Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[Besticus Maximus]

Tacitus would be proud

[Uncle]

https://x.com/OrdinaryGamers/status/1791609706202505611


LOL. r/youtubedrama having a normal one over Mutahar's video on Keffals.

This reads like a PhD in racism

it's not MYan, it's OURyan, comrade 

[TylenolJones]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/announcing-new-feature-highlighting-posts.873306/page-4?post=123131823#post-123131823

You guys need to remember that we're one of the last big internet forums and what works for smaller spaces isn't really going to work for us simply due to how big and active the community is. Stuff that's more easily done on a smaller forum tends to break when under the sort of load we tend to put these systems under. You guys need to remember that we're more active than gamefaqs and generally have as many active members at any given moment as reddit's main gaming board does.

Dude can’t get 32 people for a yugioh tournament. Come up with better lies.

[benji]

I'd also like to see evidence it's "one of the last big internet forums" at all.

I could check those GameFAQs and r/gaming claims but they seem so false on the face that I can't be assed.

[TylenolJones]

NeoGAF has a user led spotlight feature where people pay to spotlight posts. 

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/men-down-goodbye-gaf.1667485/page-3#post-268941783

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/gaf-gold-the-official-thank-you-thread.1641161/page-31

If they were smart they’d do something like this to get some money from the users before the site completely dies. Everyone knows no one uses the Era Clear.

[benji]

Era Clear, what is that some kind of acne medication?

[TylenolJones]

I'd also like to see evidence it's "one of the last big internet forums" at all.

I could check those GameFAQs and r/gaming claims but they seem so false on the face that I can't be assed.

Reddit has 70 million daily active users. I’d be shocked if Resetera had 7 hundred currently. 

https://www.businessofapps.com/data/reddit-statistics/

Edit: okay I was a bit harsh. They get 8 million a month. Still even gamefaqs gets five times that. 

https://www.similarweb.com/website/gamefaqs.gamespot.com/vs/resetera.com/#traffic

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/barbara-furlow-smiles-former-facebook-and-nike-diversity-manager-gets-5-years-in-prison-for-5-million-fraud.874416/

the chuds will be unbearable

These (insert slur of choice here) are tryin' to move into the white man's grift. These funds should be going into white scammer pockets! Privatization. "Business Consultants" (shouts to McKinsey), etc.

Why are you not defending PDiddy abusing his girlfriend?

Man, she was grifting pretty hard:

https://www.rjjulia.com/book/9781647045272



https://blacklove.com/this-couples-marriage-renewal-in-south-africa-honored-ancestral-traditions-fusing-african-and-african-american-culture/

https://ncatregister.com/18464/theculture/smile-shields-fashion-forward-masks-by-the-smiles-family/

[books]

I still check out gamefaqs occasionally when I need some video game related question answered. I check resetera when I want to gawk at antisocial dorks battling to be king retard.

[Boredfrom]

It's absolutely sickening the amount of times I've seen people put their fandom over the safety of black women. It took R.Kelly nearly three decades to finally get what he was due.

it's not even fandom that will cause people to discard Black women.

Remember how, a week after that whole like 30 person brawl on the pier where folks were swimming to that Black dude's aid, that a Black woman got hit with a brick in the head while surrounded by folks and no one did anything because, and I quote, "Why should I risk my life for you?"

I'll always remember that.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/01/17/woman-known-as-brick-lady-charged-in-houston-after-being-accused-of-making-whole-thing-up-raising-42k-on-gofundme/

[Boredfrom]

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/01/17/woman-known-as-brick-lady-charged-in-houston-after-being-accused-of-making-whole-thing-up-raising-42k-on-gofundme/

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

But remember that they are above misinformation and scams.

[HaughtyFrank]

it's not even fandom that will cause people to discard Black women.

Remember how, a week after that whole like 30 person brawl on the pier where folks were swimming to that Black dude's aid, that a Black woman got hit with a brick in the head while surrounded by folks and no one did anything because, and I quote, "Why should I risk my life for you?"

I'll always remember that.

What an absolute nugget of wisdom about completely unrelated events involving completely different people. B-dumbs please highlight this post. 

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

oh my god, is this what we're doing here, highlighting the dumbest best posts on Resetera?  

[books]

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/01/17/woman-known-as-brick-lady-charged-in-houston-after-being-accused-of-making-whole-thing-up-raising-42k-on-gofundme/

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

But remember that they are above misinformation and scams.

That's their lived experience! Fantasy.

[Jonsey]

I still check out gamefaqs occasionally when I need some video game related question answered. I check resetera when I want to gawk at antisocial dorks battling to be king retard.

Hey there all kings on that site

[Taco Bell Tower]

This isn't about pushing specific ideology or anything like that, it's about trying a different way of making discourse on the site better. We can't ban our way out of every issue, but maybe we can highlight what harder discussions should look like.

Weird how "highlighting what discussion should look like" is highlighting a post that exactly echoes Nepenthes beliefs

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-idea-that-hip-hop-can-only-truly-be-experienced-by-black-folks-is-puzzling-to-me.863466/post-122584287

Like who is he trying to fool here? It has never been about the tone whether someone would get banned. You just slap "dismissing concerns" on it no matter how well written and respectful it is because the person was having an opinion you couldn't stand.

I'm a white Latine, but my parents refused to let the hispanic part of me thrive so my upbringing was *extremely* white

[benji]

It's absolutely sickening the amount of times I've seen people put their fandom over the safety of black women. It took R.Kelly nearly three decades to finally get what he was due.

it's not even fandom that will cause people to discard Black women.

Remember how, a week after that whole like 30 person brawl on the pier where folks were swimming to that Black dude's aid, that a Black woman got hit with a brick in the head while surrounded by folks and no one did anything because, and I quote, "Why should I risk my life for you?"

I'll always remember that.

Leaving aside the truth of this particular example seared in her memory:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect

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

As the second one makes clear, there's no proof this is a real thing when larger sample sizes are studied.

[D3RANG3D]

This isn't about pushing specific ideology or anything like that, it's about trying a different way of making discourse on the site better. We can't ban our way out of every issue, but maybe we can highlight what harder discussions should look like.

Weird how "highlighting what discussion should look like" is highlighting a post that exactly echoes Nepenthes beliefs

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-idea-that-hip-hop-can-only-truly-be-experienced-by-black-folks-is-puzzling-to-me.863466/post-122584287

Like who is he trying to fool here? It has never been about the tone whether someone would get banned. You just slap "dismissing concerns" on it no matter how well written and respectful it is because the person was having an opinion you couldn't stand.

I'm a white Latine, but my parents refused to let the hispanic part of me thrive so my upbringing was *extremely* white

[AldusMoneyPenny]

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/01/17/woman-known-as-brick-lady-charged-in-houston-after-being-accused-of-making-whole-thing-up-raising-42k-on-gofundme/

You can't make this shit up

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

Apparently you can

[clockwork5]

It’s like the time resetera had more traffic than r/gaming

I’ll always remember that.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/yu-gi-oh-master-duel-tournament-tcg-banlist.865803/?post=123139116#post-123139116

Wants to use TCG banlist. Doesn't know some cards aren't allowed to even be made on masterduel.

Maybe use Duelingbook next time B-dubs.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/rudy-giuliani-is-reportedly-missing-last-seen-in-palm-beach-county.874413/?post=123125955#post-123125955

Will I get banned if I post an Ivan Drago gif?

[Uncle]

I'd also like to see evidence it's "one of the last big internet forums" at all.

I could check those GameFAQs and r/gaming claims but they seem so false on the face that I can't be assed.

http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=48241.msg3085285;topicseen#msg3085285

let's look into this

neogaf:



era:



now let's look at ignboards.com:



uh...



giantbomb doesn't offer forum statistics, but it has nearly as many threads as era:



rllmukforum.com, an alternate universe neogaf that no one has ever heard of:



alright, it's on the smaller side, but respectable

let's stretch the definition of gaming and include tabletop RPG forums

enworld.org:



1.5x the users of neogaf (with a fraction of the messages, because grognards type up long screeds instead of just posting "lol")

giantitp.com:



again more users than neogaf

rpg.net:



a strong effort

honorable mention, smaller but trucking along: rpgcodex with 8M messages and 24k users

looking further abroad from gaming, infamous forum bodybuilding.com



is that member count correct what the fuck

newgrounds:



more threads than gaf

somethingawful:



 

there is also certain other forum which has nearly double the users of resetera and is catching up to gaf

finally, the incalculable heavy hitters:

reddit is not a traditional forum, but I'd say close enough, random headline topics with replies sorted under them from random users on any subject imaginable in its "subforums"

As of December 2022, Reddit ranks as the 20th-most-visited website in the world and 6th most-visited website in the U.S.

Reddit had 430 million monthly active users in 2020.

steam has traditional forums for every game on the service which is actually massive, and very easy to find specific help for any game at a moment's notice

Steam has 120 million monthly active users.

gamefaqs forums still exist and continue to fulfill a similar purpose, it has no central forum statistics but its politics board has 6.8 million posts alone, PS4 board has 8.5 million posts, Nintendo Switch 4.5 million...these are individual on-topic boards, not even beginning to touch the boards for every single game

gamefaqs had about 620k user accounts as of 10 years ago



so I'd say it's just a matter of not being fucking aware of the broader web landscape

[benji]

In Titanfall 2 tonight one person recognized another persons display name as a trans reference to this I found on the traaaaaaans subreddit:


Four other people in the game (out of twelve) proceeded to either say TRANS RIGHTS or talk about how they can't wait to turn trans in a year or so. Then they proceeded to refer to multiple things in the game as HRT, HRT injections, "girl" shit, etc. while talking about how gay and lesbian they are and how LGBT is best clan and so on. I was seriously getting thrown off because 1. nobody ever really chats in game except at the start or to argue about who is hacking 2. it was all the same shit you see everywhere like from Trans Era repeated in that insufferable "injoke" fake cloyingly "euphoric" way reminding me of Polident talking the other day about how all these people use the same phrases and manner of speaking.

My safe space.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/assassins-creed-shadows-releases-november-15-ps5-xbox-series-pc-mac.871761/page-16?post=123129561#post-123129561

Official Staff Communication

Reopening the thread. It's likely most people will not be getting actioned if they were reported. We will continue looking through reports but feel the discussion can continue now that people have had a chance to cool off.

This is a significantly intersectional issue where ultimately there is no lack of validity for any parties involved. It is fair for Black members of the forum to both be happy that Yasuke has gotten in and to be upset that his inclusion in an East Asian setting is being essentially sidestepped for the disappointment over a lack of an East Asian male playable character. Subsequently, it is okay for East Asians to celebrate the fact that while a Japanese woman is playable, a Japanese man is not in what should ostensibly be a setting where that would be the case. And frankly? If any East Asian women were to feel some type of way about the fact that East Asian men aren't satisfied, fair dues.

No one is necessarily wrong to feel the way they feel here given not just the history of this franchise and its community, but the reality of the dearth of both Black and Asian representation within Western studios' catalogues. And frankly there's little way or reason to moderate this issue without essentially giving credence to one side or the other. Intersectionality is a tough cookie to crack, and we're not going to solve it here, especially if it risks alienating any affected members.

I will say, keep the inflammatory accusations to a minimum. People care about this issue in their own ways, even if you disagree with their priorities. And if you want a bigger thought exercise, question the productivity of fighting other minorities in order to be seen by a white-led studio in a world where our oppressors benefit from this infighting, when instead we can put that energy towards building a world where white acceptance doesn't actually matter anymore.

[Boredfrom]

Such BS. We know she is pretty willing to discriminate against Asians.

[PogiJones]

"Let's not start infighting. Never forget who the real enemy is: white people."

[benji]

Appreciate the people posting news, I lurk in this thread daily even though I don't have much to contribute. I would assume there are many others who do the same.

yep. i'd also like to thank anyone standing up for the treatment of arabic people in general, even with mod action looming over you. you'll be remembered fondly.

[PogiJones]

Nepenthe is honestly the most racist turd I've ever had the displeasure of sharing a forum with. Absolute garbage beliefs.

[Nintex]

I don't get the issue with AC Shadows. 90% of the players will pick Shinobi waifu anyway and that will upset ResetEra more than anything else.

Character builds heavy on combat are just Funky Kong easy mode in AC games.