#moderation

The mobile site has received a slew of updates recently, including:

• The ability to view original filenames and truncated names/subjects (tap the file size or inline expand the image; tap truncated text to expand).
• Support for infinite scroll (tap “Load More” at the bottom of board indexes, or check “Always use infinite scroll” in Settings).
• A dark theme (Tomorrow) for nighttime browsing, enabled in Settings under “Miscellaneous.”
• Top navigation now auto-hides upon scrolling down to free up vertical space for reading threads. Scroll up to have it reappear.
• Support for Thread Stats, with more native extension features to be enabled in the future.
• Minor usability tweaks and visual polish.

In addition to the mobile updates, we’ve also added the ability for janitors to submit warning requests as opposed to only ban requests, with the hope that it will reduce the number of bans issued for minor or borderline rule infractions. You can read the e-mail sent to janitors and moderators notifying them of the change below:

You’ll notice the Ban Request panel now has a checkbox to reduce the ban request to a warning. When “Warn” is checked, the post will still be deleted, but the poster will not be temporarily muted, and if the request is approved by a moderator a warning will be issued instead of a ban.

Many of the minor infractions we regularly issue bans for simply aren’t worth blocking someone from posting for 24 to 72 hours. Granted, these are the most lenient ban lengths we’ve had in all of our 11 years – not to mention you once couldn’t browse while banned! – but banning for trivial infractions frustrates the userbase and ultimately discourages rule adherence, encourages ban evasion, and breeds ill will. Posters, lurkers, volunteers, and the site as a whole are harmed in the process.

That said, we do not want warnings to be used as a replacement for regular deletions. Think of a warn request as a step down from a ban, and not a step up from a deletion.

Here are some examples where you may want to request warnings instead of bans:

• “Quality of Posts” and “Garbage Outside of /b/” issues (ex. “holds up spork my name is katy but u can call me t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!”), ASCII macros, huge lists of quoted post numbers, etc.
• People using avatars or signatures.
• Recommendation threads on /a/.

Note that not all ban request templates can be downgraded to a warn request (ex. Global Rule 1), and the checkbox will be greyed out and unusable in such cases.

We strive for 4chan’s moderation to be fair and consistent, and hope that posters will choose to respect the rules instead of deliberately breaking them in response to what is sometimes perceived as disproportionate punishment for minor or borderline infractions. Warnings and bans should only be used in cases where a rule has clearly been broken. Keep in mind that we publicly display a sampling of recently issued warnings/bans, and ideally the reasoning behind everything displayed should be easily understood by the person viewing it. If the text of the rule clearly fits the associated warned/banned post as it should, then there won’t be confusion as to why action was taken.

Janitors and moderators have always had the challenging task of walking a fine line and pleasing the insatiable masses. In a given month, more than 20 million people will browse 4chan, and upwards of 2 million will post. While catering to the individual tastes and opinions of millions of people isn’t feasible, we owe it to ourselves as users to enforce the rules as objectively and consistently as possible in order to preserve the best possible site experience for all.

Thanks as always for your volunteering and continued service.

 —moot

The Routine:

I’m giving away this basic diet plan that many dietitians give out and many athletes, such as Michael Phelps, use. I really don’t care if you do it or not - I can’t make you work hard, and once you adjust it isn’t hard work.

Talk to your Doctor:

If you’re reading this then chances are that you already have concerns regarding your diet. Be sensible. Especially if you have a known injury or condition that might impair your ability to exercise or eat properly. 

The First Thing To Do:

Make sure that you are actually overweight. Females in particular tend to deem themselves overweight when they aren’t. Check your BMI. If you can’t read your BMI properly from a lack of know how, don’t Google it! This is something for you to ask your GP/Doctor/Nurse to check out. Keep in mind that nurses can only give advice and opinions. To my knowledge they aren’t qualified to give educated and fully informed advice to someone.

Step #1 - Moderation:

I can’t say anything more than moderation is the key to this diet. You need to limit how much you eat and how often you eat it. Not the things you eat. 

Ideally you should be eating 3 small meals a day and 3 snacks throughout the day. But I can’t tell you how much you  should eat. If you are around 95 kg then I would recommend about 15-20 grams of whatever you want for breakfast, to 30-40 grams of whatever you want for lunch and dinner.

You should be eating once every 2-3 hours. So if you wake up at 10AM you eat 15 grams of cereal and by 11AM, perhaps eat a snack (such as a banana) and by 1PM you should be eating 30 grams of lunch.

But it is all dependent on how much is actually best for you. You should figure out how much you eat and adjust it accordingly. 

Youcan have things like McDonalds every now and again. Once a week isn’t even horrible. You have to stick to eating 30-40 grams of whatever you want and instead of ordering fizzy drinks you order the light/zero equivalent of them. If you order juice instead; that is better. But people tend to go full-pelt into their diets too fast and then just crash.

Step #2 - Exercise:

Exercise is the Yang to moderation’s Yin. You need balance in life. 

The minimum anyone should really be exercising, in my opinion, is 4 times a week.

If your goal is weight loss you shouldn’t be hitting the weight bench. Lifting adds muscle, so just lifting weights is not ideal. Even if you mix in weight lifting with cardiovascular exercises such as running, it isn’t great because when you gain muscle it makes it difficult to determine how much weight you have actually lost.

I’d recommend you do four 30 minutes + (dependent on how fit you are) sessions of cardio a week. Running and swimming are both examples of cardio exercises. 

I, personally, prefer swimming. When you have good swimming technique swimming is generally much better for your body, can burn higher rates of calories when you swim for the same amount of time you run (although this is dependent on how good of a runner or swimmer you are) and it is generally better for your metabolic system.

Step #3 - Hobbies:

A hobby can be really beneficial to getting in shape. It makes exercise fun for those who don’t think it is. Hobbies don’t have to be serious, here is a list of hobbies that are fun and are labelled on how intense of a sport it is. (Keep in mind this is my opinion on the sport’s intensity - it might vary in your experience):

• Longboarding/Skateboarding. (Light)
• Archery (Light)

• Tennis (Mild)
• Badminton (Mild)
• Surfing (Mild)

• Kickboxing/Thai Boxing (Intense)
• Judo (Intense)
• American Football/Rugby (Intense)
• Swimming (Light/Mild/Intense - Controllable)

Enjoy:

Feel free to use this, or not to use it. I hope it helps!

hawkeyedflame:

ok but how the heck was florence welch only 23 years old when she released her first album with florence + the machine

how did she sound like an ageless fae and a siren and a witch all at the same time, at the tender young age of twenty fucking three

i swear to god that woman wasn’t born but rather crawled from the ocean millennia ago, there is no other explanation

Florence’s Temperance.