use the side catalog.

do dragons fall into gr2? Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 01:13:20 Id:5a7e09 No. 718 [Reply]

most relevant fim dragons are bipeds

mys_elf Board owner 04/18/2025 (Fri) 03:48:46 Id:2e5763 No. 720

>>718 Show style dragons are acceptable.

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 04:12:49 Id:5a7e09 No. 724

>>720 i see so nothing too anthro like bigass boobs on dragons i suppose

mys_elf Board owner 04/18/2025 (Fri) 04:18:05 Id:2e5763 No. 725

>>724 Pretty much.

A quick question regarding GR2 Anonymous 04/16/2025 (Wed) 21:45:53 Id:6daff0 No. 676 [Reply]

I understand that posting images that violate GR2 is a no-go. But I see that NSFW greentexts are allowed in /fim/. So, my question is, is posting an off-site link of an image, such as booru link or catbox moe link, that would be against GR2, allowed? i.e. posting a catbox moe link for a NSFW art delivery for a draw thread in /fim/?

mys_elf Board owner 04/17/2025 (Thu) 01:12:10 Id:47124c No. 684

>>676 It is fine to post off site links to explicit content on /fim/, though ideally alert Anons that the link contents are explicit.

Anonymous 04/17/2025 (Thu) 11:00:54 Id:06da02 No. 695

>>684 >alert Anons that the link contents are explicit If it's a pony booru link then I think it's a bit excessive since boorus spoiler explicit stuff by default.

mys_elf Board owner 04/18/2025 (Fri) 03:57:27 Id:47124c No. 722

>>695 It's not a hard rule, just a suggestion. I'm sure the context would probably answer the question for many.

At what point is shitposting considered bad enough to get a warn/ban? Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 01:03:02 Id:c8dc4f No. 715 [Reply]

I posted a photo of sonic shitting and that got me a warning so now I'm wondering what's the criteria for a shitpost to get the boot

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 01:08:49 Id:f29974 No. 716

>>715 >literally shitposts >gets banned for shittposting idk what u expected

Anonymous 04/18/2025 (Fri) 01:09:10 Id:a8d40c No. 717

>>715 >a photo of sonic shitting Answered your own question. Read GR2. >You will not post banned content: >Furry (anthro) >Extreme fetish content, including but not limited to scat, vore, infantilization/diapers, stuffing,

mys_elf Board owner 04/18/2025 (Fri) 03:55:40 Id:0316d5 No. 721

>>715 Shitting is a violation of GR2, and probably GR4.