State of the Union 2022

Neil said:
Happy new year. Hopefully the Farms gets its name publicly cleared for Byuu's fake ass stunt and/or the troons behind the DDOSes 41% themselves by spring.

Here's to many more years of laughing at idiots we aren't allowed to laugh at on other sites.
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International death reporting already cleared our name, but troons still seething eternally.
 
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Happy new year Josh!

Please, bring back these icons

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Cardenio said:
Null wants the general user base to stay anonymous. And he doesn't care if you use VPNs or Burner emails alter ego emails he repeatedly asks you to do so.

If you get banned Kiwifarms just make a new account but this time don't be a fucking asshole. You're acting like this needs to be moderated like goddam Wikipedia editor autism.
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I'm pretty sure it's a copypasta.
 
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GreeneCoDeputy said:
I'm pretty sure it's a copypasta.
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Indeed; https://www.resetera.com/threads/lets-talk-where-does-era-go-from-here.153943/
Nov 18, 2019
Era has a culture problem. One of the more salient ones is that moderation philosophy largely remains a holdover from pre-nightmare Gaf. Accountability is a lovely sentiment that I appreciate our mods espousing, but with Era's present structure, it's toothless. That's more than a little problem on a forum this large and unwieldy, where personal relationships can only guarantee so much. So, I want to workshop ideas on how to address this issue and make peers of the mods once more. Some of them come from experiences on other (sometimes ancient boards), others are more improvisational:

Sanction board: per-user thread that collates their history of warnings, bans, why, and the reasoning behind extensions. Don't obfuscate behind a shell account.
Formal ban appeals: to be attended to not by the mod that instituted the ban, particularly when considering long or permanent bans, as a hedge against cronyism, over-reaction, or plain error. Include appeals to the sanction board.
Mod nominations: you want better coverage of the forum's corners, more diverse voices, and a less adversarial relationship? Here's a way how. Nominate on a regular cycle such that existing mods can also feel free to step down without shortchanging anyone.
Mod recalls: because, let's be honest. Sometimes we get some stinkers and that's just mundane reality when it comes to running a place like this. Make nominations for recall anonymous through a bot akin to the Giftbot, and set a percentile threshold to carry the recall or not.
No blanket staff posts: Append each name individually to an advisory post, not in aggregate. If you want to be regarded as like us, post like us instead of erecting a procedural wall of perfect mod unity (it mostly serves to stifle discussion and cement the perspective that you're not our peers).
Forget moderation of console warring/port begging/store warz that falls below the point of personal attacks. It's all trivial consumerist faff and coming down on it so hard is a solution in search of a problem. It's busywork, not valuable work.
Shed the Gaf vestiges: seriously, so much of this crud is just hanging on because of simple inertia. Do we need member castes? Do we need four canonical subforums? Do we need to mandate OTs that expire at 20k posts?
No more heavy-handed, "This is the last word on that, the united, formless, shapeless, and undivided mod mass decrees it" tosh. Discussions taper off and end. Don't throw weight around just to have the last word.
More openness: discussion of the site's culture, future, and problems can't solely remain the prerogative of the mod team. Open discussion is the only reasonable way to make things better, work conciliation, and invest the entire forum in better outcomes.
Proportion: accusations of bigotry can't be simply played off with stonewalling and blanket accusations of a criminal offense committed by the sanctioned member. It's irresponsible, it's insulting, and perfectly underlines the cultural problem that is driving people away and embittering members against a mod team that increasingly looks out of touch and out of hand.
Conciliation: full and open discussions of crises like this one, including giving the accused and their witnesses the chance to speak for and defend themselves, and full ownership of mistakes, blind-spots, failings (both on the account of the mods and the accused). The social expectation to cop to fuckups should be expected of mods too, and not just as something that is nice to have when it happens.

So, these are just a few things that I've been thinking on, and I'd like to talk about where we go from here. Openly. Because it's overdue.
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Twinkletard said:
The list of places you can go and speak your mind without fear of retribution is getting shorter and shorter. It wasn't long ago KF would have been just another message board, but now it's a last bastion for free speech.
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I agree and the main reason why I'm passionate about supporting this site, @Null do you know if any of the crypto donation addresses are blacklisted by exchanges or do you generate new ones pretty regularly? I seem to remember Cuckbase flagging any accounts making donations to Alex Jones' BTC address or something.
 
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Sorry @Null I don't respond well to being told what to do. In all seriousness, great info and it is very well put together. I love the farms and am thankful for all you do. Also here's your birb back:
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Again, I don't respond well to being told what to do.
 
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So glad to be going into the New Year with all my Kiwi-friends. And Null, thank you for continuing to sustain this community, no matter how much trouble people give you and the forum, you always continue to push forward. Sneed on my friends!
 
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Thank you for running the farms, Null. I hope 2022 is kind to you.

Our user base tends to double every year. 2021 has maintained this trend.
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That's insane. I always feel like such a newfag (because I am) but this is slightly easier to deal with knowing my account is older that half the site's.

This is going to sound sarcastic but I swear it isn't: Have you considered writing a book/ebook about the technical skills required to run a site like this and the challenges it faces? It's safe to say, given the farms' history, that you know more about networking and U.S. law than 99% of website operators. Having your knowledge and experience consolidated in a single reference document would be invaluable to people who want to make their own "complaint resistant" sites.
 
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What are the best ways to prevent too much user growth in a small timespan? (if thats considered an issue not a boon) Restrict registration for a period of time? Invite only? Ten bux?
 
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