[kr0bat]

God, they're complaining about newposters all the way back in 2007. Is the problem really Eternal September or is it just "kids these days"?

Also Leif K-Brooks is a thoughtful person, and it bleeds into his posts

    I don't know why exactly I think a one on one chat system would be different from an imageboard. When one makes a post on an image or discussion board, I think one does take into account that his words are going to be judged by the whole community. Even he isn't worried about preserving some identity, he still identifies with those words and responds to the reactions they get, and I think that ultimately leads to self-censorship and conformity. When there's only one person passing judgment, it doesn't have nearly the same negative impact, and what's more you can hit F5 and dismiss the entire thing, whereas a post still remains.

[soulofmischief]

Eternal September is an observable phenomenon whenever a new demographic in a community outstrips the old guard. This is fundamentally different than "kids these days", though you may find some overlap.

[morkalork]

It's either growing and suffering from eternal September, or shrinking and a dying echochamber.

[nemothekid]

>newposters all the way back in 2007

My recollection is that newposters was coined around 2007 for everyone who joined after the Habbo raids that had made /b/ much more popular. These newposters from Habbo were "ruining" the site.

[at_a_remove]

One night, visiting a friend, I overheard his kid complaining about the first big Habbo raid and how these people were everywhere. I slid into one of his schoolbook's a block-printed note reading POOL'S CLOSED. He never knew it was me.

[Lacerda69]

protip: it was never good

[waffleiron]

> and what's more you can hit F5 and dismiss the entire thing, whereas a post still remains.

Which was no longer a thing, with many people using Omegle to create content and upload it to youtube. It became far less anonymous in some cases than an image/discussion board.

[mardifoufs]

Complaining about newposters is just something you do. It would be weird otherwise.

[huytersd]

Calling it newposters is already weird

[otteromkram]

For real. I've never heard of that term until this thread.

Aren't they just neewbs or something? N33wbs?

N00bs?

[lkt]

They use "newf*gs" on 4chan, I assume that word is banned here so the above posters are censoring it.

[Pannoniae]

newfags? if you see this comment, then it is not censored

[huytersd]

It’s been 14 hours so there definitely no auto filter. It’s kind of a testament to the moderating here that I’ve been on hacker news for 6+ years and never once have I tried to use a slur.

[cultureswitch]

I can read it, so it's not even (yet) shadowbanned.

[n6h6]

Or the people who manually moderate HackerNews just haven't gotten to it yet.

[karolist]

You know how brits call a cigarette? For some reason 4chan calls new-posters new-cigarettes.

[aqfamnzc]

They have a different term over on 4chan...

[matheusmoreira]

Newfriends.

[broodbucket]

I haven't seen newposters anywhere before, it's always been newfriends as the slur replacement

[vasco]

Lurk more

[GaryNumanVevo]

On an anonymous website, that's the only differentiator