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General to do list mys_elf Board owner 06/29/2021 (Tue) 19:33:43 Id:965149 No. 5 [Reply] [Last]

A list of things that I will (probably) do at some point or another. In no strict order: >Add support to Clover/possibly Kuroba I have absolutely no experience with Android development, so if (you) do it would be nice if you let me know in thread. Might have some questions for you. In general I am looking at modifying a copy of the vichan code to do this. Both vichan and Lynxchan use .json APIs, so hopefully that shouldn't be too difficult to convert. Since Lynxchan doesn't return an index.json, probably won't get the non-catalog view to work perfectly right. Main problem I foresee is with captcha as that's likely going to take a bit more to figure out. The site should only require captcha if it gets a certain number of PPH, but it is important for the app to support it. Have only just started poking around with things, so development is still early yet on this. >Improve the gallery view >Investigate the possibility of catalog mode in the overboard >Add warn/ban reason editable dropdown >Possibly integrate >>114 >(you)s on backlinks >Thread stats in page -Change images to files

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Anonymous 04/26/2025 (Sat) 08:20:54 Id:cd1462 No. 804

One suggestion I have is that pinned threads stil get bumped past the bumplimit. I use the overboard view a lot, and while the townhall is pinned on /fim/ itself, it never shows up on the overboard anymore after the 500 mark.

Discussion Thread for New Rules mys_elf Board owner 07/08/2021 (Thu) 03:26:04 Id:062d41 No. 64 [Reply] [Last]

The global rules have been updated: https://nhnb.org/.static/pages/globalRules.html As have board rules: https://nhnb.org/fim/rules.html https://nhnb.org/clop/rules.html https://nhnb.org/qa/rules.html This thread is for the discussion of them, as well as any questions or clarifications you might need answered.

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Anonymous 04/21/2025 (Mon) 06:36:53 Id:a76317 No. 747

Sometimes, my bypass captcha breaks

We're back! mys_elf Board owner 07/07/2024 (Sun) 00:54:09 No. 601 [Reply]

After nearly a month of downtime we're finally back! Use this thread to discuss NHNB's return and any potential issues you may come across.

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Anonymous 01/20/2025 (Mon) 08:56:52 Id:e2b196 No. 617

>>615 It was so obvious, lol.

Janitor Applications mys_elf Board owner 06/28/2021 (Mon) 19:36:21 Id:d528cd No. 2 [Reply]

Are closed. Follow the directions here to apply: https://nhnb.org/.static/pages/janApp.html Please also answer these two questions in this thread and include your post number in your email: >Who's your favorite artist? >Do you enjoy conventions? Why or why not? Have you ever been to one? Which one? (These two questions are just for fun and bear no relevancy to the application process, the important bit is the post number)

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Anonymous 06/09/2023 (Fri) 11:08:32 Id:a509ce No. 495

>Who's your favorite artist? heavymetalbronyyeah or pabbley, i like the way both are there ponies are drawn, maintaining their rather adorable look and overall just good drawing. and also there lewds, that shits great >Do you enjoy conventions? Why or why not? Have you ever been to one? Which one? Havent been to one yet, mainly cause im not a big fan of being around big crowds, but i am planning on going to galacon this year. mainly to meet up with some friends and just have a fun time

Tools and scripts mys_elf Board owner 06/29/2021 (Tue) 02:17:18 Id:2dfb77 No. 4 [Reply] [Last]

Some tools and scripts that pertain to the site. >(you) persist userscript. https://gitgud.io/mys_elf/nhnb-you-persist For when you don't like to store browser data but would like to preserve your (you)s. Not totally happy with the operation of it, but it works well enough for now. Will update at some point in the future. >Private Boards addon https://gitgud.io/mys_elf/Private-Boards An addon to require login on certain boards. >PenMod https://gitgud.io/mys_elf/PenMod The frontend for this site. Uncreative name included. >Lynxscripts https://gitgud.io/mys_elf/lynxscripts A couple of scripts contained here. archiveLimiter.py can prune the archive to a set number of threads. fileLimiter.py will prune the oldest images first to keep disk space usage within a set amount. Useful when operating on limited disk space. autoLynx.sh is a shell script to automatically set up a Lynxchan instance. Useful for setting up a testing environment.

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Anonymous 05/03/2023 (Wed) 15:11:55 Id:4435c1 No. 488

>>485 >>486 >>483 nice bait

Welcome to /qa/! mys_elf Board owner 06/28/2021 (Mon) 09:16:36 No. 1 [Reply]

Have questions? Need answers? Then this is the place for you.

Hypocrite 09/03/2025 (Wed) 21:34:12 Id:ca1dce No. 812 [Reply]

>shitting on the rules True, I suppose I should've posted here instead... >Lie What exactly are you accusing me for lying for? That I'm banned from 4chan? Okay, fair, I'm probably not, the site is partually blocked by my ISP instead. (a.4cdn.org and i.4cdn.org aren't but boards.4chan.org is) That I decided to take my medications? That I wanted to be helpful? That it was me who's been reposting HP's stuff to horsegen ever since he asked for it the first time and nobody helped? Well, it's not possible for me to prove any of that, just like it's not possible for you to prove the opposite. If you mean cucker then I'd like you to elaborate, please, so I could warn people on 4chan about it since I couldn't be in any danger myself by using it but some nice people could get in trouble because of my actions. >Desu Are you judging me here for the actions I commited somewhere else? Personally you have a moral ground to dislike me or even hate, but as a mod that's not cool. >All in all, go seek fools around your own neighb ourhood? Hey I'm just trying to be civil and nice here. I'm not even asking for forgiveness, you don't have to for a right reason. I... I dunno. Do you believe in redemption? Do you believe that everyone could be a good person if they tried to? Maybe not on Earth, but I do. I also believe that locking away, banning and otherwise restricting people doesn't help. But at the same time you can't expect them to change themselves. Funny thing. The only way they could repent is by act, but if you don't nudge them in the right direction, why would they even try to? I don't care what you think about me, I'll try to uphold my promise just to test my own beliefs. But can I ask you to act nicer to other penitents in the future, to try to guide them on the right way instead of refusing them? Don't act the way 4cuck mods do and are hated for. It might even work here, this place isn't as big as 4chan is after all. I'll add my concerns about the technical stuff here because I don't feel like waiting the posting cooldown to post in the right thread. Berate me for my laziness if you must. The red text you add under posts doesn't appear for the poster unless he refreshes the page and if you delete the post it doesn't disapper client-side either. So the poster wouldn't even know about you trying to communicate unless he keeps his browser clean from old tabs or you ban him and he tries to post. As for Tor, why don't you add an explicit rule that it's blocked here? And the half-assed solution against it barely works so it could use an update too if you care about restricting niggers like me from using this site.

mys_elf Board owner 09/04/2025 (Thu) 04:52:58 Id:a72e2e No. 813

>>812 Greetings. The posts were removed as they were in violation of global rule 13: no advertising. Even if advertised as just a proxy for 4chan, as far as we're concerned it's no different than advertising any other proxy or vpn. Reviewing the ban log I do feel like the ban was a bit excessive for what is as far as I can tell a first time offense. Generally we try to lean towards warns when possible. The bans you received were the same bans we give to the bots that sometimes make their way through, which the volunteer may have thought you one of or otherwise involved with. Furthermore regarding 4chan: While there is much to complain about, we are not 4chan. There is nothing that we can do about 4chan and so complaining about it here is largely offtopic. I think back to my impression of /pone/ all those years ago. It felt like the only thing people wanted to do there was to complain about 4chan, nobody wanted to just have fun. While I'm sure that wasn't always 100% the case, the point is that that is not what I envisioned for this site and is something I would like to avoid. Things that happen offsite are meant to stay offsite. That is the magic of anonymity. We don't want to know what posters do outside of NHNB and generally that is our policy for moderation. >Ban messages Warns will produce the same messages on post and is what we try to make use of. The red text on posts is separate from the ban/warn reason. >Blocked ranges While we do have automated lists to restrict posting from high risk ranges and IPs, we currently allow posters caught in these to bypass these restrictions by completing a bypass captcha. This is meant to avoid catching too many innocent Anons in wide sweeping automated restrictions. Ranges and IPs that we do see abuse from will receive a manual ban and lose the ability to bypass.

Hypocrite 09/04/2025 (Thu) 16:53:32 Id:5fdb69 No. 814

>>813 >Greetings Sup! /) >The posts were removed as they were in violation of global rule 13: no advertising. I understand and agree with that, I acknowledge my mistake. I should've worded my posts differently. >Even if advertised as just a proxy for 4chan, as far as we're concerned it's no different than advertising any other proxy or vpn. So, no mentions of cucker in any way? Fair. But I still think that HP should know about that option regardless how shady it is. >Reviewing the ban log I do feel like the ban was a bit excessive for what is as far as I can tell a first time offense. Generally we try to lean towards warns when possible. The bans you received were the same bans we give to the bots that sometimes make their way through, which the volunteer may have thought you one of or otherwise involved with. I'm using the same VPN (Tor) like them and acted just like you'd expect one to so it's completely understandable reaction. But not really useful in the context of Tor. You either have to block it completely or come up with some sort of a special filter for it. And you can't appeal to the ban history too. >Furthermore regarding 4chan: While there is much to complain about, we are not 4chan. There is nothing that we can do about 4chan and so complaining about it here is largely offtopic. I think back to my impression of /pone/ all those years ago. It felt like the only thing people wanted to do there was to complain about 4chan, nobody wanted to just have fun. Things that happen offsite are meant to stay offsite. That is the magic of anonymity. We don't want to know what posters do outside of NHNB and generally that is our policy for moderation. True. But that's to be expected too since the userbase is largely consists from 4chan refugees. I posted on this site from time to time before the hack and it makes me a bit sad too that nobody wants to see this place separately from 4chan. I don't think anything could be done with that though, as a someone who's been using imageboards for quite a while it feels like their days are long gone, people don't need them as a something separate from the other internet, everything is too interconnected now. No homogenious and anonymous groups could exist anymore. No idea what to do with that problem and anyone else I've seen who holds the same opinion as me cares to even think about solving it. I respect that you still haven't given up, and the last bit of hope I have is my soul is that someday this site will prove me wrong. >Warns will produce the same messages on post and is what we try to make use of. The red text on posts is separate from the ban/warn reason.

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Hypocrite 09/04/2025 (Thu) 16:55:10 Id:5fdb69 No. 815

Now, if come to thing about it, Tor and cucker are pretty similar, aren't they? They both are tools that could trivially be utilized for ban evasion, spamming and so on. And they both obfuscate user's identity so you can't judge them as you would a human being, either everyone's guilty or no one. Accounts or, in 4chan's case, cookies (basically the same thing) would partually help if you assume everyone is a ban evader unless proven innocent with an extra task, but that's what you and 4chan are doing already.

mys_elf Board owner 09/05/2025 (Fri) 00:54:06 Id:a72e2e No. 816

>>814 >So, no mentions of cucker in any way? Fair. But I still think that HP should know about that option regardless how shady it is. While I think it may be permissible to mention that proxies exist, I think I'd prefer people not trying to direct anons to specific places. If Anons know such services exist, they can do their own research as to what those places are. >But not really useful in the context of Tor. You either have to block it completely or come up with some sort of a special filter for it. I believe known tor IPs should be included in our automated lists, but as I've said we currently allow these IPs to use bypass. >True. But that's to be expected too since the userbase is largely consists from 4chan refugees. I posted on this site from time to time before the hack and it makes me a bit sad too that nobody wants to see this place separately from 4chan. I don't think anything could be done with that though, as a someone who's been using imageboards for quite a while it feels like their days are long gone, people don't need them as a something separate from the other internet, everything is too interconnected now. No homogenious and anonymous groups could exist anymore. No idea what to do with that problem and anyone else I've seen who holds the same opinion as me cares to even think about solving it. I respect that you still haven't given up, and the last bit of hope I have is my soul is that someday this site will prove me wrong. It is what it is. While it might be nice to have a few more anons posting here, we can still make the best out of what we've got. >Warns are infinitely better that bans. In an ideal world. But if we don't believe in people it will never get better, right? The hope is to remind people of the rules before needing to resort to a ban. >If spammer can solve one captcha he can as easily solve the second exact one. 4chan in that case forces an hcaptcha for high risk ranges, or asks for an email verification. And that does help, it's the only thing that slows cucker down for now. Even 2/5 minute timers barely do anything. I honestly don't mind solving an hcaptcha to be able to post from Tor. That's the price I'm willing to pay for utilising the laziest option to enhance one's privacy. Making a more effective captcha is on the to do list. When exactly I'll get to it is to be determined. At the moment the bot situation is tenable. I do not want to collect emails.

Hypocrite 09/05/2025 (Fri) 01:47:27 Id:c5f7cd No. 817

>>816 >While I think it may be permissible to mention that proxies exist, I think I'd prefer people not trying to direct anons to specific places. If Anons know such services exist, they can do their own research as to what those places are. Understood, will do. >At the moment the bot situation is tenable. This is all that's needed from a captcha, glad to know you don't have any problems on that matter. After all why change a thing if it's not broken?

Anonymous 05/18/2025 (Sun) 02:37:44 Id:28e827 No. 809 [Reply]

does this website approve of him

Anonymous 05/18/2025 (Sun) 02:39:10 Id:cc1b1b No. 810

ngghhh who is this why is he so sexy

Anonymous 06/07/2025 (Sat) 11:32:06 Id:e526cd No. 811

>>809 21 days later What is that thing?

The State of This Site Anonymous 08/28/2022 (Sun) 23:17:31 Id:3ec90a No. 450 [Reply]

I hate that I even have to be making a thread like this, but things have been building up, and it's time to have a discussion. I'm feeling very frustrated. I love this place and have been around since the beginning, and have put in a lot of hours and some of my own money trying to help it grow, but I'm quickly losing faith in the future of this site based on the way things are going. First of all, why are blatant troll, schizo and other similar posts designed solely to disrupt and make people mad being left alone? There's been several cases of this in threads now where someone's clearly just trying to stir shit up, leaving a perfectly good thread derailed in the wake. But nothing happens, it's just left there for months, potentially stifling further future growth of that thread. Second, and on a much more serious note, now this sites on the radar of actual, unironic CP bots, and that shit is getting left up for hours. As an artist, I've wanted to help bringing attention to this site through pony art that gets sourced back to here, but now I can't do that anymore. I don't want my name to be associated with somewhere that has a very real possibility of someone clicking a link, only to have some kid getting dicked be the first thing they see. What's the plan of action here? How can these problems be addressed? I really hate this timeline. These last couple of years have really felt like the old fandom surrounding pony is withering away rapidly. G5 is a flop, /mlp/ is as much of a dumpster fire as its ever been, and alternative places to discuss anything related are drying up. >Fansites are dead >Forums are dead >Imageboards are dying What's left, really? Reddit? Discord? It's a bleak outlook. All I want is a place to post and discuss cute poners in peace without all the cancer that has infested the present day internet.

Anonymous 08/28/2022 (Sun) 23:49:51 Id:8d4e14 No. 451

Ignore bait. Disregard spam. Really, this shit has been going on since the Golden Age of 4chan. It ain't no thing.

mys_elf Board owner 08/29/2022 (Mon) 19:37:00 Id:6f019f No. 452

>>450 I think things are exaggerated a fair bit here. While we do have bots from time to time, we take appropriate action against them and will continue to do so. Thread derailment is a pretty rare occurrence around here. It has happened, and we have cleaned it up before. Should Anons be unhappy about the resolution of things, I would hope they would come to /qa/ so we can discuss what would have been a better outcome. And if you see something against the rules, report it, and a staff member will review it. If you have examples feel free to link them here or directly report them.

Anonymous 08/29/2022 (Mon) 22:12:40 Id:222ce7 No. 453

>>452 I thought this was a troll thread at first.

Anonymous 08/29/2022 (Mon) 22:45:48 Id:a03a76 No. 454

Honestly /mlp/ has the same problem. The difference here is that there's less staff to delete threads 24/7. this month alone, actual genital gore was posted on there and it was up for at least 15 minutes.

Anonymous 05/13/2025 (Tue) 19:14:31 Id:da8b99 No. 808

CP bots create threads here almost daily and the board is very slow so it's not a small problem in my opinion

Effectiveness of Advertising Anonymous 08/30/2021 (Mon) 23:19:31 Id:b486fd No. 229 [Reply]

Out of curiosity, is there any data available in regards to web referrals and direct links to here? I always make an effort to drop a mention of here on /mlp/ when an appropriate moment arises, but I'm also interested if links from other places are being fruitful at all or not. For example, on fimfic I include a link in the Author's Notes to a specific thread. I know some people from there have visited here since they comment on it, but I've been wondering just how many that number may be.

mys_elf Board owner 08/31/2021 (Tue) 00:14:26 Id:aa998d No. 246

>>229 Pic rel is likely the best I can offer as far as stats. I do think that mentioning the site were appropriate is probably the best form of "advertising" and is more likely to get people interested in the site vs a literal advertisement. >I always make an effort to drop a mention of here on /mlp/ when an appropriate moment arises It is appreciated, thank you for that and for the content that you create.

Anonymous 05/13/2025 (Tue) 16:04:48 Id:a284bc No. 807

can you make seo addon work with 2.10 ? it helps list threads on google. >breaking diff https://gitgud.io/LynxChan/LynxChan/-/commit/b59b6e96e1422e24a0383aa6692debb5cb0d4b08 only sitemap is needed, no other fancy things. https://bpa.st/E2NQ https://bpa.st/5HWA https://bpa.st/AYNQ