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No. 165574 ID: 2fef4e
Hello, when I saw the proposal for the ponychan/mlpchan merger, one of the proposed boards was /chat/, or what is the current /gala/, rather. However, it seems that that serials are rather controversial. I believe that because serials exist, the /oat/ community is rather "shitposty", for lack of a better term. However, it seems that the people in the serials like the environment there; even though they claim they're just there because of the topic, serials are similar to the /oat/ community.

Does the existence of /gala/ (or what will become /chat/) cause a fracture in the /oat/ community? I'd love to hear from people who are part of serials and people who don't like serials as well.
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>> No. 165575 ID: ef443b
I'd be fine with how they are set up in MLPchan tbh where they coexist but don't drown out non-serial threads because of how they don't bump very much
>> No. 165576 ID: a4cc89
this is a pretty contentious issue tho it may have calmed significantly, im not sure how the situation is here so much. tgsb's right in that the current [#cyclic] thread tag basically lets serials bump reach autosage quickly, then never need to be remade because they never go past 500 posts (it auto-prunes the oldest posts), and then keeps the thread in sage but still bump on occasion so it never falls off the board and also gets the occasional frontpage visibility without drowning out other threads.
it's a thought, if the pchan side serials are interested.
>> No. 165577 ID: 428138
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165577
The only people I've recently heard complain about serials being separate from the rest of the community are people that use both, and not even EVERY person that uses both, just a few. I think most people are either fine with serials the way they are or are just keeping quiet because they have no strong feelings one way or another.
>> No. 165585 ID: 55e9c1
>>165576
Personally I'd like that better than having a separate board.
>> No. 165586 ID: 0d9cb8
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165586
Could certainly try having serials in the same board, only issue is that a few people like to look back on previous threads to see what they missed while they were away and that cant be done with the #cyclic tag.

An archive system would be ideal for that, but i dont know how plausible it is.

Current plan in my head is to do everything outlined in the merger thread first so people dont moan about things being changed last minute, then gather a list of issues / suggestions people have and brainstorm them with mods and devs to decide which are possible and wanted.
>> No. 165601 ID: 72a98b
I think we need to get rid of serials, but by now doing so would cause more harm than good, so whatever
>> No. 165603 ID: 2fef4e
>>165601
haha I'd like to not be forced into the toxic community that is /oat/ kthx
>> No. 165606 ID: ce6132
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>>165603
Why are you posting on /oat/ being all toxic-like and then complaining about it on /meta/?
>> No. 165607 ID: d27c62
>>165603
>/oat/
>toxic
topkek
>> No. 165609 ID: c3723d
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165609
You really want people to leave this site, don't you?

It's cool that people that are not connected with /gala/ or serial threads have the most things to say and want to get rid of the serials.

But being serious. Serial threads are community based threads with home like atmosphere. We are like a family. Plus this is one of the last boards that at least tries to respect the code of conduct. Some people post exclusively there and they don't want to be part of /oat/ and it's community. Others that also post on /oat/ want a safe place to hang out and this is what /gala/ offers. The propasal of the new board called /chat/ is a solution somewhere in between. Let the community of /gala/ decide about their home threads not some randoms.

Last edited at Mon, Mar 16th, 2015 09:43

>> No. 165610 ID: 618424
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165610
>getting rid of serials
No.

How?

Why?
>> No. 165612 ID: b4a3bf
>>165610
yes.

Ban them all and all the people who have ever posted in one

Because OP wants to so you must
>> No. 165613 ID: 2fef4e
>>165609
>You really want people to leave this site, don't you?

>It's cool that people that are not connected with /gala/ or serial threads have the most things to say and want to get rid of the serials.

Except no? If anything, I want serials to stay, it was a private discussion I had, which is why I brought it up here.

>>165612
>Ban them all and all the people who have ever posted in one

>Because OP wants to so you must
1. Stop being a sarcastic twit.
2. Read my posts again.
3. Stfu.

In that order.
>> No. 165616 ID: ef443b
>>165613
well yeah, I know you didn't, and was just being silly, but you're right, I shouldn't have contributed to the perception that you did.
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