GarthVaderUK
Banned
Seeking clarification - does this ban include discussion of games, movies, tv shows and books that tackle social or political subjects?
Seeking clarification - does this ban include discussion of games, movies, tv shows and books that tackle social or political subjects?
There is a thread where it is being discussed to death. I wish people would go there and quit with the attention seeking burner account suicides no one believesyour faux outrage.To clarify: it's to ensure the sexual assault allegations don't get discussed and any threads on the subject locked. I doubt much thought has been given beyond that.
Not a mod, but I'd assume that talking about the former (in the context of the game or it's media) would be fine, while the latter (movies, tv, books) would not due to the switch to the forum being game focused (now, that line may blur with games based on said media, but take it as more of a case-by-case basis). Just my two cents.
There is a thread where it is being discussed to death. I wish people would go there and quit with the attention seeking burner account suicides no one believesyour faux outrage.
I think they'll put the non-gaming forum up when people have calmed down. Obviously people are "venting" where they can atm (gaming) where it isn't really appropriate.
An obscene amount of it is you can pretend its all reasonable of you want to.It's not faux outrage.
An obscene amount of it is you can pretend its all reasonable of you want to.
i'd imagine it would be okay if the thread was tackling such issues. bringing those issues into threads that have nothing to do with them is the problem.
This sucks this is the primary place I get my gaming news.
What about the debate around microtransactions or loot boxes? Surely that's all banned now as well?
There is a thread where it is being discussed to death. I wish people would go there and quit with the attention seeking burner account suicides no one believesyour faux outrage.
Ombra
Junior Member
There is a thread where it is being discussed to death. I wish people would go there and quit with the attention seeking burner account suicides no one believesyour faux outrage.
Gonna throw my 2 pennies in....
No more Trump threads.
No more LGBTQ rights threads.
No more threads about Colin Kaepernick.
No more PoliGAF(didn't participate, just read, but those were some knowledgeable dudes. Hate to lose that over some BS)
No more GamerGate threads.
No more Black man shot and killed by cops threads.
No more dirty cop threads(See Baltimore PD recent indictments of officers)
Basically OT will now be Sports, Movies, TV and Music.
Says the Junior? I'm seeing plenty of well respected and visible members of the forums going down in these, and more juniors suddenly defending this nonsense. HMM
Sounds like a massive improvement to the forums in my opinion, especially with regards to the Trump threads. Why there wasn't one dedicated OT to him instead of lots and lots of threads spammed over and over every time he said something was beyond me.No more Trump threads.
No more LGBTQ rights threads.
No more threads about Colin Kaepernick.
No more PoliGAF(didn't participate, just read, but those were some knowledgeable dudes. Hate to lose that over some BS)
No more GamerGate threads.
No more Black man shot and killed by cops threads.
No more dirty cop threads(See Baltimore PD recent indictments of officers)
Basically OT will now be Sports, Movies, TV and Music.
Ironic isnt it? People complaining about a supposed sexual assault end up harassing a whole community. Attention seekers and bullies. Sonetimes you arent much diferrent than what you fight.There is a thread where it is being discussed to death. I wish people would go there and quit with the attention seeking burner account suicides no one believesyour faux outrage.
PoliGAF had devolved into complete madness and was suspecting everyone of being a Russian shill. One thing I won't miss is PoliGAF, easily one of the most toxic threads in the forum.
Where do I sign?Gonna throw my 2 pennies in....
No more Trump threads.
No more LGBTQ rights threads.
No more threads about Colin Kaepernick.
No more PoliGAF(didn't participate, just read, but those were some knowledgeable dudes. Hate to lose that over some BS)
No more GamerGate threads.
No more Black man shot and killed by cops threads.
No more dirty cop threads(See Baltimore PD recent indictments of officers)
Basically OT will now be Sports, Movies, TV and Music.
Complaining about sexual assault is the same as sexual assault.Ironic isnt it? People complaining about a supposed sexual assault end up harassing a whole community. Attention seekers and bullies. Sonetimes you arent much diferrent than what you fight.
Sounds like a massive improvement to the forums in my opinion, especially with regards to the Trump threads. Why there wasn't one dedicated OT to him instead of lots and lots of threads spammed over and over every time he said something was beyond me.
I feel like GAF wasn't really ever able to properly discuss any of these topics as it was, and so it just wound up making the overall forum a lot worse. Not to say that discussion of politics was inherently a bad thing. Just moreso GAF's handling of said topics and issues.
PoliGAF had devolved into complete madness and was suspecting everyone of being a Russian shill. One thing I won't miss is PoliGAF, easily one of the most toxic threads in the forum.
Complaining about sexual assault is the same as sexual assault.
This is peak "both sides"
Where do I sign?
Sounds like a massive improvement to the forums in my opinion, especially with regards to the Trump threads. Why there wasn't one dedicated OT to him instead of lots and lots of threads spammed over and over every time he said something was beyond me..
LGBT and other diversity-focused rights aren't political topics. They're basic human decency topics.
Because the individual things he says are newsworthy. The President of the United States is a white supremacist and sexual assaulter. This presidency is a history-defining moment.
By GAF's own rules, it is "new threads for new news."
Based on your logic, you think that Trump's recent comments to a widow should be in the same thread as Trump's comments on NFL players.
They absolutely should not. They are different news stories.
And just so you know, mods DID lock threads that were redundant about Trump. But they also realized that many things he says and does ARE big singular stories.
I understand it's hard to look at. But that is our reality for at least another three years and you can't just pretend it's not happening.
Gonna throw my 2 pennies in....
No more Trump threads.
No more LGBTQ rights threads.
No more threads about Colin Kaepernick.
No more PoliGAF(didn't participate, just read, but those were some knowledgeable dudes. Hate to lose that over some BS)
No more GamerGate threads.
No more Black man shot and killed by cops threads.
No more dirty cop threads(See Baltimore PD recent indictments of officers)
Basically OT will now be Sports, Movies, TV and Music.
So basically you are saying let OT be OT but just create a heavily moderated Trump OT for people that wanna talk about him? I think that could work out well.
Sounds perfect.
I have no clue why Trump didnt have his own section. I think it would have been for the best. It would have kept people out of the discussion that didnt wanna be in it. Seeing 5 Trump threads a day can trigger folks to start trolling.
You aren't forced to click the threads.
He's the president of the United States, and the majority of users are from English speaking countries. Like it or not, most everything the US government does effects all of our lives.
The GAF rule was always new threads for new news, because it's easy for updates to get lost in 300 page OTs, and you'll have entire pages of posters replying with outdated information. The president also effects a disproportionate amount of topics; from immigration to local elections to policing to international conflict to the environment to sports to lgbt rights to women's rights to minority rights to taxes to space exploration.
It would be, frankly, asinine to attempt to discuss all of those subjects simultaneously in one thread, along with every major crises that a president must address that gets thousands of replies.
People who don't want to be in a discussion can just... ignore a thread. "Triggered to trolling" means what, you can't help but shitpost news that effects your confirmation bias?
That and there are no mods left.To clarify: it's to ensure the sexual assault allegations don't get discussed and any threads on the subject locked. I doubt much thought has been given beyond that.