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

[Ethan]

As a cissy baka, I don't know how people do HRT without a prescription, so this was an insightful look into the process. The discrimination and fascism against USA has been ramping up over the years, so I imagine a lot of trans folks might have to resort to such means for gender affirming care. Not just USA needs to be taken into consideration, many other countries too where gender affirming care provided by the state is banned or unavailable. Of course, cis people also take HRT for various reasons, men seek out testosterone, as one example, and fascism against gender affirming care affects everyone. Also, Lily Alexandre makes great videos about a variety of topics, so you should watch her other work.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/diy-hrt-everything-i-can-legally-tell-you-lily-alexandre.1089750/



I guess this is supposed to mean CIS fool?

Baka (馬鹿, ばか in hiragana, or バカ in katakana) means "fool", or (as an adjectival noun) "foolish" and is the most frequently used pejorative term in the Japanese language.[1] The word baka has a long history, an uncertain etymology (possibly from Sanskrit or Classical Chinese), and sociolinguistic complexities.

[EaldNarche]

As a cissy baka, I don't know how people do HRT without a prescription, so this was an insightful look into the process. The discrimination and fascism against USA has been ramping up over the years, so I imagine a lot of trans folks might have to resort to such means for gender affirming care. Not just USA needs to be taken into consideration, many other countries too where gender affirming care provided by the state is banned or unavailable. Of course, cis people also take HRT for various reasons, men seek out testosterone, as one example, and fascism against gender affirming care affects everyone. Also, Lily Alexandre makes great videos about a variety of topics, so you should watch her other work.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/diy-hrt-everything-i-can-legally-tell-you-lily-alexandre.1089750/

We've got the guy with the arranged marriage telling us about bathtub hormones 

[HaughtyFrank]

There was a short discussion recently about famiboards having better moderation than Resetera. While that is certainly debatable, I present this evidence that, in fact, famiboards moderation is most certainly just as retarded as Resetera's and both are two sides of the same coin. 

https://famiboards.com/threads/followup-community-discussion-and-retrospective-on-moderating-%E2%80%9Cyeah-%E2%80%9Ds.12282/

Tl;Dr They have been trialling permanent bans for people who like "heinous" banned posts.

Retards.

Can someone quote the text? It's members only

[Potato]

There was a short discussion recently about famiboards having better moderation than Resetera. While that is certainly debatable, I present this evidence that, in fact, famiboards moderation is most certainly just as retarded as Resetera's and both are two sides of the same coin. 

https://famiboards.com/threads/followup-community-discussion-and-retrospective-on-moderating-%E2%80%9Cyeah-%E2%80%9Ds.12282/

Tl;Dr They have been trialling permanent bans for people who like "heinous" banned posts.

Retards.

Can someone quote the text? It's members only

On mobile so I can't be bothered formatting, but you get the idea.

Famiboards
We are taking community input on how Famiboards will handle content from Twitter and Meta moving forward Please discuss here, we value any input received.
The trial period of actioning "Yeah" reactions on moderated posts has concluded. Please see our findings here, and contribute any thoughts you have towards the process moving forward.

 
Hey everyone,

Three months ago, we began a trial for a new policy as a result of the discussion in this thread. You can see the test policy here. As promised, we are now reviewing the results of this trial to determine together if we would like to keep and/or modify it.

Let’s first walk through all of the cases over the past three months in which we invoked this new policy, and the observations we made during them. (Funnily enough, I was worried that the opportunities wouldn’t come up during the trial period and that we’d have to extend it, but I was quite wrong!)

1. Five users were permanently banned for reacting to this post:
TheCardinal said:
Why is all of this political bullshit being allowed?

Are we on Reddit or a Nintendo sub? I come here to see what people thought of Nintendo earnings today and it's all nonsense.

Hopefully the mods clean this up.

Two of the users who were banned as a result of this post submitted an appeal ticket. One was approved due to a believable explanation, an established standing within the community and no prior history. The other was denied.

You’ll notice that five people were banned for reacting to this post, even though more than five people yeah’d it. This is because we felt that the post did not meet the criteria of being “unambiguously bigoted” as laid out by our policy. We compromised this time by perming everyone who reacted to the post after the ban was already in place, since the feedback message would make it clear that its contents fly in the face of Fami’s values.

So the first question we want to bring to you: would you support expanding the policy from “unambiguously bigoted” to something like “unambiguously heinous” (or any other better wording you might suggest)?

It was at this point that we also realized that we should probably disable yeahs on a post after enacting a perm under this policy, so that we wouldn’t have to keep monitoring the reactions for more users to ban. Admittedly we forgot to disable the reactions in some of the subsequent cases. But this brings us to our second question: are you good with us disabling reactions on a post after enacting a perm under this policy, or do you think it’s worth keeping them enabled?

2. One user was permanently banned for reacting to this post:
OutsideGarg said:
Thats because Nintendo is not woke, the day they turn woke they will slowly die just like Star Wars. You can not see the woke because you agree with it and you have internalised it . I love Gears of Was and i have to stop playing at 4 because of all the propaganda. As a cuban lady once told me , woke is for those who never had a real problem . Some of us had very hard childhoods ( hard means hunger ) so when we look to America we do not understand all this stuff. We mostly suffered in socialist countries and we know propaganda when we see it.
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Said user had also yeah’d this other post in the past:
Luminoth9090 said:
Real women posting real images of themselves all over social media (with not much clothing) to gain subscribers is far more degenerate than some made up video game character.
but it preceded the existence of this policy, so they were not banned for it at the time. Still, this history told us exactly what they were about, which left no room for doubt when they submitted a ticket. It wasn’t even an appeal so much as it was some weird attempt at a gotcha, so it was summarily denied.

3. Two users were permanently banned for reacting to this post:
Oryon7 said:
My goodness. That's some serious hysteria! 'Gold-fish memory' to boot, as though we never experienced 4 years of Trump policies already. Policies under which Americans actually thrived, and people were financially in a MUCH better position. All the while, we're here pretending like this current shit-show - where the average working class American can barely afford eggs and milk - is actually a reasonable mode of operation for the country, so much so that we're literally rejecting change. 🤦🏽‍♂️
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Both submitted appeal tickets and both were denied. At this time we also decided that we should include the username of the person whose post they reacted to in their ban message, for better traceability and transparency.

4. One user was permanently banned for reacting to this post:
Tribonian said:
Woke is the lowest form of conversation

Tribonian submitted an appeal ticket which was denied. The person who reacted submitted an appeal ticket as well, which was approved due to a believable explanation, an established standing within the community and no prior history.

5. Three users were permanently banned for reacting to this post:
Mori Medinayo said:
Tgis place is so fucking woke that's almost a dictatorship. But what's most fascinating is that then all people socially ñrogressist here are the .ost agressive capitalist I've seen when it comes to Nintendo and the videogame industry.

Two of the three also reacted to this post:
CM132 said:
Even now when I know about other stuff, your reactions are overblown. Who cares. You ultra woke people live in a some sort of bubble.

Two of the three also submitted an appeal ticket. One was denied because they yeah’d both of these posts, which left little room for doubt in our minds. The other was approved however, since they only yeah’d one of those and were able to provide a believable explanation, had an established standing within the community and had no prior history (am I repeating myself too much 😭 )


And that brings us to today! There were some concerns during the original discussion that someone could get banned for reacting to a post by accident, so hopefully you can see now that if you are in good standing with no prior history, we're willing to give you the benefit of the doubt. But as we said in the previous thread as well, this is an excuse that only works once! If you get caught reacting to something like this twice, you probably won't be so lucky the next time. You can see from two of these examples that we keep track of reaction history, so you don't have to worry about anyone slipping under our radar. And as always, if you do see something that you think we missed, please report it. Reports help us build a case, even if we don't action every single one of them.

So in summary, here are the points we’d like to hear from you on:
1. Are you happy with the results of this trial? Do you think we should keep this policy?
2. Do you feel we were wrong to ban in any of these cases, or misapplied the policy at any point?
3. If we elect to keep this policy, would you be okay with us expanding it from “unambiguously bigoted” to something like “unambiguously heinous” (or anything better that you can think of!) so that we can invoke it in cases that are obviously horrible and chuddish, but not strictly bigoted?
4. Are you okay with us disabling reactions to a post after it’s been hit with a perm under this policy, so that we don’t have to keep monitoring it in perpetuity?
5. Any other suggestions or concerns?

Thanks for reading! We are looking forward to all of your thoughts.

[DavidCroquet]

I mean, the policy is retarded, but the transparency...and even the "do you actually want us to keep doing this???" series of questions in the end. 

I don't use famiboards, but I'm gonna guess they lack the cold war footing between the users and the mods that Era has in perpetuity.

[benji]

Also, Lily Alexandre makes great videos about a variety of topics, so you should watch her other work.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/diy-hrt-everything-i-can-legally-tell-you-lily-alexandre.1089750/

I watched like a third of one of this person's videos a couple years ago because another person made a similar claim. Not only was it not great, consisting of them just sitting there talking into the camera, but they were clearly ignorant about the topic and just rambling about nonsense rather than whatever the title was. All in that same YouTuber tense where they act like they're lecturing you and condescending to you in a NPR voice but you're supposed to be feeling inspired by their brilliance because they think this is how teaching should be done: impressing others about your greatness. There was like 25 minutes left after that.

I just scrolled through the timeline for this 58 minute video the cissy baka posted and it's literally all them standing in front of a white wall talking to the camera. And I already know it's about playing pretend chemistry for stupid religious rituals. Pass.

[EaldNarche]

I mean, the policy is retarded, but the transparency...and even the "do you actually want us to keep doing this???" series of questions in the end. 

I don't use famiboards, but I'm gonna guess they lack the cold war footing between the users and the mods that Era has in perpetuity.

I assume telling them you don't want this will also result in a ban.

[Venice]

Honestly, there is nothing more pathetic, nothing more cringeworthy, nothing more totally-lacking-in-self-respect than being a GROWN FUCKING MAN, getting banned from a forum, and then you go crawling back on your hands and knees, carry on posting, and pretend nothing ever happened.

Whether you're banned for 1 day or 1 week, it doesn't matter. The moderators and admins of the website have treated YOU, a grown adult who is expressing their views, like a fucking child and kicked you out.

You should have a tiny, tiny bit of self-respect and never go back to the forum that banned you for any reason.

But no. You have assholes like PlanetSmasher, ZeoVGM, Fat4All, Messeofango, who regularly get banned for 3 months. Yet the moment the ban is over, they're instantly back, like they've marked their return date on their calendar.

If the moderators and administrators have banned you for 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, whatever... it means they fucking hate you!! Why go back to a forum where the big bosses have made it clear they hate you? You got a target on your back. You're gonna be walking on eggshells for the rest of your forum life. It's eventually gonna end in a perma-ban. 

Why. The. Fuck. Go. Back?

Probably the only thing more cringeworthy is when other users start complaining about some 'prominent' members who have been banned. Who gives a shit?? 

Just take a moment, step in front of a mirror, look at yourself, and say 'I am making dozens of posts, writing hundreds of words, crying and whinging about some person who I have never met, being banned, on a piece of shit forum nobody cares about'.

Maybe that will help you get some perspective on what a mess your life has become.

(Edit: But if you're only going back to troll and start shit, that's totally fine)

[DavidCroquet]

Honestly, there is nothing more pathetic, nothing more cringeworthy, nothing more totally-lacking-in-self-respect than being a GROWN FUCKING MAN, getting banned from a forum, and then you go crawling back on your hands and knees, carry on posting, and pretend nothing ever happened.

Whether you're banned for 1 day or 1 week, it doesn't matter. The moderators and admins of the website have treated YOU, a grown adult who is expressing their views, like a fucking child and kicked you out.

You should have a tiny, tiny bit of self-respect and never go back to the forum that banned you for any reason.

But no. You have assholes like PlanetSmasher, ZeoVGM, Fat4All, Messeofango, who regularly get banned for 3 months. Yet the moment the ban is over, they're instantly back, like they've marked their return date on their calendar.

If the moderators and administrators have banned you for 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, whatever... it means they fucking hate you!! Why go back to a forum where the big bosses have made it clear they hate you? You got a target on your back. You're gonna be walking on eggshells for the rest of your forum life. It's eventually gonna end in a perma-ban. 

Why. The. Fuck. Go. Back?

Probably the only thing more cringeworthy is when other users start complaining about some 'prominent' members who have been banned. Who gives a shit?? 

Just take a moment, step in front of a mirror, look at yourself, and say 'I am making dozens of posts, writing hundreds of words, crying and whinging about some person who I have never met, being banned, on a piece of shit forum nobody cares about'.

Maybe that will help you get some perspective on what a mess your life has become.

(Edit: But if you're only going back to troll and start shit, that's totally fine)

The healthy thing is to self-destruct your account in a blaze of glory, then register here at The Bire to take potshots from a position of safety. 

(Dear Fat4All, Messofanego, PlaSma, VGM: do not interpret this post as an invitation to The Bire. Please.)

[Cheers]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-not-confident-in-gaza-ceasefire-expected-to-lift-us-suspension-of-2000-lb-bombs-to-israel-and-reverse-sanctions-on-west-bank-settlers.1087860/page-8#post-134709951

User Banned (Duration Pending): Advocating ethnic cleansing, previous severe bans for dismissing representation and racial issues

i don't know what would be involved but imo its far more realistic at this point to setup some sort of fund/system that relocates all Palestinians out of Gaza/West Bank into somewhere else. There are a total of 5m Palestinians who live between the two areas. If a fund was created that had say 5-15 billion dollars, which is literally chump change for big projects. I'm sure there are a few countries out there that would accept 5-15 billion to resettle 5m people.

Yes, it means Israel "wins", they get to keep all that territory and move in all their settlers and they will celebrate and blah blah blah but end of the day the war is over, no more genocide, and a few million people can restart their lives in peace.

Of course it won't happen because people who want to fight for Palestine think it would be "giving up", it removes a lot of political hot buttons that various governments and entities use for their own goals and the idea of using Western money to "solve" genocide is very parochial and imperial and I'm sure a dozen other reasons but dumb me thinks the world is gonna end up spending way, way, way more money in the next decade and hundreds of thousands more civilians will die with no real solution that seems likely. Israel/USA won't allow an independent Palestinian state to exist, Israel has no intention to ever accept Palestinians as Israeli citizens.

"Duration pending" for advocating ethnic cleansing and previous severe bans   Shouldn't that be an immediate permaban then?

He didn't mean it, you see.

[Nintex]

which resetera member is this?

[Daffy Duck]

lol threads like this will be a shit show with their dumb ass nonsense of stopping X embeds

https://www.resetera.com/threads/assassin%E2%80%99s-creed-shadows-previews.1090008/

[Nintex]

NINJA GAIDEN 4  

THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP

[HardcoreRetro]

Instead of looking at the retarded shit in this thread, look at Ninja Gaiden 4 that just got announced at the Xbox developer thing.

[JoeBoy101]

lol threads like this will be a shit show with their dumb ass nonsense of stopping X embeds

https://www.resetera.com/threads/assassin%E2%80%99s-creed-shadows-previews.1090008/

I see ‘shakeup’ will be the new ‘return to form’ for this year.

Also…

Yasuke's story is pretty well set up. He is a slave to Christian, Portuguese priests who are asking the Japanese rulers for passage through their land as well

Yeeeaaaahhh, I’m getting really reviews as stanning vibes here.

[HardcoreRetro]

Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, unreal 5 remake of Ninja Gaiden 2.

Out today!

[Nintex]

And we're back to mahvel and gay. The President should put 2000% tarriffs on any woke shit

[DavidCroquet]

Interesting, never played NG2…

[HardcoreRetro]

I hope they show off the racist caricature fish some more. That's my favourite character in South of Midnight.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/spotted-hyena-seen-in-egypt-for-first-time-in-5-000-years.1089564/#post-134733954

Aren't the pyramids 5,000 years old and no one was around to see how they were build? If so then who was around to see the last spotted hyena in Egypt?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cultural-zeitgeist-discussion-does-anyone-else-feel-a-%E2%80%9Cweirdness%E2%80%9D-right-now.1089147/#post-134711610

If you, married cis man are feeling this, imagine of us of LGBTQ community that are alone, I'm almost lonely guy trying to survive and cope with a fascist society that sees me as threat, who want to kill and hurt me and are prone to do this like never before...

My advice is: hit gym, get ready for the final conflict.

[Nintex]

Phil what the hell is going on over there. I was totally excited for Ninja Gaiden 4 and then you pull the rug are you trying to put us all to sleep

Stop Motion what kind of stupid shit is this. It should move, it shouldn't stop, who the hell would make Motion Stop

Why are you funding these Canadians anyway, shouldn't you make your XBOX games in America. Last I checked it was an American console

Yes but Japan actually makes cool games unlike the Canadians and French, they suck. Have you looked at Ubisoft lately even my shit coins are more valuable than their stock

Phil, shut up and put Sarah on the phone

Hi Sarah how are you doing

Fine thank you, look I just wanted to congratulate you... what an amazing show. Are you gonna be in it later or...

Oh wow, that south of midnight was your idea, that was my favorite part actually

DOOM? Yes, that's way too violent

[nachobro]

you people know there are other threads on this forum, right? even a whole section for video games

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/donald-trump-sworn-in-as-47th-president-of-the-united-states.1087059/page-8#post-134611125

User Banned (2 Weeks): Ableist Rhetoric

Stay strong USAera (at least to those who didnt vote this fucktard back in)
Something to cheer you up on this dark day....

[jooseloose]

PlanetSmasher at it again  People there are just so over him https://www.resetera.com/threads/ninja-gaiden-4-announced-developed-by-platinum-games-team-ninja-coming-fall-2025-day-one-game-pass-xbs-pc-ps5.1090146/post-134757450

"New Ninja Gaiden announced": Cool!
"PlatinumGames": never mind

talk about emotional whiplash contained entirely within a thread title

"New Ninja Gaiden announced": Cool!
"PlatinumGames": never mind
talk about emotional whiplash contained entirely within a thread title

Do you like anything?

Do you like anything?

lmfao

Do you like anything?

I mean, they're known for shitting up every thread with their inane opinions lol.

Do you like anything?

Platinum hasn't made a good game in basically a decade or more. Why should I believe they're going to start now while they hemorrhaging talent left and right?

Team Ninja literally doesn't need their help.

Platinum hasn't made a good game in basically a decade or more. Why should I believe they're going to start now while they hemorrhaging talent left and right?
Team Ninja literally doesn't need their help.

Nier Automata, Astral Chain and Bayonetta 3 all 85+ on Metacritic but you do you 😄

[nachobro]

Honestly, there is nothing more pathetic, nothing more cringeworthy, nothing more totally-lacking-in-self-respect than being a GROWN FUCKING MAN, getting banned from a forum, and then you go crawling back on your hands and knees, carry on posting, and pretend nothing ever happened.

Whether you're banned for 1 day or 1 week, it doesn't matter. The moderators and admins of the website have treated YOU, a grown adult who is expressing their views, like a fucking child and kicked you out.

You should have a tiny, tiny bit of self-respect and never go back to the forum that banned you for any reason.

But no. You have assholes like PlanetSmasher, ZeoVGM, Fat4All, Messeofango, who regularly get banned for 3 months. Yet the moment the ban is over, they're instantly back, like they've marked their return date on their calendar.

If the moderators and administrators have banned you for 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, whatever... it means they fucking hate you!! Why go back to a forum where the big bosses have made it clear they hate you? You got a target on your back. You're gonna be walking on eggshells for the rest of your forum life. It's eventually gonna end in a perma-ban. 

Why. The. Fuck. Go. Back?

Probably the only thing more cringeworthy is when other users start complaining about some 'prominent' members who have been banned. Who gives a shit?? 

Just take a moment, step in front of a mirror, look at yourself, and say 'I am making dozens of posts, writing hundreds of words, crying and whinging about some person who I have never met, being banned, on a piece of shit forum nobody cares about'.

Maybe that will help you get some perspective on what a mess your life has become.

(Edit: But if you're only going back to troll and start shit, that's totally fine)

this is why bdubs should just perm these losers that keep shitting up threads with their pet issues. they obviously will not stop going to the board, they'll just stop posting. that's a win win

[killamajig]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/spotted-hyena-seen-in-egypt-for-first-time-in-5-000-years.1089564/#post-134733954

Aren't the pyramids 5,000 years old and no one was around to see how they were build? If so then who was around to see the last spotted hyena in Egypt?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/spotted-hyena-seen-in-egypt-for-first-time-in-5-000-years.1089564/#post-134734077

Once again Eddie shows us that he knows nothing about the shit he claims to. How does Eddies answer that question in his own thread he started?

He links this anemic crap that doesn't even really answer the question.....

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/711805-oldest-papyrus

This guy is a big fat liar and the opposite of what he actually is (like everyone else over there). I bet he's of sub average intelligence and that's why he goes on the internet to copy paste shit like some David Brent trying to look smart.

Or that archaeology degree from Downstairs Cairo Community College ain't worth the the papyrus it's written on.

He literally copy paste articles with no input of his own and everyone over there thinks he's smart. What the fuck? How dumb are these people? My offer still stands of fighting him on top of the pyramids. Maybe we could add an archeology quiz like that chess and boxing sport. (I always wanted to try that). He very well could be tougher and smarter than me but I just want the dude to put up or shut up. You know what I mean?

[killamajig]

which resetera member is this?

As a former CO......Bye, Bitch!! Also, no way he isn't in trouble over there too. I bet those Hatian prisons are no joke.

[killamajig]

Also, Lily Alexandre makes great videos about a variety of topics, so you should watch her other work.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/diy-hrt-everything-i-can-legally-tell-you-lily-alexandre.1089750/

I watched like a third of one of this person's videos a couple years ago because another person made a similar claim. Not only was it not great, consisting of them just sitting there talking into the camera, but they were clearly ignorant about the topic and just rambling about nonsense rather than whatever the title was. All in that same YouTuber tense where they act like they're lecturing you and condescending to you in a NPR voice but you're supposed to be feeling inspired by their brilliance because they think this is how teaching should be done: impressing others about your greatness. There was like 25 minutes left after that.

I just scrolled through the timeline for this 58 minute video the cissy baka posted and it's literally all them standing in front of a white wall talking to the camera. And I already know it's about playing pretend chemistry for stupid religious rituals. Pass.

I didn't know if it was becauase I'm old or what but 99% of the time I can't handle the tone of some of these guys no matter the content. They take 20 mins to get to the point and I'm all    rolling my eyes skipping ahead to see if they do get to the point after 2hrs of BS lecturing me like I'm 5.

[EaldNarche]

That thread has either been deleted or made private. I guess trans era didn't want the secrets about DIY bathtub hrt getting out, despite it just being a link to a public facing youtube video anyway.