To all the newcomers.

Since Heyuri has been drastically increasing in growth lately, we saw fit to make a public announcement regarding it. In the past month, Heyuris postrate has nearly quintupled, everyday new unique IPs are seen on the site. Everyday, new tripcodes. To accompany this, several new boards has been added, and were filled up immediatley. /l/ and /g/ are on 3 pages already. Welcome, it doesn't matter much where you came from, how you found the site, or anything of that sort. But there are several important points that every new user to the site should remember;

Board culture. — Understanding, respecting, and participating in board culture is a crucial part of using the site. To learn what "board culture" is, one must spend a length of time browsing the boards, reading the threads, and understanding how people talk, act, and post. This is perhaps the most important message new users can get, because failure to comply with board culture will result in someone getting banned. You want to avoid that, right? The BEST way to avoid getting banned is to read the rules, and LURK before posting. Most other imageboards follow a pretty normal routine, so lurking and reading the rules is not necessary. Heyuri is different in this regard.

Site speed. — When "site speed" is mentioned, it usually refers to the speed of the boards, as opposed to the site itself. Heyuri is not always superfast, nor dead. It is slow at times, and fast at others. Our average PPH (Posts Per Hour) is 21. Meaning 1 post every few minutes. To not be scared away, it is vital for you to understand that Heyuri fluctuates. It is also relatively new, meaning that its constantly changing — almost always for the better. Is the board slow? No new threads for a bit? Feel free to make a new one.

"Free speech". — To have a thread deleted, is a learning experience for the poster of that thread. If your thread was deleted, that means it probably broke one of the rules. If it was your first ever thread, dont panic, try making a new one that acknowledges site culture and the rules. Do not be scared away by warns or deletions, every oldfag has been through them, and every newfag is going through them as well. Strict moderation on all the boards is what has kept Heyuri so clean.

OC. — Heyuri has tons of original drawings, animations, flashs, gifs, and the like. While you are lurking, feel free to check out some of these awesome contributions on the Heyuri Original Content Page. To contribute positively to the boards, is to help out everyone. Including yourself! Users who create exceptionally fantastic OC may have their content featured on the page — But in the end, OC is made by the users, for the users.

Positive contribution. — There is an endless list of things not to do on the boards. But seldom can you find advice on what counts as good, or positive contribution. Everyone is encouraged to participate and enjoy the boards. Threads that spark interesesting or informative discussion, make people laugh, contain original content, share high quality images, etc, are considered good contribution.

But I'm not an oldfag, I'm new to imageboards. — Thats fine. One of many misconceptions about Heyuri is that it is for older users only, this is simply not true however. Any user of any age can post and enjoy content on the board as long as they respect the rules and board culture. Like I said, everyone is welcome. Due to the massive influx recently, I saw appropriate to make this post.