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[Maffis]

I find it funny how both sites really hate eachother so much. Come on it's just forums.

 

[EscapeArtist]

Can I just say it's a little ironic that the most active thread on Neogaf is the one about ResetEra? Anyway, I still come here from time to time. I'm way less worried about being banned here for basically nothing like I am at ResetEra. It makes me afraid to post anything because I don't know what "justifies" a ban over there.

 

[GoldenEye98]

Disastrous redesign? Is this Resetera redesign an disaster? I haven't seen the comments... but before it went down, the users seemed to say they like the new update...

I don't use Reset Era but out of curiosity I checked it out a couple of times today to see what the new design looks like and it looks OK...certainly an improvement of the old design which looked pretty amateurish imo. But both times I went there (earlier and just now) the pages were not loading properly....so it seems like more of technical issue than a design issue.

 

[zenspider]

you have proof? The bans I have seen were utterly agressive towards posters

Someone upthread posted an aggregated ban list from ERA. It's pretty cut and dry if you really want proof.

There is clearly a moral orthodoxy in place among the moderators, and even pointing it out is an offense.

My personal favorite is the "only asking questions" meme. It's like some Chutes N' Ladders level nonsense to slide someone to the 'GG/alt-right/subhuman' bin.

Worse, many of the obstensibly dissenting opinions are ban baiters. You will see more and more of the non-radical left disappear, and ERA will be like one of those McCarthy-era Worker's Party meetings where every particpant is a government agent.

 

[EscapeArtist]

I don't use Reset Era but out of curiosity I checked it out a couple of times today to see what the new design looks like and it looks OK...certainly an improvement of the old design which looked pretty amateurish imo. But both times I went there (earlier and just now) the pages were not loading properly....so it seems like more of technical issue than a design issue.

My problem isn't the redesign, it's the fact that the site straight up doesn't work half of the time. It's been broken for like 3 days.

 

[JimmyJones]

It makes me afraid to post anything because I don't know what "justifies" a ban over there.

Then why post there?

 

[Musky_Cheese]

I find it funny how both sites really hate eachother so much. Come on it's just forums.

We are being childish.

Truce anyone?

 

[cryptoadam]

I don't use Reset Era but out of curiosity I checked it out a couple of times today to see what the new design looks like and it looks OK...certainly an improvement of the old design which looked pretty amateurish imo. But both times I went there (earlier and just now) the pages were not loading properly....so it seems like more of technical issue than a design issue.

It does this really annoying thing where when you click on a thread it reloads the page, so its like you go in, it loads the page, then a quick 1 second reload.

On mobile the only menu is the quick menu with drop down on the top and there are for now no quick scroll arrow either.

 

[EscapeArtist]

Then why post there?

Because it's active, I get gaming news faster from that forum than basically anywhere else.

 

[Musky_Cheese]

Because it's active, I get gaming news faster from that forum than basically anywhere else.

Well I’m sure this site will continue to grow and get better at getting the news posted.

 

[zou]

Disastrous redesign? Is this Resetera redesign an disaster? I haven't seen the comments... but before it went down, the users seemed to say they like the new update...

edit: Oh my god, the site looks like an disaster! Hopefull peoples will realize that Resetera is not a site.

Lol yeah. And hard to say much when the site is slow or down, and when it responds you get a giant purple arrow. And the ad-free sub is like a giant FU to the users.

 

[DaForest]

So upfront, I am more politically aligned on a personal level with the way the other site leans on many issues.

But, I respect the open dialogue here a lot. Even if the mods and I agree, it's kind of shit they shut down conversation over there.

Also... the gaming section is turning into corporate apologist central. That's something I can't get behind ever. It's fucked up to me that they want to virtue signal for literally everyone but consumers of the gaming industry. What the fuck...

Really getting to the point of avoiding the other site in favor of this one.

Hope this place remains a forum of open dialogue and sensible moderation.

It's not that they're "virtue signaling" (this is an empty term that holds as much weight as "sjw," btw - which is to say, it holds none) for everyone but consumers so much as they're now realizing said consumers are filled with generally awful people whose worldviews should not be affirmed by the games developers make. A good portion of the gaming community is toxic, looking at the world through retrograde lens when it comes to matters of race, sex, gender, and class. This idea that the good of society should be put aside to placate the appetites of a toxic consumer base, all in the name of profit, is a misguided and selfishly harmful position to take in this current climate.

 

[Musky_Cheese]

It's not that they're "virtue signaling" (this is an empty term that holds as much weight as "sjw," btw - which is to say, it holds none) for everyone but consumers so much as they're now realizing said consumers are filled with generally awful people whose worldviews should not be affirmed by the games developers make. A good portion of the gaming community is toxic, looking at the world through retrograde lens when it comes to matters of race, sex, gender, and class. This idea that the good of society should be put aside to placate the appetites of a toxic consumer base, all in the name of profit, is a misguided and selfishly harmful position to take in this current climate.

Saying toxic is also kind of empty tho. Yes the playerbase that is toxic is... toxic. The groups that are standing/fighting against it is also toxic. Everyone is toxic.

I wish companies would take a stronger stance against harassment. It needs to start with platform holders first imo. I don’t think they are doing near enough.

 

[Plague Doctor]

It's not that they're "virtue signaling" (this is an empty term that holds as much weight as "sjw," btw - which is to say, it holds none) for everyone but consumers so much as they're now realizing said consumers are filled with generally awful people whose worldviews should not be affirmed by the games developers make. A good portion of the gaming community is toxic, looking at the world through retrograde lens when it comes to matters of race, sex, gender, and class. This idea that the good of society should be put aside to placate the appetites of a toxic consumer base, all in the name of profit, is a misguided and selfishly harmful position to take in this current climate.

I can agree with some of the second part of your post and allow me qualify my initial statement. Defending corporations on specifically questionable monetization systems that are manipulative at best is what I am referring to. The meta commentary regarding what content/themes developers choose to pursue is not an issue I am tackling. Developers should pursue the topics and content they want to address - no questions. The audience likes it, they buy it. Certain publishers and their monetization practices is where I have issues. It becomes insidious when legitimate dissent about monetization gets lumped up with the 'toxicity' as a deflection. (which is not what you are doing but other people have- namely on the other site).

 

[Deleted member 713885]

As much as GAF was 'despised' by the internet as a whole pre-split it wasnt at the level of mockery that ResetEra is.

In many, if not all, web and social media circles if you ask..
"What's ResetEra?"
The response you will get is usually..
"Its where all the crazy people of GAF went"

It's pretty much regarded in every circle as authoritarian and concentrated insanity.


Sure, we get the usual 'hur hur, your guys are dorks for talking/watching them. Hur hur, free rent in your head!"
But...its like driving past a car accident..accept it's a 2 buses of lunatics collided head on.
Its "Web community" safari. A tale as old as time...
From notable figures like Chris Chan, Bronies, Furries, to places like ResetEra. People will always laugh, point fingers, discuss, etc.. any and all corners of the web outside 'normality'

 

[Interfectum]

As much as GAF was 'despised' by the internet as a whole pre-split it wasnt at the level of mockery that ResetEra is.

In many, if not all, web and social media circles if you ask..
"What's ResetEra?"
The response you will get is usually..
"Its where all the crazy people of GAF went"

It's pretty much regarded in every circle as authoritarian and concentrated insanity.


Sure, we get the usual 'hur hur, your guys are dorks for talking/watching them. Hur hur, free rent in your head!"
But...its like driving past a car accident..accept it's a 2 buses of lunatics collided head on.
Its "Web community" safari. A tale as old as time...
From notable figures like Chris Chan, Bronies, Furries, to places like ResetEra. People will always laugh, point fingers, discuss, etc.. any and all corners of the web outside 'normality'

While this is all true, it's still one of the best places on the internet to get instant gaming news, very specific sales data and insider tidbits. It's a more extreme version of what GAF used to be.

 

[DaForest]

I can agree with some of the second part of your post and allow me qualify my statement. Defending corporations on specifically questionable monetization systems that are manipulative at best is what I am referring to. The meta commentary regarding what content developers choose to pursue is not an issue I am tackling. Developers should pursue the topics and content they want to address - no questions. Certain publishers and their monetization practices is where I have issues. It becomes insidious when legitimate dissent about monetization gets lumped up with the 'toxicity'. (which is not what you are doing but other people have).

Ahh, ok. Yes, I, too, hate monetization. I apologize for misinterpreting what you were talking about. And, yeah, the staff at Resetera is all too willing to penalize anyone that dares calls out the publishers for heir greed. I won't dispute that. Just off general principle, I don't buy games that have obvious monetization inserted in their gameplay. If it's a meaningless afterthought that has zero implications for gameplay, that's fine. But, the type of shit we saw with Shadows of War is inexcusable.

 

[El_Belmondo]

You will fit right in with the 90% of members who are left leaning then!

lmao come to our side. We have Pokémon and anime tiddies.

 

[Ecto311]

Because it's active, I get gaming news faster from that forum than basically anywhere else.

Looks like someone doesn't follow wario64 on twitter with alerts on. Twitter is and probably will be the fastest way of getting any news and you don't have to wade in the waters of the ultra mega super duper left dickheads over there that ban for any reason at all.

 

[trikster40]

Like many others, I’ve got accounts on both. Never left here, honestly didn’t get the huge uproar that caused the split. (I know what allegedly happened, I didn’t like the guilty until proven innocent accusations that were flying).

It’s much more chill here. I can barely post over there without having my opinions shoved back down my throat.

 

[Interfectum]

 

[Deleted member 752119]

I disagree with /r/Games. They are very much pro-gaming "journalism" to a fault and openly praise much of the same ignorant talking points that is thrown around like gospel on far-left forums.

Probably true. I like game journalism still and agree with most of that stuff (and easily ignore the stuff I think is dumb/ridiculous) so it doesn't bother me.

r/gaming is completely worthless to me as it's clearly for millennials that like sharing gameplay clips/screen shots/memes as that's a huge percentage of the posts. Sharing clips etc. and fishing for upvotes. I have zero interest in any of that stuff, have never watched a game stream or any of that crap. I just want game news and place to chat and ask questions about games I'm playing.

To be frank, Reddit as a whole is pretty bad for that compared to traditional forums. And just too full of millennials and Gen Z people I have little interest in interacting with (put up with enough of their shit in the classroom). And that's why I stick with Resetera mostly for now. Other forums are either like this one and too slow to get quick answers/responses other than the huge AAA release OT around launch or under-moderated and full of some combination of hate/hostility, fanboy nonsense and trolling. Resetera has tons of things I don't like, but the game OTs and community threads are free of most of it and super active so it will remain my go to unless something that has the same (or better) quality and pace in those types of threads comes along.

 

[Redneckerz]

Not at all.
Check this out.

https://resetera.kiwifarms.net/

Also just saw they banned Rigby. His threads here were legendary. Hahaha.

Here’s what he wrote to get banned.

That's an old one. This is his permaban post. (User banned (permanent): Personal attacks on another member. Recently returned from 1 month ban for trolling similar thread. Long history of infractions.)

Called Jecht triggered because of a tweet, which, by all standards, was not a lie. But hey, that's a personal attack. But baiting regular users and suggesting they are racist is a-okay.

My guess is that Jecht himself banned this user or SweetNicole got a Telegram from Jecht. ''Personal Attacks'' = Calling a reaction of someone triggered.

The distortion field is strong there.

Problem? No.

Explanation? Perhaps partially. Transgender people face a ton of bullying, belittling and so on and from that and the general stress of having gender dysphoria there's a high level of severe depression, anxiety and other mental illness in that population.

I don't believe that this alone would generate the kind of policing that is present on ERA.

That could certainly at least partly explain severe moderation of things like "dismissing transphobia" when people are just saying they didn't take the CDPR tweet as deliberately hateful (just tone deaf/edgelord nonsense) and will still buy the game (or just saying they'll buy the game regardless). Rather than just giving bans for outright transphobia (which gets moderation here and there, as it should).

Well SweetNicole is a trans, so..

That said, I don't think anywhere near a majority of staff is trans. It's just an extreme community that believe the way to "win" is by "deplatforming" the opposition. Thus they just have a near zero tolerance stance on anything that even remotely seems to be non-supportive of transgender people (and other marginalized populations) rather than just weeding out the true bigots.

I agree, and i would expand it to most things that are non-supportive of minorities.

loooool look at the wee baby

I fail to see how such a post makes any difference, except as a showcase for improper posting.

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Thank you!　Someday i should write how a migration is done... maybe someone can copy it next time.

I just wanted to chirp in and thank you for all the efforts! Having such lengthy experience must have helped aswell into achieving a succesfull migration Gromph!

It’s to punish millenials for not being able to spell or punctuate at a basic primary school level.

Hey, i have to make frequent edits myself because i forget words as i type in a free-flow manner and will only check right before posting.

Shouldn't everyone have the right to decide who they have sex with, and have that consent (or lack of) respected?

Only when you go outside and interact with people. Which controversially, you can entertain the idea that The Names do not do any of those two things to reach the conclusions they do.

SweetNicole is hot af.

I wish you would rather make actual contributive posts instead of attempting to be a validated spammer. Come on.

I find it funny how both sites really hate eachother so much. Come on it's just forums.

I find it how people tend to look only look at the surface and not at the bottom and then think looking at the surface of any possible issue is the truth or funny. Come on, there is more to it.

 

[G-Bus]

I reluctantly made the jump to era after all that bs went down here. I say reluctantly because I didn't care about the drama and only did so because this place turned into a ghost town.

Don't care much for Era. Was alright at first despite the odd amount of people not willing to say NeoGaf. I know that's such a small thing to care about I just found it so bizarre. it's become this safe space for overly sensitive people that can't stomach reading anything remotely controversial. It stifles discussion and makes every thread sound the same depending on the topic.

I'm totally fine with what they're trying to do over there, it's just not for me. Sad it took the site going down for me to wander back over here. Glad I did though.

 

[Deleted member 752119]

Hey, i have to make frequent edits myself because i forget words as i type in a free-flow manner and will only check right before posting.

Same. I type pretty fast, but with a fair amount of typos and even more of swapping homophones like their/they're/there. I also post a lot for my phone and tablet and have more typos there that I'll edit when I get back to a computer rather than messing with more touch typing as I'm awful at it.

I could edit more carefully as I go, but fuck that. I spend too much time writing and editing my own writing, and editing/marking up student's writing for work that I'm not going to be super meticulous about it on forums.

 

[legendaryskitch]

It really is interesting to see how people pop up here since ERA has been broken. A lot of people have the same views that I do too. Where they only go to ERA because it's so active and good for news despite being kind of shitty at the same time.

Honestly just happy to not be the only one thinking it

 

[Musky_Cheese]

That's an old one. This is his permaban post. (User banned (permanent): Personal attacks on another member. Recently returned from 1 month ban for trolling similar thread. Long history of infractions.)

Called Jecht triggered because of a tweet, which, by all standards, was not a lie. But hey, that's a personal attack. But baiting regular users and suggesting they are racist is a-okay.

My guess is that Jecht himself banned this user or SweetNicole got a Telegram from Jecht. ''Personal Attacks'' = Calling a reaction of someone triggered.

The distortion field is strong there.


I don't believe that this alone would generate the kind of policing that is present on ERA.


Well SweetNicole is a trans, so..


I agree, and i would expand it to most things that are non-supportive of minorities.


I fail to see how such a post makes any difference, except as a showcase for improper posting.


I just wanted to chirp in and thank you for all the efforts! Having such lengthy experience must have helped aswell into achieving a succesfull migration Gromph!


Hey, i have to make frequent edits myself because i forget words as i type in a free-flow manner and will only check right before posting.

Only when you go outside and interact with people. Which controversially, you can entertain the idea that The Names do not do any of those two things to reach the conclusions they do.


I wish you would rather make actual contributive posts instead of attempting to be a validated spammer. Come on.


I find it how people tend to look only look at the surface and not at the bottom and then think looking at the surface of any possible issue is the truth or funny. Come on, there is more to it.

It’s wonderful being able to scroll up and know a Redneckerz post before even seeing the name and avatar lol

 

[Deleted member 77995]

We're almost at 300 concurrent registered users now!

 

[EscapeArtist]

Looks like someone doesn't follow wario64 on twitter with alerts on. Twitter is and probably will be the fastest way of getting any news and you don't have to wade in the waters of the ultra mega super duper left dickheads over there that ban for any reason at all.

Yeah, but I do follow him on Twitter? And Nibel, they're both great (Wario especially for deals). But if I see news and want to see proper discussion around it Era is the best place for that at the moment.

 

[Deleted member 752119]

Yeah, but I do follow him on Twitter? And Nibel, they're both great (Wario especially for deals). But if I see news and want to see proper discussion around it Era is the best place for that at the moment.

And also for just discussing the games you're playing. Most game OTs and community threads are great, very active and free from the social/political BS. Sub-Reddits for games can be very active too I suppose, but as above I just hate that format and the younger community there.

 

[Redneckerz]

Same. I type pretty fast, but with a fair amount of typos and even more of swapping homophones like their/they're/there. I also post a lot for my phone and tablet and have more typos there that I'll edit when I get back to a computer rather than messing with more touch typing as I'm awful at it.

I could edit more carefully as I go, but fuck that. I spend too much time writing and editing my own writing, and editing/marking up student's writing for work that I'm not going to be super meticulous about it on forums.

Posting on phone is something i rarely do except for small commentary. The mobile site, as good as it is, still is a bit too cumbersome for my tastes.

And same. I do a lot of editing on other users aswell whose reviews i have to read and all that, it isn't easy. I love the Draft system though!

It’s wonderful being able to scroll up and know a Redneckerz post before even seeing the name and avatar lol

I love my post chains and explanations. This thread moves fast though.

 

[entremet]

entremet 's post count is too powerful.

10 years, man. It adds up lol.

I will always have a soft spot for GAF. It got me through some hard times. I'm a rather private person, so I'd rather not elaborate, though.

 

[Uhtred]

It really is interesting to see how people pop up here since ERA has been broken. A lot of people have the same views that I do too. Where they only go to ERA because it's so active and good for news despite being kind of shitty at the same time.

Honestly just happy to not be the only one thinking it

100%

 

[Deleted member 752119]

It really is interesting to see how people pop up here since ERA has been broken. A lot of people have the same views that I do too. Where they only go to ERA because it's so active and good for news despite being kind of shitty at the same time.

Honestly just happy to not be the only one thinking it

To be fair, GAF was pretty much exactly the same (especially post Gamergate) before the split. Great source for news and game OTs, review threads and community threads. Terrible for any social/political issue threads. The moderation is just even worse on those topics over there than it was here (maybe other than that post Trump period with the Bish rampage and what not here).

 

[Darth]

I did not know I could get my account back until today.

"The ex-mod who banned you was sacked in 2016 for grievous abuse of power. "

I imagine he/she is a now mainstream mod or wingman of a mod ResetEra. On both now but imagine I'll gravitate more towards here now. The off topic area on the other site is so ban happy for anybody that doesn't have the most extreme left viewpoints.

 

[Keylime]

D Darth Well as someone in the new guard... I will personally tell you TO WATCH YOUR FUCKING BACK CAUSE I'LL BAN THE SHIT OUT OF YOU IF YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT POSTING SOME CENTRIST BULLSHIT!

Spoiler

Glad everything got resolved, welcome back.

 

[Darth]

D Darth Well as someone in the new guard... I will personally tell you TO WATCH YOUR FUCKING BACK CAUSE I'LL BAN THE SHIT OUT OF YOU IF YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT POSTING SOME CENTRIST BULLSHIT!

Spoiler

Glad everything got resolved, welcome back.

Ah well my third and final post. Twas a good run.

 

[Dr. Claus]

To be fair, GAF was pretty much exactly the same (especially post Gamergate) before the split. Great source for news and game OTs, review threads and community threads. Terrible for any social/political issue threads. The moderation is just even worse on those topics over there than it was here (maybe other than that post Trump period with the Bish rampage and what not here).

They are literally the same community, except with even worse moderation (which is saying a lot).

Ah well my third and final post. Twas a good run.

I hope you saw the spoiler tag underneath Keylime's post! He was just jokin' around.

 

[Klondyke]

As much as GAF was 'despised' by the internet as a whole pre-split it wasnt at the level of mockery that ResetEra is.

In many, if not all, web and social media circles if you ask..
"What's ResetEra?"
The response you will get is usually..
"Its where all the crazy people of GAF went"

It's pretty much regarded in every circle as authoritarian and concentrated insanity.


Sure, we get the usual 'hur hur, your guys are dorks for talking/watching them. Hur hur, free rent in your head!"
But...its like driving past a car accident..accept it's a 2 buses of lunatics collided head on.
Its "Web community" safari. A tale as old as time...
From notable figures like Chris Chan, Bronies, Furries, to places like ResetEra. People will always laugh, point fingers, discuss, etc.. any and all corners of the web outside 'normality'

This is a funny take, I never though GAF was despised, in fact it was one of the best forums on the internet back in its prime.

I am a person who leans heavily to the left, so it was great to have a place with proper moderation and a zero tolerance to any kind of online bullying. At the moment I like both forums, I only lurk on ERA, and just got approved here.

 

[Skyn3t]

So is Reddit a better and faster way to get news and rumors than Era. Probably, but only if you opt to dig through tons of shit, memes etc. I swear that some people on Era just live to post gaming news ASAP in one place. It's a Shane I have an IP ban there, but I browse resetera.live from time to time. Would gladly change that for some neat subreddit, but it seems it doesn't exist. r/Games is a shithole r/gaming occasionally break a great leak/story vide Harry Potter RPG gameplay some time ago and we have platform and gaming specific subreddits of course. Well that's great, but interesting stuff often gets lost in my home feed among all those porn gifs, memes, funny shit and more lol content.

 

[LegendOfKage]

My personal favorite is the "only asking questions" meme. It's like some Chutes N' Ladders level nonsense to slide someone to the 'GG/alt-right/subhuman' bin.

I think it's unfortunate that people there are constantly banned for arguing in bad faith, from a staff and community that pretty much always views any opposing thought in the most hateful terms imaginable, and constantly assumes the absolute worst of anyone who disagrees. Then the person who has that view is allowed to be dogpiled with hateful personal attacks, and no one faces any consequences, except for the person who disagreed in the first place.

That's what GAF used to be. I think avoiding that sort of thing is worth a slower moving forum, and reading some cringe inducing far right views from time to time, which I'm still free to disagree with and challenge. I lean left on some issues, and right on some others, so engaging with a lot of opinions is enjoyable for me.

People here who get too far into the "anti-SJW" side of things can end up falling into their own bad faith arguments, but I try to point out and challenge that hypocrisy when I can.

 

[Darth]

They are literally the same community, except with even worse moderation (which is saying a lot).



I hope you saw the spoiler tag underneath Keylime's post! He was just jokin' around.

yes!!

 

[Blam]

It’s wonderful being able to scroll up and know a Redneckerz post before even seeing the name and avatar lol

Soon enough you wont' be able to tell the different between mine and his.

 

[Musky_Cheese]

Soon enough you wont' be able to tell the different between mine and his.

I can’t wait for you two to argue

 

[KillCommunism]

ERA has some good points from the sheer amount of people causing a great source for news. Different views will get you turned on and banned often though. Hell, a joke can cause bans. I've just learned to ignore any of those topics about politics/gender/etc that are just riddled with bans.

Also, can we just point out that ERA 2.0 looks almost exactly like GAF now...like why?

Maybe you can ignore those sorts of shit stains on a Web forum, but what when they start infesting real life and affecting people's lives? They already are. These are the turds getting conservative speakers banned from universities, or allowing for kids to have their hormones blocked, or normalizing mutilating your own genitals and normalizing insanity. We allowed this cancer to fester by "ignoring" them to the point they became a real existential threat, and that is what they are.

 

[Deleted member 752119]

They are literally the same community, except with even worse moderation (which is saying a lot).

Of course. My post was more just due to the fact that some people just act like the entirety of Era is way worse than GAF ever was and can't understand why people post there. It's not worse overall than GAF was before, it's just the moderation of social/political issue threads (general and gaming-related ones) is worse.

If you're like me and couldn't give a shit less what hardcore gamers (or people online in general, but especially hardcore gamers) think about social/political issues, then old GAF and Resetera were great places to discuss games how active the communities are/were. People want to ask a question when they're stuck in a game and get a near instant response, to see a lot of discussion of the latest gaming news within minutes of it breaking, to have active communities for older and niche titles and so on. And that's just lacking on most sites, including this one, as outside of Reddit (which I again dislike) you just don't find that level of activity on game forums anymore.

If anything, Era is better for pure game discussion than GAF was as they're also stricter about cracking down on fanboy, console warring nonsense (sales threads probably still suck, but I don't give a shit about sales as I have no loyalty to any of these corporations). It was that fanboy/console warrior crap (especially from the Nintendo diehards) that led me to leave GAF before the migration happened as it was insufferable here (left spring or early summer 2018). I disagree with Era's moderation of the social/political issue crap, but it's entirely moot for me as I have zero interest in those threads. I'd be unaware of 95% of it if I didn't check the thread here occasionally. Some say that stuff infests the pure gaming threads (i.e excluding ones specifically about social/political issues in games), but that's not true in my experience. Some will post some of that crap in an OT or whatever, but reporting it to the mods gets it taken care of pretty quickly in my experience and gets those people told to keep those discussions to the dedicated thread(s).

 

[Darth]

I think it's unfortunate that people there are constantly banned for arguing in bad faith, from a staff and community that pretty much always views any opposing thought in the most hateful terms imaginable, and constantly assumes the absolute worst of anyone who disagrees. Then the person who has that view is allowed to be dogpiled with hateful personal attacks, and no one faces any consequences, except for the person who disagreed in the first place.

That's what GAF used to be. I think avoiding that sort of thing is worth a slower moving forum, and reading some cringe inducing far right views from time to time, which I'm still free to disagree with and challenge. I lean left on some issues, and right on some others, so engaging with a lot of opinions is enjoyable for me.

People here who get too far into the "anti-SJW" side of things can end up falling into their own bad faith arguments, but I try to point out and challenge that hypocrisy when I can.

Constant quoting of people and then putting words in somebodies mouth that was never typed. Plus calling people racist for wanting more details on an incident. That Chiptotle thread where the worker did not want to serve somebody for not paying in the past. And that is a milder example..

 

[Nabbis]

Cheer up guys. I see that both forums have dudes with pedololi avatars so you have quite a lot more in common than you think.

 

[Skyn3t]

ResetEra a great place to discuss video games? Only if your fine with the gaming media narrative/Jason Schreier national hero narrative. Weren't people banned for defending the creator of Kingdome Come: Deliverancr, the alleged Nazi and racist.

 

[Ecto311]

Yeah, but I do follow him on Twitter? And Nibel, they're both great (Wario especially for deals). But if I see news and want to see proper discussion around it Era is the best place for that at the moment.

I get that but for me I don't want discussion for the most part on news. I just want to have the knowledge and form my own thoughts on it. Plus reddit is usually on top of it if it's big news but the issue is there is always some comment that either backs me so I feel good and some that shit all over it making it less of an event. So I try to just get the news and leave it at that so I can think what I think about it and not have some spin thrown on it one way or the other. But saying era is quickest is silly to me because reddit and twitter either match or beat them without some bullshit mods checking every ones privilege and banning you for dumb shit.