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Why /r/ isn't the decapitaded baby everyone makes it out to be... Anonymous
I'm so sick of this>>526988happening. Listen up, when someone requests something and things like that thread happen it isn't even about the /r/ anymore. You people have twisted it into such a hanous crime when really it's irrelevant. Think about it, if the /r/ is retarded it's 4 or 5 pages down in a matter of minutes, no big deal.If you can help this person with they're /r/ then they leave and will stop instead of coming back a day later and trying again. If some awsome content turns up it's the start of a great and usally new and fresh thread(at least it's not" Yuki is my waifu" for the 100th time). As for the actual /r/ board, honestly, I don't even know why it exists. I mean when you think about it how many of you genuinly go there with the intent of helping someone and really whats the point of asking for an abscure anime in a board that dosn't specialize in abscure animes. I mean at least if you were to ask in /a/, someone who's browsing may go, "hey I know where to find that," and it's over and done with. Riderfag will be the first to argue with me no doubt, but I don't care. All I'm saying is if you can help the person, do it because by flaming them you are only showing them that there is some interest and eventually someone might help them(the above mentioned thread is a perfect example). You have better things to do with your time, if not, you're probably riderfag!
>> Anonymous
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This calls for a dance battle!
>> Anonymous
>>527735
You have some good points... yeah, /r/ sucks. Ok. But we don't want to have /e/ full of requests and no contribution at all. It's not that hard to google those few good pics to start a thread. I contribute in nearly every thread that has been started with a few decent pics. Someone posting a shitty Oekaki saying "ITT: Naruto", just makes me ignore/flame the thread.
>> Anonymous
/r/s are no big deal here because there are less of them. As you said, they can be ignored, or fought about, but it must be handled in the proper manner.

>My name is tripfag, and I hate you for posting an /r/
will lead to arguments.

>You should probably read the rules. Posting just one picture and asking for more is called /r/equesting, and is not appreciated by the community. This board is about giving and posting.

will lead to the newfag just wandering off or putting more effort in next time.
>> Anonymous
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>>527743
Or instead, more relevant to board theme: Am I doin it rite?
>> Colonel Leslie "Hap" Hapablap !!gXfUoBiL+Be
Now, myself personally - I will fulfil the occasional /r/ that I see in either /h/ or /e/ (I hang out at /h/ more). But I do also love making threads about /r/ being the cancer that kills whatever, because I don't like seeing a ton of /r/ there.

In before "fuck its a tripfag flame him!" I must feel a bit obligated to stand up for other tripfags, and by that I mean I am defending RiderFan some. Sure it seems he didn't handle the dance battle as gracefully as some others can, but see it this way - he does provide us ronrey weeaboo/otaku/hikikamori with fapping material.
So we can't really bite the hand that feeds

Also....really.....we're just fapping to cartoon chicks.....just STFUAFA-shut the fuck up and fap already!
>> Anonymous
@op: Using complicated words to impress works better when you don't misspell them.
>> Anonymous
>>527826
Complicated to you maybe. I write the way I speak, I just can't spell very well.
>> Anonymous
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There's nothing wrong with expecting the OP to contribute to his own thread. 4chan is what it is because of those who contribute, not those who start a thread with one picture and expect the rest of the board to go from there.

If the OP doesn't have more content for his thread, he can lurk danbooru/moe/konachan/etc. for 2 minutes until he finds something. It's not difficult, it's not time consuming and it won't attract a hundred "gb2/r/" replies.
>> Anonymous
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I have seen request threads turn into epic threads. In fact, there was a thread once where someone requested dark skinned chicks. He was flamed, of course, but hell, I love dark skinned chicks, so I started posting some, and then others posted some. He got what he wanted, and an awesome thread was born. This is the way that 4chan should, and used to, work.

The beautiful irony is that when people complain that posting requests outside of /r/ is against the rules and they should be banned for it, they do nothing but flame them which, by the way, is against the rules. In fact, keeping requests in /r/ isn't even a global rule. However, flaming goes against one of the global rules. In reality, the flamers should be the ones to be banned, and not the ones making requests.

I remember 4 years ago when 4chan wasn't this bad. I refuse to even go to /h/ anymore because of how awful it has become. In fact, I would say that the Ctrl+Alt+Del strip from Wednesday is a pretty good representation of what it's like traveling into /h/ anymore. There is so much flaming and lack of quality that I might as well go to /b/ instead since my chanced of finding something decent are much higher.
>> Anonymous
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>>527735

there was a post like this a while back of a similar opinion. i agree that the /r/ board doesnt make much sense: you have to wade through requests from all the boards just to find requests that you can help out with. it'd be nice if each board had an unimposing frame that people could post requests to. then you could see the latest relevant requests while keeping them from cluttering the rest of the threads. maybe something fancy like if the request receives enough image posts, it gets bumped to the main section of the board (prob has pragmatics issues).

guess i should post something now...
>> Anonymous
>>527872
no kidding about /h/ going to shit. they're even banning people who only have one pic to post that do not expect anyone to post anything else in the thread, claiming "request by insufficient content".... nevermind that there is no such rule.

when's m00t gonna lay down the law in there?
>> Anonymous
>>thread

tl;dr
>> Anonymous
OP, you don't know.

If we allowed requests, EVERY FUCKING THREAD would be a request. As much as I hate tripfags, Riderfan isn't wrong about the way he responds to requests, just the way he acts like "King of /e/"
>> Anonymous
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>>527872
you sir are a saint.
>> Anonymous
tl;dr for>>527735= You have better things to do with your time, if not, you're probably riderfag!
>> Anonymous
>>527735
no, they don't stop if it is fulfilled. Quite the opposite. And after a while there whole board is full of DERP DERP faggotry
>> Anonymous
>>527963

This kind sir speaks words of wisdom, and as a long time anon, I am compelled to agree with him.
>> Anonymous
>>528048
Seconded.
>> Anonymous
Wall of text
>> Anonymous
People keep saying how much better /e/ was back then. Like moot said, the cat is out of the bag, we've got newfags and /r/etards and have to deal with them.

We can deal with them two ways:
- indulge requests, thereby inducing more people to request, so that you'll be flooded with them eventually
- do not indulge requests, hoping to stem the flood that way

The problem isn't with requests in general, more with the kind of request that is a thoughtless "give me pics of X", asking for the kind of pics that's reposted twice a week anyway. Or even worse, asking with an unrelated pic. These requests need to DIE. They need a BAN.

By sending them back to /r/, they will probably get a link to gelbooru or danbooru or rule34 that gives them the pics they want. Really, /r/ is quite good at delivering that. No, really. Trivial requests like that are served more or less instantly in /r/, and we REALLY don't need them here.

In the end, do we really want to encourage people to not contribute, but instead post their one pic and request more, asking other people to make the contribution they should've been making? If a good thread comes out of it, it's no thanks to the requester. Though I have to wonder why people seem to say the good threads only happen after someone requests one... why not just start a random thread on a theme you like, without waiting for someone to request one?
>> Anonymous
I agree with OP.
>> Anonymous
>>527828

What a retard.
>> Anonymous
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>>528083

(This will take a few posts since my reply is apparently too long.)

Poster of>>527872here. I see what you're saying, but there is still too much wrong with that. One of the problems with the newfags is not the fact that they are making requests, it's the fact that the same newfags are starting flame wars over rules they don't understand and most likely didn't even read to begin with.

Let me make one thing perfectly clear: Every thread is a request thread. Sure, not all of them are as obvious as others, but it's still true. Take for example someone who starts a thread saying, "Let's get an ass thread going!" and posts a few pictures of asses. It seems like these threads are someone contributing, but in reality someone wants an ass thread because they want new pictures that they don't already have. It's a request thread, just one with more pictures to start off with. In the end, it will be a thread full of ass pictures, which a thread starting off the same way but with one picture will become as well.
>> Anonymous
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>>528091

Now you have to consider something. Not everyone on 4chan has been here as long as everyone else. Some people are actually new and don't have any good content. We'll use me for example. When I started browsing 4chan, I had some crap quality images, but I had some good ones as well. However, when I wanted more of one type of picture, I would make a request thread in the forum that most related to the topic at hand (ie. a doggy style thread would be asked in /h/). Even 4 years ago /r/ did not fulfill requests. Anyway, back to the point at hand. People actually posted related pics, and my folders grew exponentially. Well now I have a whole bunch of pictures. I am browsing next week and a similar thread pops up. Oh hey, I just got a whole bunch of great pics last week, let me post them in case this person missed them. Sure, there are a lot of pics that are reposted, but a lot of people don't browse 4chan everyday. My post yesterday was my first time coming to 4chan in over a week. Who knows what I could have missed. We can't get annoyed at seeing the same pic over and over again when we all browse 4chan differently.
>> Anonymous
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>>528092

Banning doesn't help the problem either, because the wrong people are being banned. The reason /h/ is the way it is is because of the flamers, not the requesters. Sending them to /r/ isn't going to help, either. Let's say /r/ does post a link to delbooru or moe.imouto. Most of the pictures here are of anime characters, but there is nothing from any HCG sets, generally speaking. I for one enjoy my 800x600 pics from different CG sets over the 8000x6000 pics from different anime girl magazines.

In the end, people need content to contribute. If they don't get the contentm they can't contribute. So what if a good thread is born out of a lousy request? The point is we now have a good thread instead of a flame war.
>> NotOP
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>> A. Huge Faggot
>>528092
the answer to this is lurk moar.

4chan has r/ because that is where they go...
Start a thread with atleast three pics -- wow that is really hard...
I have been on this board since it started and it has the same rules as every other board -- i like it that way.

H has it's problems because it is getting too many requests for the same stuff, if they took the time to actually read anything -- they could use rapidsearch -- i mean if you read this thread -- they gave you a few spots you can actually shove a name into for individual pics and fetishes as well.

I think all of us are just tired of people not taking the time to search -- i for one do go to r/ to fill out r/ and ask for them cause that is the best place.

Patience seems not to be a virtue for some of you who are bitching in this thread.. It isnt just about you getting your jollies off when some one else HAS to fill out your request -- you need to wait till some one wants to.
>> Anonymous
>>528091
I have nothing whatsoever against people who contribute. Starting a thread with several pics is obviously fine even if you do or do not request more. Blatant requests from people who do not contribute are not fine. And if they have nothing, it doesn't take much to lurk a bit and they'll have enough to start a thread. Seriously, it never takes more than 10 minutes' effort to find enough pics to start a decent thread with. People who don't are too lazy, and don't need to be encouraged.

>>528093
/h/ is the reason it is because before it was that way, 2 or 3 PAGES were filled with nothing but requests. When you only have six pages, that's bad no matter how you look at it. It only got better when people got banned for it and banned fast. So don't make it look like /h/ is that way because of the trolls. It's that way because of the /r/etards, and many of them by their own admission come to /h/ only for requesting. They never ever intend to contribute. Allowing posts or people like that is not improving /h/ in any way whatsoever.

I do not want /e/ to be full of requests like /h/ was, so I am fighting against it now before it becomes as bad as /h/. If you allow requests because "a good thread might come out of it once in a blue moon", you are encouraging /e/ to become as bad as you say /h/ is. Actually, /e/ probably would be as bad already if it wasn't for the fact that every newfag knows what "Hentai" is but not as many know what "Ecchi" is.
>> Anonymous
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Ok we all get it. Now shut the fuck up and post!
>> Anonymous
I just think trip fagging is better than anon because it cuts down on the chance for some random fag to go OP HERE...HAHAHA SORRY I WAS JUST HIGH ON ACID or I SUCK COCKS or something. I've never seen anything actually...funny? come out of some asshat doing that.
>> UNITED RESISTANCE
FUCK ANYONE WHO GOES AGINST /E/ and /R/!
/E/ is fantastic and i will not let anyone ruin it by posting /r/ and saying it's ok.

Who says /r/ never helps, theyve helped me out plenty. and if you're lucky enough, popcorn mariachi would have helped you out your fair share. SO don't fuck with the name of /r/.

i will defend these boards with all my HONOR!!!
i would post a picture of this yugi oh card but i'm too lazy muhaha
>> Anonymous
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>>528103
Moar?
>> Anonymous
moot should make an /ra/- Request/Anime board, to keep /a/, /e/, /h/, /d/, and /jp/ free of request threads.
>> UNITED RESISTANCE
>>528109
haha, disregard that, i suck on men's penises
>> Anonymous
>>528116
Seconded. There needs to be multiple request boards.
/ra/, /rp/ (lawl porn) and plain /r/
>> Anonymous
>>528108
You make a good point. There are ways to stop potential shitstorms before they happen. Unless you're doing it wrong.

So you know what to do people: shut up, fap, disregard and suck moar cocks.
>> Anonymous
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>>527872
This guy is probably the closest thing to what I'm thinking but at the same time>>527867
is right as well. EVERYTHING on 4chan is /r/. You can't reply and tell me you've started a Mikuru thread(with 1,10,15,20,30 pics) without expecting some new Mikuru pics to add to your collection. By the way, if>>527915and>>528100
have such a problem with these requests then ignore them, the real difference between being ignored in real life and on the internet is at least in real life you can smack the person on the head to see if they know you exist. We do not have that luxury.
>> Anonymous
>>528116

Exactly
>> Anonymous
everyone in here= failfags....gb2 philosophicalChan if ya wanna type a ton of stupid shit..otherwise just shut the fuck up...post...and fap
>> Anonymous
The concept of an /r/ board in a place like 4chan is indeed flawed at a logical level.

That said, "is it can be x tiem lolol xD" threads with one pic are the cancer killing all of the NWS boards. If you want to request something here, give us something in return.
>> Anonymous
>>527735
is that a fucking banana peel
>> Anonymous
>>527735
>>527872

These men speak the truth
>> Anonymous
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If someone makes an /r/ thread in /e/ and posts an /e/ image, it sounds like he's contributing to me. /r/ should be destroyed since no one really uses it. /e/ won't get cluttered up by requests, since you'll see a thread with an ecchi picture in it. I don't understand what makes the words next to that picture so important. Will it ruin your day because an /e/ picture says the word "SOURCE" next to it instead of "THIS PICTURE IS COOL" or "i looooove anime!!!!"? Holy shit, just stop caring. It's gotten to the point where mods seem paranoid and things that don't even look like requests are being labeled requests and users are getting banned for no reason.

Honestly, I've been too afraid to contribute or make a thread with a certain theme because I fear a mod will say "YOU'RE REQUESTING A CERTAIN TYPE OF /E/ IMAGE IN /E/ AND EVEN WORSE POSTED A PICTURE OF THAT TYPE SORRY BANNED." It's like a completely arbitrary rule designed around one guy's pet peeve. Before long, certain types of clothes or ecchi girls with certain eye colors will be banned. Fuck that shit. We need less officious mods and more people contributing something that isn't a motherfucking repost. At least when someone is posting a picture they need to ask a source for, it's usually something new or esoteric to a lot of people.
>> Anonymous
>>528333
>/r/ should be destroyed since no one really uses it.
Only people who don't regularly visit /r/ say that. Or you would know better. The claimed incompetence of /r/ is a greatly exaggerated rumour, told by people who make outrageous requests that nobody bothers fulfilling. Or they do it wrong, by posting an unrelated pic. While that's allowed in /r/, it's an extremely poor strategy since people look at the pic first and the post text later only if the pic interests them.

>I fear a mod will say "YOU'RE REQUESTING A CERTAIN TYPE OF /E/ IMAGE IN /E/ AND EVEN WORSE POSTED A PICTURE OF THAT TYPE SORRY BANNED." [...] Before long, certain types of clothes or ecchi girls with certain eye colors will be banned.
Strawman argument rejected. Baseless "slippery slope" argument rejected. Try arguing with facts next time if you want to be taken seriously.

>We need [...] more people contributing something that isn't a motherfucking repost.
But just about every request is a repost. And the replies are reposts. You don't get new content because someone asks for it. You get it because someone finds it and wants to share it. Like my Miku thread>>527559

>At least when someone is posting a picture they need to ask a source for, it's usually something new or esoteric to a lot of people.
No. It's not. I'll grant you that on rare circumstances, the request is actually interesting. But more than 90% of requests are for extremely common shit. Like that FUCKING Bleach picture that gets requested five times a week. DO NOT WANT.
>> Anonymous
>>528348

It rules when someone lists fallacies but then commits the fallacy of just dismissing every argument as a fallacy. This guy must love phallus.
>> Anonymous
>>528353

It is delicious irony when someone dismisses someone else's fallacies and then deflates his words with an ad-hominem attack at the end.

But you were probably joking. I think. I hope.
>> Anonymous
>>528171
the point of my post was exactly this. I would be cool with people being able to jack my name and all ...provided they were able to do it a way that was actually... FUNNY!

guess what? you're not!
>> Step-chan
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>>528173

Read through this thread abit.

Seperate request boards on this site would be a good idea.

I tried /r/ once, I don't know if it was extremely bad luck or what not, but my thread in /r/ was nowhere to be seen(I looked through /r/ carefully to make sure) about an hour later. For me, it's not an patience issue, , just seeing that the thread got knocked off the board ruined it for me. I know that's not the case for everyone, so I'm not bashing /r/.

I got the source later on. Which was pillowtalk, which this example I'm posting came from(I only had one image for the request).
>> Anonymous
>>528355

No one cares about ad-homoism or phallucies. Except for queers.
>> Anonymous
I didn't read the entirety of every single post, but I did read enough to come to this analysis. I grant I may be incorrect, and that would be the product of my own laziness, but I've also noticed this while browsing /e/ and /h/ and even /s/. Typically, I don't find two or three pages full of requests. On an average day, given the three front pages of /h/, I see maybe four or five. This number is even less on /s/ and /e/. These requests often go ignored, which is, in my opinion, the RIGHT way to deal with a request if you don't have what the person is looking for. However, I often see posts in the request threads that say "I have what you're looking for, but you haven't done this in the right way or whatever to earn it". Earn some pictures, here? Is this suddenly Anime Paper? Now, I can understand if you don't feel like a request goes outside of the request board, that's simple logic. But have we as 4channers forgotten the old adage, "Give and ye shall recieve"? I don't see how it really can hurt to provide if you have something, or ignore if you don't. It's alot like>>527872said, there is always the chance that simply supplying your own pictures to a thread can turn it into an epic one. Maybe I'm just a newfag, since I've only been here a couple of years, but I just can't see how requesting something where you're more likely to get it can be worse than endless flaming of a request when you have tons of material sitting right on your HD. Also, before anyone says anything, I have tried requesting in /r/. It's certainly not a method I would recommend when you're lookign for something abstract. Sometimes, posts don't even stay on there for more than a day or two.

tl;dr: I don't see the point of flaming a request. If you don't want to answer it, ignore it. Flaming is no better than supplying the requested material.
>> Anonymous
>>528418
> Typically, I don't find two or three pages full of requests.

You know why? That's because for every one request you still see, ten are deleted outright.
>> Anonymous
less drama, more post please...

(Hey, I just made a /r/equest... should I go to /r/ now?)

ROFLMAO! XD
>> Anonymous
"for every one request you still see, ten are deleted outright."

or so you've convinced yourself in your state of paranoia.
>> Anonymous
This is not /r/.
>> Anonymous
>>528494

Makes you wonder what janitors do, huh?
>> Anonymous
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It could be a lot worse. At least this board isn't like /gif/ where every thread is, "Was sauce ever found?!" and void of any original content. /e/ is by far my favorite board because of how willing people are to contribute. As far as problems go, I think /e/ has the least amount compared to the others.
>> Anonymous
Guess Riderfan is too eThug to respond.

And what is dance battle?
>> Anonymous
>>528348

>Only people who don't regularly visit /r/ say that.

Less people use /r/ than should use it. There are two camps though. There are "/r/ failed me. I'm just saying that though, I never actually gave it a real shot." fags. And then there are "Jesus christ, wtf is this shit. I don't want to be in /b/." folk.

I never have requests for stuff that hasn't already been posted, that I can't solve myself, but I do go to /r/ to try to help others. But fuck, I can't stand it in there somedays. I hate /b/, and when /r/ looks like /b2/ with gaping assholes and failcats all over the place, I just stop looking then and there.
>> Anonymous
>>528977
finally, someone besides me who sees what /r/ has devolved into.


anyway I'm in agreement with the idea of a seperate /r/ board for each other categorised board; this way people could make their requests and find them later without wading through /b/ leakage and stuff that's totally irrelevant to them. make it more efficient.
>> Anonymous
>>527743
I lol'd!
>> Anonymous
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>>527735

typical thread on most boards:

(picture)

comment: (1 of the following)

"/r/ (what picture is of)"

"ITT (what picture is of)"

"sorry, to /r/ but (/r/'s anyway)"

(OP then provides no content in exchange for /r/)

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think for a bit: why is this unwelcome?
>> Anonymous
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>>529017

and p.s., obviously people use /r/, or the arguments against /r/ (namely that your /r/ gets dropped down in page quickly) wouldn't apply. if people didn't use /r/, it would have been deleted. that's what happens to disused boards.

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lurk, or contribute. that's the point. lurk, or contribute. not even remotely hard.
>> Anonymous
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I'm so sick of this>>526988happening. Listen up, when someone requests something and things like that thread happen it isn't even about the /r/ anymore. You people have twisted it into such a hanous crime when really it's irrelevant. Think about it, if the /r/ is retarded it's 4 or 5 pages down in a matter of minutes, no big deal.If you can help this person with they're /r/ then they leave and will stop instead of coming back a day later and trying again. If some awsome content turns up it's the start of a great and usally new and fresh thread(at least it's not" Yuki is my waifu" for the 100th time). As for the actual /r/ board, honestly, I don't even know why it exists. I mean when you think about it how many of you genuinly go there with the intent of helping someone and really whats the point of asking for an abscure anime in a board that dosn't specialize in abscure animes. I mean at least if you were to ask in /a/, someone who's browsing may go, "hey I know where to find that," and it's over and done with. Riderfag will be the first to argue with me no doubt, but I don't care. All I'm saying is if you can help the person, do it because by flaming them you are only showing them that there is some interest and eventually someone might help them(the above mentioned thread is a perfect example). You have better things to do with your time, if not, you're probably riderfag!


--- this is my new copypasta. Thank you, please continue.
>> Anonymous
>>529464

False premise. REF: /h/.

The more /r/s you tolerate, they more they spread and grow like a disease. They don't go away - you get more of them.

Mass /r/ bitching is an immunoreactive response after what we've seen happen next door.
>> Anonymous
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Will everyone stop acting fucking emo and post!
>> Anonymous
Listen, nobody asked you to come here just to bitch and whine like the stupid sick puppy that you are. 4chan came into being this way without you, and it will still remain this way long after you're gone... if you don't like the way 4chan works...

GTFO!!!

Enough drama, faggots! Post more anime tits! Yeah!!!
>> Anonymous
/r/s suck for the same reason as furries: DRAMA.
>> Anonymous
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It ain't that hard to contribute at least something when you start a thread. That's why /r/s should not be encouraged. They should rather be told what to do in a polite manner.
>> Anonymous
>>528353
>>528355

bravo on taking 3 units og logic in college.

now gtfo
>> Anonymous
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>>529017
>>529025
>>529762

this drama remains stupid. contribute or lurk. very simple. even if you're /r/ing something you only have 1 of, /r/ X "in exchange for" then supply some good content. if you don't have any good content at all, lurk moar.
>> Anonymous
Look, idiot, we have our rules here. /e/, /h/, etc don't EXIST for the sole purpose of fulfilling your requests for jerkoff material. The purpose of these boards is for people to POST SHIT THEY HAVE, not BEG FOR SHIT THEY WANT. If you don't like it, go find a forum or something.
>> Anonymous
Replying (and saging) one more time because I'm SERIOUS. If you don't like the rules here, DON'T COME HERE. There are other boards or forums otuside 4chan you can fill with your requests, GO THERE. I'm sure you'll find them to be pretty shitty, since allowing requests inevitably means the board will become nothing BUT requests, but good luck.
>> Voice of Reason
>>527735
Who is this? Is this from a show, or manga, or a stand alone piece of art?
>> Anonymous
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>>526988

Would like to point out that because someone contributed instead of just bitching a request became an awesome thread. If you guys who are just complaining just posted then this is what we would have, pages upon pages of pictures instead of flaming. You elitist bitches need to get off your god damn high horse.
>> Anonymous
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I'm so sick of this>>526988happening. Listen up, when someone requests something and things like that thread happen it isn't even about the /r/ anymore. You people have twisted it into such a hanous crime when really it's irrelevant. Think about it, if the /r/ is retarded it's 4 or 5 pages down in a matter of minutes, no big deal.If you can help this person with they're /r/ then they leave and will stop instead of coming back a day later and trying again. If some awsome content turns up it's the start of a great and usally new and fresh thread(at least it's not" Yuki is my waifu" for the 100th time). As for the actual /r/ board, honestly, I don't even know why it exists. I mean when you think about it how many of you genuinly go there with the intent of helping someone and really whats the point of asking for an abscure anime in a board that dosn't specialize in abscure animes. I mean at least if you were to ask in /a/, someone who's browsing may go, "hey I know where to find that," and it's over and done with. Riderfag will be the first to argue with me no doubt, but I don't care. All I'm saying is if you can help the person, do it because by flaming them you are only showing them that there is some interest and eventually someone might help them(the above mentioned thread is a perfect example). You have better things to do with your time, if not, you're probably riderfag!

Kitties!
>> Anonymous
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>> gothic cat Anonymous
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>> sexy hat cat Anonymous
     File :-(, x)
>> pretty brown cat Anonymous
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>> maid cat Anonymous
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>> cat boob Anonymous
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>> more cat boobs Anonymous
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>> dressed like a cat Anonymous
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>> cats Anonymous
     File :-(, x)
Ok, done with cats... I guess it's wrong of me to bump this thread, but I like train wrecks.. post some pretty pictures. :)
>> Anonymous
HUEG WALL OF TEXT
>> ??
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>>530119

your argument against people's complaint ("just shut up and contribute!") is an equally valid argument against /r/s ("just shut up and contribute!").

lurking never killed anyone, you know.
>> Anonymous
>>530522

Interesting point. To which I will add, that removing the /r/equests will also remove the complaints, thus eliminating both sources of discontent. But removing only complaints will leave the requests. So you trade two evils for one.

Why not just eliminate /r/equests then? Can there be anyone who actually WANTS requests here? (Aside from the /r/etards, that is.)
>> Anonymous
>>530522
Missing the point.

>>530533
Try that and every board will be /h/.
>> Anonymous
>>527735
obscure... it's obscure. Other than spelling, I agree with you.
Additional point in support of granting /r/: If I were to request something here, it would add to my stock of pictures, and probably be reposted later. Before you start bitching about reposts; having MORE material to repost will make the reposts less obvious, (think the same 15 bleach pictures that get posted every other day), if the material being reposted is good, why bitch and granting requests bolsters a feeling of community that makes you think, "hey, this is a cool place, lemme contribute." versus the alternative, "Hey, what a bunch of fucknuts, lemme troll 'em."
>> Anonymous
/e/ is actually full of requests, but they're done properly. If you are looking for pics of a certain theme, start with some pics. Post 10 images and others will contribute. If you won't bother to do even that and just go with 1 pic and "ITT..." you don't deserve anything.
>> Anonymous
>>530522

http://rapidshare.com/files/39138969/Z-vector_turquoise_nadia.zip
>> Anonymous
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>>531289

I think that even with one pic it should be ok because they probably don't have 10 pictures of it, otherwise they wouldn't be requesting it. And people who are like post 2 or 3 pics. Seriously, is the difference between 1 and 2 so vast that it's your deciding factor? I'd rather have the person post just one good pic with a request then going to google and getting a poor quality one to reach the limit where you won't get flamed.

>>531242
>granting requests bolsters a feeling of community that makes you think, "hey, this is a cool place, lemme contribute." versus the alternative, "Hey, what a bunch of fucknuts, lemme troll 'em."

Exactly.


Would also like to point out that having 11 pages makes reposts freakin impossible. I had to try to post so many pics before it actually went through.