HI folks
Just so everyone is aware, we're doing some dev testing in the background that we don't want to go too much into detail on. We're hoping delivery will be in the short term for sure. And then we can move onto the next big three deliverables which
EviLore
will share when we have something formal drafted.
In terms of the drama happening - not just at KiA, but patreon, twitter etc. we're hoping that Gaf's current position (with moderator's that have no interest in driving discussions that adhere to a certain alignment) is something that encourages more people to return/join us. For what it's worth the quality and value of posts is largely good, but slower. There is less reaction and more substance. Also, although most of you won't see clear actions like reply bans we do use them in order to quell massive derails. We just don't jump the gun, and allow a bit of time for the troublesome posters to run out of steam and be discredited or alternatively change their opinion through reflection.
What's interesting is that those users considering leaving KiA and reddit would be well suited to the new community changes we are testing. We're aware communities are stalled somewhat, but the resurgence of what we're going to make them depends on some infrastructure changes and back end upgrades. The mods and admins are quite excited about them. And while we're rightly having some organic and steady growth we feel this is what will really set us apart and be a USP.
And yes, we are aware in the current political climate that those trying to besmirch the name of neogaf are using the same tired cliche references with no evidence and then propagating this through the social media channels. Personally, I take heart that the
established narrative now is that the split has caused an offshoot capable, and responsible for far worse than what neoGaf ever did. It's somewhat ironic that the site that started up and tried to shed the stigma of the previous site, has now stigmatised the newGAFs direction. But that's an aside. Somewhere, as this storm is weathered, what we offer will become more valuable and more noticed and we welcome all (old and new members).
Redneckerz
we don't want to have too many stickies in OT but I'll humour you and we'll see how it goes with a month's worth of sticky white stuff.