>>72170And before you say "how do you know that pass users aren't doing that?"
Look at this thread. Look at the mentality that this exclusive board fosters. As soon as it becomes more about "im better than you since i spent money" you create a huge divide between the users and it becomes this echo chamber of pass users kissing pass user ass. It becomes less about quality, and more about just flaunting that you bought a pass, or that you have an exclusive board, or whatever flair you want to hold up as making you unique and special, as you post on a site where the whole spirit is to put users on equal footing where they are judged by the quality of posts. In Hiro's own words when he founded 2ch:
>If there is a user ID attached to a user, a discussion tends to become a criticizing game. On the other hand, under the anonymous system, even though your opinion/information is criticized, you don't know with whom to be upset. Also with a user ID, those who participate in the site for a long time tend to have authority, and it becomes difficult for a user to disagree with them. Under a perfectly anonymous system, "it's boring", you can say, if it is actually boring. All information is treated equally; only an accurate argument will work.http://tanasinn.info/wiki/A_Guide_to_Anonymous_BoardsAnd here we have users who want to go against that very principle, while in an echochamber board, and proclaim they are better than other users. Those people should literally lurk more before they start to talk shit about things they clearly know nothing about before they try to be superior to anyone. This nonsense is what leads to sites fracturing and kills them, so I will clearly say it's bullshit when that is what it very obviously is. I may have purchased a pass, but I'm not such a sad sack that I need to use that to be superior to anyone and anyone who does feel that need may need to get a grip on their lives.
