Serious discussion

Is there any way to prevent this boards long, slow decline into irrelevance?

OK, let's put aside the fact that there are some "undesirable" posters who constantly spam the board and commit the worst crime posters can - they're boring. And let's put aside the fact that we currently have to suffer with the worst moderation the board has had in years.

What can we do to prevent /prog/ from sliding further into decline? Are there steps I can personally take, as a poster, to stop this? Honestly, the daily conversation in /prog/ over the past couple of months has veered into the inane and the jejune. It's hard to believe a board that used to be as sophisticated as /prog/ has declined to such an extent that bot spamming every thread is greeted by the moderation with "Oh, well...I'm too busy masturbating to AKB48 to delete that shit."

I'm going to do my damnedest to make sure the board conditions improve. If this means providing more content, so be it. Unfortunately, I know any topic I make will be beset by spammers, as I seem to attract them like bees are attracted to sweet nectar. And I know I can't count on the current moderation to do much, as it's too focused with looking for videos of black people behaving badly on YouTube.

But still. I'll continue striving to make /prog/ a quality place to post. Hope those of you who are as concerned with the state of the board as I am, will make the same pledge.

fartist detected

THAT WAS BUTTHURT LISPER QUALITY!

Oh look, another meta-thread. Not seen one of these in a while.

Let's make a thread about how bad meta-threads are!

i gues more mods would do it

>>2 - >>5  make a fire and jump in it thx serious u guys have b if u just want to fart something brain afk in the iternet but LEAVE PROG ALONE

>>1
I was just like you, then I lost all the hope. Just ignore them, use a filter if you really can't. MrVacBob doesn't care about us, the last time he did something was when we got spammed by GNAA, IIRC, and he did nothing on their second raid.

I'll admit, I'm new to /prog/, I came here on September 2010, and started posting at November of the same year, after reading some old threads, master the ^B_BCode and get into the /prog/rider's mentality.
I thought it was a really great place, with great minds engaging interesting discussion, sometimes digressing into a refreshing retardation. It was different from the usual programming forum/board, it was better.
Of course, the overall quality in 2010 was still declining, but it was much better than now.
When I actually realized (after the GNAA spam) where /prog/ was going, I fought the spam doing whatever I could. Bumping old gems? Didn't work. Sagebombing the spam threads? Hell, no, they would just remake the thread. Posting good threads? It doesn't work if it's just one person doing so. Reporting the threads? Hahahaha, that's a good one! I reported dozens of thread directly to MrVacBob, just to be completely ignored, not even a reply, not even a ``No''.
After PUDDI, autism and this faggot here: >>2, I just lost any hope I had in getting /prog/ the glorious place it was, ignored them, once in a while flame with the ``in Lisp'' troll.

The only thing that you, as a poster, can do is to ignore. Or become a mod, ask MrVacBob if you have time to lose.

>>9
lolol is ur brain ded

U MENA FARTISM

I'm taking a shit into your board -- huuuuuh pffarplfshhhhh farP! splash

that trade make me so sad..

PROG// GOODNESS IS ALWAYS SPIRALLING DOWNHILL AND YET THERE'S AT LEAST 80% PROGRAMMING THREADS ON THE FRONT PAGE 80% OF THE TIME

http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1277098146

http://dis.4chan.org/read/lounge/1306411913

>>14
http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1298861858/11

well at least we don't get KIKES spam

>>16
I'd rather read a /prog/rider's spam than that of a /g/tard.

>>18
Maybe you don't remember how bad the dubs period was. Spam is spam, regardless who's the one spamming.

>>19
No, I don't remember that period because my proxy simply stripped all those posts automatically.

>>9
September 2010
That's too bad, you missed the FrozenVoid era.

>>21
I've read some of his threads, like the infinite compression one. Was he like the ``in Lisp'' troll, but worse?

Analyzing… [\]
-> kopipe resemblance........97%
 -- [ POSITIVE MATCH ] --
-> total users trolled........>>2,3,4,5,9,9,9,9,19,20
-> troll effectiveness factor.........7/10

>>23
>>9,9,9,9
;_;

Taking a shit in your thread.

KA-PLOOSH!

hax my anus

Taking a shit in your thread.

KA-PLOOSH!

ohhh noes a new meme for the retards

>>27
Never heard of the Threadshitter?

xkcD

>>1
Talk about algorithms and not shit (see the distributed ray-tracing thread)

This thread has been threadshitted, you can't KA_PLOOSHY anymore

>>31
Even if there's no more water left, you can still KA_PLOOSHY.
Unless it's the hard-as-a-rock-I'm-not-a-virgin-anymore kind of shit.

How can you guys claim to be so smart when the solution is so obvious? Produce, market, and engage in: your own programming community. You can not fix /prog/, it's flawed by design.

Also, why the fuck do you faggots care so much.

Just let it die completely then come back.

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714256+

>>35
that's one hot peice of meat

Calm down, bro.  the board'll live.  Today is my first time on /prog/ and despite the fact that this place looks like shit, and barely anything here seems programming-related (And I haven't seen the first thing about python!), I've decided to try to stick around on this board and contribute.

>Is there any way to prevent this boards long, slow decline into irrelevance?
Implying prog was relevant or popular beyond 3-5 people who program in some recursively homoiconic language

Is there any way to prevent this boards long, slow decline into irrelevance?
Where did you get the idea that /spoiler/ was ever ``relevent''?

>>39
Where did you get the idea that "faggot quotes" were ever acceptable?

I've written a userscript (and also a userstyle) for FF et al. that makes it a snap to hide spam. Does anyone want it, or have all the Cool Kids Who Care been blessed by Sussman with a bayesian-filtering textmode client already?

>>41
lolol enjoy ur fartism

cant we just find out where the mods are living and kill them sound for me like the easyst resolustion

>>43
and then her balls popped out

>>41
put it on userscripts.org

>>41
cool, I'll have a good time defeating it and making you gouge your eyes reading my anusposts

>>46
Sorry bro—it's completely manual.

Here it is: http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1306609605/

The Jews are after me