Fandom bans politics on GameFAQs (outside of Current Events)

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wait, what will red sox do now

bring back The Chronologist

xyzzy
transience posted...
wait, what will red sox do now

bring back The Chronologist

he's already lost tracking Crono/Mario and Crono/Vincent trends

the man has suffered enough
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I wonder if closing CE outright means that some e-vagrants will make their way to B8 instead.
God has heard my soul.
Dancedreamer posted...
Why did fandom even buy Gamefaqs? It's not like they had any plans for it.
It's the biggest competition for their wikis (except maybe IGN) in terms of search algorithms I reckon
:)
Raka_Putra posted...
I wonder if closing CE outright means that some e-vagrants will make their way to B8 instead.
We're the biggest public social board right now so probably.
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in other words, we'll get all the worst hornyposters from CE

can't wait
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BAIG 2 lives on!
It's Reyn Time.
"I wish B8 had more new users!"

Monkey paw curls.
God has heard my soul.
LeonhartFour posted...
in other words, we'll get all the worst hornyposters from CE

can't wait

hornyposters will surely support Tifa in SMFFFC

Just according to keikaku.
MartinFF7 posted...
Just according to keikaku.
[Translator's note: keikaku means plan]
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GranzonEx posted...
We're the biggest public social board right now so probably.
Holy crap.
It's true, I started frequenting here in 2015 (after only being a contest poster beforehand) because I realized that this was the most active non-CE board. So now we don't need to use that qualifier.
Hey man, LlamaGuy did encrypt the passwords.
With what? ROT-13? -CJayC
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/10-ask-the-mods/80748163

WOT is still around?! This is now in the running for most shocking thing I've head all day.
Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest!
Yesmar
Probably not for long, now that the Fandom admins are gonna learn of its existence for the first time.
Hey man, LlamaGuy did encrypt the passwords.
With what? ROT-13? -CJayC
Yesmar_ posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/10-ask-the-mods/80748163

WOT is still around?! This is now in the running for most shocking thing I've head all day.
In case this gets deleted, I respect how it went for the jugular:

There is an announcement on CE that all political discussion is banned outside of CE. What about WOT, which has always been about politics?
I'm not sure how the Religion or Paranormal/Conspiracy boards will survive either, since politics is a major source of both.

Also, we need clarification on what politics encompasses. Does it include:
--Police brutality, judicial reform, etc.
--Criminal cases (e.g. the latest mass shooting)
--Getting single-payer healthcare
--Anti-vaccination conspiracies
--Moon landing was faked conspiracies (since the conspiracy claims that the US government did it)
--Movies with political messages
--LGBTQ rights issues
--Discussion about going to the voting centers/mailing in one's votes
--The glass ceiling, intersectionality, etc.
--Climate change and everything related to it, such as invasive species, weather, hurricanes/wildfires, etc.
--Current natural and manmade disasters, as these always involve government responses
--Bills being mulled by Congress that could affect gaming
--Censorship-crazy countries like China banning X game for Y reason
--Some asshole politician/group/shitty NYT or WaPo op-ed blaming mass shootings on videogames

Which of the above are banned?
It's Reyn Time.
One of the things that scares me even more is how vague these rules currently are. GFAQs policy has oddly always been unusually black and white to the point you could understand exactly what wasnt allowed and why.

That it is currently implemented but also vague leads me to believe we are heading to the worst possible interpretations.
Additionally, any user who is placed in Purgatory (which is always an administrator/staff decision) will permanently lose access to the board
This is one of the funniest policies ever holy shit. They went so hard on CE. I imagine all the Fandom execs hearing about CE and gradually getting their mind blown at how terrible it is.
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Nanis23 posted...
Well holy shit the politics topic was closed by admin or the TC?

Because I never thought that change would be instant
Wait they closed our politics topic? I mean, that's war right?

What do they think, this board is used for discussing gamefaqs contests? If CE can have politics then all social boards should. Of course gaming boards shouldn't.
_foolmo_
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KamikazePotato posted...
In case this gets deleted, I respect how it went for the jugular:

That's a good list.
Personally I'm still wondering whether economics counts because it's highly connected to politics.
The King Wang.
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HanOfTheNekos posted...
Hey Allen.

What do you think of the Minecraft Iran in my Minecraft server sending retaliatory strikes at Minecraft Israel?

And what about Minecraft Trump?
I forgot that the zoomers already figured out the solution to these policies in Minecraft
_foolmo_
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SBAllen, I hope you're still reading this, since I wanted to say THANK YOU for all you did for us on this site. It meant a lot to have someone who cared at the helm and I've felt like this site has been on borrowed time since the Fandom acquisition and you being stretched thin. You really did a lot and I want you to know how appreciated you are.

Yesmar_ posted...
WOT is still around?!
Wot is WOT?
Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered!
RIP Bob Barker (1923 - 2023) - and thanks for all the memories.
SBAllen's incompetence is what got us sold to fandom in the first place so it all goes back to him really.

Super dumb rule btw on topic. And I've had to politics topic blocked for years. Still super dumb
No problem!
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Yesmar_ posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/10-ask-the-mods/80748163

WOT is still around?! This is now in the running for most shocking thing I've head all day.
wheel of time finished like a decade ago
List the ominous stern whisper from the delphic cave within:
They enslave their children's children who make compromise with sin
Lopen posted...
SBAllen's incompetence is what got us sold to fandom in the first place so it all goes back to him really.
Just stop already. SBAllen had NOTHING to do with the sale to Fandom. Fandom was after Metacritic primarily, and GameFAQs just came with the bundle.
Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered!
RIP Bob Barker (1923 - 2023) - and thanks for all the memories.
BlueCrystalTear posted...
Wot is WOT?

"War on Terrorism", it was a social board back in the days of, well, the war on terrorism. I remember being a regular on that board (probably still a regular lurker though) back in its heyday in 2003-2004, and I never unsubscribed or whatever the term is, so it's been sitting in my board list ever since. It was rebranded to WOT at some point, and also hidden, it's literally categorized under "Hidden Boards". Makes me wonder how many other hidden boards there are, tbh.

It's pretty dead, though I remember they were speculating on their fate after 261 was shut down but yeah, the idea was they could fly under the radar because nobody would know about it, lol. That post kind of blew up their spot...
I'm saying with a good and driven site admin we don't get "bundled with Metacritic"

Obviously SBAllen would be better than fandom and obviously he didnt directly deal in things, but mistakes and apathy had consequences for this site mattering.

Sorry! People wanted me to say it-- I got tagged!
No problem!
This is a cute and pop genocide of love!
Lopen posted...
I'm saying with a good and driven site admin we don't get "bundled with Metacritic"
You have no clue how things work, then.

Fandom bought Red Ventures and everything that came with it. Nothing SBAllen could have done about that.
Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered!
RIP Bob Barker (1923 - 2023) - and thanks for all the memories.
Lopen posted...
I'm saying with a good and driven site admin we don't get "bundled with Metacritic"

Obviously SBAllen would be better than fandom and obviously he didnt directly deal in things, but mistakes and apathy had consequences for this site mattering.

Sorry! People wanted me to say it-- I got tagged!
SBAllen will be the one tagging you on November 5th 2024 when he comes to announce this board is shutting down for real >_>
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No problem!
This is a cute and pop genocide of love!
I haven't been using the Discord much, but in light of this news it is nice to have access to it as a back-up.

Love this website, but it has hard times ahead.
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LeonhartFour posted...
he's already lost tracking Crono/Mario and Crono/Vincent trends

the man has suffered enough

I guess we're never going to get another contest. Sad day.
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Discord does have a forum style mode now so we can def do that
_foolmo_
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Leonhart4 posted...
Let me know when Lopen posts in there
oh, ok @Leonhart4

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Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered!
RIP Bob Barker (1923 - 2023) - and thanks for all the memories.
Lopen posted...
SBAllen's incompetence is what got us sold to fandom in the first place so it all goes back to him really.


The decision to sell GameFAQs and the other sites to Fandom would have been made by the upper level management at Red Ventures. SBAllen wouldn't have any power to prevent GameFAQs from being included in the deal with Fandom.
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but have you considered that my personal grievances dictate reality
If GameFAQs is a truly well run site it's treated better by upper management that sees value in it or has different upper management entirely.

The path of GameFAQs as a brand isn't just one point where it was sold.

It's impossible to know where exactly it'd be if CJayC or someone similarly capable/driven kept running it but you can't just assume that the site is always hit by a wall where upper management is like "who cares throw it in for scraps" if the site is run well. That's not how businesses work believe it or not. Stagnation matters.
No problem!
This is a cute and pop genocide of love!
look we all know the first sign of death was seen right in the url.

that gamestop part of it is ugly.
"Maybe it's a tentacle, molesting the planet itself. - Aschen Brodel.
When did the URL change? Was it under CNet?
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Congratulations to DP Oblivion in the Guru Contest!
Out of curiosity, I tried seeing how popular the other boards on the site still are, and I noticed something interesting on the "Popular Game Boards" list: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/explore/1-game-boards

I don't know how the algorithm works that displays this, but I find it curious that a bunch of Fallout games show up on this list over say Dragon's Dogma 2 , which has many more active topics on its board. Presumably this is because of the new Amazon show, but that implies that when people search for Fallout online, Google, etc. are still directing people to GameFAQS boards, and driving up hits.

Not sure where I'm going with this, but interesting that GameFAQS Boards still have that much of a reach.
Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest!
Yesmar
Like it's a chicken egg situation

Was the site run into the ground by someone who had no idea what they were doing and was content to rest on the few laurels it had until the site was treated as valueless to those higher up

Or was the site treated as valueless by those higher up which made the someone unable to do anything but watch it get sold to worse and worse entities.

I feel like it's the former because this site actually had a notable web presence once upon a time and it gradually eroded away by the site doing nothing of note for years and years. You feel like it's the latter because you want to make excuses for SBAllen because he's a nice guy.

Who's to say which one of us is right. It's impossible to know for sure because we can't redo what happened
No problem!
This is a cute and pop genocide of love!
Lopen posted...
Was the site run into the ground by someone who had no idea what they were doing and was content to rest on the few laurels it had until the site was treated as valueless to those higher up

Or was the site treated as valueless by those higher up which made the someone unable to do anything but watch it get sold to worse and worse entities.
No to both.

Stop posting.
Hey man, LlamaGuy did encrypt the passwords.
With what? ROT-13? -CJayC
This is dumb. There is no reason to do this to social boards outside of poor moderation, which clearly wasn't the case here on B8, at the least. Honestly, this seems like a play towards eliminating social boards altogether.
Existence. Existence is but shallow question with no answer. Buu make you chicken nuggies!
Almost all traditional forum based websites have lost a of traffic in the past 10 years. GameFAQs is rather active for a traditional forum, but that just means its a big fish in a small pond. I can't even think of another traditional forum that is currently more active.

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Lopen posted...
Who's to say which one of us is right
Me
_foolmo_
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Does this mean no more Redsox polls
KokoroAkechi posted...
Does this mean no more Redsox polls

Sadly, it looks like the end of the line for these polls.
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Are topics comparing The Last Jedi to Super Metroid also politics?
_foolmo_
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foolm0r0n posted...
Are topics comparing The Last Jedi to Super Metroid also politics?

Yes, anything to do with The Last Jedi is super politics. A ban on sight offense if you make a topic about it.
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foolm0r0n posted...
Are topics comparing The Last Jedi to Super Metroid also politics?
It depends on what streamers you mention.

Now if it's Other M that's just an automatic ban.
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