Sage
A sage[a] is a way of posting in an imageboard thread without bumping it. On 4cuck, saging is possible by typing “sage” into the “Options” field. It used to show that you saged by setting the email to "sage," but eventually that feature was removed when the e-mail field was removed. On the sharty, you can sage a post the same way you do on 4cuck, which works the way 4chan used to before the email-field was removed, to indicate your disapproval of the thread you’re posting in.
Reasons to Sage
The sage feature was originally created for low-quality replies; as in, you don't feel your reply is valuable enough to the discussion to warrant bumping the entire thread. It is still used this way on some meme 1-10pph altchans who want to enforce the heckin' oldfag cultureino, but sage nowadays means:
- Downvote
- You want others to know that it’s a bait thread
- You want others to know that OP should kill xerself
- You don't want others to see the thread
Is Saging Effective?
Not really. Saging is what peaceful protests are to violent revolution. In other words, attempting to derail a shitty thread is usually a better (and gemmier) option. For 4cuck ‘jakkers, it usually means a whole lot of soydueling and mass replying. On the ‘arty, it’s usually either dotspam (in the Soot era[b]), counter-coalposting, or, rarely, counter-gemcrafting.
Counter-sage
A counter-sage is a post that exists purely to counteract a sage, usually with the text "Yup. That sage is negated".
