Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

[HaughtyFrank]

To celebrate Elon being a Nazi, I have finally fixed the Twitter embeds to automatically swap the x.com URLs so you don't have to do it yourself:

I'd just like to inform you that bore members are neither willing nor able to help with the development cost

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

I think we're going to hit page 500 today bros fellow posters.

Edit: Sorry for using gendered language! 

[Pwnz]

I'm waiting for the Pwnz exclusive interview of the PoliEra diaspora's take on the banning of Twitter embeds. 

Twitter is discouraged informally but that's it, I'd say half are x and half are blue sky at this point.

They're not really talking about this stuff anymore, the poliera discord retired the term like 9 months ago.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Thank you Pwnz for the inside scoop!

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sports-subreddits-lead-a-charge-to-ban-x-links-after-elon-musks-nazi-salute.1088235/page-7#post-134675055

Someone got censored with the red text.

[kaleidoscopium]

I always thought places like Era should have access to press sites anyway for news for the mods to post.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sports-subreddits-lead-a-charge-to-ban-x-links-after-elon-musks-nazi-salute.1088235/page-7#post-134674968

[benji]

[benji]

It's still your choice. We know this isn't a democracy. But isn't it useful for you to see the strength of feeling? And isn't it nice for us to know we're all on the same page?

Honestly, no. Because what happens if you guys ask for something that's either impossible or so expensive to do that it might as well be? Or something that would screw over a number of marginalized voices in this community? Another of the reasons we didn't just ban twitter when Musk bought it was the number of LGBTQ+ members who still actively used it and found it to be providing an important space for them. That's the sort of stuff we need to think about when doing stuff like this. It's not just "Does Dubs think this is the right thing to do?" it's "How will this affect the larger community? Will this do more harm than good?" It's the same with the constant calls to ban games, it's not just about what we feel is the right thing to do. We have to balance our own beliefs against the needs and the health of the community and understand that many times the community has to come first.

[kaleidoscopium]

“Expensive”? This site is run by unpaid volunteers   Is this the slip up that they’re being paid now?

[benji]

Can we at least get a thread or something with a general idea of a timeline? I understand its a big undertaking but i think it would go a long way toward community building to have knowledge that its being discussed and explored actively.

Oof, now they're demanding to put staff in danger.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Honestly, no. Because what happens if you guys ask for something that's either impossible or so expensive to do that it might as well be? Or something that would screw over a number of marginalized voices in this community? Another of the reasons we didn't just ban twitter when Musk bought it was the number of LGBTQ+ members who still actively used it and found it to be providing an important space for them. That's the sort of stuff we need to think about when doing stuff like this. It's not just "Does Dubs think this is the right thing to do?" it's "How will this affect the larger community? Will this do more harm than good?" It's the same with the constant calls to ban games, it's not just about what we feel is the right thing to do. We have to balance our own beliefs against the needs and the health of the community and understand that many times the community has to come first.

Didn't Royalan only 24 hours ago say that safespace isn't a good enough excuse?

[benji]

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

If everyone feels that strongly then we gonna have to lose all the fanart and updates on Gaza to stick it to Elon. Can't do half measures so full ban no exceptions. Of course I still read those updates and look up fan art so I'd be outta luck.

Sigh.. Fighting Nazis be so hard.. I care about Gaza but I can't be bothered to look at actual news sites, instead I need it drip fed to me on twitter.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sports-subreddits-lead-a-charge-to-ban-x-links-after-elon-musks-nazi-salute.1088235/page-7#post-134675550

I just find this whole thing deeply ironic given my own personal stance on the platform and the fact I've been tell people to leave since before he bought it.

"how do I make this about me"

Holy based.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-ot-4-5-intermission-keys-more-like-uhhmmm-i-got-nothing-today.962805/page-1655#post-134607534

User Banned (1 Month): Ableist Rhetoric; Armchair Diagnosis of Mental Health; Antagonizing Fellow Members

If anyone needs some words of hope today, I recommend reading Heather Cox Richardson's latest newsletter…

It's important to remember at least 75 million Americans voted for Harris and share your belief in the truth, in decency, and liberty. We need to not let them divide us and stand united. Don't forget our numbers and our strength.

This is really encouraging. Hell, just your post is a reminder.

It's so easy to feel like "we're all alone and America chose this". But America didn't choose this. Regardless of how much you want to mope and doom and whine and "told you so".

Half of America has your back. Don't let other doomers' mental illness and deteriorating mental health hurt yours.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/first-time-long-time-firearm-owners.1087287/#post-134624379

I don't know anything about buying a new gun but if you need safety tips, you can PM me.

I was raised by Republicans who also taught gun safety. I'm going to finally buy a gun after years of not having one due to moral issues.

I feel like i may need to use what I learned against the type of people who taught me.

They all lack individual conviction. None of them has an ethos they will stand by and every single one of them will change their opinions if threatened with a ban.

[Besticus Maximus]

You know who uses Twitter? 

[Snoopy]

Getting a lot of mixed messages from these retweets, Shreds:

I can't believe Shreds was actually dumb enough to re-post Brother Noodle's lawyer. He better pray Sheriff Nep Nep doesn't find out he's been lurking round these here parts.

[Uncle]

sheryl weikal is more amateur bono than pro

[Nintex]

Me seeing all the Trump threads and drama on Era:

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/forum-aggregation-and-you-ignoring-threads-that-are-damaging-to-your-mental-health-or-you-might-not-want-to-see.1087431/page-2#post-134665944

appreciate the effort here, moderation team. it's hard to do but sometimes i think i need a real break from it all (without having to lose my connection to this community)

I wish I could ignore it, lol

Quit. Simple as.

If the mods like Hecht and Nep don't want to moderate and they are forced to continue doing it, then what does that make them? Slaves? Indentured workers? Idiots? 

[TylenolJones]

How is this so complicated? Tell everyone that twitter is banned and if you see someone using it to file a report, then mods just ban everyone who gets reported. 

Like what is MOBA paying bdumbs for if he can’t figure out the solution here.

[garamonde]

Man, fuck Donald Trump, Elon and the other retards.

Brothers ruined ERA for me. I want gaming related autism, not political stuff.

Is this too much to ask?

[Potato]

HEY HEY! HO HO! GENOCIDE JOE HAS GOT TO GO!! 

TRUMP DID WHAT ON HIS FIRST DAY IN OFFICE?! 

Day 1 of #DidUSDemocracyDieToday

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

No

[kaleidoscopium]

i think this is something im fine with as a casualty if the result is that X/Twitter is finally banned here

its hard to say "just dont go on it" when most people dont even think twice because news breaks on there first and we cant start change if the dam isnt breaking in the first place

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sports-subreddits-lead-a-charge-to-ban-x-links-after-elon-musks-nazi-salute.1088235/page-8#post-134676222

This is how addicted they are to social media

[PogiJones]

https://famiboards.com/threads/nintendo-direct-speculation-st10-everybody-1-2-switch-directs.12257/post-1579940

Hello everyone, please see this post detailing the new proposed policy for posting Twitter/Meta content on Famiboards.

Quoting here for visibility

Hello everyone,

After reading through everyone's contributions to this community discussion, and especially after the most recent events, the moderation team is pretty set on the following policy changes at this time:

Note: THIS IS NOT A DISCUSSION BAN. You can still discuss Musk, Zuckerberg, their sites and their products

Break Twitter/Meta embeds. This will be an automatic process from the user side: when making a new post those links will be automatically stripped and replaced with non working ones. We will also be retiring the "Official Tweet" tag.

We will be mandating at least a text transcription of any linked Twitter/Meta content. A screenshot will be recommended, but not mandatory. (A short tutorial/reference on how to upload images for posting in Famiboards using different external hosts will be provided alongside these changes).

Any Twitter/Meta links without a transcription will receive feedback, in similar terms to how we deal with boys' club language; seen as more of a nudge than a punitive warning.

OPs based on a single Twitter/Meta link with no transcription may additionally cause said thread to be locked, as per our previous policy on low effort OPs.

Due to the additional workload this might represent for staff, especially at the beginning and until posting culture shifts, resolving feedback and thread locks due to Twitter/Meta links will be done as a single mod action, which means individual mods will not need the consensus of other mods to perform these actions.

We also ask for the help of the community in reporting any links without transcription.

We welcome any extra suggestions or issues with this implementation that we might have missed; but our intention is moving forward with this as soon as we're technically able to.

-Tangerine_Cookie, KilgoreWolfe, OctoSplattack, WonderLuigi, MarcelRguez, Lord Azrael, Zellia, karmitt, NabiscoFelt, IsisStormDragon, Phendrift, DecoReturns, PixelKnight, meatbag, Biscuit, WestEgg

We encourage everyone to start getting into the habit of transcribing any tweets you want to post. Thank you for understanding!

Famiboards once again showing up B-dubs on how to organize and mobilize a leftist utopian movement be a video game forum  

[benji]

Getting a lot of mixed messages from these retweets, Shreds:

I can't believe Shreds was actually dumb enough to re-post Brother Noodle's lawyer. He better pray Sheriff Nep Nep doesn't find out he's been lurking round these here parts.

I took a look at the replies:









I looked at all the replies and quote-tweets, saw not a single person say this (only praise) but the lawyer is upset about people saying it anyway:

[benji]

Man, fuck Donald Trump, Elon and the other retards.

Brothers ruined ERA for me. I want gaming related autism, not political stuff.

Is this too much to ask?

Everything is political.

[garamonde]

Man, fuck Donald Trump, Elon and the other retards.

Brothers ruined ERA for me. I want gaming related autism, not political stuff.

Is this too much to ask?

Everything is political.

[kaleidoscopium]

Sometimes I think that the forum is really too US centered and it shows a LOT in this thread with all the ban petitions (which I agree partly).

Yeah, Twitter is really bad, but have you ever thought for the rest of languages which, the rest of alternatives are basically non existent?...

Japan related threads (particular case, the vTuber thread for example) would be basically extinct since almost all the population post on Twitter.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sports-subreddits-lead-a-charge-to-ban-x-links-after-elon-musks-nazi-salute.1088235/page-8#post-134676699

Twitter is the default social media in Japan as far as I’m aware, so this ban would be especially hilarious. Think the only Japanese on bluesky are like hentai artists

I brought this up in the constructive criticism thread and the response by other users was basically 'well they will move to bluesky if their engagement drops'.

Gotta be juicy in there

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Famiboards has a COMMUNITY discussion, Era must have a MODERATION discussion. Hmm..