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Whats the Current Status of GAF in general right now?
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Musky_Cheese
Banned
Lets be honest. You know nothing about what goes on here.
Every couple of days someone like you logs back in and says either...
A) Gaf is obsessed with Era and they don’t care about what is going on here
B) This place is a ghost town and is irrelevant and we don’t care what’s going on here
C) Combo of A and B
And you people always disprove your own points while posting your message. At least try harder.
Many are happy here now. And many are happy because boring low effort posters like yourself left this site.
Why you so obsessed with us brah?
Redneckerz
Those long posts don't cover that red neck boy
Seems like a riot took place here or your beard wouldn't be seen peeking out from the forest. Thanks for the update!
Hah! Caretaker of the Apples, eh?I'd love the ipad thread.
I think there are a lot of varied threads in here. I recently made one about Void Bastards, for one. If you take a look around, you may find that yes, a lot of threads are less active, but that does not mean those threads don't have a form of existence. They do exist, and if you would take a moment to take a look around instead of relaying a message that frankly, is not entirely correct but also has been said numerous times before, then you may find some new threads to enjoy. *
*This is also why people react hap-hazardly to your post: Because it has been said numerous times already and it has been disproven the same amount of times, people grow wary of hearing the same thing over and over. I don't think everyone on ERA is terrible either, so why would you rule us all with the same spanner?
Thank you for your time!
Funny you say that, by the way, as the threads on ERA that usually get active discussion are literally threads that seek and generate drama themselves aswell.
Chittagong
Gold Member
I counted the threads on Gaming Forum front page, and fascinatingly, the same ratio holds. 26 / 40 OPs (66%) are by accounts registered pre Oct-2017. So there is a core of long time users, who for one reason or another choose to post of GAF. It’d be interesting to see stats on the daily actives trends as well as the userbase profiles.
Humdinger
Member
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Chittagong
Gold Member
Interestingly, same anecdotal test yields only 15/40 (37.5%) on Off Topic and 17/40 (42.5%) on Politics.
It’s almost as if the old gamers are left but people discussing politics have migrated
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Humdinger
Member
That's interesting, too. I think it means that a big percentage of the new members are interested in political and OT discussion.
Chittagong
Gold Member
I’m just going to holyfuckingshit this post from 3 June 2017 up here
I missed this post the first and second time it made rounds, but on the question of “What’s the status of Gaf right now?” this provides pretty incredible perspective to how much the world, and GAF, has changed in a year and a half.
I missed this post the first and second time it made rounds, but on the question of “What’s the status of Gaf right now?” this provides pretty incredible perspective to how much the world, and GAF, has changed in a year and a half.
SaviourMK2
Member
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't returning because of resetera banning me. But I didn't come back right away, I took a very long hard look at myself before I decided what to do with myself next. I just know I feel better when i'm part of a community and I never like to burn bridges, which is why I didn't take my suicidal pill during the resetera split off.
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Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
And what did you see?
SaviourMK2
Member
oddly William Hartnell before it faded back to an image of me.
Seriously though. I saw depression, self loathing, nativity and failure. I realized getting upset that resetera essentially burned me at the stake despite every good intention I had was a waste of strength. I'm slowly getting better at ending my history of self loathing.
Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
Don’t let a bunch of loud dorks on the internet instruct you on how to feel about yourself. That is not real life and will achieve nothing. Live your life.
Oh and welcome back.
Bryank75
Banned
Welcome back dude, we are all individuals on our journey through life, games ... politics and without open conversation and respect we won't be able to find ourselves. Whether you are right or left, xbox or PlayStation or even put pineapple on pizza, we must help eachother.
Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
Oh, come on. I’m very empathetic, but even I have a limit.
Silent Duck
Member
You heathen!
It clearly states in the Bible, in Michelangelo 3:16, that thou shalt not eat pizza without pineapple... unless thou art eating a barbeque chicken pizza. Only then is it acceptable to eat pizza without pineapple.
Domisto
Member
Papa
Banned
I guess I count as OldGAF but I’m more active these days than before the exodus. I lurked from around 2006 then joined in 2009 but was never all that active in posting or making threads. The mind virus appeared in 2010 with RiskyChris being patient zero, then he got banned and it mostly lay dormant for a few years after that. Then around 2013-14 it started to reappear and I could sense the culture getting more toxic and outrage-focused, so I stopped posting altogether. It really fell off a cliff sometime around 2015-16 and I didn’t even bother lurking anymore because every thread was filled with handwringing dumpster fire yikes driveby bullshit. It just wasn’t worth my time anymore, though I think I may have popped back in a few times just to get shouted down about bullshit.
In October 2017, I heard elsewhere that there was some kind of drama going on so I came back to check it out. I was here when all the Ree idiots were posting porn links and account suiciding and I must admit, I quite enjoyed watching it all unfold. The schadenfreude was real because I had genuinely grown to despise this place. Then, shortly after that all went down, I noticed a few posters like D Dunki ,
strange headache
,
TrainedRage
(and a few others I likely forgot, sorry) were still posting and having genuine conversations without all the noise and insanity. So I started posting again, albeit with a bit of trepidation at first, but found it to be a welcoming and rational place once again, so I stuck around and am now more active than ever.We’ve since had a bunch of good peeps join us/come back from self-imposed exile and I love it here now. We have some shit posters too who seem to exist only to stir shit and racebait, but they’re not very bright and are easy to deal with. They’re pretty amusing to be honest and I do see them as part of the family, kinda like the retarded — sorry, I mean “developmentally-delayed” — red-headed stepchildren (sorry my ginga
TrainedRage
, just joking).I think the sense of community here now is as strong as it has ever been, at least since I’ve been coming here. The biggest thing is that we’re free to speak our minds without the PC bullies getting outraged at every turn. Having grown up watching the likes of Bill Hicks and George Carlin, it gives me great joy to see such babies get told where to stick it whenever they come back and wring their hands about wrongthink. Such an environment is conducive to humour and truth which then lead to camaraderie and a stronger community.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
same. i got banned over there and came back.
that site is a complete cesspit and i'm thankful they banned me. i don't want to be a part of that.
5secondrulesucks
Banned
lets bring back safe spaces
Redneckerz
Those long posts don't cover that red neck boy
Papa
Banned
Lets bring back Blame Space.
Let’s not. That dude was horribly unfunny and his persona amounted to little more than “Lulz so randum xD”.
5secondrulesucks
Banned
i dont know who that is but bring him back
Redneckerz
Those long posts don't cover that red neck boy
The gist of this (dark) joke is that we can't as he is in a hospital with threatening complications.
Papa
Banned
Wait what
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Is? It have been three or so months since that thread.
Redneckerz
Those long posts don't cover that red neck boy
MIA since July 26th as he then was at the ER with no insurance.
And he has not posted since. So for all i know, it might be a brilliant cop-out from ERA or he legit has health issues/died.
I don't believe Blame would choose the former as that seems extreme even for his character.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Also gone from NeoGAF since July. I hate to say this, but acute pancreatitis usually takes one to two weeks to heal, not four months and has a significant lethality. Since he apparently had an alcohol issue, I hope he just went into rehabilitation and is not allowed to post on video game forums.
Redneckerz
Those long posts don't cover that red neck boy
It can also be fatal. If it isnt health wise, giving he had no insurance, he might be in fiancial debt.
I think this tells us an important moral lesson though - That behind those characters we disagree with, hate upon, troll over, or agree on, they are people living lives completely differently from their online presence.
5secondrulesucks
Banned
my alt account
Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
You should get that pancreatitis looked at then.
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Leonard Washington
Banned
Personally I'm glad the overly liberal yet laughably intolerant to anything that contradicts their "truth" twat squadron fucked off and took the echo chamber mentality with them as whilst this place is much quieter than its heyday its much better without all the baying for blood at the first sign of independent thought or challenging opinions like a bunch of feral baboons.
I think of Era as a "containment zone" for folks who may or may not have a severe yet undiagnosed mental disorder that appears to be sweeping large parts of the digital sphere with its bizarre perspectives and antics and am grateful that such a place exists so the rest of us can freely converse on a myriad of topics with conflicting opinions and the occasional bitch fit as its so much more amusing that way.
I think of Era as a "containment zone" for folks who may or may not have a severe yet undiagnosed mental disorder that appears to be sweeping large parts of the digital sphere with its bizarre perspectives and antics and am grateful that such a place exists so the rest of us can freely converse on a myriad of topics with conflicting opinions and the occasional bitch fit as its so much more amusing that way.
TrainedRage
Banned
I love you step daddy!I guess I count as OldGAF but I’m more active these days than before the exodus. I lurked from around 2006 then joined in 2009 but was never all that active in posting or making threads. The mind virus appeared in 2010 with RiskyChris being patient zero, then he got banned and it mostly lay dormant for a few years after that. Then around 2013-14 it started to reappear and I could sense the culture getting more toxic and outrage-focused, so I stopped posting altogether. It really fell off a cliff sometime around 2015-16 and I didn’t even bother lurking anymore because every thread was filled with handwringing dumpster fire yikes driveby bullshit. It just wasn’t worth my time anymore, though I think I may have popped back in a few times just to get shouted down about bullshit.
In October 2017, I heard elsewhere that there was some kind of drama going on so I came back to check it out. I was here when all the Ree idiots were posting porn links and account suiciding and I must admit, I quite enjoyed watching it all unfold. The schadenfreude was real because I had genuinely grown to despise this place. Then, shortly after that all went down, I noticed a few posters like D Dunki ,
We’ve since had a bunch of good peeps join us/come back from self-imposed exile and I love it here now. We have some shit posters too who seem to exist only to stir shit and racebait, but they’re not very bright and are easy to deal with. They’re pretty amusing to be honest and I do see them as part of the family, kinda like the retarded — sorry, I mean “developmentally-delayed” — red-headed stepchildren (sorry my ginga
I think the sense of community here now is as strong as it has ever been, at least since I’ve been coming here. The biggest thing is that we’re free to speak our minds without the PC bullies getting outraged at every turn. Having grown up watching the likes of Bill Hicks and George Carlin, it gives me great joy to see such babies get told where to stick it whenever they come back and wring their hands about wrongthink. Such an environment is conducive to humour and truth which then lead to camaraderie and a stronger community.
Redneckerz
Those long posts don't cover that red neck boy
Blame Space. A rather famous GAFfer known for his random posting.
Humdinger
Member
We’ve since had a bunch of good peeps join us/come back from self-imposed exile and I love it here now. We have some shit posters too who seem to exist only to stir shit and racebait, but they’re not very bright and are easy to deal with. They’re pretty amusing to be honest and I do see them as part of the family, kinda like the retarded — sorry, I mean “developmentally-delayed” — red-headed stepchildren (sorry my ginga
I think the sense of community here now is as strong as it has ever been, at least since I’ve been coming here. The biggest thing is that we’re free to speak our minds without the PC bullies getting outraged at every turn. Having grown up watching the likes of Bill Hicks and George Carlin, it gives me great joy to see such babies get told where to stick it whenever they come back and wring their hands about wrongthink. Such an environment is conducive to humour and truth which then lead to camaraderie and a stronger community.
Amen. Well said.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
It's much slower and less traffic than before so I think that really limits discussions. I've been mostly just reading and not posting since the Exodus from here. But I seem to see the same handful of either alt-right lite users arguing with the same liberal posters.
The new style of moderation has it's benefits but also huge consequences. You give these idlogical warriors an inch by tolerating abhorrent positions as long as they are well sourced they take a mile. They now have a space on the internet where they can antagonize the side they disagree with which attracts more of them.
The new style of moderation has it's benefits but also huge consequences. You give these idlogical warriors an inch by tolerating abhorrent positions as long as they are well sourced they take a mile. They now have a space on the internet where they can antagonize the side they disagree with which attracts more of them.
Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
Why is one side alt-right and the other simply just liberal? Explain yourself.
SaviourMK2
Member
Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
Which has formed a magical union with pizza.Tomatoes are a fruit though
Unlike pineapples.
Kadayi
Banned
Conversation is about a poster whose probably dead by the sounds of it so maybe not the right time for one of your desperate 'me me me!!' derails tbh.
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DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
The posts I see here from that perspective fall outside of traditional conservative views oftentimes a more Hardline "alternative" view of the same basic positions. Hence "alt-right"
I'm also under the impression that this is their preferred nomenclature. If I'm wrong I'm wrong.
That is not to say I don't have problems with the way some liberal posters find ways to take offense to everything.
Either group allowed enough rope can hang the entire community. We observed what happened here when the liberal group was given enough rope.
Now it seems to be headed in the other direction. I certainly admit that I don't spend as much time here as a used to but from the time I do spend reading it's my opinion on the status.
edit: oh, and I never read the gaming side. haven't for probably 6 years so my opinions are only of OT
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5secondrulesucks
Banned
kay DAD
Scopa
The Tribe Has Spoken
Can you give an example of what you mean?
Who are you talking about and what gave you that impression?
TrainedRage
Banned
Don't upset him, he lives in a world where every conservative is alt-right, and that's what they preferer to be called. Because....
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
Moderation begs to differ.
How so?
You, in particular, are one of the posters I can immediately think of that instantly attack any idea or poster that doesn't conform to your view of the world. I didn't come into this thread with any malice, I explained why I used the word I used and yet here you are attacking me based on your preconceived notion of what/who you think I am.
Here have more rope. Moderation here won't take it from you.
Don't upset him, he lives in a world where every conservative is alt-right, and that's what they preferer to be called. Because....
You, in particular, are one of the posters I can immediately think of that instantly attack any idea or poster that doesn't conform to your view of the world. I didn't come into this thread with any malice, I explained why I used the word I used and yet here you are attacking me based on your preconceived notion of what/who you think I am.
Here have more rope. Moderation here won't take it from you.
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Papa
Banned
Don't know if you're just being coy or what, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. Calling someone alt-right is effectively calling them a Nazi by proxy and will annoy people accordingly. If you're planning to stick around NeoNeoGAF, I welcome you back, but you're likely going to have your world view challenged.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
I even said if I'm wrong I'm wrong but that is what I thought the term represented and even sites like Brietbart use the term to describe the movement. I am open to having my worldview challenged. If I didn't let sites like neogaf challenge and ultimately help change my worldview I would have really bad opinions on homosexuals.
I hope you are willing to have your worldview challenged as well and don't respond to it by attacking those that challenge it like the person I quoted constantly does.