Everywhere is dying it would seem. The grass outside has never seemed better.

>>2467 What are you talking about? Altchans die all the time. 8chan's renaissance couldn't last. Now if you mean the internet and IBs in general are going downhill, that's nothing new. They will continue to plumb deeper and deeper depths. But there's nothing outside either.

Sad to see you fell for the shilling of that website. I will not follow. Goodbye

>>2467 Yeah. The only problem I have is that I wouldn't know what to do outside. On the other hand I don't even know anymore where to lurk online. >>2468 I never figured out how to keep tracks of altchans. I always stumbled upon them through seeing them mentioned somewhere. Still, at that pace how stuff gets worse I may just stare at a wall. >>2469 Where is the issue? The board is hidden.

wapchan seems to be struggling, maybe a ddos in how images/assets aren't loading. We'll ride it out a bit and then see

What the hell?? We own the magicchan domain?? Since when? Why are wasting our time with these bunkers when we could have the old site back??

>>2472 >Why are wasting our time with these bunkers when we could have the old site back?? Hosting one's own imageboard comes with a lot of technical hurdles, social theatrics, and administrative responsibilities. Much social authority and tolerance to abuse is needed - more than the average mage can withstand. It's why Wizardchan and Magicchan were carried away by the wind in the first place. Have you seen the amount of CP spam boards are getting these days? The S*yjak raids wiping catalogues on decades-old altchans? In the age of privacy, paranoia, and debauchery, it's simply too easy to destroy that which others are responsible for maintaining. Like a severely autistic adult male left unwrangled in the family apartment, one disturbed guy with a new VPN could run amok on a site like Magicchan and ruin it forever. Magicchan's size and speed doesn't demand more than a single board in the corner of a dusty attic. If the house is being robbed or raided, it's best to stay up in our dusty corner out of sight. Master Chans following the pre-8chan philosophy of user-driven board authorship are ideal for this. Of course, evidently they have their own vulnerabilities. I sympathize with the landmaster of this cafe, needing for one reason or another to not end only his site but all of the others which relied on him. One has to wonder why exactly this tough decision was made. Maybe the days of unchecked CP spam on the official boards are a hint.

The Magicchan URL redirects to Wapchan now, so I believe it would be best to lock all of the threads here and link to their new home counterparts. Otherwise discussion will be splintered.

>>2474 I don't think the admin of this board is still arund to lock anything.

>>2475 then who was stickied thread!?!?!

>>2475 >>2476 I had a volunteer account from the start that I never used either out of laziness or out of fear I would screw something up. Anyways I don't think it's necessary to lock all the other threads, if people want to post in them they'll know those posts will be lost eventually. Just post in the new location if you want your posts to stick around. Sorry for not moderating this whole time, I probably should have deleted some of the posts that were reported but it's not like it'll do much good now. Maybe if things had escalated more I would have intervened in a case like that one nonvirgin who wandered in here or some of the random schizos that have come and gone but I guess i always just figured I'd hope someone else was around to take care of it. If anyone is wondering, as far as I know I'm the only guy left with the ability to moderate the board at all and I have zero experience with it or knowledge about it and it's not like it matters anymore anyways.

>>2477 Also, I'm not the guy who owns the new board, that's a different mage I have no contact with him or anything like that and I don't plan to be a volunteer there unless he feels like he'd need the help (I forgot to do the role signature thingy in that post but here you go now I'm identifiable and everything).

>>2477 >Sorry for not moderating this whole time, Don't need to say sorry, I think it's been good all in all for a long time. It's just nice to see mages alive and well.

>>2479 > It's just nice to see mages alive and well. Sad to see that the activity only comes now, when the closure is coming. Where were you mages before?

I would say a thumbs up on copying all posts to the new hub. I speak for myself but these posts I made on this little enclave are sorta like traces of me and other anons. I would be a little sad to see them gone forever. Some posts were very heartfelt and insightful. >>2470 My personal saving graces are related to artistic special interests where I can still find resources and creativity from like-minded folk. If I didn't have that, I would have probably blasted myself already out of sheer boredom. >>2480 >Where were you mages before? One of the first og magicchan.org users here. I usually lurk here once a month. I don't post because my interests are incredibly niche and I am so passionate about them, I fear I may be recognized by malicious freaks. I stopped frequently sadposting or depressionposting years ago because after a certain age you should realize how useless it is. If you continue as you are, you can't realize or imagine just how bad things will get for you if you remain idle and then something bad clocks you right at your temple.

>>2480 And honestly, just kind of fucking off from this whole internet thing, no hate against this site or related. it all seems so soulless and I am saying from someone whose in some solidaric, very private spaces on the net. I spent a good deal of my childhood having a blast with an endless array of websites to easily access and to choose from. To see the web and userbase like this would be unbelievable to my younger self. He may have even started sobbing.

>>2481 > My personal saving graces are related to artistic special interests where I can still find resources and creativity from like-minded folk. If I didn't have that, I would have probably blasted myself already out of sheer boredom. Some saving graces are indeed what I am lacking and it is driving me insane. My mind gradually decaies and I have no idea what to do against it. Everything is bland, a hassle, difficult, intimidating. I am always so busy with work and managing my household and I am always so tired. I feel how my will to life gets sapped, leaving only dread, doubt and despair. How to find something that appeals to me remains a mystery. What brought me joy onces still does to a small amount, but most of the time I am not in the mood for it, or I am too tired or have other things to do. Anyway, what kind of art do you like? I don't think it's something for me, I am just interested in my fellow mages. > I usually lurk here once a month. I don't post because my interests are incredibly niche and I am so passionate about them, I fear I may be recognized by malicious freaks No other things to post about? Perhaps I am mistaken, but we never had any people with ill intent in the tower? > I stopped frequently sadposting or depressionposting years ago because after a certain age you should realize how useless it is. If you continue as you are, you can't realize or imagine just how bad things will get for you if you remain idle and then something bad clocks you right at your temple. While I like to write down stuff that troubles me, I don't post it. Having to put it into words forces me to confront the issue, which helps to reflect. I came to the same conclusion as you did, sharing it is mostly useless. Very rarely did I receive a useful answer. Sometimes it was ignored, sometimes mocked, sometimes a simple good luck. I wish I knew how to break idleness. I do work in order to pay the bills, but why should I even bother with that, if I don't want to life anyway? There is just nothing worthwhile in my free time. >>2482 Many, many times did I already think about leaving the Internet, but I don't know what else to do. No idea what to do on the Net, no idea what to do inside while not being on the Net, no idea what to do outside. Do you spend your entire time with your art? Or what else are you doing? How did you even get into it? The lack of soul and intimacy is really getting worse with every year. I am around since the early 2000s. Maybe I am nostalgic, but the comparison to it is beyond words. Solidaric and private spaces sound nice, I do miss this, but have no idea where I should find that. I feels like even online I have been left behind. Same as you I spent my childhood online, same goes for my teens. Now as an adult, I don't know anymore.

>>2473 What a load of defeatist crap. The only reason /tower/ exists is cause we couldn't access magicchan anymore. I'm not giving up on that dream.

>>2480 I've been busy trying to get my irl life in order for a while now. Feels like it never ends and I'm always distracted from everything I want to do. >>2484 I agree to some extent, but I know nothing about running a website or imageboard. I want magicchan back but if the hurdles that mage listed can't be overcome then I am fine with staying in /tower/ for a while longer. I don't want there to be 'jaks spammed on the 'log on magicchan 2 and the hidden board thing seems to work well to keep malicious people out. If there is some way to keep magicchan safe from soyjak or cp raids and whatnot then I'd like that to be done, but I don't know if that's possible. Maybe if magicchan 2 ever does get made there ought to be a hidden /tower/ board just in case the public facing side of it got raided, since the hidden board thing has worked out pretty well.

>>2484 >I'm not giving up on that dream. Then go sign up for Dreamhost or AWS and get to work.