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jayj350
05/17/23 6:40:58 PM
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Personally I think it's a good thing, politics slowly ruined these boards. It would be nice if they got rid of the politics category over here as well and just did a sitewide ban on political talk.

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FelineCyborg
05/17/23 6:41:53 PM
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doesnt effect me one way or the other

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SomeLikeItHoth
05/17/23 6:42:17 PM
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It makes me wonder if Allen has any input on this website anymore.

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jayj350
05/17/23 6:43:28 PM
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SomeLikeItHoth posted...
It makes me wonder if Allen has any input on this website anymore.

Well he doesn't own it, he is just a lead moderator, whatever that is worth. The site owners call all the shots the end of the day.

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__starsnostars
05/17/23 6:44:21 PM
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Not a fan of the decision.

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assboobsgames
05/17/23 6:44:25 PM
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I feel safer.

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Xatrion
05/17/23 6:45:05 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnyBJJI2eqs

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Bleuets
05/17/23 6:45:29 PM
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Honestly, what is bad about the decision? I dont see anything wrong with it.
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KajeI
05/17/23 6:47:49 PM
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Bleuets posted...
Honestly, what is bad about the decision? I dont see anything wrong with it.
That's because you constantly broke TOS over there.

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jayj350
05/17/23 6:49:48 PM
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Bleuets posted...
Honestly, what is bad about the decision? I dont see anything wrong with it.
I feel like it was a favorite among a clique of people who would probably be better off going to a different forum by now. Like, they came to gamefaqs to discuss politics, and that's by far their #1 interest.

I am glad they are trying to make gamefaqs focused on gaming, like it should be.

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jayj350
05/17/23 6:50:55 PM
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KajeI posted...
That's because you constantly broke TOS over there.
To be fair, there was no real TOS over there, the politics board moderators would rule on a basis of personal feelings and agenda, calling any contrary thoughts or comments trolling.

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loafy013
05/17/23 6:55:27 PM
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So movie board, gone. PS4 board, gone. Bioshock can't even be mentioned anymore. And more and more boards will have to closed every time conservatives decide something else innocuous is now "woke".

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jayj350
05/17/23 6:56:06 PM
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loafy013 posted...
So movie board, gone. PS4 board, gone. Bioshock can't even be mentioned anymore. And more and more boards will have to closed every time conservatives decide something else innocuous is now "woke".
Oh grow up.

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Sandalorn
05/17/23 6:56:50 PM
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jayj350 posted...
I feel like it was a favorite among a clique of people who would probably be better off going to a different forum by now. Like, they came to gamefaqs to discuss politics, and that's by far their #1 interest.

I am glad they are trying to make gamefaqs focused on gaming, like it should be.


Oh ya...this board is all about the gaming....

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jayj350
05/17/23 6:57:47 PM
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Sandalorn posted...
Oh ya...this board is all about the gaming....

Eh I'd argue it's pretty much a general discussion board where gaming can occasionally be brought up. Nothing wrong with it really, hardly as toxic or cultish as politics.

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St0rmFury
05/17/23 7:00:53 PM
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Imo since it was there before Fandom took over, it should be given an exemption.

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jayj350
05/17/23 7:02:26 PM
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St0rmFury posted...
Imo since it was there before Fandom took over, it should be given an exemption.

It's a privately owned website, they can do whatever they want with it.

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PenultmateGohan
05/17/23 7:07:06 PM
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I'm glad. Maybe some people will get a hobby now.
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UndefeatedGOAT
05/17/23 7:09:22 PM
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jayj350 posted...
To be fair, there was no real TOS over there, the politics board moderators would rule on a basis of personal feelings and agenda, calling any contrary thoughts or comments trolling.

how many arguments did you win in your head saying define woke
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jayj350
05/17/23 7:18:21 PM
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PenultmateGohan posted...
I'm glad. Maybe some people will get a hobby now.

The irony of people on a hobbyist website needing to get a hobby lol

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deoxxys
05/17/23 7:19:50 PM
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It doesn't really affect me but it sounds in line with what a website like game FAQs would do, shut down the conversation, no discourse allowed. Which I think is dumb.

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LearntoRead
05/17/23 7:19:58 PM
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bad
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stage4saiyan
05/17/23 7:30:54 PM
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Long time coming.

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Justin2Krelian
05/17/23 7:31:57 PM
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jayj350 posted...
I am glad they are trying to make gamefaqs focused on gaming, like it should be.

Not great news for wrestling, sports, TV, and movie boards.

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Rasmoh
05/17/23 7:32:24 PM
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A little bummed because there was often a lot of good reading and discussion. Proper moderation and a higher user level requirement would have been a better course of action, but oh well.

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havean776
05/17/23 7:34:09 PM
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Not happy about it unlike the TC I support free speech.

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R1masher
05/17/23 7:34:47 PM
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Bullshit, this is literally like big gov taking guns away from its citizens

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jayj350
05/17/23 8:08:30 PM
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Justin2Krelian posted...
Not great news for wrestling, sports, TV, and movie boards.
That all falls into entertainment.

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jayj350
05/17/23 8:09:58 PM
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havean776 posted...
Not happy about it unlike the TC I support free speech.

Since when has gamefaqs allowed free speech?

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Bleuets
05/17/23 8:10:58 PM
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havean776 posted...
Not happy about it unlike the TC I support free speech.

There was no free speech held in that board.
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Sad_Face
05/17/23 8:11:48 PM
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Why did it get shut down?

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Bleuets
05/17/23 8:14:14 PM
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Sad_Face posted...
Why did it get shut down?

It was a toxic environment full of people who spewed hate if you didnt align with their political party.
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hockeybub89
05/17/23 8:15:31 PM
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Can't wait until any fictional media with LGBTQ people gets banned because crybaby bigots get mad at the "political" arguments that THEIR SIDE IS FUCKING CREATING.

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St0rmFury
05/17/23 8:15:40 PM
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Sad_Face posted...
Why did it get shut down?
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/ 564801-death-knights-of-krynn/80446579

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hockeybub89
05/17/23 8:16:11 PM
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Bleuets posted...
It was a toxic environment full of people who spewed hate if you didnt align with their political party.
You hate LGBTQ people. No one gives a fuck what your beliefs are.

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jayj350
05/17/23 8:26:49 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
You hate LGBTQ people. No one gives a fuck what your beliefs are.
Dude I'm gay and I don't think you have any clue what you're talking about. Please try to keep us out of your personal issues.

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xlr_big-coop
05/17/23 8:35:55 PM
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Super happy about it, now if only they could simply ban all politics from ALL boards then the site would improve tenfold. It's sad how some see problems literally in everything, what a depressing way of going through life.

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jayj350
05/17/23 8:39:53 PM
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xlr_big-coop posted...
Super happy about it, now if only they could simply ban all politics from ALL boards then the site would improve tenfold. It's sad how some see problems literally in everything, what a depressing way of going through life.

Yeah, that's basically how I feel about it as well. Politics is just one of those topics that always seems to bring the worst out of people, and I think gaming would be a lot more enjoyable without it.

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Memorial_Bench
05/17/23 8:42:26 PM
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I can understand closing it but the way it was handled with no forewarning and no read-only mode to archive genuinely helpful topics for posterity it's one of the worst ways for a site management.

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Bleuets
05/17/23 8:44:08 PM
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I mean, what were the helpful topics you would have liked archived?
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Giacomo_Hawkins
05/17/23 8:44:30 PM
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They really should have disposed of it they way they did with LUE. Wall it off, no new entries, and let it fester isolated instead of popping it like a pimple to ooze over unrelated boards.

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jayj350
05/17/23 8:44:37 PM
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Memorial_Bench posted...
I can understand closing it but the way it was handled with no forewarning and no read-only mode to archive genuinely helpful topics for posterity it's one of the worst ways for a site management.

Yeah I can understand that frustration, should have given a two weeks notice or something, but the owners must have dropped the axe hard.

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fsurb28
05/17/23 8:45:00 PM
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Bleuets posted...
It was a toxic environment full of people who constantly called me out on my obvious bs.
FTFY

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bfslick50
05/17/23 8:45:55 PM
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Giacomo_Hawkins posted...
They really should have disposed of it they way they did with LUE. Wall it off, no new entries, and let it fester isolated instead of popping it like a pimple to ooze over unrelated boards.

Agreed

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harley2280
05/17/23 8:49:20 PM
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loafy013 posted...
PS4 board, gone
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but that still exists.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/691087-playstation-4

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Sad_Face
05/17/23 9:17:14 PM
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St0rmFury posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/ 564801-death-knights-of-krynn/80446579

Aw that sucks. Eh, this site isn't good for discussing politics anyhow. Too much moderation based on flimsy reasons.

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videospirit
05/17/23 9:29:46 PM
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I'm not a fan of the shutdown. Don't really know of any other non Reddit place to discuss politics that isn't 100% partisan or ideological, and Reddit's interface is cancer.

Doubt it was particularly lucrative from a business perspective, but the combination of factors that make up this site made it one of the best places to discuss politics. Humanity as a whole is now worse off.

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