The Meme Flags Are Ruining Sup Forums

Sup Forums was vastly superior when it only had geographic location flags, not all the stupid meme flags that people can pick and choose.

The entire point of having flags is to identify the nationality of the poster so the other users have context for the poster's statement. Now, instead of knowing something is a Canadian or Swedish shitpost, anyone can just post Black Lives Matter "whiteboi" stuff any time they want, or hide behind flags that don't actually represent them as a shield when spouting opinions that don't correspond to the ideology.

tl;dr: Mods, whoever, please go back to the way Sup Forums was, it was much better with national flags only.

Pls support ;_;

bumping past all the non political threads that always pollute the board

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The people using the new meme flags are probably the same retards who were using a proxy to post as a Canadian in the first place.

Actual Canadians won't hide their flag.

Nah I like it this way.

Feds and shills stick out.

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Where the fuck is the black and red version of this

>giving a shit what the flag next to the ID says
dude..

>Leaf

Actually Canadians already are doing that, that was one of the very first developments and also one that was the most consistent since the change.

No, they don't. It is significantly less transparent this way. It is much easier to hide behind any flag and misrepresent your views. It is objectively less useful this way, with more flaws and weaknesses to an already unstructured board.

At the gulag

Right below the one you're using.

>I don't remember /n/, /new/, or early Sup Forums, but I'll make a statement about how things "used to be"

up your ass, I'm surprised you can't see it in there, must be pretty dark

>no one will know i from india no more

leafs unite!

It's really not.

Feds are posting under nazi mostly. Shills posting under UN, EU, or Dem.

Sup Forums was vastly superior when it had no flags at all. Make this board like the rest of Sup Forums again where each post is totally anonymous.

If you want "context" to posts then clearly this is not the right website for you.

Indeed. Seems like summer is a thing on Sup Forums, as well as on Sup Forums

You put the "fag" in oldfag. Not everything has to revolve around the time you joined.

Mods need to add the stars & stripes to the non-geographic list just to piss you off even more.

>People don't know how Sup Forums used to be

I've been asking for ideology flags back for years.

Personally I would have preferred if it displayed both the location and the ideology choice, but this works too.

>not remembering when this board used to have selectable flags
>being this new

sure thing Salim

Smeels like summer spirit.

sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeit ooga booga mufugga we wuz kangz

Posting under Muslim flag, almost definitely not a Muslim. Proves my point.

Some non sequitur statement from someone using a fucking nazi flag. Also proves my point.

Yet another one.

And oh, yes, you must be a Templar. See how retarded this is? Even having no flags at all would be better than these fucking meme flags.

I swear it's like reddit has completely migrated here and it's noticeably shittier all around.

>tfw my flag collection has probably come to an end at 172 flags

Oh well

yes they r stupid. i think it is here to encourage new ones by providing even more anonymity in their simpleton minds.

let me assure you that sppoks reside on this place, each poster is identified, posts are stored and you are marked as person of interest.

Well, it proves MY point. Nobody should give a shit what flag you post under. It's just edgy faggotry anyways, who cares?

If you fags were actually here since the beginning, you realize regional flags fucked this board up beyond repair.

>And oh, yes, you must be a Templar.

I'm whatever you want to perceive me as, user.

>Even having no flags at all would be better than these fucking meme flags.

Why don't you address your argument where you actually have the problem?

You dislike the identitarianism.

I'm so tired of these newfags acting like they represent all of Sup Forums and pleading to the mods that they should return Sup Forums to its "normal" state of geo-centric flags. I swear to god most of these faggots probably came during the election and don't even respect the core Sup Forums ideal of anonymity. They get horribly confused when they have to actually consider the content of the post and can't just ad-hom about their country.

hahahahah stay mad cuckboi

I've been on Sup Forums since before Sup Forums was a board, you fucking morons.

lurk moar

I think the memeflags are a terrible idea IF they replace the geography flags, but i'd like to see it more like this, Geo flag, Ideology/meme flag, and then as well, a no flag choice. I haven't used a memeflag yet, and don't intend to. Maybe confederate. Texas will secede and kill you all.

>WAAAH I can't give people shit because of their geographic location
>WAAAH I can't feel superior because of my flag and use our numerical superiority to bully those in other regions
this is why we hate you dumb burgers

If you weren't such a faggot you would realize that the beginning is completely and utterly irrelevant. Things were better with the regional flags. You can keep saying "B-But it wasn't that way a long time ago" but it's never going to be a meaningful point. Get a real argument.

Uh, okay? Same here. There's a reason I listed /new/ and /n/.

pol used to have meme flags long ago b4 all you reddit pieces of shit invaded

>the identitarianism
No, I specifically stated that is not the problem. The problem is that the flags are not accurate representations of the poster's nationality or identity.

The change has only resulted in the loss of a useful feature and the addition of a whole range of negative, corrosive effects on the board and its functioning. The shitposting has always been bad, but it has clearly gone through the roof just since the change. How retarded do you have to be to not comprehend the basic systems here?

>Things were better with the regional flags.

No, they were not.

Sup Forums is always at its best when every post is totally anonymous, and the only thing you can judge the post by is its content.

>people hide behind meme flags because they're ashamed of their country
Let's be real this is the real reason.

Epiphany: This website is completely retarded and far too unintelligent to be worth my time.

Have fun posting your idiotic meme flags you fucking subhuman mongrel trash.

I'm so tired of being called burger dude... I'm not even American, I'm white hispanic.

>t. turkroach

It was not a "useful feature", it was a shitty feature that often derailed threads with POO IN LOO and A FUCKING LEAF and made people care more about countries than content.

And no shit things have been a little chaotic since the change, whenever there's a big change to a board things get hectic for a few days. Give it another week and it will settle down.

>The problem is that the flags are not accurate representations of the poster's nationality or identity.

So?

Identity should have nothing to do with your perception of truth.

It's just a microcosm of politics at large. Lots of people claiming to be things that they aren't.

You're just a sheltered retard if you think that you can actually figure anything out about anybody based on a flag.

I've probably lived in the USA for longer then you've been alive. And there was absolutely no benefit of living there that helped me learn about anything political that I could not have learned elsewhere.
And I lived in TX CO SC WA MN OK VA. I've probably lived in more places in America then you ever have or will, and I've probably seen far more of America then you ever have or ever will too, as I've visited every state.

The only thing you learn about in one country that you can't learn in another just as easily are regional logistics, and even those can be explained fairly quickly.

It's not a real context. Country flags ARE THE MEME FLAGS

it evens out - now you can really tell who the retards are

We used to only have meme flags for years and then they got rid of them and we only had geographic flags and everybody complained for a while and then forgot about it.

You will get used to it.

That's where you're wrong

I'm thrilled based americans will now no longer know I'm stuck in this shithole, back water, gov can change your kids gender against parents' consent, hellhole of a country

2004fag here.
GET RID OF THE CATALOG!
500kb image limit!
NO MORE WEBMs!
NO MORE FUCKING CAPTCHAS!

Flags coincided with this place getting too fucking big and full of spam. I'd rather go back when we had tripfags like Athens, Invisible Sky Magician, and Alma Wade then redditors and Sup Forums-kiddies.

Agree. Esp about the webms

Regional flags don't compromise that. People can judge you for the country that you happen to be from, but it's never going to change the fact that (unless you have a rare flag) it doesn't do anything to identify you. Who cares if they just trash talk your country instead of responding properly? If they don't refute your points then you can consider yourself the winner. You act as though people can't call you a complete and colossal faggot unless they know which country you're from. Why would a meme flag be any better? People can just trash talk by spamming "no step on snek" and "stormweenies leave."

possible compromise is a second forced geoflag beside your selected meme flag

>not wanting more anonymity (on a user to user level) on an anonymous image board
It's obvious you're new here because this is how things used to be. You're just upset because now you have to actually respond to someone's opinion or partake in genuine discussion without retorting to memes based off of their flag.

You dumb fucking mong go back to T_D.

U mad whiteboi?

>claims to have been on Sup Forums since before Sup Forums
>only realizing this just now

>I wanna go back to when this place was my sekrit club
Then go fuck off to one of the other chans. People aren't going to leave in droves just because you're butthurt.

Now THERE'S some nostalgia.

>Sup Forums was vastly superior

so? its just banter, grow skin you wetback

A FUCKING BURGER!

See you after supper, user

It should be a /bant/ thing

I don't agree with declaring your ideals in place of your geographic location, for the same reason that I don't use fb/twitter etc. No one cares how you feel about social issues, etc especially if you can't prove the credibility to be speaking on the subject. I think your geographical location tells more about your life situation than whatever opinion you currently hold. Also I liked the country-bullying, but I'm a burger so I guess we're at an advantage someone said

It seems to me that sensitivity and protection from mean words has (((leaked here)))

Thissssss. It's increased the shitposts from the TD faggots

>Never experienced Sup Forums without regional flags
>Tells oldfags not everything revolves around when they joined
>He joined around the time of regional flags
>Proceeds to tell everyone why the new way is superior
>Despite being a newfag

Moot added assigned flags when he added board-wide IDs, a word filter, and axed the captcha. It was designed to intentionally flood Sup Forums with Reddit-Sup Forums cancer and led to a large exodus of Sup Forumslacks. This is why Reddit le_donaldo faggots need to >>>/gtfo/

You were useful for getting the Normies to accept Trump, now fuck off

I think they should just remove flags altogether

Being able to choose a meaningless flag is just a waste of time

>The problem is that the flags are not accurate representations of the poster's nationality or identity.
but burger, if one lives in ex colonies, one can be diaspora from all over the world. how do You know i am not a chinese hindu from zimbabwe? spooks know who we are - normal posters do not.

If I shitpost hard enough maybe you'll understand my nationality anyway

>Unironically being this new
Really...Really makes you think

Wait. This shit is permanent?

You're probably a piece of shit burger

I hate all these fucks who don't like anonymity. This is one of the few websites on the internet that actually preserves it and people complain

Nothing really matters son.

The new flags are a cancer and are distracting users from more important topics and global happenings. Which was probably the purpose of introducing them to begin with

You all say that having meme flags prevents people from avoiding your arguments using personal attacks, but all you do is call me a newfag and leave it at that.

Yep Duterte phaggot

Do you hate the ID system too?

Talk about current events instead of relying of flags you piece of shit

support
although please keep flags of historical nations pic related

Sup Forums was way better before meme flags this shit is gonna turn into Sup Forums overnight

>inb4 it already has

No, they're trying to see how they can group identities and personality types.

If they'll self-select given proper stimulus, etc.

It's because they can't rule over opinions or people with an iron fist like their buddies on reddit do.

I'm ashamed of many things about my country, but I ain't a coward.

Why anyone would get emotionally invested on something user said is beyond me. The nationality banter was funny and didn't derail topics imo.

This board was Sup Forums 6 years ago and still is to this day

wrong again friend, sorry for the deception

dude
you are a newfag
Sup Forums has had these choosable flags before 2015
go ahead on 4plebs and look on posts done before december 2014 and you'll see

HOW CAN WHITES EVEN COMPETE?!

Bump these flags are cancer and mods should be hanged

I agree

Yes, I hate it very much and I think we should get rid of IDs as well.

And it's amazing how when I express that people often call me a "shill" or something...because I want to make the board more anonymous like the rest of fucking Sup Forums and how Sup Forums used to be. I feel like people here were manipulated into accepting IDs; moot destroyed the board by posting all the cuck shit and then put IDs in place to "fix" the mess that he created.

Internet anonymity is a really special thing, that is hardly on any websites at all, so I feel like this website should try to preserve that.

YOURE SUCH AN SNOWFLAKE YOU SUCK MY DICK

Here's how you spot obvious newfags lads.