Why is this place so much better than other sites like it? - I'm honestly not shilling on behalf of the mods, just new and getting a good feel for the place.

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  • Site structure

  • Posters

  • This place sucks, stop smoking crack OP

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Personally I enjoy that everyone is different here. If you browse reddit or a lot of other sites I find that unless you come across some ESL everyone talks the same and has the same opinions and could just as well be the same person. People have different opinions and beliefs but will debate or talk about it relatively civilly.
Like a lot of people mentioned, and I agree it's probably the largest thing, is that no one here wants their own thread. They know to keep their sperg levels in check lest they become the next joke. forcing the power-leveling down also keeps the forum's main focus in focus. Keeps site drama to a minimum. Hell even the few trolls around are liked members or at least appreciated in some ways.
Also the mods act like normal members. They're just here to laugh at the exceptional so when a member does something retarded they get a laugh at it too no power trip required.
All in all it's just a comfy website where you can be a little more fucked up and honest than offline but still have to keep up the good or more polite part of social interaction.
 
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For a site that outsiders try to attribute so much negative shit to, it's very friendly and everyone can come together to talk about anything. Null has some balls with his shit, but it's made this site awesome to be a part of, and KF is funny to read. It has opened my eyes to some of the dumb shit I do IRL.

I see this site as the last great forum to exist, and if it ceases, RIP the internet. There's not another site like KF
 
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SkeetNYeet said:
Personally I enjoy that everyone is different here. If you browse reddit or a lot of other sites I find that unless you come across some ESL everyone talks the same and has the same opinions and could just as well be the same person. People have different opinions and beliefs but will debate or talk about it relatively civilly.
Like a lot of people mentioned, and I agree it's probably the largest thing, is that no one here wants their own thread. They know to keep their sperg levels in check lest they become the next joke. forcing the power-leveling down also keeps the forum's main focus in focus. Keeps site drama to a minimum. Hell even the few trolls around are liked members or at least appreciated in some ways.
Also the mods act like normal members. They're just here to laugh at the exceptional so when a member does something exceptional they get a laugh at it too no power trip required.
All in all it's just a comfy website where you can be a little more fucked up and honest than offline but still have to keep up the good or more polite part of social interaction.
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The NPC meme comes to mind. Kiwis are individuals that are united under a certain degree of anarchy, not an organized force crusading for a specific mindset and moral code. We still have our culture and our do's and don'ts, but this site is more forgiving and flexible than other websites. No place is without a hive mentality, but KiwiFarms is better than many of the other websites I've used. There's also little peer pressure to be 'proper' here. There's a certain quality standard and Kiwis see convoluted aspie rants as laughable and see effortless trolling as tryhard nonsense, but Kiwis try to be helpful as opposed to condescending. Places like Reddit are more cult-like and shun nonbelievers and thoughtcriminals whereas you have more freedom to experiment with yourself and test the waters here on KiwiFarms. People here tend to show more understanding and read the finer details of what a person has to say. Here, you may get 50 autistic reactions, but that's still better than having your post hidden for breaking a binary threshold of rating or otherwise being censored through means like bans and even personal blocks. Here, you might be an idiot, but you don't have to be. Other places online, you are officially cancelled and labeled as an idiot for a libelous opinion or poor behavior, regardless of how you might grow or be as a human being in general. KiwiFarms is more about your behavior whereas other websites have members whose role is to serve as holy knights with a tight standard of behavior that all must follow or be kicked, either by force or through a mental wall.
 
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Haramburger said:
null isn't hiring troons as mods who set up disgusting little kingdoms of asslicking ...
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I wouldn't go that far.

Null has kept the crazy people who are mods under better control than many other forums though. Also, despite my jab there, most of the mods seem to mostly act in the background actually cleaning up threads and shit. This place is kept very readable, for how quickly it moves.

Eventually this place will fall into the same degenerate cliques I think, especially if Null isn't able to put as much time into it as he gets older or gets interested in other things. The culture of the site does fight it to a point, but still, people would rather dunk on a complainer, especially if other established people are dunking on them already.

The fact that social justice buzzwords DO NOT work here is a big one. Most anywhere else accusing someone of being a racist is an immediate derail and probably will lead to a thread lock. Here they just say "Lol so?" and the conversation continues.
 
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Y2KKK Baby said:
His thread died before it reached a single page.

Codex just likes the vidya, dude.
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All of Cleve's drama is now past-tense. While he doesn't make for a quality living KF thread, when his game launched the /v/ threads were sublime with equal parts game discussion and shitposting about neanderthals. He would be a great topic for a video dissection, not an ongoing thread.
 
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All of Cleve's drama is now past-tense. While he doesn't make for a quality living KF thread, when his game launched the /v/ threads were sublime with equal parts game discussion and shitposting about neanderthals. He would be a great topic for a video dissection, not an ongoing thread.
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When he interacts with the world, he's a lolcow. But he doesn't constantly seek validation from the outside world, so he's not a real lolcow.

Still though, he says some hilariously out there shit. Like that someone sent him a hacked save game that broke his stupid shitty wizardry rip-off game. Pretty much everything he said on steam about his game are lolcow material.
 
Dynastia said:
I just like finding out where other posters live calling in to Null's stream and then blackmailing them for walmart giftcards bullying @Melchett for laughs
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  1. We really care about people. Look at the response when people scammed Chris-Chan. Null contacted any and all law enforcement he could. Look at the truly heartfelt advice posts in community watch or any of the individual threads. There is a real sense that we laugh at the present and past, but we do not want it to be their future. Compare that to the vitriol shown towards the “enemies” of any “non-hate” site.
  2. No weight to ratings. The most important interactions you get here are the personal responses. Ratings confer almost meaningless bonuses. On reddit there’s a race to get the obvious joke out first and a fear of wrongthink. A huge part of that is tied to overall rating. Your reddit compliance score is on every page, I don’t even know how to check my kiwi points.
  3. Strong, independent moderation, that acts sparingly.
  4. A lust for archiving. Even when we are shitposting, you must be proving and documenting your points. That give the conversation a constant nudge towards quality content.
  5. Diversity. Across all bands
It’s a great place, and I think it’s the most loving community on the internet.
 
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It's the quality control, mostly; that includes the mod team. I like how there's a (relatively) high standard of what you can post, and if you don't have anything to say you can just give ratings to posts you like/dislike. I really like the post ratings.

Also the integrated chat is a really nice feature. Fuck Discord.
 
dinoman said:
It's the quality control, mostly; that includes the mod team. I like how there's a (relatively) high standard of what you can post, and if you don't have anything to say you can just give ratings to posts you like/dislike. I really like the post ratings.

Also the integrated chat is a really nice feature. Fuck Discord.
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That's true, it's something you don't usually notice unless it's lacking, but the total lack of spambots, messy tripleposted threads, and shit like that does make a good impression.
 
Personal opinion? This place is a melting pot of different countries, backgrounds, preferences, beliefs and personalities. There's not many places where you can comment about how much you hate the jews and get responses from two furries, a lawyer and a jew that hates jews more than you do.

Also our topics are extremely varied. While we might have a large focus on lolcows and persons of interest we also cover politics, movies, video games and on occasion produce some quality media.

Plus we pretty much keep to ourselves. We're not out there broadcasting ourselves or whoring for attention; we don't call swat on strangers or get pizzas delivered. Any attention we get is usually from an outside party pointing at us and shrieking.
 
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The kind of issues that crop up on most normal forums are completely disincentivized here. If someone really wants to pull some edgier-than-thou shit, there's no real consequence for doing so, which seems to makes the taboo less enticing. But acting like a total moron has huge consequences and can get you your own thread.

This place is actually a lot more diverse and interesting than a lot of places on the internet that preach tokenism diversity values.

Most of all, the people who point and scream at the mere mention of these forums don't realize that KF is holding up a funhouse mirror, and they're pointing at themselves.
 
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Corbin Dallas Multipass said:
I pissed off Null (It was an accident, I swear) and his response was to make a thread and poll to vote whether or not to ban me.

Say what you will, but it's certainly more entertaining than the usual (This user was banned for this post). Dear Leader likes to entertain the troops.
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Huh, tbh I expected your posting privlidges to be revoked during the vote.
So what are you gonna do with your 40 or so remaining minutes?
 
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