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one would think that people would enjoy posting here without the taste of SJW troon dick in their mouth but alas SWBM loves the taste.
 
I think the saddest part for goons has to be that they think they're an epicenter of internet culture, but really they're the awful shitshow you have to escape. They created AYB, swap.avi, Slender Man, and nurtured Minecraft, LPs and other shit, sure. But none of that was the least bit prolific or profitable until it got as far away from SA as it could.

Slender Man is Bye Bye Man now and making money in theaters

swap.avi led to 2 girls 1 cup and got huge

Minecraft didn't explode until Notch broke off all contact with SA

LPs became twitch and Youtube streaming because no one at SA could be bothered to come up with a platform to actually view and monetize them

AYB didn't even get huge until eBaum's world ripped them off wholesale and used FARK to proliferate it.

The anime subforum was where 4chan has it's deepest roots, but they got ran out by FYAD after taking it over for a few weeks using the rules put forth by the SA admins.

So if anything online truly wants to be great, it has to escape from the unfunny, lazy and directionless grip of the goons.

It is for this reason alone I think Star Citizen might (miraculously, I might add) end up successful, because it started out big with goons and then kicked them all out
 
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I think the saddest part for goons has to be that they think they're an epicenter of internet culture, but really they're the awful shitshow you have to escape. They created AYB, swap.avi, Slender Man, and nurtured Minecraft, LPs and other shit, sure. But none of that was the least bit prolific or profitable until it got as far away from SA as it could.

Slender Man is Bye Bye Man now and making money in theaters

swap.avi led to 2 girls 1 cup and got huge

Minecraft didn't explode until Notch broke off all contact with SA

LPs became twitch and Youtube streaming because no one at SA could be bothered to come up with a platform to actually view and monetize them

AYB didn't even get huge until eBaum's world ripped them off wholesale and used FARK to proliferate it.

The anime subforum was where 4chan has it's deepest roots, but they got ran out by FYAD after taking it over for a few weeks using the rules put forth by the SA admins.

So if anything online truly wants to be great, it has to escape from the unfunny, lazy and directionless grip of the goons.

It is for this reason alone I think Star Citizen might (miraculously, I might add) end up successful, because it started out big with goons and then kicked them all out
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Most of that stuff's old as all hell by internet standards, too.
 
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Most of that stuff's old as all hell by internet standards, too.
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Exactly, so not only are they no where near as good as they thought, they haven't been relevant in awhile either.

It's like a dude telling you all about his glory days playing college football, but it turns out it was only for 1 season and he was 3rd string WR that only caught 2 passes and they were both for a loss
 
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SA is a throw back and it would still have some popularity. The paid ten bucks could be seen as a status symbol. If they just moved away from the Safe Space bullshit.

Also I sure hope no one doxx's David bloomquest from AI, I wanna see if he ever finishes that truck
 
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SA is a throw back and it would still have some popularity. The paid ten bucks could be seen as a status symbol. If they just moved away from the Safe Space bullshit.

Also I sure hope no one doxx's David bloomquest from AI, I wanna see if he ever finishes that truck
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I gave up on that thread around mid December it got way too AI crclejerky like it always does in there especially when 14 inch is posting.

e: the amount of skill required to doxx David would be somewhere between that of a toddler and a retarded toddler.
 
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I gave up on that thread around mid December it got way too AI crclejerky like it always does in there especially when 14 inch is posting.

e: the amount of skill required to doxx David would be somewhere between that of a toddler and a exceptional toddler.
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I think that skill level is known as "Former GBS mod"
 
Start a war betamex said:
Heavens to Betsy 6 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Forget everything I said these monsters need to be exterminated. Just kiddng but this illustrated the attitude of many posters here which I find distasteful.
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This is from a few pages back, but it's worth commenting on for real. It's easy to say "6 hours is nothing, go read a book or whatever, can't you step away from the forums for that long?" And yeah, I agree that anyone who gets real-life super-upset over getting a six hour probe is a little spergy.

But when it happens over time and in a widespread fashion, it has a chilling effect on everyone feeling like they can have a free discussion of things. Whether or not it's "only" a six hour probation, the person has been removed from the conversation, in many cases until it has run its course. In fact, in most cases a six hour probation lasts longer than an actual ban, since there's no time limit on how quick you can shell out another ten bucks. And they've been given an example: express a point of view that contradicts the moderators and you get punished. How do you think that affects what someone will post in the future?

There is a pattern of people getting punished for expressing a different view than the moderators. Go look at the recent wave of posts that Koalas Marching probated people for. Look at these.

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Those aren't breaking any rules. They can't even be considered "white noise." There's a lot of probations like this. It's just punishing someone for having a different view or discussing something that the moderator doesn't like. Regardless of what you may think about the position being stated in these posts, in no way are they rule-breaking other than "the mod doesn't like what you are saying." D&D is the worst for this, but it happens elsewhere. Those aren't even the best examples, but they are the most recent. And anyone who posts on SA knows that this happens ALL THE TIME.

The end result of this, regardless of whether the punishment for wrongthink is "only" a six hour probation, is that people feel like they can't express a controversial opinion or express a viewpoint that the mods/admins won't like. At that point, the forums become an echobox, and they suck unless you really get off on just hearing your own opinions parroted back at you.
 
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The first Kiwi to post a IRL picture of FAU and/or ZDR will get a FREE Star Citizen game package!
 
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This is from a few pages back, but it's worth commenting on for real. It's easy to say "6 hours is nothing, go read a book or whatever, can't you step away from the forums for that long?" And yeah, I agree that anyone who gets real-life super-upset over getting a six hour probe is a little spergy.

But when it happens over time and in a widespread fashion, it has a chilling effect on everyone feeling like they can have a free discussion of things. Whether or not it's "only" a six hour probation, the person has been removed from the conversation, in many cases until it has run its course. In fact, in most cases a six hour probation lasts longer than an actual ban, since there's no time limit on how quick you can shell out another ten bucks. And they've been given an example: express a point of view that contradicts the moderators and you get punished. How do you think that affects what someone will post in the future?

There is a pattern of people getting punished for expressing a different view than the moderators. Go look at the recent wave of posts that Koalas Marching probated people for. There's no rules being broken. They couldn't even be considered white noise. Look at these.

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Those aren't breaking any rules. They can't even be considered "white noise." There's a lot of probations like this. It's just punishing someone for having a different view or discussing something that the moderator doesn't like. Regardless of what you may think about the position being stated in these posts, in no way are they rule-breaking other than "the mod doesn't like what you are saying." D&D is the worst for this, but it happens elsewhere. Those aren't even the best examples, but they are the most recent. And anyone who posts on SA knows that this happens ALL THE TIME.

The end result of this, regardless of whether the punishment for wrongthink is "only" a six hour probation, is that people feel like they can't express a controversial opinion or express a viewpoint that the mods/admins won't like. At that point, the forums become an echobox, and they suck unless you really get off on just hearing your own opinions parroted back at you.
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I went through that the second time the shmorky thread was closed I went to QCS and asked where we would talk about shmorky if the thread was closed FAU said "well make a thread" then I asked him if I made a thread would he close it his flippant reply was "well dont make a thread"

So I made a thread with quotes from him stating why the old thread was closed, him telling me to make a thread. I quoted some kiwi farms content that was new.

BOOM 6 er then he wanders into the thread like mr magoo going "hey whats this thread doing here, well I am gonna close it cause there is nothing knew"

When I and other confronted him about he was A FUCKING FAGGOT going "oh well it was whinny , and lazy and bad and even if a mod says to make a thread doesnt mean it can be a bad thread"

Then I kept getting dog piled about whinning for getting a 6 er. and my paranoid ravings that he set me up.

Thats how I got permaded when I came over here and whinned about the set up.
 
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