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Pikachuchupika
05/16/23 12:48:07 PM
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the politics board.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/6-gamefaqs-announcements/80445446

Fandom is proud to be a place of belonging for all fans. We take online trust & safety very seriously across all our brands and as of Tuesday, May 16, we closed all political discussion boards on GameFAQs, specifically ones that violate our terms of use by promoting abusive language.

So they closed all political discussion boards on gamefaqs. It sounds like eventually they won't allow any political discussion period.
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CoyoteTheGreat
05/16/23 12:50:14 PM
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Some day, our grandchildren will ask us what life was like under the Iron Curtain of Gamefaqs.

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Were_Wyrm
05/16/23 12:51:18 PM
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The other party is a bunch of doo doo heads.

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Bubbagump
05/16/23 12:53:11 PM
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I can see how this is going to go.

Person 1: I'm trans.
Person 2: Stop being political!

Person 1 gets modded.

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Jerry_Hellyeah
05/16/23 12:57:05 PM
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Oh gee, a bunch of teenagers and posers playing "fuck your half" wasnt considered valuable. What a loss.

I wonder what we'll talk about on video game forum now.

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TonyKojima
05/16/23 12:57:42 PM
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Well shit.

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Heartomaton
05/16/23 12:58:30 PM
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Okay.

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FL81
05/16/23 12:59:23 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/0/4/AAOGRhAAEe14.png

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WilliamPorygon
05/16/23 1:00:04 PM
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Pikachuchupika posted...
Fandom is proud to be a place of belonging for all fans.
Except fans of political discourse

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Devilanse333
05/16/23 1:02:14 PM
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Political discussion isnt the issue. Its the abusive language part, and it makes sense.

Very rarely was there actual discussion. Most topics posted were impulse posts where the TC rarely participated in the discussion. These topics then turned into meme fests, multiple users dogpiling one user, and alot of trolling.

One recent example was a user twitternewsd something about republicans making it ok for doctors to deny care based on their own beliefs. The twitnews included a claim that it already happened as a trans individual died due to a first responder refusing to render aid.

A user asked for a source for this, and was immediately set upon by the usuals. I was also curious about this. After searching, the only thing I found was an article from 5 years ago.

Apparently, wanting more info on a story was simping to the politics board usuals.


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whitelytning
05/16/23 1:04:23 PM
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Might be the nail in the coffin for the boards on this site if they do follow through with the generality that can be interpreted in that message.

I get it, this is a video game website, but social boards are what people stay for. Did the TOU change yet to reflect political discussion being off limits?

It would be nice if they offered more of an explanation or let us know what to expect going forward.

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Pikachuchupika
05/16/23 1:29:21 PM
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I honestly would not mind if they did do away with the toxicity that comes with political topics.
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