LEARN THE PROPER USE OF SAGE

thats another thing I've noticed...people seem to take sage as an insult when it really isnt meant to be that. but I'm straying from the point.

sage=set a good example
GOOD use of sage:
(sage because I'm adding nothing useful to this topic)

Bad use of sage:
Sage as an insult is part of the board's culture. The failure to bump a topic, and thus the accelleration of that topics end generally indicates a dislike for the post.

Of course that isn't always the case but sage as a negative is even more ingrained than any of the memes, because the functionality is built into the board.'m adding nothing useful to this topic)

SO PLEASE STOP BEING FAGS AND LEARN TO USE SAGE

The difference between western and Japanese saging cultures is fairly interesting.
On 4chan, and most western imageboards, sage is considered an insult, or a way to say that you don't find the topic interesting. In other words, just a way to make the thread unbumpable. Presumably, this negative quality of saging origininates with the way most forum software works - threads are normally always bumped when you post. Not bumping is an exception.

However, on japanese discussion forums, where 2ch-style boards seems more common than things like phpBB or VBulletin, saging is the norm. Saging something is POLITE, since your're leaving the space at the top of the board for more interesting stuff - bumping is reserved for really interesting posts. Bumping your own threads is seen as the height of attention-whorery. If you look at threads at 2ch, you'll note that almost everyone sages, unlike here at 4chan where nearly everyone ages.

Personally I find the Japanese usage nicer and more sensible, but I do not believe that it would work on western image boards, since people are just too used to the way other forum software works, and too used to the attention of new posts.

This concludes today's discussion forum sociology rant, brought to you by Anonymous. Have a nice day.