The state of NeoGAF
- Thread starter EviLore
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Its Dont get your hopes up, UP! you ding, even your insults are garbage.
Sure why not. You're not a junior with a handful of posts.
The Albatross
Member
There's nothing wrong with being a 'junior.'
There's nothing wrong with being a lurker.
There's nothing wrong with being an active poster who shares their opinion every day in every thread.
Without juniors and lurkers, we'd all be talking to ourselves, this forum would have never gotten a fraction of the posts its gotten. We'd be bloviating at the dark expanse of the internet.
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There's nothing wrong with being a lurker.
There's nothing wrong with being an active poster who shares their opinion every day in every thread.
Without juniors and lurkers, we'd all be talking to ourselves, this forum would have never gotten a fraction of the posts its gotten. We'd be bloviating at the dark expanse of the internet.
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Rellik
Member
😂
GarthVaderUK
Banned
I think GAF has entered its death spiral TBH.
With many of the most active members quitting, there won't be as much content fuelling the community (already looks half dead today). Younger generations generally spend their time on social media instead of crusty old forums these days too, so new sign-ups will likely decrease with time. Plus, with the ban on social and political discussion, there's less diversity of discussion now which will see members who took part in that drift away.
GAF is past its prime, and I feel it's just going get worse and worse here in future. It already didn't seem as busy lately as it has been in the 11 years I've spent here.
With many of the most active members quitting, there won't be as much content fuelling the community (already looks half dead today). Younger generations generally spend their time on social media instead of crusty old forums these days too, so new sign-ups will likely decrease with time. Plus, with the ban on social and political discussion, there's less diversity of discussion now which will see members who took part in that drift away.
GAF is past its prime, and I feel it's just going get worse and worse here in future. It already didn't seem as busy lately as it has been in the 11 years I've spent here.
Dont be silly. Everyone here has to be correct and unified as one otherwise the whole system falls apar... oh nevermind.
I'm at 3.4 posts per day, so I'm in the clear, yay.
Anyway, it's funny that some users think that the opinion of people with not a lot of posts per day or in general is worth less than those of more active members. One quality post is way more worthwhile than ten awful posts. And that is what matters.
Lasthope106
Member
This cannot be said enough. A lot of this people, the most active, the most invested, were the ones that discouraged me the most from posting in threads that were "controversial."
If we are talking about the state or future of Neogaf I'm not going to take what a junior's opinion over a long term member.
Especially since there seems to be a flood of alts/junior coming out the woodwork now that they can "say how they really feel".
Given that the average word count per post is 5.7 I couldnt agree more. But then again Im a junior, and have been for years.
Euphoria14
Member
To clarify further, if I typed the same stuff I do now, but am still a junior, its instantly of less worth?
Thank you. I think I almost have it figured out.
Anime Avatar
Neo Member
Sorry, you're too smart and reasonable for this place
Skullface
Member
Was this the post that brought you to member status? If so, how poetic.
Junior bashing wasn't even allowed previously. It was against the rules. Not to mention lazy as fuck.
If you've a handful of posts yeah worth a hell of a lot less, at this time.
In normal times I've no beef with Juniors.
Probably not, but if you had an anime avatar then your opinion would be invalidated. Since your avatar is Walter White, you're fine.
This place is never going to the the same, or even close to what is was before Saturday. I've PMd a (the only?) mod and asked if there is a way to delete my account. If not, then hopefully I'll see some of you guys elsewhere on the internet. It's been a fun and educational five-plus years. I will miss the OT quite a bit. I hope Malka learns something from all this, and that victims of abuse continue to feel safe enough to share.
The à¹ÛBronx
Member
Which topics were the threads about? Just curious as to what input you were afraid to post before but would do so now.
Euphoria14
Member
Not sure when and where I gained member status if I could be completely honest. Never really put any stock into the title.
dolabla
Member
Hahaha, that's a good one! This place is becoming more and more rational by the day without them. I'll pass on their little echo chamber.
This is the process. The only evidence at the end of it will be heaping piles of shit.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
why can you only send 1 PM every 10 minutes?
Lasthope106
Member
The ๖ۜBronx;252840939 said:
Politics
Gender Equality
Gay Rights
Feminism
Social Justice
...
The list goes on.
edit:
Religion
Drugs
Uno Venova
Banned
Because misogyny.why can you only send 1 PM every 10 minutes?
Exactly, some posters are trying to diminish peoples opnion based on contribution, years of service and etc. lets hear everyones opnions.
blanchot
Member
I also rarely post but whatever. I find most topics dominated by a minority of voices so a lurker like me has a diminished say. Hopefully things straighten up around here after the suicides and trolls finish
or I actually get into Reset Era.
Also .24 a day!
Air Zombie Meat
Member
haha good one
Why are links banned in PM's?
lol that's low. Just put spaces in between different parts of the link.
Uno Venova
Banned
Why is the name of the upcoming forum on the banned word list?some people say that cucumbers taste better pickled
Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
I would understand the freakout if this was a cult of personality forum for EviLore, but I don't recall that ever being the case in the years I've used this site. Everyone used the site just fine over the years when everyone apparently knew the deal with him. It's really hard for some to come to grips with new revelations when they are that problematic. Being reasonable and patient are rare traits these days.
Timan
Developer
I don't know about links being banned in PM's. Possible theres a word in the link thats blacklisted, not sure.
Anyway, there are sites out there that are reporting staff are reading their PM's and banning them for things they sent/received etc. vBulletin does NOT let any user read another users PM. You'd have to either login as that user, or have direct access to the database.
Anyway, there are sites out there that are reporting staff are reading their PM's and banning them for things they sent/received etc. vBulletin does NOT let any user read another users PM. You'd have to either login as that user, or have direct access to the database.
Well at least EL has created a "controversial" free safe space for you in the NeoNeoGAF if you have trouble sharing your opinions.
The à¹ÛBronx
Member
What were some points for them that you were previously afraid to raise?
KarneeKarnay
Member
I'm fully supportive of their desire to create a new forum. You all seem to be painting them as freaking out over EvilLore, when the majority of people are pissed off with how EvilLore has handled all of this. He was fine with politics and womens rights until he became part of the conversation. He didn't manage the situation at all and when threads were opened asking him of this, he just shut the whole site down.
Now instead of actually refuting what happened, he's removed OT and banned all Political and social threads, then blamed OT for all of this.
Now instead of actually refuting what happened, he's removed OT and banned all Political and social threads, then blamed OT for all of this.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
How many on the staff have direct access to the database? Just Evilore? How many are on the staff in general now anyway, out of interest? Is the mod team back up to full strength?
Euphoria14
Member
Its not a good practice at all and makes sense that it wouldnt be allowed.
The Albatross
Member
That's a good way of putting it, +1 to the bolded. +0.9 to everything else.
Lol yeah, been seeing a lot of this mentality... its pretty toxic because it shuts down conversations as they try to validate someones opnion.
dreamcastmaster
Banned
Lasthope106
Member
The ๖ۜBronx;252841557 said:
I honestly don't remember. And I don't have the time to dig into that abyss. What I do know is that I stayed as far away as I could, and avoid engaging due to fear of being called out for stating any opinion. Even if it was something "left leaning" you could get called out for not being "progressive" enough.
A lot of OT threads had a reputation for being places to be avoided if you wanted to continue posting on this forum long term.
Skullface
Member
I just wanted to clarify something. I think it's ridiculous that when debating as a junior member, some folks will take the easy way out and ridicule the junior member status. I wasn't sure how I came across.
Opposing viewpoints as in homophobic, racist, sexist yadda yadda you know the same rules that used to apply here.
EYEL1NER
Member
Conversation is moving pretty fast and a lot has been discussed since I last looked at the thread, so I may have missed it, but has the subject of "subs to off topic threads vanishing" come up at all? I got on last night and was glad to see Off Topic Community was back but then dismayed to see that all of my subscriptions that weren't to a Gaming-side thread were gone. I mean, it's not like my subscriptions were the only thing keeping me in check and I would have been a virulent asshole who got banned every other week without them or anything, but the thought that a ban meant I would lose my subs was something that made me try a little extra hard to avoid bans, maybe rethink or reword some things I wanted to say at times or back out of a discussion before I got too upset over it.
Are they gone for good? Just a temp thing that went wrong while Off Topic is disabled but Off Topic Community is up? Something unintended that didn't happen to anyone else?
Are they gone for good? Just a temp thing that went wrong while Off Topic is disabled but Off Topic Community is up? Something unintended that didn't happen to anyone else?
Yeah, those rules were often stretched to include things that shouldn't have been. You don't get the universal level of resentment aimed at GAF from just GG types that can't be openly terrible.
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