what the fuck?!?!? is it cock wednesday or somehting?
FUCK OFF, YOU DICK!!
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Wed 1 Apr 2009, 11:56,
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Can you feel the fail tonight?
*stops singing* everyone can remove their ear defenders now
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Wed 1 Apr 2009, 11:58,
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chip thing could some what be said to look like a goatsee?
well done?
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Wed 1 Apr 2009, 11:58,
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thats the only thing I can see...
but its a bit tenuous if that is meant to be the joke.
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Wed 1 Apr 2009, 12:05,
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Holy mother of cnut
Brings Credit card sized to a whole new moon sized level
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Wed 1 Apr 2009, 12:00,
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*clears throat*
yooooooooooooooooou are a cuuuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuunt
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Wed 1 Apr 2009, 12:03,
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Hello. For more background to these ^ comments, see below (6, 7, 11). Hope that helps.
Essence of the rules for /board, culled from the FAQ, spiced with experience:
Golden rules (especially for n00bs):
1. Read the FAQ! Or you'll get shouted at.
2. If you make a mistake, be ready to say "oops, sorry!": it really helps. Don't be cocky: it makes you look like a cock.
New threads are precious:
3. Don't start a new thread unless your post is new and worth it.
- If it isn't, use "Reply" in an existing thread (or make your image better!).
- /board only holds 15 threads: each click of "Post a new message" pushes other people's work off the bottom.
4. If you're re-posting: do NOT start a new thread!
- Especially not for compo reposts: Reply lets you choose "challenge entry" too.
5. If you want to post more, use Reply in your existing thread (if it's still on the board). Don't start multiple new threads: it's greedy.
Images:
6. Only post stuff that you made.
7. Only post stuff that you uploaded (don't leach).
8. Don't post unmodified photos.
9. Don't post NSFW.
10. Not bigger than 100k bytes (50k preferred). Anims: not more than 400k.
11. Not more than 700px wide.
- If it's too big, compress it until it's small enough.
- If it's still too big, link it instead (using: <a href="blah.jpg">, instead of <img src="blah.jpg">).
If you cock up:
12. Never use Delete (it also removes everyone's replies!): use the Edit button instead.
13. If you started a new thread by accident, say sorry. (And don't delete it!).
NSFW:
Whatever you put in a message will be downloaded and seen by all b3ta readers, often on their work computer. You could get someone sacked on the spot, or put through a disciplinary investigation that's not much better, because their manager thought it looked a bit like porn from 10 feet away. Do not do it. (For the record all these are no defence: "it isn't actually porn", "you can't see his/her whatever", "you're such a prude", "but no-one complained about this one *points at some-other-image*"). You can link a NSFW image (using: <a href="blah.jpg">), but warn people that it's a NSFW link.
This is just a summary, hopefully useful as a quick checklist when posting. I welcome suggestions for improving it.
Edit: now saved for eternity as a Top Tip.
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Wed 1 Apr 2009, 12:04,
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Golden rules (especially for n00bs):
1. Read the FAQ! Or you'll get shouted at.
2. If you make a mistake, be ready to say "oops, sorry!": it really helps. Don't be cocky: it makes you look like a cock.
New threads are precious:
3. Don't start a new thread unless your post is new and worth it.
- If it isn't, use "Reply" in an existing thread (or make your image better!).
- /board only holds 15 threads: each click of "Post a new message" pushes other people's work off the bottom.
4. If you're re-posting: do NOT start a new thread!
- Especially not for compo reposts: Reply lets you choose "challenge entry" too.
5. If you want to post more, use Reply in your existing thread (if it's still on the board). Don't start multiple new threads: it's greedy.
Images:
6. Only post stuff that you made.
7. Only post stuff that you uploaded (don't leach).
8. Don't post unmodified photos.
9. Don't post NSFW.
10. Not bigger than 100k bytes (50k preferred). Anims: not more than 400k.
11. Not more than 700px wide.
- If it's too big, compress it until it's small enough.
- If it's still too big, link it instead (using: <a href="blah.jpg">, instead of <img src="blah.jpg">).
If you cock up:
12. Never use Delete (it also removes everyone's replies!): use the Edit button instead.
13. If you started a new thread by accident, say sorry. (And don't delete it!).
NSFW:
Whatever you put in a message will be downloaded and seen by all b3ta readers, often on their work computer. You could get someone sacked on the spot, or put through a disciplinary investigation that's not much better, because their manager thought it looked a bit like porn from 10 feet away. Do not do it. (For the record all these are no defence: "it isn't actually porn", "you can't see his/her whatever", "you're such a prude", "but no-one complained about this one *points at some-other-image*"). You can link a NSFW image (using: <a href="blah.jpg">), but warn people that it's a NSFW link.
This is just a summary, hopefully useful as a quick checklist when posting. I welcome suggestions for improving it.
Edit: now saved for eternity as a Top Tip.
Hmmm, I've been trying to think of a way to do that.
I think I'll make it a Top Tip. One mo...
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Wed 1 Apr 2009, 12:49,
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Thanks for that ...
... explains a lot I hadn't previously grasped.
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Wed 1 Apr 2009, 12:49,
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EXPLAIN!!!!????? Buuhh...
...no, only kidding. Thanks -- that's what I was hoping for :-)
The FAQ is lulleh and fluffeh, and sets a really nice welcoming tone. However, perhaps because at 8 pages it's quite a lot to wade through, all too many n00bs (and even old-timey lurkers) forget this or that detail, and get hoooge flamage. All a bit unfair, I think.
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Wed 1 Apr 2009, 13:09,
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The FAQ is lulleh and fluffeh, and sets a really nice welcoming tone. However, perhaps because at 8 pages it's quite a lot to wade through, all too many n00bs (and even old-timey lurkers) forget this or that detail, and get hoooge flamage. All a bit unfair, I think.
Could you make it slightly bigger please?
I want to look at it from 3 miles away instead of my current 2 miles.
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Wed 1 Apr 2009, 12:04,
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You have one minute to reach minimum safe distance
Nuke it from orbit. You know the drill
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Wed 1 Apr 2009, 12:50,
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Because you scrolled down slightly...
And then you stopped, probably to wonder why, and you haven't started scrolling down again yet.
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Wed 1 Apr 2009, 12:09,
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Congratulations. No, really, I am very impressed. It's very good news. I'm genuinely happy. Look, this is my happy face.
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Wed 1 Apr 2009, 12:14,
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took me a while too. Mainly as it took an age to load, and I had to scroll through it.
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Wed 1 Apr 2009, 12:20,
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