/sg/ - Suggestions

>>928
For me, the appeal of 22chan is that it's like 4chan with standards. We don't have frogposters or people who do things like post twitter screencaps or start YLYL threads. The restriction on porn is also instrumental here. Basically, because these forms of repetitive, worthless content are all disallowed, the entire board and every post on it can embody the sort of thing that you would spend hours looking for on 4chan. We have genuine, unpretentious, and respectful exchanges on a constant basis, all without compromising our principles for an overmoderated hugbox. I worry that this is a delicate balance which may be disrupted if the site takes on too many new users at once, but for the moment it is ideal.
To address the point about "oldfag larping", I believe that what set the oldfags apart from the current userbase of 4chan is the simple fact that the site hadn't been around as long, so there wasn't as much of a culture built up, which meant there was less room for "re-run" threads and more room for novel humor and discussion. When people make something new, it comes from the heart, so it's always better than when they repeat something that's been done hundreds of times to the point where everyone has forgotten how it even started. So, if we're oldfag larpers, it's because we don't like parroting other people all day. This should be a point of pride.
Regarding our niche, I see no need for one. A selling point for the site would only serve to obscure its greatest strengths. For the sake of discussion, if we were to bring in users by claiming to be "the only altchan for Nirvana fans", then we might get more users, but they would all be wondering where the Nirvana discussion is, and they might not realize that the actual point of the board is the sheer quality of it, so they would probably drag it down. It doesn't have to be Nirvana; it could be anything. Just don't make 22chan out to be something it's not. Forced memes always suck.
As for your point about window shopping, I post here pretty frequently (every few days - a week) because I find it pleasant to do so. I might post more frequently if I knew that I was more likely to get a reply, but like the last point, this isn't something that should be forced. Developing a userbase organically will lead to the best quality of discussion.
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i feel like the board theme thing harkens back to old 8chan, and it also sets us off from being some other altchan.

>>928
I think >>929 is right. Sorry for encouraging you to post on livechan
>>929
Honestly I felt very frustrated with 22chan in the past. I invested too much energy into it and got too little out. That's my fault. But realistically:
>at any moment, over 90% of 22chan's content is over a month old, which feels very dead. Post also get very old. Wiki-tier content is good to keep around for years, but not (most) imageboard posts
>The value of the content isn't worth the wait. Waiting a week for a dozen posts of casual convo is hardly worth it. Waiting a couple months for a simple oc thread is hardly worth it
>Many threads are unsuccessful (=less than 3 satisfying replies followed by death). This is not terrible in itself, but when you already have so little activity it's sad to see. It also shows how our small userbase often struggles with finding common interests
>We (mostly) lack the bad parts of 4chan, but we also (mostly) lack the good parts. Nothing interesting ever happens here. Many people go through all the 4chan shit because every once in a blue moon you find something genuinely original, interesting, fun, unique. That doesn't happen here because that only happens when there's a lot of people posting a lot. So what was the most interesting 22chan event of 2020? The cicada larp?
I just don't see why would I come back here. Oh, wait, I know why. I'm your first sad fuck who wishes he could leave but can't
Sorry for the tone but I can't bother rewriting this post again
Anyway this is just how I feel about it, I understand that others don't. Also I get that there's hardly much to change/that can (or should) be changed
There is no way to solve any of these problems without transforming 22chan into something different, and that would be unfair towards the people who are happy with how things are, which is the majority