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[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

It’s sad what has happened to comedy. If you want real comedy, you’d have to grow thick skin and go on 4chan.

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

I'm convinced there are a lot of professional comedians posting on /tv/. Where else is there to go?

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It’s a shame that 4chan is difficult to navigate. I’m more used to the Reddit style setup.

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

They're serious about forcing new people to lurk, it can be difficult to figure out the site mechanics since they'll only explain things piecemeal.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I guess that is a good strategy. Keeps away the kind of people who would undermine the point of the site.

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's mostly /b/ and /pol/ that cause all of the trouble. The Obama Admin tried to shut them down, the FBI has been caught trying to entrap posters, they're paranoid for a reason. 90% of the weird shit they do (including the slurs, supposedly) is trickery designed to give the longtime regular posters some control over the board. Baneposting certainly serves that function on /tv/. There's a whole back end to the site where you can check stats, and regulars can signal to each other without openly saying anything.

Some boards are friendlier than others, I think https://boards.4chan.org/ic/ is the most welcoming to new people that I've seen, but you have to be serious about drawing.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks very much. I only go on 4chan to watch, not to create, but I will keep all that in mind.