Other Forums Containment Thread

[Uncle]

how expensive is it really to host a bunch of text, even at a decade of volume?

gaf doesn't host videos or images so it really shouldn't take up that much space 

[Polident Hive]

Didn’t somebody claim a company offered to buy gaf for a couple million? Closer to a decade ago. Era guy had the sense to cash out and bounce.

Whatever happened to the Minecraft guy. Stories were he cashed out, lived in a mansion, and was depressed. He’d throw parties, invite celebrities and models, and stand in a corner saying his feet hurt.

[benjipwns]

how expensive is it really to host a bunch of text, even at a decade of volume?

gaf doesn't host videos or images so it really shouldn't take up that much space 

IIRC, NeoGAF.com's archive database was massively bloated and hard to handle so they just imported it directly into the new version with that one upgrade. They probably never cleaned it up.

That said, it still shouldn't be all that big. I believe that space is one of the cheapest parts of hosting. I don't know why a shrinking forum would have space issues such that it would be the primary cost.

Didn’t somebody claim a company offered to buy gaf for a couple million? Closer to a decade ago. Era guy had the sense to cash out and bounce.

Evilore believed he could make more money than the lump sum of a few million he was offered like 15 years ago now. Losing a large chunk of his most prolific userbase, having to take over management of the forum himself and then spending the subsequent years banning large swaths of topics and posters probably didn't help him meet this goal.

[benjipwns]

Many people think we should "debate" the bad ideas away except that doesn't actually work.²

Unlike suppressing "bad" ideas by force which has never gone wrong and has always worked to the benefit of everyone always. This is why Thordinson never ever ever whines about leftists being silenced by corporations or the state.

[Uncle]

Didn’t somebody claim a company offered to buy gaf for a couple million? Closer to a decade ago. Era guy had the sense to cash out and bounce.

Whatever happened to the Minecraft guy. Stories were he cashed out, lived in a mansion, and was depressed. He’d throw parties, invite celebrities and models, and stand in a corner saying his feet hurt.

he's just vibin

https://twitter.com/notch/status/1516556012421009418

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/marjorie-taylor-greene-hearing-challenge-underway-to-decide-whether-she-is-removed-from-georgia-ballot.575731/page-4#post-85511581

User banned (3 weeks): Misogynistic language

This bitch is so dense, she can't read the room and realize folks are laughing at her, not with her. She's a fucking 🤡.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/talk-shit-get-hit-by-mike-tyson.575443/page-9#post-85542790

User Banned (3 Days): Armchair Diagnosis of Mental Heath; Ableism

Guy must have mental health issues. Provoking Tyson is just unthinkable, no matter how drunk you are.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/talk-shit-get-hit-by-mike-tyson.575443/page-9#post-85542790

User Banned (3 Days): Drive by concern trolling, account in junior phase

I hope all the people in this thread who thinks it's legit and justified to lash out and destroy the face of a guy just because he was an annoying drunk piece of shit for 15 mns instead of responding appropriately to the situation like grown ups are supposed to will never have children.

Because the poor newborns would problaby beaten to death within their first six months

[Lonewulfeus]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/marjorie-taylor-greene-hearing-challenge-underway-to-decide-whether-she-is-removed-from-georgia-ballot.575731/page-4#post-85511581

User banned (3 weeks): Misogynistic language

This bitch is so dense, she can't read the room and realize folks are laughing at her, not with her. She's a fucking 🤡.

[railGUN]

So NeoGAF is looking like an emaciated boy with gynecomastia.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/elden-ring-ot3-try-jumping.563902/page-287#post-85545634

User banned (1 week): Antagonizing other members and trolling over multiple posts

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/johnny-depp-v-amber-heards-defamation-trial-is-underway.572257/page-9#post-85464562

User Banned (1 Month): Victim Blaming / Whataboutism, over multiple posts.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/washington-post-bernie-sanders-‘has-not-ruled-out-another-run’-for-president-if-biden-doesn’t-in-2024.575353/

People over 70 should be banned from running for President, shit is absurd. No one hires old people for jobs, they shouldn't be running countries.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/report-4-senators-say-sen-dianne-feinsteins-memory-is-rapidly-deteriorating.573526/#post-85204996

User Banned (3 days): Ageism

At some point you should just bow out. Probably once you are older than like... I dunno 65 tops. We don't need out of touch people running the country and making critical decisions about a future they won't even be alive for.

It shouldn't be a life time job that you just stay in forever.

Let's see if mods are consistent when it involves Bernie Sanders.

Nope.

[HaughtyFrank]

Don't they regularly say that twitter is Nazi infested to the brim? Now if Musk should buy it it's the end of the world

Well that is the end of democracy in America. It had a horrible run, but it was better than the fascism that this move is going to bring.


I wish the worst on every blind boot licking moron that has worshipped Musk over the years and as a result of the worship has pumped his ego and his celebrity to the point it has reached. You pumped him up so much that it gave him a god damn cult of personality way of seeing himself. You all will be indirectly responsible for increased levels of hatred in this country towards minorities and other marginalized groups as well as the deaths that come with it.


Hope it was worth it. You fucking idiots

https://www.resetera.com/threads/wsj-twitter-and-elon-musk-are-in-talks-to-strike-a-deal-could-finalize-one-as-soon-as-this-week.576535/post-85613149

Basically Twitter will become even more hellish and abusive than ever before, and all because Elon is a fucking baby who hates it when people tell him he's wrong. Fucker will probably retain admin-level powers to ban anyone who he disagrees with, too, because he's that spiteful.[

So he'll be an Era mod? Now that's a frightening prospect

[Potato]

I just want all the blue check mark fucksticks to stage a boycott/virtual walkout and for Twatter and the other 99.9% of users to not even notice or give a shit in the slightest.

[Averon]

Meanwhile -

Hey everyone.

I hope you enjoy NeoGAF as much as I do. Our community has made it through a lot over the years. We had a rough patch a while back, but were able to rebuild, and it’s a fun and lively place again, focusing on the games, with a common sense guiding principle.

I’ve been here for over 22 years and counting, and I’d like to continue running NeoGAF for many more years to come. But there’s an ongoing problem: the powers that be changed their algorithm some time ago and we lost upwards of 90% of our ad revenue for an identical amount of traffic. It’s always been tough to monetize forums, but right now is about as tough as it’s ever been for GAF since we have a huge post history that requires a lot of server power to keep it all integrated, as well as a lot of traffic that takes up resources every month without much coming back in.

As a result of the ad revenue issues it’s become a challenge to maintain the site, I’ve had to slow down active development and pursue other avenues professionally as well. It’s also not viable to compensate our dev team properly without revenue coming in, so I’ve paused many of our internal operations. You’ve probably noticed that the momentum we had with all the new features and improvements has slowed, and some existing features have stopped working outright. Now you know why.

This whole development purgatory is really not my preference. I’d rather focus my attention primarily on GAF and continue building it back up, keep it a great place to hang out and talk about the latest gaming and industry news, and get back to actively developing it.

It’s a predicament. Are you guys and gals open to supporting NeoGAF a bit more actively? We have a lot of users, but most people adblock and only a tiny fraction of members get Gold subs. We could put up some affiliate links that would support the site without an out of pocket cost, if they would be utilized by our members. And I’m open to discussing any other options as well.

NeoGAF has always been independent, and over the past two decades I’ve shrugged off the many attempts by publishers and big corporations to control the site via their acquisition offers and other deals. But with that stubborn neutrality and independence comes a different set of challenges, like the one we’re currently facing. To keep moving forward we’ll need to construct some additional pylons.

If you enjoy using NeoGAF, let me know of any ways you’d be down to support the site’s continued existence. I'd love to get back into full swing, revise the site design for 2022, fix our features and add new ones, and continue building. Thanks.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/hey-everyone.1635442/

Lore has only himself to blame. He let his ego, pettiness, and vindictiveness override common sense and good governance. It didn't take a genius to see that handing GAF wholesale to the dregs of 4chan/Storm Front/Kiwi Farms would not be seen kindly by advertisers. But he let that continue for several years, dragging GAF's reputation to advertises in the mud in the meanwhile. He finally got some sense to clean up the site, probably out of legit fear of getting into legal trouble if one or more of his new nutjob users plan some type of attack, but at that point it was far too late. GAF cemented itself as an alt-right haven at that point. Lore clung on to GAF for far too long and passed up literal millions of dollars because for his pathetic need to have a captured audience to massage his ego.

Say what you want about Cerium, but the dude had the common sense to cash-out when he did.

[benjipwns]

Don't they regularly say that twitter is Nazi infested to the brim? Now if Musk should buy it it's the end of the world

Well that is the end of democracy in America. It had a horrible run, but it was better than the fascism that this move is going to bring.


I wish the worst on every blind boot licking moron that has worshipped Musk over the years and as a result of the worship has pumped his ego and his celebrity to the point it has reached. You pumped him up so much that it gave him a god damn cult of personality way of seeing himself. You all will be indirectly responsible for increased levels of hatred in this country towards minorities and other marginalized groups as well as the deaths that come with it.


Hope it was worth it. You fucking idiots

https://www.resetera.com/threads/wsj-twitter-and-elon-musk-are-in-talks-to-strike-a-deal-could-finalize-one-as-soon-as-this-week.576535/post-85613149

lmao at these loons thinking a site a tiny slice of the country uses is the linchpin of democracy

The problem is that he doesn't need to run it well for the damage to be done. If that egomaniac actually enforces his ridiculous definition of "Free Speech" between now and the mid-term elections the damage will be done. And it will be damage that cannot be undone. The flood of hatred, bigotry, misinformation, and cult-like following that will arise once the brakes are off twitter will further radicalize the already psychotic Far-Right voting base. They will use the opportunity to spread their BS at a completely unrestricted and unsupervised rate leading up to the elections. Then in turn they will stonewall any progress that could have been made until the presidential elections in which DeSantis and Trump seem to be the primary candidates.

The problem is doing it well isn't the goal. His sole interest is to own the platform so that it can become the hub for all sorts of right wing extremist views, to allow Donald Trump to become the president again through an overwhelming control of the media, and to generally stifle any dissent from anyone who is anything less than an extreme racist.

Bigotry will be wholesale endorsed
Harassment of minorities will be tolerated
Trump gets back his account
Covid disinformation will be spotlighted
Transphobia will be encouraged

That this looks like it could actually happen is equal parts disturbing and mind-blowing to me. Terrible news.

plus he's one of those "free speech means say whatever you want without any consequences" type of dogwhistling assholes who basically wants to be able to say racist, transphobic, misogynistic, etc. shit without any consequences.

Isn't Mastadon crawling with Nazis (more than most other social media sites) or am I thinking of something else?

I'm pro-going back to Tumblr, warts and all.

Far right propaganda being tolerated as much as it was on social media platforms like twitter literally contributed to the state of modern politics that led to the election of people like Donald Trump and all of his imitators. If platforms like twitter, facebook, instagram, etc. tweeted far right propaganda six years ago as seriously as they treated anti vaccination propaganda the world will literally be a different place atm. Also, knock it off with the "echo chamber" dogwhistle cause it's transparent as can be. 👏

Boy a lot of seething in here, dunno how people are claiming this is “the end of democracy” the loss of your echo chamber isn’t that important.

Positioning something for which most here are lamenting the possibility of far-right bigots being let back into the fold as the 'loss of your echo chamber' is pretty odd.

Muskrat's whole position is to create an environment where "Free Speech" means saying whatever the fuck you want with little to moderation which likely includes propagating Nazi ideals which are already quite rampant on Twitter to whole another fucking level and besides you are making a fabricated claim on your post too

I could be wrong but Mastadon I thought was supposed to be good about taking care of fascist rhetoric. The problem was not enough people adopted it, especially normies outside of the political sphere.

He can just manipulate trends and hashtags and what not too.

Like for instance people criticizing his baby mama on twitter cause of the court stuff can just be silenced.

He can push any narrative he wants. Pure world control. Holy fuck.

can we seriously petition a name change to Elongated Muskrat?

i want to make this a thing so bad

So, I guess the orange turd comes back immediately. Jesus, these billionaires really don’t like being told what to do or basically have any rules they are willing to burn countries to the ground.

We do know that though. He's openly stated that he doesn't think bans are a method of moderation congruent to free speech. He says this in relation to people being banned for saying things other people don't like, which any understanding of his timeline will have you appreciate is in reference to right-wing views as opposed to protection of minorities against them.

He has been explicit in this, and the result when moving from banning overt bigotry to anything less severe is more open and overt bigotry.

It’s not just Trump getting unbanned, either. It’ll be people like Marjorie Taylor Green, Matt Gaetz, Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz etc having the green light to tweet whatever disgusting, highly offensive, and dangerous shit they can think of without any fear of suspension, tweets being removed, or even that red label underneath tweets flagging misinformation.

Elon is one of those trolls you see online who feels like ANY kind of speech falls under ”free speech,” no matter how much harm it causes.

Like, going to be a toughy to have press conferences for a new Tesla product while having to answer for the inevitable nazi mass shooting that was planned and broadcast on twitter thanks to yolo moderation

Before, millionaires could live in their ivory towers. Now with social media Elon Musk is absolutely crazy because he wants to be funny and loved by people but he is not. He is so pathetic that it's almost sad.

I agree with everyone here, he is absolutely going to unban Trump and the rest of the alt-right fuckheads doing their best to destroy the fabric of this society for their own personal gains.

What a total nightmare scenario. I know dems were going to have it rough for midterms and the presidency, but reinstating Trump’s number one platform of reach will guarantee him a second term. CNN is already drooling, a whole day of coverage dedicated to a single tweet. The domino effect begins again. Only him getting a miracle heart attack or the sale actually falling through are our best bet now.

[Kurt Russell]

Lore has only himself to blame. He let his ego, pettiness, and vindictiveness override common sense and good governance. It didn't take a genius to see that handing GAF wholesale to the dregs of 4chan/Storm Front/Kiwi Farms/The Bore would not be seen kindly by advertisers.

Fixed 

[Snoopycat_]

Black workers at Twitter about to be segregated off into their own area.

My God. They’ve actually become indistinguishable from the KKK

[bork]

Again, and? And if it becomes the dumpster fire it likely will become then someone can start a competitor. Tik Tok has taken mindshare and users froM FB and IG and someone can do the same with Twitter.

If this happens there must be a competitor. There must a mass exodus from Twitter that makes the cratering of Facebook look cute by comparison.

I find it really funny these loons are praying for an alternative to Twitter. Have they somehow forgotten they've spent the last couple of years laughing at the Trump loons for trying to do the same thing?

Meanwhile -

Hey everyone.

I hope you enjoy NeoGAF as much as I do. Our community has made it through a lot over the years. We had a rough patch a while back, but were able to rebuild, and it’s a fun and lively place again, focusing on the games, with a common sense guiding principle.

I’ve been here for over 22 years and counting, and I’d like to continue running NeoGAF for many more years to come. But there’s an ongoing problem: the powers that be changed their algorithm some time ago and we lost upwards of 90% of our ad revenue for an identical amount of traffic. It’s always been tough to monetize forums, but right now is about as tough as it’s ever been for GAF since we have a huge post history that requires a lot of server power to keep it all integrated, as well as a lot of traffic that takes up resources every month without much coming back in.

As a result of the ad revenue issues it’s become a challenge to maintain the site, I’ve had to slow down active development and pursue other avenues professionally as well. It’s also not viable to compensate our dev team properly without revenue coming in, so I’ve paused many of our internal operations. You’ve probably noticed that the momentum we had with all the new features and improvements has slowed, and some existing features have stopped working outright. Now you know why.

This whole development purgatory is really not my preference. I’d rather focus my attention primarily on GAF and continue building it back up, keep it a great place to hang out and talk about the latest gaming and industry news, and get back to actively developing it.

It’s a predicament. Are you guys and gals open to supporting NeoGAF a bit more actively? We have a lot of users, but most people adblock and only a tiny fraction of members get Gold subs. We could put up some affiliate links that would support the site without an out of pocket cost, if they would be utilized by our members. And I’m open to discussing any other options as well.

NeoGAF has always been independent, and over the past two decades I’ve shrugged off the many attempts by publishers and big corporations to control the site via their acquisition offers and other deals. But with that stubborn neutrality and independence comes a different set of challenges, like the one we’re currently facing. To keep moving forward we’ll need to construct some additional pylons.

If you enjoy using NeoGAF, let me know of any ways you’d be down to support the site’s continued existence. I'd love to get back into full swing, revise the site design for 2022, fix our features and add new ones, and continue building. Thanks.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/hey-everyone.1635442/

He added a patreon

[John Dunbar]

Again, and? And if it becomes the dumpster fire it likely will become then someone can start a competitor. Tik Tok has taken mindshare and users froM FB and IG and someone can do the same with Twitter.

If this happens there must be a competitor. There must a mass exodus from Twitter that makes the cratering of Facebook look cute by comparison.

I find it really funny these loons are praying for an alternative to Twitter. Have they somehow forgotten they've spent the last couple of years laughing at the Trump loons for trying to do the same thing?

Meanwhile -

Hey everyone.

I hope you enjoy NeoGAF as much as I do. Our community has made it through a lot over the years. We had a rough patch a while back, but were able to rebuild, and it’s a fun and lively place again, focusing on the games, with a common sense guiding principle.

I’ve been here for over 22 years and counting, and I’d like to continue running NeoGAF for many more years to come. But there’s an ongoing problem: the powers that be changed their algorithm some time ago and we lost upwards of 90% of our ad revenue for an identical amount of traffic. It’s always been tough to monetize forums, but right now is about as tough as it’s ever been for GAF since we have a huge post history that requires a lot of server power to keep it all integrated, as well as a lot of traffic that takes up resources every month without much coming back in.

As a result of the ad revenue issues it’s become a challenge to maintain the site, I’ve had to slow down active development and pursue other avenues professionally as well. It’s also not viable to compensate our dev team properly without revenue coming in, so I’ve paused many of our internal operations. You’ve probably noticed that the momentum we had with all the new features and improvements has slowed, and some existing features have stopped working outright. Now you know why.

This whole development purgatory is really not my preference. I’d rather focus my attention primarily on GAF and continue building it back up, keep it a great place to hang out and talk about the latest gaming and industry news, and get back to actively developing it.

It’s a predicament. Are you guys and gals open to supporting NeoGAF a bit more actively? We have a lot of users, but most people adblock and only a tiny fraction of members get Gold subs. We could put up some affiliate links that would support the site without an out of pocket cost, if they would be utilized by our members. And I’m open to discussing any other options as well.

NeoGAF has always been independent, and over the past two decades I’ve shrugged off the many attempts by publishers and big corporations to control the site via their acquisition offers and other deals. But with that stubborn neutrality and independence comes a different set of challenges, like the one we’re currently facing. To keep moving forward we’ll need to construct some additional pylons.

If you enjoy using NeoGAF, let me know of any ways you’d be down to support the site’s continued existence. I'd love to get back into full swing, revise the site design for 2022, fix our features and add new ones, and continue building. Thanks.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/hey-everyone.1635442/

He added a patreon

it was only per their requests.

[bork]

He added a patreon

it was only per their requests.

Did they requests these tiers -with no rewards- too?

$3 tier
$3 PER MONTH
Silver supporter tier. Good karma!

$5 Tier
$5PER MONTH
Stealth Gold supporter tier, for the users who prefer subtlety over bling.

$10 tier
$10 PER MONTH
Platinum supporter tier. Twice as righteous as gold.

$25 tier
$25 PER MONTH
Titanium supporter tier. More practical than all those gaudy tiers below you.

$50 tier
$50 PER MONTH
Diamond supporter tier. Shine on.


$100 tier
$100 PER MONTH
Saudi prince supporter tier. Much love.

[HaughtyFrank]

This is the bottom level. Lore basically a homeless dude on the street asking you for some change

[bork]

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/hey-everyone.1635442/page-9#post-266061108

A lot of these suggestions are good but basically are all how to get more income from the members we have. Which is valid, but what's needed is a way to drive more traffic to GAF and then convert those views into members.

This page right here

https://www.neogaf.com/

is the most valuable internet real estate we have and it's not being utilized at all. GAF needs to be more than just a forum, it's needs content that can be shared and linked back to and I think hosting curated and user generated articles here could be a solution. We all know the state of "Gaming journalism" right now with it's agenda driven news. Hosting articles and video content here that stays on topic and away from the news cycle clickbait could make it a destination for enjoyable content to read like there used to be. Weighted to gaming but that content could be anything from sports, TV or cooking.

At the bottom of each content is a link to an associated topic to discuss that content. Over time you'd get a conversion from readers to members and you would also get views on the ads. If there's enough traffic the algorithm isn't going to ignore that eventually.

We have enough members posting their own content here already to drive views for themselves, time for some quid pro quo.

It's time to evolve and be more than just a forum. I've got more thoughts on this but TLDR is approaching.

I agree.

You're someone I had in mind that I know can write quality content.

It’s kind of bringing GAF full circle, but building out the homepage to host that sort of content could be a lot more heavy lifting than what’s being looked at right now. But it’d be worth it. GAF could be as big as Kotaku or Polygon but fill the void of gaming coverage that isn’t polluted by politics and virtue signaling.

It's the no-politics that makes it great.

How about allowing politics again? I would buy a Gold membership just for that.

[Snoopycat_]

This is very sad. Maybe we should send care packages to the dreglets

[HaughtyFrank]

I hope ResetEra will start banning links to Twitter if Musk buys it.

 

[Pissy F Benny]

He added a patreon

it was only per their requests.

Did they requests these tiers -with no rewards- too?

$3 tier
$3 PER MONTH
Silver supporter tier. Good karma!

$5 Tier
$5PER MONTH
Stealth Gold supporter tier, for the users who prefer subtlety over bling.

$10 tier
$10 PER MONTH
Platinum supporter tier. Twice as righteous as gold.

$25 tier
$25 PER MONTH
Titanium supporter tier. More practical than all those gaudy tiers below you.

$50 tier
$50 PER MONTH
Diamond supporter tier. Shine on.


$100 tier
$100 PER MONTH
Saudi prince supporter tier. Much love.

shocked the tiers aren't jewish themed, know your audience Tyler

[Uncle]

I hope ResetEra will start banning links to Twitter if Musk buys it.

 

[John Dunbar]

He added a patreon

it was only per their requests.

Did they requests these tiers -with no rewards- too?

$3 tier
$3 PER MONTH
Silver supporter tier. Good karma!

$5 Tier
$5PER MONTH
Stealth Gold supporter tier, for the users who prefer subtlety over bling.

$10 tier
$10 PER MONTH
Platinum supporter tier. Twice as righteous as gold.

$25 tier
$25 PER MONTH
Titanium supporter tier. More practical than all those gaudy tiers below you.

$50 tier
$50 PER MONTH
Diamond supporter tier. Shine on.


$100 tier
$100 PER MONTH
Saudi prince supporter tier. Much love.

he already has 9 patrons. demand must be overwhelming.

[Uncle]

So, I guess the orange turd comes back immediately. Jesus, these billionaires really don’t like being told what to do or basically have any rules they are willing to burn countries to the ground.

is musk a trump supporter?

https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-donald-trump-supporter-twitter-1697979

In November 2016, on the eve of the election in which Trump beat Hilary Clinton, Musk declared that he doesn't believe that the Republican is the right person for the White House.

"I feel a bit stronger that he is probably not the right guy," Musk told CNBC. "He doesn't seem to have the sort of character that reflects well on the United States."

In January 2017, Musk criticized Trump's travel ban on countries with predominantly Muslim populations, describing it as "not the best way to address the country's challenges."

"Many people negatively affected by this policy are strong supporters of the US. They've done right, not wrong & don't deserve to be rejected," Musk wrote in a tweet.

The following month, also on Twitter, Musk dismissed criticism about his working with Trump, saying: "People should push to have as many moderates advising the President as possible. Blind hate is never the right answer."

In June 2017, Musk announced that he would be leaving Trump's business advisory council in protest of the president's pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement. "Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world," Musk tweeted.

The one time Musk has given an outright backing of a presidential candidate was in August 2019, when he threw his support behind Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang.

Explaining in a tweet why he supported the Democrat, Musk said universal basic income, an idea Yang backed, was "obviously needed."

[bork]

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/hey-everyone.1635442/page-8#post-266060662

Boils down to this for me, not even sure what I did to cross a line but was put on "time out" for a period of time because of it and when I asked that moderator what the charge was the response was so piss poor and juvenile that to see this "hey we need money" makes me feel you get what you pay for.

I would never give a dime to this operation for the type of people you allow to moderate and disrespect the same people you want money from

This is the only gaming forum I go to would rather see you shut it down than give you a dime for the mistreatment I've personally seen. I work in Technical Support/Customer Service for a living so how I see your employees act is exactly why you're in the position you're in.

(Image removed from quote.)

https://www.neogaf.com/bans/

User: Hinedorf      
Expires: Permanent
Reason: Thanks for your feedback.

[bork]

He added a patreon

it was only per their requests.

Did they requests these tiers -with no rewards- too?

$3 tier
$3 PER MONTH
Silver supporter tier. Good karma!

$5 Tier
$5PER MONTH
Stealth Gold supporter tier, for the users who prefer subtlety over bling.

$10 tier
$10 PER MONTH
Platinum supporter tier. Twice as righteous as gold.

$25 tier
$25 PER MONTH
Titanium supporter tier. More practical than all those gaudy tiers below you.

$50 tier
$50 PER MONTH
Diamond supporter tier. Shine on.


$100 tier
$100 PER MONTH
Saudi prince supporter tier. Much love.

shocked the tiers aren't jewish themed, know your audience Tyler

 

[Cauliflower Of Love]

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/hey-everyone.1635442/page-9#post-266061108

A lot of these suggestions are good but basically are all how to get more income from the members we have. Which is valid, but what's needed is a way to drive more traffic to GAF and then convert those views into members.

This page right here

https://www.neogaf.com/

is the most valuable internet real estate we have and it's not being utilized at all. GAF needs to be more than just a forum, it's needs content that can be shared and linked back to and I think hosting curated and user generated articles here could be a solution. We all know the state of "Gaming journalism" right now with it's agenda driven news. Hosting articles and video content here that stays on topic and away from the news cycle clickbait could make it a destination for enjoyable content to read like there used to be. Weighted to gaming but that content could be anything from sports, TV or cooking.

At the bottom of each content is a link to an associated topic to discuss that content. Over time you'd get a conversion from readers to members and you would also get views on the ads. If there's enough traffic the algorithm isn't going to ignore that eventually.

We have enough members posting their own content here already to drive views for themselves, time for some quid pro quo.

It's time to evolve and be more than just a forum. I've got more thoughts on this but TLDR is approaching.

I agree.

You're someone I had in mind that I know can write quality content.

It’s kind of bringing GAF full circle, but building out the homepage to host that sort of content could be a lot more heavy lifting than what’s being looked at right now. But it’d be worth it. GAF could be as big as Kotaku or Polygon but fill the void of gaming coverage that isn’t polluted by politics and virtue signaling.

It's the no-politics that makes it great.

How about allowing politics again? I would buy a Gold membership just for that.

NeoGAF Gaming Age Site

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Rest of the article is paywalled. If this is true, what made Twitter do a 180?

[bork]

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/hey-everyone.1635442/page-9#post-266062988

I know part of what's special about custom tags under usernames is that they're earned rather than bought - but would a short term solution be something as simple as say $50 for buying a custom tag. Still keeps it pricey enough to feel "special" but also offers a cash incentive to help boost the bank account?

I like the idea of opt-in adverts for Gold Members too. Every little helps.

 

[Mostima]

Great idea, just turn the site into a right-wing somethingawful

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/NeoGAF/status/1503528027749326848
https://twitter.com/blooB0x/status/1503531343438831618

[Uncle]

let's see

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RIPTwitter&src=trend_click&vertical=trends

https://twitter.com/chaplinlives/status/1518565446206775296

https://twitter.com/DukeMoran68/status/1518566762811375617

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/chaplinlives/status/1518565446206775296

We will be losing our autocratic state?

[Polident Hive]

Funniest part of Twitter is the 280 character limitation, upper from 140. Should tell you what it is for. Yet people will post: A thread on how wide toe box shoes cause dyslexia  (1/376). And this is what democracy rests on.

[Uncle]

autocracy sounds a lot more convenient than the alternative, manualocracy

[bork]

https://twitter.com/NeoGAF/status/1503528027749326848
https://twitter.com/blooB0x/status/1503531343438831618

https://twitter.com/russianbotulism/status/1504080298631483402

[benjipwns]

How do you get yourself to the point where you think an African-American man potentially slightly loosening up the moderation of a single platform will end the Republic?

[HaughtyFrank]

How do you get yourself to the point where you think an African-American man potentially slightly loosening up the moderation of a single platform will end the Republic?

What an incredibly privileged thing to say. Some of us have to live in the real world on Twitter

[HaughtyFrank]

We should honestly ban Twitter as a source on Era after this goes through.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/twitter-set-to-accept-musks-original-43-bln-offer.576598/#post-85622242

 

[Joe Molotov]

How do you get yourself to the point where you think an African-American man potentially slightly loosening up the moderation of a single platform will end the Republic?

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/marjorie-taylor-greene-hearing-challenge-underway-to-decide-whether-she-is-removed-from-georgia-ballot.575731/page-4#post-85511581

User banned (3 weeks): Misogynistic language

This bitch is so dense, she can't read the room and realize folks are laughing at her, not with her. She's a fucking 🤡.

Oh, now they care about that word.  Surprised they banned that user for calling a yt a bitch.  I'd understand if the woman was black.

[Uncle]

We should honestly ban Twitter as a source on Era after this goes through.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/twitter-set-to-accept-musks-original-43-bln-offer.576598/#post-85622242

 

yes, a platform changing hands to a new owner who was part of #YangGang now suddenly means every word said on it, whether by ally or not, is now compromised beyond redemption

[Uncle]

I hope musk implements the ideas people are proposing for neogaf

pay $100 to change anyone's profile picture to whatever you want for 24 hours 

celebrity profiles just a constant ever-shifting series of weird memes

[headwalk]

the civil war between twitter and the people who are pathologically dependant on twitter will be great viewing.

[Kurt Russell]

Ngl, I'd pay Tyler $20 for the name of the mod that banned me back in the GAF days.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

I have a suspicion that it was someone who was morbidly obese, like Besada (and not Rumbler)

[close]

[ldcommando (notthegafone)]

Finally undeniable proof that you can be indeed racist against white people:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/spanish-streamer-and-pianist-elesky-gets-expelled-from-eeuu-by-racist-cops.576571/

The poc in question:

[joeboy101]

I hope ResetEra will start banning links to Twitter if Musk buys it.

 

Excelsheet ruined!

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Aside from all the above, it's also fucking terrifying that we now live in a world where some rich asshole can just buy one of the biggest communication platforms in the west because people were mean to him on it. He can now theoretically control the narrative of every event on earth by pushing certain viewpoints he agrees with and burying/banning ones he doesn't. It's shit straight out of distopian fiction

These people are so dramatic. Lol

It's fucking twitter.

[Crumb]

Reminds me of Marvel issue #415 where Tony Stark controlled all media devices globally.
stay safe folks

[Kurt Russell]

The only way this could be better would be if Twitter owned Mobanet.

[Uncle]

pictured: Elon Musk controlling the narrative of every event on earth

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/wsj-twitter-and-elon-musk-are-in-talks-to-strike-a-deal-could-finalize-one-as-soon-as-this-week.576535/page-8#post-85619668

Yup. As someone who basically doesn't use Twitter, but was still targeted by GamerGate, "just logging off" didn't help when they got access to my fucking cell phone number.
 

[Uncle]

Aside from all the above, it's also fucking terrifying that we now live in a world where some rich asshole can just buy one of the biggest communication platforms in the west because people were mean to him on it. He can now theoretically control the narrative of every event on earth by pushing certain viewpoints he agrees with and burying/banning ones he doesn't. It's shit straight out of distopian fiction

These people are so dramatic. Lol

It's fucking twitter.

wait, so

why is it that it's "shit straight out of distopian fiction" that musk has the power to edit all information, but it wasn't "distopian" when jack dorsey or parag agrawal were in the exact same position

 


don't wikipedia power admins maintain their control over the narrative of every event on earth

[Snoopycat_]

It wasn’t dystopian because Ree didn’t know who those people were. Also none of them turned Grimes into a rich, powerful woman

[Uncle]