Then ignore those threads. Games and other mediums are almost always in some way political. Trying to seperate that is bullshit. And yes, not inherently alt-right, but definitely something those types would cheer on.
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So.... what happened?
- Thread starter DrForester
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The change happened a few weeks ago.
When you speak of a few weeks ago do you speak in the present tense?
I knew I wasnt a prominent member, but . . . to have it confirmed by not being consulted for this kinda stings.
Gaming. The admins were very clear that any politically charged topic had still a place in the other sub forums. The new sub forum was just regarding topics about literal politics
To couple politics away from popular culture as much as possible. It's one of the right/alt-right's biggest goals.
GAF is basically /pol/-lite these days. The only difference is that you can't call someone the N-word.
Admins should keep open and sticky a thread where users can make suggestions for what they would like to see.
Often times threads are closed because management get in their feelings over a post, but fail to realize the bigger picture.
Often times threads are closed because management get in their feelings over a post, but fail to realize the bigger picture.
If you do a stickied thread like that then use a title like "Hangouts - Find a place to call home".
Join the NonProminents brother, our strength together is unstoppable
Thanks for the suggestion! In the past we've done multiple community spotlights, but it wasn't consistent. Sometimes it'd be 1, sometimes 2. We're going to be looking at the spotlight program to see how we can improve it to get more eyes on those threads.
:)
I agree with you 100%. It's absolutely tricky to do right which is why we don't have that infrastructure ready to go yet. I'd love to continue this discussion 1-1 if you have some time.
Apparently something happens, considering people lose their shit if they see the word "Trump" next to the word "Star Wars".
That's not what the poster means when he wants a politics subforum. People saying yes to that want any kind of politics banished to that thread so they can talk about games without having to read about game companies treat women like shit etc.
It's vastly different to what the mods attempted with an Entertainment and an Etcetera section that still allows politics overlap.
If history is a guide, eventually we standard members will be able to elect tribunes so we can have our day in the forumocracy.
Yes but the tribunate office was infamous for being exploited by the likes of the proto dictators prior to the collapse of the Republic.
Giving power to the plebs would lead to ruin!
And Carthage must be destroyed!
Beefy has a very prominent member. Can confirm. I looked at his post count and post count quality.
Let try it and see what happens.
What could possibly go wrong?
If they did something yesterday or two years ago, it's still the past
It wasn't a very efficient or effective learning experience for them, but maybe the feedback of it all will be valuable when they research and implement other ways to improve the forum structure.
I feel like OTs contain a whole lot of people who would otherwise try to make threads about edgy/inflammatory opinions they have. The types people make threads for months later, but would be chaos upon release.
Also, without OTs, larger releases would dominate forums for weeks at a time. That alone makes them worth it.
Surely you could recognize the difference between representation in games, James Gunn's eviction from Disney and the latest Trump related thread.
I said already back near the start
We were told like a day or two before you guys. Everything had been finalised by then. We were "polled"
This is exactly what Gaf did lol. I would rather they did Entertainment instead of Politics, but either would work and help solve the problem they were attempting.
Edit: what are prominent members? Are they just the resettleres?
Not about to wade through all the now trashfire feedback threads for it, so nothing specific. But it happened often enough from different posters with no real action taken on them that I found myself walking away thinking the moderation here is strangely out of whack. Like I legitimately don't get how that's OK, it's why I tend to not participate in said threads till now.
If I ever run into more and I'm not feeling too lazy, I'll probably quote them.
I just assumed that the site was down because someone dun goofed or a moose was released in a server room somewhere.
If the issue is that not enough people use hangouts, then putting hangouts in etcetera would be a really bad idea - since they're guaranteed to never be seen. At least when they're in their own section - less popular hangouts are sometimes also on the front page.
But... they did listen. Five fucking hours after implementing the changes. Sure many would've liked them to listen earlier but they did listen. So fast I didnt get to see this change go live!
And who exactly do you want fired? No moderator here gets paid you know that right?
Okay need to get some work done, even on labor day. Just love that people are being so exceptionally transparent now, before it was we want communities to thrive and to see all those wonderful OT's we never got to see. Now its clear, we just don't want to see politics anymore can you please make em take it elsewhere. I'm just trying to watch some football.
We could also take the Facebook approach, surround yourself with people that agree with you. So...
Gaming right
Gaming left
Off topic right
Off topic left
Gaming right
Gaming left
Off topic right
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I like how people keep pretending that everyone only consumes ResetEra and no other media or news outlets, and this wanting a separate section for politics means they are super privileged white people who dont consume any politics ever.
If it's not on ResetEra, it doesnt exist!
We were discussing who's going to be the mayor of EtcetEra. I won in a landslide.
don't forget this important one
4. making assumptions about strangers lives on the internet and waving your holier-than-thou attitude around
(not directed at you)
If we're only adding one forum, replace politics with 'Disney Owned IP's'