Board 8 > Fandom bans politics on GameFAQs (outside of Current Events)

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transience
04/15/24 5:22:33 PM
#100:


let's see this "director of trust and safety" try to mitigate what happens when Smash Bros beats Dragon Quest in the next series contest

oh wait we're never having another contest again

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Jakyl25
04/15/24 5:29:53 PM
#101:


PeaceFrog posted...
Where will be you go for a pun outlet now?

Just show up in random topics with political pun titles

I said on Discord, if I had to make a topic today, it would be
Trial of the Melania-m

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LightningStrikes
04/15/24 5:32:52 PM
#102:


But would a better strategy not just be limiting all politics discussion to the social boards (except where it directly relates to the game or whatever), mandating that the topics always be tagged, and reducing the threshold of moderation while increasing the penalties for things like anti-LGBT sentiment and other bigotry? Seems like that would actually solve the problem rather than just making everybody mad while also making a quarantined extremism factory.

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MartinFF7
04/15/24 5:33:59 PM
#103:


Hey_Mister posted...
So like the policy only bans political topics but not posts about politics. Is there some reason we can't just make some kind of general miscellaneous topic about nothing in particular that just so happens to be filled with a large proportion of posts about politics?

Conversely, is "hornyposting" only banning horny posts and not topics of a "horny" nature? Is "Babe Brawl" hornyposting?

...Vlado might need to bring back Babar Brawl and have Babar vs. Babe vs. Babe matchups each round, lol
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pyresword
04/15/24 5:35:14 PM
#104:


I don't really think they're in the business of solving problems though.

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Kenri
04/15/24 5:35:26 PM
#105:


LightningStrikes posted...
But would a better strategy not just be limiting all politics discussion to the social boards (except where it directly relates to the game or whatever), mandating that the topics always be tagged, and reducing the threshold of moderation while increasing the penalties for things like anti-LGBT sentiment and other bigotry? Seems like that would actually solve the problem rather than just making everybody mad while also making a quarantined extremism factory.
I mean the key mistake you're making here is assuming they're communicating in good faith about what the problem is and why they want to solve it.

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XIII_Rocks
04/15/24 5:35:26 PM
#106:


LightningStrikes posted...
But would a better strategy not just be limiting all politics discussion to the social boards (except where it directly relates to the game or whatever)

This was suggested too btw

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TheManaSword
04/15/24 5:36:05 PM
#107:


they can never take away the horny

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Yesmar_
04/15/24 5:36:57 PM
#108:


There's a central paradox to all this. If there's an epidemic of offensive posts that are getting through the moderation system, relying on the moderation system more won't solve anything.

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Thorn
04/15/24 5:37:01 PM
#109:


XIII_Rocks posted...
This was suggested too btw
Did they ever communicate to you/the mods why they were doing this and not taking these more reasonable compromises?

I mean, I'm guessing the answer is "lmfao no" but...

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red13n
04/15/24 5:41:41 PM
#111:


Thorn posted...
Did they ever communicate to you/the mods why they were doing this and not taking these more reasonable compromises?

I mean, I'm guessing the answer is "lmfao no" but...
Oh theres no way in hell they would ever say that this is the tech giant way of including bigots when they say "inclusivity".

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XIII_Rocks
04/15/24 5:41:52 PM
#112:


Thorn posted...
Did they ever communicate to you/the mods why they were doing this and not taking these more reasonable compromises?

I mean, I'm guessing the answer is "lmfao no" but...

The answer is "sort of yes but not really". Fandom doesn't want political discussion anywhere, hence the removal of 261 last year. Keeping political discussion until now has been "reasonable" on their part.

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Yesmar_
04/15/24 5:42:22 PM
#113:


Thorn posted...
Did they ever communicate to you/the mods why they were doing this and not taking these more reasonable compromises?

I mean, I'm guessing the answer is "lmfao no" but...

Yeah, this. This policy is being done to solve "the problem" but no one is communicating what "the problem" even is.

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Thorn
04/15/24 5:44:07 PM
#114:


XIII_Rocks posted...
The answer is "sort of yes but not really". Fandom doesn't want political discussion anywhere, hence the removal of 261 last year. Keeping political discussion until now has been "reasonable" on their part.
"oh"

Okay, yeah, then this is just trying to enforce a negative peace.

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MoogleKupo141
04/15/24 5:44:31 PM
#115:


so realistically theres not going to be any reversion of this change because the decision was made three levels above the guy were communicating with and that person is entirely detached from what actually happens here

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Dancedreamer
04/15/24 5:45:10 PM
#116:


Why did fandom even buy Gamefaqs? It's not like they had any plans for it.

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XIII_Rocks
04/15/24 5:45:39 PM
#117:


Thorn posted...
"oh"

Okay, yeah, then this is just trying to enforce a negative peace.

yes Fandom is supposed to be a place of joy

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red13n
04/15/24 5:46:39 PM
#118:


Dancedreamer posted...
Why did fandom even buy Gamefaqs? It's not like they had any plans for it.
We were bundled with a bunch of shit that was high on the google algorithm.

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FFDragon
04/15/24 5:47:06 PM
#119:


XIII_Rocks posted...
yes Fandom is supposed to be a place of joy

No that's femdom

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TheManaSword
04/15/24 5:47:38 PM
#120:


FFDragon posted...
No that's femdom

banned for hornyposting

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Kenri
04/15/24 5:47:46 PM
#121:


MoogleKupo141 posted...
so realistically theres not going to be any reversion of this change because the decision was made three levels above the guy were communicating with and that person is entirely detached from what actually happens here
I mean yeah that's basically how every decision at every corporation works

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FFDragon
04/15/24 5:48:11 PM
#122:


TheManaSword posted...
banned for hornyposting

oh f--

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YoBlazer
04/15/24 5:56:17 PM
#123:


Sigh, if this site even sees the end of 2024, it'll be in a very different state. I try reddit, but it's no substitue for the traditional message board format I love, and the Discord can keep us connected, but again, I much prefer the message board format. This feels like another sad step in a long goodbye. =(

The one thing I've enjoyed about this is Allen's troll topic, which shows beyond ambiguity just how unfriendly his exit from fandom was. Good on ya, SB.

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FFDragon
04/15/24 5:57:54 PM
#124:


I am gutted we'll never get a baig2.

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Waluigi1
04/15/24 5:59:50 PM
#125:


The end of an era. Fun seeing all the olds in SBA's topic though. And even his surprise appearance here!

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red_sox_777
04/15/24 6:00:00 PM
#126:


Wish CJayC had never sold.

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PeaceFrog
04/15/24 6:02:50 PM
#127:


MoogleKupo141 posted...
so realistically theres not going to be any reversion of this change because the decision was made three levels above the guy were communicating with and that person is entirely detached from what actually happens here
This decision made number go up because more posts happened on the boards, which is more advertising revenue, which is more better for the weekly trends.

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FFDragon
04/15/24 6:03:24 PM
#128:


This is the pump

...the dump is going to be real bad.

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PeaceFrog
04/15/24 6:28:00 PM
#130:


But could this have been avoided if we pivoted to video or podcasts, i wonder

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Uglyface2
04/15/24 6:32:45 PM
#131:


Dancedreamer posted...
Why did fandom even buy Gamefaqs? It's not like they had any plans for it.

I think this site was like that bit in UHF where Weird Al's uncle won the station in a poker game. This was just part of the deal, so they kept it running.
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hak145
04/15/24 6:55:06 PM
#132:


Isnt it funny how right wing toxicity and echochambers are allowed while if theres a left wing forum its deemed toxic and has to be shutdown for being left wing. The politics board wasnt toxic and people who say it is are just mad cause theyre views are challenged and defeated in argument on there. The truest censorship that happened was shutting down the politics board, not the modding of trolls and right wing lunatics.

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LeoLions
04/15/24 7:01:02 PM
#133:


I'm 13 years old and what is all this?

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Forceful_Dragon
04/15/24 7:02:32 PM
#134:


Maybe we should start a new game of "mafia". It will be government themed and the day phases will last 8760 hours.

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AriaOfBolo
04/15/24 7:05:08 PM
#135:


FD is scum?

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v_charon
04/15/24 7:08:22 PM
#136:


hak145 posted...
Isnt it funny how right wing toxicity and echochambers are allowed while if theres a left wing forum its deemed toxic and has to be shutdown for being left wing. The politics board wasnt toxic and people who say it is are just mad cause theyre views are challenged and defeated in argument on there. The truest censorship that happened was shutting down the politics board, not the modding of trolls and right wing lunatics.


The true snowflakes.

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LusterSoldier
04/15/24 7:21:40 PM
#137:


MartinFF7 posted...
Conversely, is "hornyposting" only banning horny posts and not topics of a "horny" nature? Is "Babe Brawl" hornyposting?


I think "hornyposting" is referring to topics such as this one that was closed:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/80443762

Topics that focus on real people instead of anime girls would be similarly affected by this.

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UshiromiyaEva
04/15/24 7:24:58 PM
#138:


Based on the mediocrity of the content in those last few images posts, they were doing them a favor.

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catesdb
04/15/24 7:26:42 PM
#139:


I havent read this thread but I think this will be fine

why would you all want to talk about politics with each other

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Leafeon13N
04/15/24 7:27:37 PM
#140:


LusterSoldier posted...


I think "hornyposting" is referring to topics such as this one that was closed:
Doubt.
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Leafeon13N
04/15/24 7:29:58 PM
#141:


catesdb posted...
I havent read this thread but I think this will be fine

why would you all want to talk about politics with each other
Because politics is important and its nice to have a safe space to vent.
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catesdb
04/15/24 7:35:14 PM
#142:


arent the mods actually just going to ignore the stuff thats fine though

like who around here is getting modded?

I feel like I post enough that if it was a problem, I would have been modded by now

is this my first moddable post or is this fine

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TeamRocketElite
04/15/24 7:35:40 PM
#143:


catesdb posted...
why would you all want to talk about politics with each other


US election polls are a surrogate for the GameFAQs Contests polls we don't get anymore.

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FFDragon
04/15/24 7:36:39 PM
#144:


TRE I know you can't actively say anything but blink twice if you're going to mostly ignore this directive.

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catesdb
04/15/24 7:37:29 PM
#145:


oh yeah we should be able to post about polls

people are allowed to be wrong on the internet, just be kind while youre doing it

mod everything else

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Leafeon13N
04/15/24 7:46:26 PM
#146:


TeamRocketElite posted...
US election polls are a surrogate for the GameFAQs Contests polls we don't get anymore.
Yeah this seriously scratches that itch. Feel like I'm 15 on gfaqs when election day hits.
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PeaceFrog
04/15/24 7:56:02 PM
#147:


TeamRocketElite posted...
US election polls are a surrogate for the GameFAQs Contests polls we don't get anymore.
This really explains everything about us, doesn't it

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catesdb
04/15/24 7:56:29 PM
#148:


taxation without representation

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kevwaffles
04/15/24 8:03:14 PM
#149:


catesdb posted...
arent the mods actually just going to ignore the stuff thats fine though

The Politics Containment Topic was locked within like an hour of the announcement.

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catesdb
04/15/24 8:06:36 PM
#150:


well that would be too obvious

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