@fat4all.bsky.social , I was trying to come up with a lengthy response that wouldn't get me banned (as that forum has been infuriatingly bi-polar and hypocritical lately) but you summed it up in just a few words.
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I had no idea Irish was permaed. That feels like a last straw. If the dog’s ban is retroactively changed to a permanent, I’m asking for one two. Take away the dog and ninja and I’m gone.
When I snipped this pic you had just posted two minutes earlier. I was trying to quickly grab it because I knew you were gonna get banned and it may get deleted. haha. I'm waiting to get banned for a mod finding this thread, like they did back in the day on GAF.
I was quit literally JUST about to be banned in the TikTok thread. I was about to to account suicide after being there since the first week (and being on GAF back to 2004ish).
I was right about be like "as the dad of a queer kid, you are a fucking cunt". I literally looked for the "reply" button.
"We will ban content based on our own internal guidelines and discussion, *not based on anything any of you say* so there's no point in the constant derails."
Like, you couldn't sprint harder to being NeoGAF II, guys
We had years of no mod scandals such as stealing from the community, p3dos, or the boss being a sex pest. That was literally the only good thing about this admin team. But now they're speedrunning towards the final moments of "pre-Era GAF" without the scandals...which feels worse? I suppose?
The details are different but the tone is the same. The fact that it's almost beat-for-beat repeating the same trends is what makes it so frustrating. Like, we've been here before guys. A lot of y'all are in your 40s now, you need to be better.
I agree. I meant to imply that we had criminals and alleged criminals in the last mod team. We're older, we lost trust before, and we don't HAVE to stick around there. When it's starting to feel like the last place with (apparently) no criminal activity/corruption, what's that say about your team?
They very quickly went from being transparent with rules to just banning people to whatever they feel like. I've raised my issues, as have many, with their moderating methods over the years, but they don't seem to really take criticism and are overly defensive.
The creators of the game Kingdom Come are known to be racist and fascist leaning, to the point people are asking why it's not being treated the same as other banned topics. Mods are saying "don't shame people for playing it, let's just all move on" despite their developers being more toxic...
...than several banned topics. Cyberpunk has a huge pinned post that's posted on EVERY page of the single allowed thread because of a transphobic social media manager and questionable marketing. Kingdom Come has SEVERAL openly anti-LGTBQ and racists devs and M@GA supporters, but it's given a pass.
Well it appears someone account s* and posted a bunch of BlueSky posts being critical of ResetEra forum moderation the last few days. I didn’t get a chance to see what was posted and by who but I’m fully expecting a permaban for “offsite drama” soon. Feels fitting for the next four years of big b.
Yeah someone was being petty. If they were making a point of how people are criticizing moderation off site because they don’t feel safe it would be understandable. But “look at these guys saying fuck the mods” is high school behavior if that’s the case.
I’m not necessarily worried so much about myself: I’m just worried about all of those who we were discussing with here getting banned. I’m gonna feel responsible in some way either way. We should be able to talk freely without fear of retribution. We need a forum union. Haha.
I'm likely going to buy it because of the TikTok threads. The same people cheering for the ban because of casual boomerism, open sinophobia, and/or a dismissal of the dangers of conservatives makes the place feel a lot less safe for me lately.
holy shit yeah the tiktok thread is bad. RAMPANT sinophobia. i think same with whenever EGS is brought up, they bring up the big scary china influence immediately. like reddit but worse
It's like the slink out of the walls after lurking and show their true side. I made two threads about book bans in Florida: "eh kids don't read anyway" or "LGTBQ kids should go to parents or teachers". I almost got banned in my own fucking thread - boomer or trolls or both?
Oh I could rant about the politics threads and that's right where I'd start. The blue bubble elites acting like no matter what happens they'll be safe. The midwest isn't important. The rural areas. Also the "fuck them kids" attitude towards Florida when there are some of us trapped here.
I try to stick to positive posting, but the one person repeatedly going "I know it's bad to support the Nazi dev, but unfortunately I'm going to buy it anyway" has really been trying tmy patience
That happened so many times during the Hogwarts topic. And despite that thread being a graveyard, several of them ended up being spared. Seeing mods playing the game on my Steam list also made me realize a lot of the moderation was performative.
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I was right about be like "as the dad of a queer kid, you are a fucking cunt". I literally looked for the "reply" button.
Like, you couldn't sprint harder to being NeoGAF II, guys
Them bumping the Pokemon leak thread had me all excited for a moment.