Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ps4-clock-battery-death-will-kill-your-ability-to-play-games-report.398725/

Looking forward to hearing how sony are the real heroes for stopping their precious achievements from being tainted

[HaughtyFrank]

Now we see how the media covers this compared to last week.

Don't they know that the right has the exact same reaction? Those guys think that the story will now disappear because the guy has a muslim name

This is all

 

[Nintex]

But who will think about the feelings of the children guns 

[benjipwns]

Fucking this. People can’t get shot without a gun. For fucks sake.

Since when are you required to only shoot people who have a gun?

[Nintex]

Fun new thread

https://www.resetera.com/threads/six-days-in-fallujah-a-tale-of-victimizing-war-criminals.398656/

We've seen all the talk about six days in Fallujah being the most accurate depiction of war and what the innocent marines have to go through. Looks good right? Then why the hell are some 'WOKE' people trying to cancel the game. Why are they attacking our right to free speech? Well, enter this house gingerbread, cake, and pastries and you'll know the person feeding you cookies is the real witch.

A Brief History
To understand the problem with the game it is paramount to understand the real life events. In 2002, the Bush administration along with UK and other allies decided to launch an operation on Iraq. The premise of the attack was simple, Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction (coming from two nuclear powers) and that the government was supporting Al-Qaeda. In March of 2003 an operation was launched and by 1st of May "major combat operations" ended. One of the mightiest military in the history of mankind was assembled to complete the task. Over 177,000 American led coalition troops were sent to neutralize the government and give back power to Iraqis. The coalition would later form a transitional government to restore order in the country.

The Problem
The problem starts with the premise. The coalition spread lies about Iraq's access to WMDs. The claims were later debunked as the coalition failed to find any evidence of WMDs. Coalition's claim of Iraq sponsoring Al-Qaeda were also debunked by various reports. The 9/11 Commission concluded that "to date we have seen no evidence that these or the earlier contacts ever developed into a collaborative operational relationship. To make matters worse, the transitional government failed to restore order which would later result in the creation of ISIS. The war also gave birth to sectarian violence in the region.
While it is very hard to get an accurate estimate of civilian casualties, some efforts have been made. As per Iraq Body Count around 185,593 – 208,667 have lost their lives due to this invasion. Other reports suggest that over 600,000 people died due to the war.
The war has been categorically declared illegal.

What happened in Fallujah?
A lot of things happened but I'll try to share some. On 28th of April, 2003, Americans opened fire on some 200 civilians who had violated a curfew they had imposed. This resulted in the death of some 17 civilians and wounded more than 70 others. Human rights watch has confirmed the event. US would later reestablish their control over the city and for that they would use white phosphorus. Now the use of white phosphorus based incendiaries on people is considered illegal. Surprisingly, they had called out the Iraqi government in 1991 over the use of white phosphorus. The US forces would also kill 100s of innocent civilians and children which they defended by saying that civilians were given enough time to evacuate the city (men of fighting age were stopped). In the two battles of Fallujah around 1200 civilians were killed. Overall since the start of war on terror, over 7000 civilians have lost their lives.

So what's the Problem with six days in Fallujah?
The problem in game stems from its chosen narrative perspective. The game promises to deliver an authentic account of the events in Fallujah, however, it portrays the marines (the murderers, war criminals) as the innocents who had to endure such a hard time. The game trailers use these real life america's got talent style interviews to give you a very personal perspective. The interviewees have these watery eyes to make us sympathize with them. Mate, these are the killers. Why do you want us to feel sorry for them?? The game trailers actively portray the americans as the liberators when we know that's not the case. The entire damn war was illegal to begin with. As stated by Peter Tamte, founder and CEO, defended the studio saying "this generation showed great sacrifice and courage in Iraq as remarkable as any in history" Aaaa no? The US forces killed civilians in Fallujah, there is nothing remarkable in that.

The game actively claims that it's trying to tell you what it feels to be in Fallujah, but it puts a veil on the monstrosities that were committed by the military. As Tamte said, "Six Days in Fallujah is not about whether the US and its allies should have invaded Iraq." How can you not discuss something so critical? But it gets worse,
“Just as that [Marine] cannot second-guess the choices by the policymakers, we’re not trying to make a political commentary about whether or not the war itself was a good or a bad idea.” The entire war was wrong, its premise, its execution, post war everything. How can you not think about the REAL victims of the war before you ask us to sympathize with war criminals? But wait they want us to think about people, but in a way that keeps the image of the marines upright, “There are things that divide us, and including those really divisive things, I think, distracts people from the human stories that we can all identify with,” Tamte said. It gets worse. White phosphorus, that illegal thing, ya, its not in the game and his reason for not including in the game is because the marines didn't confess using them. LIKE WTF? Use google goddamnit.

Why the hate?
This game isn't about an accurate depiction. This game isn't about telling you the real events of Fallujah. The sole purpose of the game is to alter the mainstream perception of the events. Many people who play this game might not know what happened in Fallujah, they might not have researched it or they might have not been born when everything was going down. This will be their history book. For the longest time games like COD have used references to mask history. It is perfectly possible that when you mention highway of death people think about that COD mission where "evil Russians" wreak havoc and not the highway that was bombed to shit by the coalition forces. However, 6 days in fallujah takes things a step further. By choosing what to tell and what not to tell, and how to tell, they mask the war crimes committed by the marines. It is an attempt to change history. The plan is simple, repeat the lie so many times that everyone believes it's the truth. This isn't free speech, this is injustice to the victims of the war. The developers have a responsibility to accurately depict the events and if they can't for any reason then they should just quite the development.

The worst thing is that there are more sympathizers of marines then there are people who would make the effort to understand everything. The idea of this game doing good in sales (perfectly plausible) makes me sick. Who knows this game becomes such a massive hit that it starts getting yearly installments with each trying to mask another massacre.

Take a moment and try to put yourself in the shoes of the poor souls of Fallujah. Think about it. First you are invaded, kicked out and killed, and then movies and games are made showing how difficult it was for the invaders. Take a moment, think about their pain. First they suffered physically, and now they'll suffer mentally. I end this piece with a quote from a Tamte's GIbiz interview,

“Very few people are curious what it's like to be an Iraqi civilian. Nobody's going to play that game. But people are curious what it's like to be in combat.”

Saudi Arabia did 9/11 while the CIA sat back and watched.

Thank you baby Yoda

This fucking brown people murder simulator should be straight banned. ANY cover on this aberration is normalizing it.

[benjipwns]

It's terrifying man. When I am out, I always examine the store to know where the exits are. Before the pandemic hit, when at a restaurant, I always ask for a seat next to an exit. It feels horrible going out and this is why we didn't go out much, and we will not go out so eagerly when things open up.

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/interesting-historical-parallel-and-a-little-ass-puckering-1918-flu-epidemic-then-1919-red-summer-of-white-supremacist-terrorism.398728/

Damn History be omitting so much shit.

Just this. I would have been a very, very different person at 20 if my school teachers had explained even a small percentage of the context for what I was reading in history texts.

History never felt like it was real to me, because it typically makes no goddamned sense when stripped of contextual events and minority viewpoints.

This should be taught in schools. Why am I just learning about this now?

Like how most people (myself included) didn't know the 1921 Tulsa Massacre was a thing until Watchmen came out a couple years back.

Unfortunately, that’s by design. We never really approach history in a “lessons for the future” type of way.

Yeah, me too. Although my American history classes usually amounted to memorizing a bunch of dates about the revolutionary war and seldom much else, so I'm not really surprised how much I have no clue about

Here's my history education up to 1999 in a nutshell, dunno if it missed anything important:

You could have learned about these things at any time if you simply chose to read about them. Stop being passive in your educations.

[Uncle]

It's terrifying man. When I am out, I always examine the store to know where the exits are. Before the pandemic hit, when at a restaurant, I always ask for a seat next to an exit. It feels horrible going out and this is why we didn't go out much, and we will not go out so eagerly when things open up.

that just means you're the most visible to a gunman entering and the most likely to get shot as you jump up and run for the exit he's standing in

ask for a seat next to the kitchen and you can run inside and out the back door they use for deliveries and smoke breaks
 

[ShutUp]

like you said, “I shouldn’t really have to point out” the nuance present within a phrase like “fuck white people” because if it doesn’t apply, it doesn’t apply.

The dumbest logic. Just go ahead and try that with a generalization about any minority.

Edit: And all of this in a thread where the shooter wasn't white but every victim was. Like what are they even going on about?

Extreme mental gymnastics to blame this shooting on whitey.

[benjipwns]

It's terrifying man. When I am out, I always examine the store to know where the exits are. Before the pandemic hit, when at a restaurant, I always ask for a seat next to an exit. It feels horrible going out and this is why we didn't go out much, and we will not go out so eagerly when things open up.

that just means you're the most visible to a gunman entering and the most likely to get shot as you jump up and run for the exit he's standing in

ask for a seat next to the kitchen and you can run inside and out the back door they use for deliveries and smoke breaks
 

Always make sure to express your displeasure at being sat by any minorities: "BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET SHOT"

[Uncle]

like you said, “I shouldn’t really have to point out” the nuance present within a phrase like “fuck white people” because if it doesn’t apply, it doesn’t apply.

The dumbest logic. Just go ahead and try that with a generalization about any minority.

Edit: And all of this in a thread where the shooter wasn't white but every victim was. Like what are they even going on about?

Extreme mental gymnastics to blame this shooting on whitey.

if those white people didn't want to get shot, they should've tried living in a country that doesn't have a gun control problem

[ShutUp]

What a racist ass website. Like, look at the early replies, blaming middle aged white guys for this without knowing who the shooter was and now that it wasn't a white guy...its still a white persons fault?

The entirety of the thread would be banned into the shadow realm by now if this was about any other race. Just a dumpster fire of a site full of people close to going on shooting rampages themselves.

And the mods do nothing because they are scared.

[Uncle]

wish we could treat actual people dying, families forever changed, as the tragedy it is instead of points in a huge social game


like what the fuck

I guess I don't personally know anyone who is suffering so I'm not supposed to care and should just look at it in the abstract as a way to increase my twitter likes and followers, if I play my cards right

[Risible]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mass-shooting-at-boulder-colorado-grocery-store-10-confirmed-dead-shooter-in-custody.398200/page-8#post-61392547

Our shit government is too afraid to force white people to wear a fucking mask, y'all think they'll really take white people's guns away.

I'm sorry but not sorry if this bothers you, but fuck white people to hell and back. I'm so fucking sick of their shit.

Wonder how the mod captains, lieutenants etc  will handle this

Nice racist site ya got there b-dubs.

[benjipwns]

Just a dumpster fire of a site full of people close to going on shooting rampages themselves.

doubt

[benjipwns]

User Banned (2 Weeks): Homophobic Rhetoric

Houston sucks dick. Obviously choose Austin.

[Propagandhim]

Convincing women that sucking dick was gay is the greatest lie the devil ever told.

[Nintex]

Give LGBTQAI+ era a break, they're being overshadowed by all these mass shootings and the Cyberpunk 2077 patch still hasn't dropped.

[Potato]

voyeour era has been activated

Another useless presser here, unfortunately. Still no real answers, still no motive.

It's like they think every crime can be investigated and prosecuted in nice 45 minute chunks, just like on whatever Disney-approved ACAB(EDC) TV show they're currently obsessing over.

[Potato]

Well, good to know The Daily Beast takes an inclusive approach to this sort of reporting:

"How could this nice boy who lived in this idyllic suburban community with bird feeders and solar panels ever do this because he was so nice and quiet?" is for all colors and creeds of mass shooters now!

Infuriating.

Shouldn't this be a hint that there's actually no sinister intention behind those "he was a quiet boy" statements? Kelly Rowland's made a song about a quiet kid that shoots up a school 20 years ago, goddammit.

It's like he's mad that the Daily Beast isn't racist

1992

[Nintex]

voyeour era has been activated

Another useless presser here, unfortunately. Still no real answers, still no motive.

It's like they think every crime can be investigated and prosecuted in nice 45 minute chunks, just like on whatever Disney-approved ACAB(EDC) TV show they're currently obsessing over.

They are used to Chinese policing, where you will end up in a sterilization program before you can say Winnie the Pooh

[Potato]

Looks like I'm probably getting banned again. I called white people shitty. Oh well, see y'all in a couple of weeks.

Yeah, chief. That’s why you MIGHT catch a ban.

 

Wearing that permaban armour with pride.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

[benjipwns]

It's like they think every crime can be investigated and prosecuted in nice 45 minute chunks, just like on whatever Disney-approved ACAB(EDC) TV show they're currently obsessing over.

Only a problem if you think we're in the last five minutes of the episode. Unless this is a two-parter?

[Uncle]

doubt we will ever see an era thread about this issue but reddit is currently having a normal one

https://imgur.com/gallery/fGTkYfE

Reddit hires Aimee Challenor, formerly of the UK Green party, who resigned when it was revealed she kept her father on the payroll in spite of his arrest for raping a 10 year old girl. She immediately used her new position to censor a post about herself.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/mbbm2c/welcome_back_subreddit_statement/

https://old.reddit.com/r/badunitedkingdom/comments/mb2gqj/no_more_links_or_comments_until_morning/

I will post an announcement and reopen the sub later. Until then any comments will be hidden unless I approve them manually.

I would advise you not to mention the person, the person's relatives, the person that wrote about those people, link to that blog, or link to the weekly politics magazine. Or previous news stories that mention the person in the Guardian, Indy, Times, Mirror, Order-order, Huffpost, etc.

If you do so,

reddit admins may remove your comments (they removed some comments yesterday which our mods can not restore).

They may also close your account (it appears at least 2 3 accounts have been permanently suspended for this - one is confirmed as being due to this)

you may endanger the future of this sub.

This warning applies even before I reopen the sub, as admin can read all your comments. Also they can read your DMs.

If you do not know who the person is, it is a British political figure that most of you will not have heard of and does not currently hold elected office.

Update:

You are strongly advised not to mention the name of the sitcom or its author.

Update 2:

You are strongly advised not to mention the old BBC news article about the person either.

Update 3:

Somebody's account was banned from reddit less than 2 hours ago on another sub for posting a link to the weekly magazine. Somebody else on another sub posted a screenshot of their post being removed by reddit legal team. And posts have been removed by reddit admins in last hour or two. Do NOT post a link to the weekly magazine, or any news article mentioning the person (bbc, guardian, indy, mirror, huffpost etc.) if you want to keep your reddit account.

Update 4:

Reddit admins appear to have edited a user's comment on another sub. Also the USA is awake now, so I can only assume reddit corporate is okay with the admin actions. I do not think this will be over soon.

thing is, she's trans, so some of the usual shitty suspects are trying to use this story as an anti-trans thing

when it has nothing at all to do with that and should be more about how reddit apparently set up some kind of filter for their newest employee's name that gets you insta-banned for any mention of her and her pedophilia-defending past (first her dad, then her husband)

[benjipwns]

FACT CHECK:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-official-myth-debunking-thread.398791/

Just wanted to start a general thread on certain beliefs and opinions that have been put out as facts that have been debunked with new information. Era is pretty good at pointing these out but there are some statements floating around in threads that are factually incorrect.

[Potato]

We gonna start calling these people terrorists or no?

Tell me more about what groups of people should be called terrorists.

Far right white dudes; which is what was assumed yesterday with what 50 mile away pictures we had.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mass-shooting-at-boulder-colorado-grocery-store-10-confirmed-dead-shooter-in-custody.398200/post-61413583

"Lay off, I only called him a terrorist because we didn't know anything about him or his motive"

Imagine the cognitive dissonance going on in that fucking REEEE's head right now...

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/interesting-historical-parallel-and-a-little-ass-puckering-1918-flu-epidemic-then-1919-red-summer-of-white-supremacist-terrorism.398728/

Damn History be omitting so much shit.

Just this. I would have been a very, very different person at 20 if my school teachers had explained even a small percentage of the context for what I was reading in history texts.

History never felt like it was real to me, because it typically makes no goddamned sense when stripped of contextual events and minority viewpoints.

This should be taught in schools. Why am I just learning about this now?

Like how most people (myself included) didn't know the 1921 Tulsa Massacre was a thing until Watchmen came out a couple years back.

Unfortunately, that’s by design. We never really approach history in a “lessons for the future” type of way.

Yeah, me too. Although my American history classes usually amounted to memorizing a bunch of dates about the revolutionary war and seldom much else, so I'm not really surprised how much I have no clue about

Here's my history education up to 1999 in a nutshell, dunno if it missed anything important:

You could have learned about these things at any time if you simply chose to read about them. Stop being passive in your educations.

If African Americans don't know about this type of history, why do they expect some poor schmuck from The Netherlands to have a detailed knowledge of race relations in the United States?

[Potato]

What a racist ass website. Like, look at the early replies, blaming middle aged white guys for this without knowing who the shooter was and now that it wasn't a white guy...its still a white persons fault?

The entirety of the thread would be banned into the shadow realm by now if this was about any other race. Just a dumpster fire of a site full of people close to going on shooting rampages themselves.

And the mods do nothing because they are scared complicit.

FTFY

[Nintex]

Considering Ree's understanding of history spans the MCU it explains a lot about them.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

doubt we will ever see an era thread about this issue but reddit is currently having a normal one

bUt FReE sPeEch oNLy aPpLiES tO gOVerNMeNt, cORpoRAtIonS dOn'T HaVE Any REsPoNsIBiLitIEs

[Nintex]

I always thought the people behind Reddit were a bunch of freaks and weirdo's anyway this is proven time and time again.
There was some shady shit going on with Ghislaine Maxwell and the Epstein case that was never cleared up and there's more examples of Reddit seemingly being on the wrong side of history.

Those internet communities always operate somewhere between the city council of Chernobyl and the Libertarian convention.

[benita]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mass-shooting-at-boulder-colorado-grocery-store-10-confirmed-dead-shooter-in-custody.398200/post-61415950

Flipped on Fox and yup the narrative went from white man with unknown issues to possible Muslim terrorist.

Flipped on era and yup the narrative went from "fuck all white people" to "I couldn't tell he was Muslim. Fuck white gun culture tho".

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Spoke with my family, who live 3 blocks from that supermarket. Today's my sister's birthday. They all seem like they're doing relatively ok, but I live alone and I'm honestly just so depressed right now.

spare a moment for the real victims

[Straight Edge]

doubt we will ever see an era thread about this issue but reddit is currently having a normal one

https://imgur.com/gallery/fGTkYfE

Reddit hires Aimee Challenor, formerly of the UK Green party, who resigned when it was revealed she kept her father on the payroll in spite of his arrest for raping a 10 year old girl. She immediately used her new position to censor a post about herself.

(Image removed from quote.)

(Image removed from quote.)

https://old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/mbbm2c/welcome_back_subreddit_statement/

https://old.reddit.com/r/badunitedkingdom/comments/mb2gqj/no_more_links_or_comments_until_morning/

I will post an announcement and reopen the sub later. Until then any comments will be hidden unless I approve them manually.

I would advise you not to mention the person, the person's relatives, the person that wrote about those people, link to that blog, or link to the weekly politics magazine. Or previous news stories that mention the person in the Guardian, Indy, Times, Mirror, Order-order, Huffpost, etc.

If you do so,

reddit admins may remove your comments (they removed some comments yesterday which our mods can not restore).

They may also close your account (it appears at least 2 3 accounts have been permanently suspended for this - one is confirmed as being due to this)

you may endanger the future of this sub.

This warning applies even before I reopen the sub, as admin can read all your comments. Also they can read your DMs.

If you do not know who the person is, it is a British political figure that most of you will not have heard of and does not currently hold elected office.

Update:

You are strongly advised not to mention the name of the sitcom or its author.

Update 2:

You are strongly advised not to mention the old BBC news article about the person either.

Update 3:

Somebody's account was banned from reddit less than 2 hours ago on another sub for posting a link to the weekly magazine. Somebody else on another sub posted a screenshot of their post being removed by reddit legal team. And posts have been removed by reddit admins in last hour or two. Do NOT post a link to the weekly magazine, or any news article mentioning the person (bbc, guardian, indy, mirror, huffpost etc.) if you want to keep your reddit account.

Update 4:

Reddit admins appear to have edited a user's comment on another sub. Also the USA is awake now, so I can only assume reddit corporate is okay with the admin actions. I do not think this will be over soon.

thing is, she's trans, so some of the usual shitty suspects are trying to use this story as an anti-trans thing

when it has nothing at all to do with that and should be more about how reddit apparently set up some kind of filter for their newest employee's name that gets you insta-banned for any mention of her and her pedophilia-defending past (first her dad, then her husband)

There's no way she coincidentally has 2 pedophiles in her life without her being involved in it also.

[benjipwns]

nice

[benjipwns]

lol

[Uncle]

reddit admins attempt damage control: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/mbqgx2/a_clarification_on_actioning_and_employee_names/

We’ve heard various concerns about a recent action taken and wanted to provide clarity.

Earlier this month, a Reddit employee was the target of harassment and doxxing (sharing of personal or confidential information). Reddit activated standard processes to protect the employee from such harassment, including initiating an automated moderation rule to prevent personal information from being shared. The moderation rule was too broad, and this week it incorrectly suspended a moderator who posted content that included personal information. After investigating the situation, we reinstated the moderator the same day. We are continuing to review all the details of the situation to ensure that we protect users and employees from doxxing -- including those who may have a public profile -- without mistakenly taking action on non-violating content.

Content that mentions an employee does not violate our rules and is not subject to removal a priori. However, posts or comments that break Rule 1 or Rule 3 or link to content that does will be removed. This is no different from how our policies have been enforced to date, but we understand how the mistake highlighted above caused confusion.

We are continuing to review all the details of the situation.

comments:

Speaking as a mod of /r/ukpolitics,

The moderation rule was too broad, and this week it incorrectly suspended a moderator who posted content that included personal information.

Could you please explain why the name of your employee on a news article from a prominent publication is classed as personal information?

(not to mention it was a one line out of the entire article)

Edit: It's not even one line. It's two words. The person's name. Who was a prominent (although minor) member of two UK political parties.

Edit 2: Just for absolute clarity, this was the article posted which got our mod banned. Read the second to last paragraph. It doesn't even mention that the person works for Reddit. There is absolutely nothing that would tie this person to a Reddit account. This clarification is disingenuous.

On Reddit there's this thing about public figures where usually like if you are in a news article or something it becomes fair game to post the name or something.

We, as moderators, have operated on this assumption for years because well, it doesn't make much sense to say "Joe Biden" is doxing or whatever.

Yep, published by a news agency was the yardstick used to decide if someone's info is doxxing or not. Social media links? Not ok. But a news article or wiki page? That's always been fair game. Now the bar's been changed with accounts suspended and comments removed by AEO with no warning. Where's the bar now?

[nobody of note]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mass-shooting-at-boulder-colorado-grocery-store-10-confirmed-dead-shooter-in-custody.398200/page-8#post-61392547

Our shit government is too afraid to force white people to wear a fucking mask, y'all think they'll really take white people's guns away.

I'm sorry but not sorry if this bothers you, but fuck white people to hell and back. I'm so fucking sick of their shit.

Wonder how the mod captains, lieutenants etc  will handle this

Apparently, like so:

User threadbanned: Thread derailment over a series of posts

Fully appreciate the 'series of posts' addition to make it clear there was no action taken based on the initial post itself.  It is interesting that this ban message doesn't say "sensitive thread"; they love to toss that term around so the absence is pretty glaring.

[benjipwns]

JOE BIDEN
JOE BIDEN
AIMEE CHALLENOR
DAVID CHALLENOR
JOE BIDEN
ISAMU FUKUI

DOXXING SPREE

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mass-shooting-at-boulder-colorado-grocery-store-10-confirmed-dead-shooter-in-custody.398200/page-8#post-61392547

Our shit government is too afraid to force white people to wear a fucking mask, y'all think they'll really take white people's guns away.

I'm sorry but not sorry if this bothers you, but fuck white people to hell and back. I'm so fucking sick of their shit.

Wonder how the mod captains, lieutenants etc  will handle this

Apparently, like so:

User threadbanned: Thread derailment over a series of posts

Fully appreciate the 'series of posts' addition to make it clear there was no action taken based on the initial post itself.  It is interesting that this ban message doesn't say "sensitive thread"; they love to toss that term around so the absence is pretty glaring.

I like how they always ban the person whose post is the start of the derail, not the people who did all the derailing.

[Uncle]

JOE BIDEN
JOE BIDEN
AIMEE CHALLENOR
DAVID CHALLENOR
JOE BIDEN
ISAMU FUKUI

DOXXING SPREE

[Nintex]

Ok, was the Colorado shooter a ResetEra or NeoGAF member?


seriously

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[Potato]

What makes a thread a "sensitive thread"?


Is it just when someone (or a group of someones) gets butthurt enough about their hypocrisy being pointed out that they smash the report button into oblivion?

[Uncle]

What makes a thread a "sensitive thread"?


Is it just when someone (or a group of someones) gets butthurt enough about their hypocrisy being pointed out that they smash the report button into oblivion?

the main thing is you check the upper right corner of the thread for the icon that says "sensitive," which the mods helpfully tag on every sensitive thread, that way you know it's a thread not to make jokes in 

[FUME5]

There are no oppressive power structures without white people, think about it morons.

[joeboy101]

Threadbanned, huh? How bold.

That's pretty much, "We're not saying you should say that shit, but we understand."

And even that weak piss of an actioning likely had users fuming for taking it.

[Potato]

FACT CHECK:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-official-myth-debunking-thread.398791/

Just wanted to start a general thread on certain beliefs and opinions that have been put out as facts that have been debunked with new information. Era is pretty good at pointing these out but there are some statements floating around in threads that are factually incorrect.

Mythbusting you will never see on Reeeeeesetera

Mission Statement

Since its founding in late 2017, ResetEra has been an inviting (lies - female members and minority groups are leaving in droves. Also, don't mention that you might be politically centrist) bonfire at the crossroads (lies - it caters to a niche crowd) of the gaming industry. Our goal is to provide a modern platform (lies - even thebore has likes) where enthusiasts (lies - they don't even play games and they hate Gamers) and industry professionals (lies - they banned the last industry professional a long time ago) alike will want to talk about all kinds of video games (lies - they banned talking about the biggest game of 2020 and now they are banning talk about the Harry Potter game) -- and everything else under the sun (lies - you can only discuss what the deranged mods deem "suitable" and nothing that paints "the left" in a bad light). Safeguarded by technology (lies), a vigilant staff (more lies - the mods are working 25 hours a day just dealing with the reports, how can they be vigilant?), and some of the toughest registration screening of any public forum (lies - who can't access a private email account these days?), ResetEra has been able to cultivate a highly active (lies - most of the posts are made by a small group of maniacs who will shout you down if you disagree with them. They also ban discussion of "ideologically unpure" topics and thoughts) and passionate community while keeping most trolls and bad actors off of the site (lies - the community itself is constantly complaining about "bad faith actors and trolls).

Today ResetEra is the most popular independent gaming forum on the internet as measured by traffic (lies - if you need this many qualifiers for your boast, it's not really true, is it?). It is also an inclusive space (lies - "I'm sorry but not sorry if this bothers you, but fuck white people to hell and back. I'm so fucking sick of their shit." is an actual quote from today alone) that proudly welcomes members of every gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation (lies - unless you are a straight white male, asian, Jewish, or any other number of categories). Respect and decency towards each other, regardless of background, is nonnegotiable (lies - try telling them you voted Republican). Posters are expected to enter discussions in good faith (lies - If you qualify as one of the "protected posters" you can shit up every discussion until you get banned and then all you need to do is rouse your secret Discord group to protest on your behalf and you will be reinstated. Or you can just openly re-register with a different username and dive right back in to shitting up the discussion).

In order to maintain the community that we all cherish, moderators are tasked with upholding this mission statement (lies - you will be banned if you bring up this mission statement). The following document aims to provide guidance that can help members be successful posters over the long term (not a lie, but WTF at this insidious groupthink?). Please note that attempting to use the following text as a shield while violating its spirit (or the mission statement) will not protect you (lies- it all depends on whether Nepenthe has had her meds today). We include as much detail here as possible, but it is impossible to cover every subject that might require moderation or every exception that might be made (translation - mods reserve the right to ban/warn you for not answering BOTH the OP's questions about some shitty animu/manga).

[Uncle]

 

[headwalk]

this is the problem with the internet now. i remember when digg did their major fuckup reddit was there to pounce, now there are no alternatives as reddit has consumed them all. if you want to talk on a multiple interest forum that isn't just some insular moribund boomer laden vessel of times past, your only option is reddit.

[D3RANG3D]

 

[clothedmacuser]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/interesting-historical-parallel-and-a-little-ass-puckering-1918-flu-epidemic-then-1919-red-summer-of-white-supremacist-terrorism.398728/

Damn History be omitting so much shit.

Just this. I would have been a very, very different person at 20 if my school teachers had explained even a small percentage of the context for what I was reading in history texts.

History never felt like it was real to me, because it typically makes no goddamned sense when stripped of contextual events and minority viewpoints.

This should be taught in schools. Why am I just learning about this now?

Like how most people (myself included) didn't know the 1921 Tulsa Massacre was a thing until Watchmen came out a couple years back.

Unfortunately, that’s by design. We never really approach history in a “lessons for the future” type of way.

Yeah, me too. Although my American history classes usually amounted to memorizing a bunch of dates about the revolutionary war and seldom much else, so I'm not really surprised how much I have no clue about

Here's my history education up to 1999 in a nutshell, dunno if it missed anything important:

You could have learned about these things at any time if you simply chose to read about them. Stop being passive in your educations.

Google exists! 

[clothedmacuser]

I bet the white/syrian media blames it on him being schizophrenic and not his white skin.  Won't somebody think of all the minorities that will be targeted by racist whites because of this.


Oh, and maybe think of the 10 dead.  If you have time.  Wait, what race where they?

[clothedmacuser]

Georgia spa shooting suspect Robert Aaron Long, 21, has been appointed a local attorney: J. Daran Burns.

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/atlanta-area-spa-mass-shooting-suspect-gets-an-attorney/?utm_source=mostpopular


I expect Era to rage at this and the usual, "sounds about white," etc.

[Snoopycat_]

Penguin impersonator J Schreier does his usual schtick of stating the bleedin obvious and acting like it's deep insider knowledge.

The first response -

thanks dad
 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/in-2021-assume-that-no-release-dates-or-windows-are-certain.398653/

[bork]

Penguin impersonator J Schreier does his usual schtick of stating the bleedin obvious and acting like it's deep insider knowledge.

The first response -

thanks dad
 

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/in-2021-assume-that-no-release-dates-or-windows-are-certain.398653/

A friendly PSA from your friendly press sneak fuck: if you see headlines like "Halo Infinite delayed out of 2021???" or "Jason Schreier says BOTW2 coming this fall?!?!?!" or really anything involving game release dates that are more than a month or two away, ignore them.

[benjipwns]

Penguin impersonator J Schreier does his usual schtick of stating the bleedin obvious and acting like it's deep insider knowledge.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/in-2021-assume-that-no-release-dates-or-windows-are-certain.398653/

A friendly PSA from your friendly press sneak fuck: if you see headlines like "Halo Infinite delayed out of 2021???" or "Jason Schreier says BOTW2 coming this fall?!?!?!" or really anything involving game release dates that are more than a month or two away, ignore them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines

[Transhuman]

Just read an even more detailed summary of Aimee Chancellor's backstory and holy shit. How you get a job at Reddit with that kind of background I will never understand.

[BIONIC]

Just read an even more detailed summary of Aimee Chancellor's backstory and holy shit. How you get a job at Reddit with that kind of background I will never understand.

Yeah, when I think Reddit, I think high standards.

[benjipwns]