I hear these are all the rage at 2ch and likewise boards, so let's see if we can come up with some cool ones ourselves!
Have you seen 4chan discussion boards?
It's very messy. You think you are talking to the same person, until that "same person" starts arguing with himself, then you realize they were all different persons you were talking to.
That's just in the beginning when you have no clue what's going on, though. If 4-ch wanted to be especially newbie-friendly, there could be a short disclaimer at the top of every board, announcing every Anonymous name. But I think it could also be covered in the FAQ and that's that. Also, there are the session ID tags to tell people apart sometimes.
The way iichan made up names based on IP address was pretty cool.
does it still do?
nope its all Anonymous now - wtf?
It's an option, and it's turned off on 4-ch.
Also I support this partition.
I was thinking the >>1 one, but if you have any others, make an offer.
>7
Is it off by default? Maybe it should have been on by default.
∧__∧ ________
<丶｀∀´>/￣/￣/ I hold this paper
（ 二二二つ / と） in representation of the fact
| / / / that the partition of >>1
| ￣|￣ ￣ is FUCKING SIGNED.
Since you fellas have nagged on about it, I will take on >>1 's idea, HOWEVER, should more boards be made, you'll have to come up with the anonymous name for it, and I'll start a thread in any new boards so that you can suggest.
Over the next couple of days I'm going to do some revisions, fixing the RSS, changing some other things, so if the site appears a bit borked at times, wait 5 minutes, and if its still broken, make a thread here in /req/ about it.
> Since you fellas have nagged on about it
Come on, it's a great idea, nagging or not! :D
And I have one edit to my initial suggestion:
> Partition
"Partitioner"
> Politics = "Proletarian"
This one's good, but I'd also like "Citizen".
>>14 is also signed.
Alright all the boards except for /nihongo/ and /req/ have been changed. Any problems, let me know.
I think the names should somehow be a mix of a pun on both the board's theme and the whole Anonymous thing. Both of those two suggestions aren't really working for the second property of the mix.
typo in Food: "Apprentice" has two p's
I still think that "Proletarian" has a more faceless nuance to it than "Citizen". In most nations, citizens tend to be registered somehow.
Alan Smithee /is/ anonymous, as linked above.
I just like being able to say "State your business, Citizen."
Also, "Citizen" is more politically neutral than "Proletarian". And "Proletarian" implies a class society, and thus does not represent everyone.
> Also, "Citizen" is more politically neutral than "Proletarian"
This can only seriously be stated by someone who also believes in the followin:
> And "Proletarian" implies a class society, and thus does not represent everyone.
False consciousness! False consciousness!
No one uses "1337 speak" and the constant upppercase sucks wang. Find a different name that doesnt suck.
> No one uses "1337 speak"
That's the joke. Anonymous names should be partially or fully derogatory.
Derogatory anonymous names are lame. IMO they should either be neutral, or else funny if they are derogatory (Toshiaki, Nuitari, etc) to encourage anonymous posting.
"I don't listen to Anonymous Cowards because they don't have the balls to list their fictitious pen-name on the anonymous Internet" - how many times have you heard that one before?
also, I would suggest replacing "CYB3R H4XX0R G33K" with something less emphatically numeric, such as "leeth4xor@4-ch".
I very much agree with >>36. Words are more important than names.
I got the idea for "CYB3R H4XX0R G33K" from this world2ch thread:
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:GxSbZvY-CRIJ:world2ch.net/test/read.cgi/pc/1049664529/1-0
I guess HYPER HACKER works as well. :)
Requesting "Unpopular Popstar" get changed to "☆ ♪ Unpopular Popstar ♪ ☆" :D
How's about we get some more activity happening on the boards, ya? It's getting kinda quiet here.
Needs more advertisement. I have done my fair share, though.
on /neko/ i set anon to anonyneko.
Requesting name in /net/ be changed to "404 - Name Not Found"
See also: http://4-ch.net/net/kareha.pl/1103961227/5-
It's a minor thing, but the Anonymous name in /code/ should start with #! instead of !#
The name in /code/ is missing a leading slash. It should be "#!/usr/bin/anon". Alternatively, how about "/sbin/nologin" or "(null)"?
The missing leading slash was added, so I doubt it's going to be changed.
age
age this shitty thread
lol, wut
It was mentioned in the IRC meeting that the default names should more obviously reflect that the poster is anonymous.
In particular, "THRILLHO" is kind of esoteric, being a reference to a Simpsons episode, apparently. I think "NAME OVER", as suggested in >>1 might be a better idea. Almost anyone who wants to talk about games will get the joke.
Also, I think that "/sbin/nologin" might work a little better for the Programming board (than the current "#!/usr/bin/anon").
Alternatively, all the default names could just be "Anonymous." Someone suggested that, and it certainly does get the point across. But I don't think it would be popular. It loses so much of the flavor.
>>57
Don't you dare take away THRILLHO
Besides, all Anonymous names are listed in the wiki somewhere. It could be linked to from some FAQ.
Imagine if you had to read the FAQ to figure out how to post a message. The advantage of this kind of board is its accessibility, so the anonymous name should be obvious.
Its was pretty obvious to me that THRILLHO was the default name, even before I was reminded of the reference (even if you haven't seen that episode, its pretty clear that its meant to be a 1337 g4|\/|3|2 speak type name.)
It was pretty nonobvious to a friend of mine, who wondered why everyone was posting as "THRILLHO" and entered his name as a result. It could easily be a pseudonym someone would use at a gamefaqs board or something; it doesn't suggest anonymity, is the problem.
Looking at just about any thread that is linked offsite and people need to to told that the default name is the default. The best of both worlds is to do THRILLHO (Anonymous) or somesuch?
>>63 Bullshit. gb2/whatever register-only shithole you learned that from. 4-ch is good because people who have lives (i.e., no time to waste reading the stupid FAQ) can easily show up and add their opinion.
>>64
Which doesn't seem to work in practice, but we do get occasional interesting people dropping by.
I've never read the fact... most of the stuff I learned from lurking at world2ch
"FAQ," rather.
I second the THRILLHO (Anonymous) suggestion, perhaps THRILLHO(default)?
>>64 is a retarded zealot, but he's got a point that FAQs as a rule don't get read much, as reasonable an an idea as they might be.
>Anime = "Faceless Wotaku @ /anime/"
>Manga = "Faceless Wotaku @ /manga"
I'm not white. I'd have to leave those boards in protest.
>>69
Wotaku doesn't mean "white otaku" (e.g. like wigger is a white nigger or wasian is a white asian)
Well, I'm sure there are people that use it as such, however, that was not the intention. It probably isn't a good name anyways because people might (incorrectly) take it that way.
I'd like to request that the default name for /news. be changed to "Sling!XD/uSlingU"
Yes.
/dqn/ could use a new anoname, captain obvious is getting stale
i suggest "Posting in Legendary Thread"
Bring back Captain Obvious!
what about a "sports" board? Even 4-chan made one!
>>75
4chan is an imageboard, 4-ch is a discussion board (for the most part, as I understand it) and in case you haven't noticed, world4ch's boards suck (which is pretty par for anything 4chan, but at least they are/were a bit better then the imageboards), even News for VIP is getting damn stale/empty, which is why I've migrated here, at least I have some real quality to read up on in this place without the constant retardation that litters the other site's posts. Perhaps some will disagree with me about the relative retard factor between here and there, however I firmly stand my position that the stuff I've been reading here is about 100 times more entertaining than world4chud, not to mention the fact that these discussion boards are at least moderated.
My point is this though, just because 4chan does it, doesn't mean this board has to. But also, even though I haven't been lurking here long, it seems to me that there wouldn't be much of a content draw for a sports board when a lot of the other boards don't seem to get a great deal of attention/submission on a regular basis as it is.
Alternatively, make it "I AM A PROUD MEMBER OF THE ELITIST SUPERSTRUCTURE" or something like that.
( ﾟ ヮﾟ) Let's make the new anonymous name for /dqn/ ( ﾟ ヮﾟ)!
For Personal Issues, "Anonymous Recluse"
ONE OF SIX OF THE ELITIST SUPERSTRUCTURE
I am not >>83, but I support the idea
Proud to be one of the six!
requesting the default anonymous name on all boards be changed to "fart man"
>>85
If this makes his posts stand out less, I'm for it.
I have a good one
"THE ELITIST SUPERSTRUCTURE IS THE BEST SUPERSTRUCTURE IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORD AND SUPER AND STUFF"
this is the name.
I actually hate the custom names. Is it possible to make an option to just use Anonymous?
Like typing in "Anonymous" into the name field?
No, I mean so everyone who didn't type a name appears as "Anonymous."
Anonymous is not elite enough.
Let's go fot cryptonymous, incognitous, innominateous, or unacknowledgedeous instead. :)
>>91
But then you'd be changing the name. And that's bad.