/wap/ - wapchan discussion

>>803
not anon, but a /lit/ board would be nice, maybe even an art board.

Also keeping the site mostly sfw should be a thing. We really don't need coomers here. They tend to ruin threads all the time.

>>788
It's active now!

I would like a technology board.
A retro only tech board would probably be dead so I guess a general tech board would be better.

I think an RSS feed would be good. The telegram bot is behind a few days and the rest of the post notifs I don't use...

RSS feeds or other post notifs are a god send for slower chans.

>>816
There actually are RSS feeds for each board as well as the overboard (it's a feature of the engine I forgot about). I'll add links to this on the main site in a few days but you can access them at https://wapchan.org/[board name]/index.rss , or for all boards at once https://wapchan.org/overboard/index.rss
The post notif bot is broken rn and I won't have access to fix it for a few more days.

>>817
Nice, thank you! I will do my best to post a little when I can. I always liked smaller chans but it was hard for me to keep track of activity so this RSS feed could make me come back a lot more.

>>808
Even if it is a slow board, it could potentially be used to discuss retro PCs, great software from the past that are still relevant, and even some retro desktop themes.
But maybe it is just me here dreaming of making comfy win2k (virtual) system to run AutoCad 2000, Office XP, Corel Draw while listening to Winamp 2.x.

>>807
>tfw all the activity dried up
Wapchan bros....how will we ever recover?

>>839
The site's in a bit of a limbo right now (mostly becaue I haven't had the time needed to roll out a bunch of changes), but I think we'll recover. I've proposed ideas for more site publicity before (like a social media presence or more collaboration with other retro anime communities), but starting in late May I should finally have the time to roll out these changes (though I might have time to do some of them beforehand)
>New UI
>Revamped boards
>Proper regex spam filter
>TF2 Server
>Fixed post notif bot (one that has a spam filter built in)
I have further ideas but these ones being implemented should go a long way towards site growth. I should also have time to finally restart doing my own retro anime youtube videos on a more consistent schedule, which could help with site growth as well.

Why does anime/aughts exist there, but not vidya/aughts?

>>847
No particular reason why we don't have that board besides no one asking for it.
Good idea though, i've always thought that era had some real cozy pc games.

>>839
I'm new to this board.
I'll try to contribute something, now it's late and my processing unit demands downtime.

figured i'd revive this thread, now that the pizza problem has seemingly been solved...
we gotta get more people on here!!!

>>1265
I think blocking VPNs will turn more users away than seeing CP spam occasionally on a site that allows 2D lolis which already scares away most anti-pedos (I'm not saying all lolicons=pedos, that's just how most people see it). Most VPN users aren't going to go to the trouble of using tor or turning off their VPN just for this site. Instead, why not appoint a bunch of jannies who are only allowed to remove CP? Worst case scenario is an assclown deleting a bunch of threads, is there a way to restore deleted threads/posts?

>>1266
>blocking VPNs
mullvad is allowed though, which is a pretty big one and one of the better ones imo (t. mullvad user)

>turn away more users
Most IB newfags are gonna be riding the internet bareback anyway, and I think it's reasonable to expect most experienced imageboard people to have the necessary tech literacy to know how to use TOR. I'm willing to bet, among the population of oldfags scattered across every altchan, that most of them already have it set up anyway.

>>1266
nah the vpn block does nothing to me, but seeing CP spam makes me think about if this site is worth or not

>>1267
I would never pay money for something I can get for free, the only reason I'm still here is because I found a newer server of the free VPN I use that isn't blocked (yet). I have tor browser installed but it's slow, not just the connection but the extreme anti-fingerprinting measures make it feel as if it's only running on 1 processor thread or something so some webpages freeze the whole browser, and a lot of sites block tor but don't block VPNs. I'm not going to take the time to boot up tor browser specifically for this small imageboard when there are several others like heyuri, hikari3 and prolikewoah that are so similar. All imageboards get CP spam and they just deal with it by deleting it.

>>1269
>free VPN I use
a warning from a cybersec professional, anon: you get what you pay for

>I have tor browser installed but it's slow
Of course its slow, its routing you through 3 proxies.

>extreme anti-fingerprinting measures
you mean making the browser generic by default? thats not affecting your speed

>it's only running on 1 processor thread
most applications are, in fact, not multi threaded at all. Very few take full advantage of multithreading, and the ones that do multithread usually do so in a very cautious and controlled manner at the cost of some overhead. This is because, in terms of design, it can be extremely complicated to manage.

>a lot of sites block tor
thats because you are using TOR where you should be using a regular browser with a VPN, or otherwise visiting websites you should be avoiding.

>but don't block VPNs
because it's harder since not all VPNs declare their server IPs publically, so theres no readily available list. You are also not anonymous when using a VPN, so illicit activity isnt as much of a concern.

>I'm not going to take the time to boot up tor browser
But your posting now, so I can only assume you are now riding the internet bareback. Continue at your own peril, I suppose, but if your gonna be lazy why is that anyone else's fault?

>All imageboards get CP spam
Not big ones like futaba and halfchan, and also not wapchan anymore :D

>>1268
>but seeing CP spam makes me think about if this site is worth
if your concerned about risk to yourself, just clear your cache whenever you see it and you will be completely fine. if you are concerned with the sites' policy, I think its aggressively clear that the site staff are doing their best to stop it completely (and have thus far succeeded), and if you are concerned that the site will get taken down then fear no longer because its been stopped.

Also it should be pretty obvious to everyone that the spam glows, or is otherwise specifically to try to bring down the website. Possibly both. Its a common tactic of psychos like patch (God bless you if you havent heard of him) to spam sites with gross-out and illegal material and then self report to the DNR for the site.

>>1270
1268 here, it's literally just because it makes the site look skeevy even though it's against policy and it gets taken down frequently

the vpn ban imo is worth if it means no more cp on the site

>>1271
Thats not an unfair evaluation, but it happens on most altchans. In fact, its sort of the point, the goal is to damage the website. Real criminals dont advertise cheese pizza operations on random clearnet websites, which is why I say it glows hard. You shouldnt hold it against small websites like this when you see it, at least not when they try their best to mitigate it. It's trivial for an attacker to analyze habits for when a mod team is sleeping, or busy at their day job, so its normal for small websites to have spam like that up for awhile when its posted. In that respect, this website is actually really, really responsive for its size.

The VPN ban seems effective so far, but there are additional options if the spammer does eventually notice and try to get around it somehow. At a minimum, the attacker isnt actively watching this site, because figamin announced that mullvad works but we havent seen a switch to using that VPN for days.

>>1266
>why not appoint a bunch of jannies who are only allowed to remove CP?
surprisingly, most people don't want to spend their time cleaning up pictures of naked children. there's a reason the feds who have to sort through CP images in court cases get PTSD. no one should have to see that. many others have pointed this out as well but every second this site hosts illegal material is a second the provider could take it down or report me to the feds. this already happened once before. https://web.archive.org/web/20221115204635/https://wapchan.org/
if you have serious issue where you have to use a specific VPN you can contact me but the fact is not having to worry about CP shit being posted all the time gives me and the other jannies peace of mind.
>is there a way to restore deleted threads and posts
technically yes, but it would be far easier for me to just restore a database backup.
let's face the facts - people aren't going to want to use a site regularly when it's a site where you have a decent chance of seeing naked children on, and they certainly won't recommend it to others. the firewall works - you can check other altchans at https://xj9k.neocities.org/ and see that wapchan has avoided the latest rounds. I'd rather sacrifice a few VPN but non TOR direhards if it means the site's future is secure and people outside the IBsphere might actually use it

>>1270
My point with the browser freezing issue is that it doesn't happen in other Firefox forks like LibreWolf, it's specifically a tor browser problem.
>I can only assume you are now riding the internet bareback
How did you manage to quote "free VPN I use" without reading the rest of that sentence? I found a server that isn't blocked for now but most of my VPN's servers are blocked.
>if your gonna be lazy why is that anyone else's fault?
I'm just saying if you want more traffic this VPN block is the opposite of the way to do it because most people including oldfags are lazy. When a site I'm only mildly interested in checking out is blocking VPNs I just leave.

>>1273
well for now I know of a free VPN server that works so if you could just not update the blocklist then it's fine.

>>1274
>most people including oldfags are lazy
tor is low effort, unironically
>I found a server that isn't blocked for now
I was giving you the benefit of the doubt that you werent completely retarded, actually
>is the opposite of the way to do it
It has accomplished its goal and activity has, if anything, increased.
>>1275
figamin should nuke every subnet the spam comes from indiscriminately imo. He should also block AWS and all fed IPs while he is at it. Your free VPN is free because you are the product. You are not anonymous.

>>1276
I don't use a VPN to be anonymous I use it to evade bans. You should be grateful that I don't use tor to shitpost, if I did then more altchans would ban tor.

>>1277
how the fuck are you getting banned

actually wait no never mind you're the kind of person that evades bans, obv you get banned

>>1279
Every community has their own nonsensical dogma, vices and boogeymen and it's fun to poke those weak spots. The more butthurt the reaction from jannies, the more I must poke. Prolikewoah /animu/'s unique strategy of just leaving my shitposts up and not banning me is impressive so to reward jannies for good behavior I rarely shitpost there.

Well now that we're past that argument, let's come up with actual ideas.
I think we should start doing game nights and streams again. Also more OC contests in general, this site's got kind of a weak OC tradition

>>1282
Would it be possible to do a movie night? or stream some anime or something? IDK how that would jive with copyright

>>840
>TF2 Server
sounds like an organic way to get some more users. people would join off the community server list and then find out about the website through that. the same could be done with other older valve games/other games that support community servers, like counter strike or gmod, though I dont really play either.

OC would be cool. Maybe a general showcase rather than just a competition, and expand the scope to things other than just digital art. DIY projects, software, cool knowledge a wapnon wants to share. Maybe we could make a zine like what lainzine is but more in the vein of what wapchan is about, or just more varied in general.

A QOTD thread might help get the ball rolling on conversation? Or threads for new releases of manga which are relevant to the site's theme (older stuff thats still running, for example) which include dumps for the latest chapter. The idea in the discord was also floated to host videos on a dedicated board, which I think is worth reiterating.

>>1283
PS, I bring up lainzine because I actually found out about it just searching for pictures of lain. Maybe calling it lumzine and featuring pictures of lum on the cover will attract fans in a similar way to discussion on >>>/lum/

>>1283
>IDK how that would jive with copyright
Caracal.club doesn't care, I've watched anime streams there recently. Not sure about CyTube, but I don't remember it being a problem last time when Space Cobra/Rock&Roll Kids/Miyuki were airing.

>>1283
I need a better computer (soon) but I would be glad to stream some stuff whenever I'm free in the future.

lets make cool new banners

Least you guys are polite and maybe you’ll get more traffic. Apparently I got a three day ban for something I didn’t think was possible, not posting images for a period of time
> > The quality of posts is extremely important to this community. Contributors are encouraged to provide high-quality images and informative comments
I’m just baffled, I haven’t posted images as much ever since mods prohibited posting images on incognito mode but this shouldn’t even remotely be a problem. Anyway posting an image here

>>1499
There's a lot of work I can do around here to improve the experience. But it's going to be a gradual process. Thanks for sticking around in the meantime.

>>1499
Update, it might’ve been another dynamic IP ban over a post that was extremely low quality, didn’t show specifically what it was but it doesn’t matter now. Kinda shows how much well behaved I am if most of my bans were unintentional dynamic ip ones lol

>>1500
Oh lol you just posted the same time as I did. Yeah I usually pop by here and there

>>1502
I'll try and hang out in the IRC more once I get my bouncer fixed. I know not everyone's clamoring to use discord after all.

>>442
The lack of traffic makes me reluctant to post. This place is slower than 4-ch.

>>1507
>people don't post enough
>so i won't post
Be part of the solution my guy

>>1507

Be the change you want to see.

>>1507
The only way this place gets any activity is if someone gets into a fight over a stupid topic.

Figamin put so much work into this site. Its the best looking chan out there! Don't let his hard work go to waste and START POSTING DAMMIT!!!! SPREAD THE WORD!!!

>>1510
This. There are so many dead threads on this site. People only respond to controversy and stupidity but then complain about site traffic. Might as well go back to 4chan.

>>1518
Working on a substantial site rewrite.
Also working on more activities around here.
Gonna make it.

>>1518
Or if 4chan keeps doing that “Wait 15 minutes before posting” thing sitewide could be troublesome. It states that it only affects “new users” and yet whenever the bookmark tab page gets refreshed for me I’d have to do it.

>>1525
Why would anyone seriously use 4chan today? It’s just trash. There’s nothing worthwhile there.

>>1529
Y’know, sometimes it isn’t as easy, /m/ is still pretty great despite how slow it is and one of the few boards that never really went down the deep end

>>1525
>“Wait 15 minutes before posting” thing
They actually did that? I'm seeing email verification is necessary now wtf. Meh I hope it kills the site. Its a disgusting place.