Current Events got the LUE treatment and is now a private board. Part 2

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Current Events » Current Events got the LUE treatment and is now a private board. Part 2
CADE_FOSTER posted...
If they cared about traffic they wouldnt be doing everything to kill gamefaqs since purchase
They almost certainly do care about site traffic. My guide for FFVII: Rebirth is getting cross-linked into FF Wikis or something like that. Probably the same for the Q&A I'm required to fill out as part of the game bounty too. I think Fandom willingly bringing back the bounty program, and not only that but developing entirely new tools to encourage flow to the site shows that they believe in GameFAQ's as a money-maker. If nothing else.
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Others don't get to dictate what's normal and what isn't. It's something we decide for ourselves.
This board will become just like LUE in a few years. The more CEmen get banned or leave, the deader this board will get.
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I was wondering how come I don't see CE board where I normally see it to lurk and read stuffs few times a week. I can't really grasp what has happen here but it look like it's nothing good at all.

I'm not sure what's going to happen to this board. I'm not a regular and I can be found on the Pokemon boards but something that seems big (I think?) is going to make me see into this on most of my free time and lurk when I can.
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this sucks.
after being a shut in hermit for years, I decide to start posting on CE again for some semblance of talking to people even if 99% of those posts are me just posting and nobody caring or ignoring them.

so now, just shortly after I decide to come back, this happens...and if my account is warned or whatever, then it's game over? sucks.

idk if I should just go back to being a hermit now, and never talk to people again....or post on here until I get a warning and henceforth banished from CE....and then go back to being a hermit, and never talk to people again.
decisions, decisions...
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I added the discord links to the OP so people can see them
Neon >_>
Can you add the new sub Reddit as well. CEsocial.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CEsocial/s/CBj0zO0mki
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Just went to my "Tagged" list to check who I tagged is currently in purgatory / suspended.

That's... quite a list.
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I kinda want everyone to move to random insanity or the poll of the day boards.... just to avoid the most boring parts of these forums.... politic talks >_>
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Give it five years and there will barely be any users here due to all of them getting banned or "mysteriously purged" as Fandom wants to get justification to kill the site.
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MrFingers07 posted...
I kinda want everyone to move to random insanity or the poll of the day boards.... just to avoid the most boring parts of these forums.... politic talks >_>
Loool I went to poll of the day a couple months ago... and my jaw dropped with how dead it was. Sure it was never as active as ce, more chill, but this wasn't chill this was straight tundra. The front page had posts from like 5 days ago, seems like the board was averaging 3 posts a day at best.
GhostFaceLeaks posted...
Give it five years and there will barely be any users here due to all of them getting banned or "mysteriously purged" as Fandom wants to get justification to kill the site.

five years? Youre being very generous. At this pace I give it two years tops

Every user who has visited GameFAQs in the last year and who currently has access to the board will retain access to the board. No additional users will be allowed to view or post on the board going forward.

I made the cutoff by like 3 days lol. Granted I don't post here anyway. Just gonna lurk (don't wanna get purged and lose access forever :/).
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Karovorak posted...
Just went to my "Tagged" list to check who I tagged is currently in purgatory / suspended.

That's... quite a list.
RIP Shallrunamok, Toonstrack and his alt, WTGHookshot, and Majin Nemesis, some silver linings to this shit. Some other dudes are also purged, but they never were here anyway.
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It's going to be a while, but hopefully we get sold off rather than closed out when Fandom inevitably goes bankrupt.
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TimeForAction posted...
five years? Youre being very generous. At this pace I give it two years tops
It took about 10 years or so before LUE slowed to a crawl.
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TimeForAction posted...
five years? Youre being very generous. At this pace I give it two years tops

Even that is generous in my eyes.

It may stay alive until the US elections, but activity will go down a lot.
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Holy shit

Its been real, folks
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Hm. I think this is a more reasonable middle ground than they took with 261 tbh, and the purgatory rule will quickly get rid of some of the worst troublemakers - as well as give an incentive to the milder ones to tone it down a bit.

I do think they should've given amnesty for regulars currently in purg to give them one more chance tho, and only applied the permanent exclusion to future purgs. Not gonna lose sleep over it tho.
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jeffhardyb0yz posted...
@DKBananaSlamma can you add a link to the feedback page for people to leave their feedback to fandom? Feels like this is very important.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/11-team-gamefaqs/80747428?page=1
Done. That was my last edit btw lol
Neon >_>
Oh snap, guess this is my ultimatum to cool my jets so I don't end up getting purg'd and permanently losing access to here.
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Well It could have been worse. Fandom could've straight up closed CE like they did the politics board.
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dancing_cactuar posted...
Toonstrack and his alt

Damn, now I have to petition the Comics board to receive the same treatment because that's where he'll whine about this.
Curious about the answer to this question as well, the announcement does specify " who currently has access " so that does sound like they're gone.

dancing_cactuar posted...
Does the "purged people are permabanned from CE" apply to people who are currently in purgatory.

If so, can name a couple people that just got yeeted from CE.

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I mean, CE is at leasts till open, yall. It aint closing
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CyborgSage00x0 posted...
I mean, CE is at leasts till open, yall. It aint closing
No, but it will be a gradual decline as less people come around and more people's accounts get Purgatoried.
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CyborgSage00x0 posted...
I mean, CE is at leasts till open, yall. It aint closing

not today apparently
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Solar_Crimson posted...
No, but it will be a gradual decline as less people come around and more people's accounts get Purgatoried.
Eventually, but people getting Purg's isn't a bad thing.
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CyborgSage00x0 posted...
Eventually, but people getting Purg's isn't a bad thing.
Depends on what they get Purg'd for. Some have been entirely unjustified.
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In fairness, the CE permaban for purg shouldn't take place until after everyone knew about the new rule. I'm sure a lot of people will do more thinking before posting now.
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LeoRavus posted...
In fairness, the CE permaban for purg shouldn't take place until after everyone knew about the new rule. I'm sure a lot of people will do more thinking before posting now.
I mostly agree with that. I mean on one hand there are some people (Israel shills, blatant transphobes, etc) who just need to be gone, but people who just eg posted a meme that pushed the limits at the wrong time should get another chance.
Do, or do not. There is no Trumble.
What about suspensions? I've seen mods suspend entire topics and then get overturned.
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Does LUE still exist? Do people still go there?
MabinogiFan posted...
Does LUE still exist? Do people still go there?

It does not exist.
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That losing access after getting a purg thing is going to kill this board soon enough. I can only imagine how boring and lame the boards will become after CE loses most of "those" people that it might actually be better if GameFAQs actually killed the board instead >_> It's going to be the same group of people discussing random stuff where they all unanimously agree with each other in a "respectable" way (aka boring)
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MabinogiFan posted...
Does LUE still exist? Do people still go there?
Yeah, but it's pretty dead
Neon >_>
Gotta more careful with posting here from now on, I suppose.
Miss what the Current Events board used to be? Then come here to discuss it with us: https://discord.gg/2muJzxHF
Even the most careful trolls on CE get banned or purg'd eventually.

Most of 261 simply offered themselves up.
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inTaCtfuL posted...
That losing access after getting a purg thing is going to kill this board soon enough. I can only imagine how boring and lame the boards will become after CE loses most of "those" people that it might actually be better if GameFAQs actually killed the board instead >_> It's going to be the same group of people discussing random stuff where they all unanimously agree with each other in a "respectable" way (aka boring)

I mean, it's not even about people getting purged.

It's already enough to know that you could get purged if your take is too hot and is seen as trolling to stop you from posting.

And that will slow down the board itself on it's own a lot.
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CyborgSage00x0 posted...
I mean, CE is at least still open, yall. It aint closing
Give it a year or two and it'll be effectively dead. RIP to the most active board on GameFAQs.
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DarthDemented posted...
It took about 10 years or so before LUE slowed to a crawl.

Yeah but that was when Gamefaqs was still young, and also the only way to permanently lose access was a full ban wasn't it?
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TimeForAction posted...
five years? Youre being very generous. At this pace I give it two years tops

Just wait until one of the admins "accidentally" purge the entire userbase.
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DarthDemented posted...
It took about 10 years or so before LUE slowed to a crawl.
But did they have the same restrictions? Like if a user got purg'd and came back, could they return to LUE afterwards or was it completely cut off?
Neon >_>
Solar_Crimson posted...
Depends on what they get Purg'd for. Some have been entirely unjustified.
Yeah, I have definitely been put in purg for dumb shit lol.

Though that was back when my moderation history had other purgs in it lol
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DKBananaSlamma posted...
But did they have the same restrictions? Like if a user got purg'd and came back, could they return to LUE afterwards or was it completely cut off?
You had to specifically register and there was a limited window to do so, unlike CE where the invite is automatic; but a purg doesn't affect access.
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DKBananaSlamma posted...
But did they have the same restrictions? Like if a user got purg'd and came back, could they return to LUE afterwards or was it completely cut off?

LUE is just creation date, roughly nov 2003?

i dont think you lose lue by getting purged

you had to have a user id higher than a certain number. iirc the user with that exact number became site-famous
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