Some AA DOES work on the other boards, though.
And I am not implying that 4-ch should completely become like 2ch. But I don't see what the big problem with AA is unless there is mass spammage with it going on. But if spam is the problem then spam should be adressed and not AA. I just see it as an unneccessary restriction of free expression and it irks me. Also, seeing as it isn't applied to this thread: http://4-ch.net/general/kareha.pl/1100797477/ I don't really see the general problem. I suspect personal preferences of Squeeks, and that's all fine and dandy as this is his (her?) site.
Answer: Because I don't wish to see every board to become plastered with AA, and then flame you all and moderate boards out because of it.
I NEVER said that No AA was allowed, rather only large AA. Posting tiny artwork like Giko, Mona, Pedobear (aka Kuma) is acceptable promising you don't spam the shit outa the non-AA boards with it. But since General is allowed to be spammed up somewhat, that is the reason I don't care about the "orz" thread anymore. I'll permasage it if it shits me.
Twice did "Mr Saitama" post a rather large piece of AA art, a URL to some site, and little else. That isn't discussion. The rules are not there to "restrict your expression", there are here so I dont get shut down, and the boards don't get messed up.
Neither was the SAITAMA thread NOT encouraging discussion (the link, IMO, was sufficient enough. I could have added "go there, download the music related to this famous meme and talk to me about it" but that seemed redundant to me) nor was the AA large (it was merely 11 lines long and none was extremely wide). I don't mean to argue for the sake of arguing here nor do I mean to be a drama queen, but I doubt that THIS was some sort of "messing up the boards".
Oh what fun.
When a post contains just a link and a large piece of AA, I come to the assumption that it is not promoting discussion, and is rather just a big piece of AA. If you were to, for instance, post at least what the said link is about (and more than just the word "Saitama"), then I would have more leeway on the topic.
So if you want to post your thread again and keep your goddamn AA, put some text before the AA explaining wtf its all about, and maybe an explanation about why you have used the "Saitama Kids" AA artwork. Do that, and I wont delete your thread.