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User base: 2/5

As to be expected with any video game board you will have your kiddos, but the amount of childishness can hit an unbearable threshold from thread to thread. Another problem is the inherently divisive nature of console wars and the wholesale criticism of a series. This inevitably leads to wading through a lot of bait and shitflinging that can make each thread more of slog to get through than it is probably worth.

Moderation: 3/5

Mark is active, and some may say too active, but in general he kind of gives a shit and is very much accountable for his actions due to his frequent activity on the board. However dubsposting can derail a thread faster than a Kremling on a Spanish train. Sometimes dubs are used effectively to end a shitty bait thread, and other times, jimcarreypointingupatnumbers.jpg can result in a difficult read for each thread. Cyclical threads are used wisely and stickys aren't always crowding the top of the page.

fun: 2/5

None of it is allowed and the fact you would expect fun on /v/ is silly. There are however a great deal of community efforts made to make the place fun to be a part of. But if you're having fun doing it you're not doing it right and you should gitgud. Friday threads and 4am threads are still pretty interesting to take part in, and is a perfect example of how a community can get together and feel so miserable.

OC: 1/5

Due to the fast post rate it can be hard to generate a handy meme or something exclusively known to be from 8/v/, but even then many of the memes posted are very uninspired or originated on cuckchan.cuck and 8/v/ hasn't really made a meme in a long time and it may just be due to the speed of the boards not allowing silly things to be formed.

Is it better than cuckchan's version?

In some ways they're very similar, but all the benefits of 8chan allow this /v/ to be much more user oriented and smaller communities and slower post rates work in favor of 8/v/. So it is better than cuck/v/, if only slightly so.

Overall: The numbers aren't great and if this were a professor's grade, /v/ would get an F, but I don't think its that horrid of a board. It's generally expected of any video game to be pretty bad, but /v/ still has flashes of brilliance and a cynical nature that has remained from older imageboard users. If I really cared about video games and had particular interests in those from today, then I'd really have no choice but to browse this /v/. Otherwise, there isn't much reason to visit otherwise.

/v/

User base: 5/5

As far as 8chan boards go, /fit/ is the best of the best. Although it is obviously by 8chan standards of conduct, almost all users actually want to help each other, and will be constructive in a sense instead of insulting immediately. They are more friendly to each other and more mature. There are often arguments but they actually have a point. The community's knowledge on fitness is overall very good, even though I doubt most of them have any actual experience with lifting, and just like to shitpost. Interesting posts come up, and interesting advice.

Moderation: 1/5

Ironically, /fit/ is one of the boards with least drama despite having almost no moderation. It's because the user base is so mature that we don't need to give a shit about moderation.

fun: 3/5

Most people don't come to /fit/ for fun but to learn something new and improve their lives. That being said there are also dank memes and I only really have fun posting on /fit/. It is the intellectual's version of fun.

>>232

/v/irgin here and I agree with this, sadly

/his/ - History

User base: 4.5/5

The only thing keeping them from a perfect score is something I recognize as a result of mutually exclusive qualities regarding great boards. The few there are well versed, researched, and, generally speaking, still fun to discuss with. The only problem is how slow it is. It's a damn shame too because it was at a good speed only last year and whenever it would pop into the Top 25. Otherwise, they're a no bullshit and incredibly intelligent group of people.

Moderation: 5/5

Job made easy thanks to a slow post rate, but the presence of informative and useful stickies make the board look not only interesting, but educational.

fun: 4/5

It depends on if you have fun learning about the topic at hand. History is not only fun to learn, but useful as well. My bias towards history is showing here as I find almost all history intriguing to learn, but the board occasionally hosts movie nights and I believe made a showing at the 8chan Cup.

OC: 1/5

As far as imageboards go, I don't think /his/ has a community large enough to really warrant a distinguishable aesthetic that can result in many memes or other content. This shouldn't be seen a negative at all in regards to the quality of the board.

Better than cuckchan's version?

>implying cuckchan would even allow this good idea to flourish

Overall: /his/ should be recognized as a triumph of the 8chan model. It's a user created board with a well versed user base and a generally loyal one at that. Other than its slow post rate, there is not much one can do to fault the people who browse there. If you can not only learn, but have fun while doing it, then you have someplace special. /his/ as of today is a model of a great imageboard community.

>>248

>OC: 1/5

that's a bit harsh, if nothing else /his/torically relevant edits of old memes are done relatively often

then there are some goldmine threads like >>>/his/16755

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