Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[BIONIC]

I don't think I have much to add, but yeah, it's ridiculous that it's been this long and we couldn't even get a "I fucked up! My bad!". I also think it's important to note the B-Dubs general dismissiveness and perceived hostility towards the community was the issue at hand in this very thread just before he verbally abused his staff. It's not the first (or second, or third...) time this is seen as an issue by the community. The silence and lack of accountability is also completeley par for the course.

Not only that, if we look at all the iterations of this thread I think 90% of the issues raised by posters are about staff-users communication. It's insane that after so many years, so many exoduses and so many heated exchanges this still hasn't improved. I get that mods are overworked, but at some point it becomes evident that this is not the only issue. It's also a matter of priorities.

I strongly believe that if a mod only got through 50% of the tickets they usually go through in an hour, but everytime they acted on a report they spent twice the usual time explaining the reasoning/writing a staff post this community would be in a much better place.

Like, what's the point of going through all the tickets if users often feel like bans are poorly explained and thread locks undeserved? Wouldn't it be better to EXPLAIN the rules to the users instead of locking threads with snarky posts like "Come on guys, we're not doing this"? Sure, maybe this would result in some threads staying open for a little longer than they should and a couple of users escaping a deserved ban, but I still strongly feel like the tradeoff would be very worthy.

Just adding my voice that we need an official response on this. Silence is not acceptable.

ive seen a lot of these meltdowns (that get edited or deleted) happening especially in current elections/middle east war threads

not to be rude but if you cannot moderate without getting emotional on these particular topics then you shouldnt be able to mod them at all. Leave it to someone else and moderate any other thread on the whole forums… theres no issue with that.

There’s a high likelihood any statement he makes would get uncharitably picked apart and just add more fuel to the fire. Y’all are literally out for blood.

And it is deserved..

We wouldn't be "out for blood" if this had been adressed swiftly and properly. Every day without a response has simply allowed us, the concerned users, to stew in our frustrations. Ignoring it is not going to make everyone forget it.

I'm personally not chomping at the bit to kick Dubs out from his position head first, but the idea of him not getting any sort of punishment or disciplinary action is becoming harder to swallow with each passing day.

Yeah, better to have the ultimate authority have absolute impunity to lash out in a way that no user ever could get away with. We can, and should, expect better or at least consistency in what is or is not ok.

Expecting the absolute bare minimum isn't being out for blood. Especially when it comes to the general manager of a supposedly progressive and inclusive forum.

It's been more than a week and there has been literally nothing besides Nep's post which isn't what anyone wants. (but was still appreciated)

This is something that any half way decent group could have dealt with in, at most, 2 days. But most likely 1. And we're ever encroaching towards 2 weeks, with it essentially being ignored by the person who did it.

There's really only one reason I can think of that it would take this long to handle publicly, and it's that there simply is no mechanism that was ever planned or discussed on how to handle someone at the top doing something egregious beyond "hope they do the right thing" (which doesn't seem to be happening), which if true would be a pretty glaring omission considering the history this very site was founded on. (not saying what B-Dubs did is anywhere near that, just that's essentially why people left to make ERA in the first place was someone at the top did something egregious and there was no mechanism in place to handle that)

Can anyone from staff have the fucking decency to at least give a reply to what they will do to handle this?

What do you think they can do? There is nobody above the one who started this. You can't fire your boss and there's no HR for Forum Mods. They are either talking about it behind the scenes or they aren't. In either situation, what are they able to come here and say? It's not the responsibility of any of the staff who didn't do this to give you the answer you want and yelling at them about "fucking decency" is blatantly misdirected anger.

I’m sorry but this kind of response is bullshit and it’s making excuses for staff. Honestly staff should have been prepared be for situations like these just like other jobs/workplaces do. And yes it is staff responsibility to give this community some type of response/update to this situation to alleviate any concerns people like me have over someone getting away with reprehensible behavior when any other person on this forum would (and rightfully so) have faced consequences already.

How are the other staff responsible for the behaviour of their boss? Try thinking about it for more than two seconds before going full Karen, maybe.

Staff are responsible for taking things into consideration and releasing a statement on this what is so hard to understand about this?

How is their response bullshit? There's no reason to go off on them for pointing out the reality of the situation. Who do you think is responsible? There's no community manager or anyone else in a comparable position. Do you think someone from MOBA is going to come from on high to address the concerns of maybe the dozen people speaking out in here? Worse fallout they will see from this is a few posters leaving if even that.

Nobody on staff at ResetEra is in the position of the people who could "prepare a statement" for any other company. This isn't some office tech job with higher ups to your higher ups and HR departments or PR departments or any of that. You're demanding statements and actions from individual people about something they didn't do and have no power over. You're being unreasonable.

Fair enough. I have set expectations too high I guess, I guess I assumed staff here were more important that what they are. But it’s still a bad look not communicating with the user base here yet and letting us know if anything will be done. At least some communication is not unreasonable to ask.

Oh come on, that is a poor reading of anything that's been said here and combined with your previous downplay of the behavior being criticized just isn't a good look.

I don't feel that passionately about this, I'm not frothing out the mouth.

People just wanted to see certain issues addressed and the longer this takes, the lower expectations become.

It went from he should step down to, okay can we get an apology to, just a single post acknowledging anything.

These morons deserve everything they get

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/linguistically-the-phrase-%E2%80%9Cresident-evil%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%9Cthe-evil-within%E2%80%9D-are-very-similar-and-people-don%E2%80%99t-believe-me-now-offering-reward-for-proof.1014033/page-2#post-130376367

I am having a nervous breakdown.

1. Forget everything you know about either title in terms of story, characters, and subject matter.

2. Forget the fact the Japanese titles for both of these games are different.

Just focus on the phrases "Resident Evil" and "The Evil Within." Take these two phrases at face value.

A "resident" is something that lives in a certain place. That something is the concept of "evil." The title "Resident Evil" refers the evil within a specific location. The Evil Within. These are different arrangements of words that both describe the latent evil occupying a specific place.

"Resident Evil" = "The Evil Within"

For years I thought this was a cute and obvious thing. The Evil Within was directed by Shinji Mikami, it was produced specifically as an offshoot of a certain type of Resident Evil flavor. When determining how to market the game, they chose a name for the West that was evocative of its roots while of course having a thematic connection to the game's subject matter.

I thought, oh, that's clever. I like that.

But today I have had two people tell me this is ridiculous. That I am a stupid person for thinking these titles are the same.

When asked why they don't agree with me, they get into the specifics of the game's plot. "Resident Evil began as a series about a mansion!", "The Evil Within takes place in the mind!", "Resident Evil refers to physical evil!", "The Evil Within refers to a psychological darkness within people!" — to me all of this is besides the point. Of course this is all true. I am not saying "these games are literally the same." I'm saying they have linguistically equivalent titles.

Please someone tell me I'm not crazy. I thought this was a completely mundane observation. IMDb level trivia. And now I am defending the observation with my life. AITA?

Update: The main dissenting party will not believe me unless they hear it was on purpose directly from the publisher or someone who worked on the game.

If you worked on this game or with this brand and can confirm this was intentional, I will give you $100 in the format of your choice.

How is this guy not committed yet?

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/welcome-new-members-introduce-yourself-here.119184/page-39#post-130333050

Friday [Oct 18]

Hey everyone! I've been creepily lurking for a few weeks just to get a feel for the environment around here. 

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

After being part of a couple of other communities that turned into shitshows of far-right guys screaming about everything being woke and raging at anyone who isn't one of them, I like to kinda scout the situation before joining up. So I'm Max and I have been a gamer for over 6 years now. I also play guitar, read a crazy amount of books, have a weird obsession with Funko Pops, and I'm working on becoming a gaming YouTuber/Streamer along with a couple of friends I met online.

Oh, and I play a lot of different types of games: The Last of Us, Call of Duty, Hearthstone, PUBG, the Tell Tale types of games, Arena of Valor, The Flame in the Flood, Starfield, Skyrim, etc.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/harris-on-whether-she-might-lose-the-election-because-of-the-genocide-in-gaza-the-first-and-most-tragic-story-is-oct-7.1014498/page-8#post-130431729

I see multiple problems with this discussion but before I get into that I'd like to offer a suggestion. Sometimes we can really dig our heels in when we are talking about something that we have a strong opinion on and this can lead to being hostile and can distort how we see things. My parents are both teachers (my dad is a university professor and my mom is a high school math teacher) and they have taught me three important ideas:

1. To do the research so that my opinion can be informed.

2. To think critically. One part of that is recognizing that I could be wrong, at least to some degree.

3. To understand that some things may not be as simple as I may think. We live in a complex world, filled with complex people who have complex ideas.

So with that said, I see a lot of people on both sides who have really dug their heels in on this issue and don't seem to recognize any grey areas. Everything is just not that black and white.

This post is already getting long so I will start with one point and address some other things later. Anyway, from my point of view, the first problem is that both sides are responsible for the current mess. The Israeli government is currently ran by an extremist leader and his extremist party. And on the other side you have Hamas, which is also an extremist group. What I find sad about this situation is that both the Israeli and Palestinian civilians are the ones suffering because of the extremism of their leaders. So when you guys talk about Israel or Palestine please remember that the civilians as a whole are not responsible for the actions of their leaders. If Trump becomes president again and decides to help Russia take over Ukraine, you probably wouldn't like it of people from other countries blamed all Americans for it.

lol what an enlightening view both siding a genocide, great work.

good thing your teacher parents taught you how to do your research

Do not "both sides" a genocide.

Only one side is committing a genocide. Only one side has the power to commit a genocide. Only one side is having their bombs provided to them by America to enact said genocide. And there is absolutely no similarity in the suffering of Israeli citizens and the suffering of Palestinian civilians, which could be upwards of 200,000 dead.

Lmaooooo. Such great insight thank you so much

Cool, so if I have every intention to do a genocide but don't have the power to carry it out, then that makes it all ok?

[Potato]

Thank you. I came into this thread right after watching the first episode, thinking: clearly people would be disturbed by r*pe as a plotpoint, possibly character development (?). And yet, nothing on the last page. I found your post after some digging, because practically no one engaged with it. I don't know what distresses me more, that this kind of content is easily accessible via Netflix or this *shrugs, it's anime attitude*

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-next-anime-banger-is-here-dan-da-dan.999705/post-130432494

This guy is "verified" and a story director. Like cool if that story is not your cup of tea but being disturbed that it's accessible on Netflix is really weird

It is really funny how era will handwave certain things tho especially in anime. I was curious so I watched the first episode and a highschool girl stripped to her underwear and tied up almost gets raped by robotic aliens

Anime fans are closet paedos. Change my mind.

[Boredfrom]

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Thank you. I came into this thread right after watching the first episode, thinking: clearly people would be disturbed by r*pe as a plotpoint, possibly character development (?). And yet, nothing on the last page. I found your post after some digging, because practically no one engaged with it. I don't know what distresses me more, that this kind of content is easily accessible via Netflix or this *shrugs, it's anime attitude*

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-next-anime-banger-is-here-dan-da-dan.999705/post-130432494

This guy is "verified" and a story director. Like cool if that story is not your cup of tea but being disturbed that it's accessible on Netflix is really weird

It is really funny how era will handwave certain things tho especially in anime. I was curious so I watched the first episode and a highschool girl stripped to her underwear and tied up almost gets raped by robotic aliens

What handwave? They bitched about it non stop. Just like random DB fans bitched about continuity in Dragon Ball.

[Daft Hand]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-next-anime-banger-is-here-dan-da-dan.999705/post-130432494

This guy is "verified" and a story director. Like cool if that story is not your cup of tea but being disturbed that it's accessible on Netflix is really weird

It is really funny how era will handwave certain things tho especially in anime. I was curious so I watched the first episode and a highschool girl stripped to her underwear and tied up almost gets raped by robotic aliens

Anime fans are closet paedos. Change my mind.

One of my friends got into anime earlier this year because I showed him Delicious in Dungeon and he loved it, he got a crunchyroll subscription for a while and then stopped watching anime because everything else he tried had some kind of obvious pedo bait in it. I feel bad for indirectly exposing him to that tbh

[Polident]

It is really funny how era will handwave certain things tho especially in anime. I was curious so I watched the first episode and a highschool girl stripped to her underwear and tied up almost gets raped by robotic aliens

Anime fans are closet paedos. Change my mind.

One of my friends got into anime earlier this year because I showed him Delicious in Dungeon and he loved it, he got a crunchyroll subscription for a while and then stopped watching anime because everything else he tried had some kind of obvious pedo bait in it. I feel bad for indirectly exposing him to that tbh

It is what it is. There are dozens of new shows each season and a lot of junk. Anime is dumped into one pile internationally when certain media is aimed at young teens, or nerdy men, or nerdy women, etc. Sometimes you stumble upon a sports anime and think, “this is a baseball show for guys.” but it’s actually meant for degenerate women who like to imagine the pitcher and catcher being the pitcher and catcher.

Delicious in Dungeon I need to continue. Dorohedoro and Frieren are two relatively recent shows that were good. Heard the decade later follow up to Bartender is good.

[AnnoyedCanadian]

https://old.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/1g8fzpq/twitchs_response_to_banning_israel_from_sign_ups/

https://old.reddit.com/r/Destiny/comments/1g8gzx8/you_ever_call_someone_out_for_stuff_they_did_and/

https://old.reddit.com/r/Destiny/comments/1g8hy2m/houthi_pirate_unbanned_from_twitch/

Trash ass website. I miss Mixer as it had a nice UI, was easy to use, reliable, chat was better, etc.

Jihadi Jeb

Enough with this childish ass attempt to just think of the most escalated scenario to get us to fear your boogeyman Trump.

You could easily tell who hasn't paid attention, who hasn't read up, that is the charitable interpretation.

Because Isreal with the help of the Biden has escalated everything at an extreme pace, whatever you try to think of under Trump, we either got there or getting there under Biden.

In a year we got a genocide in two fronts, an invasion in a completely different country and now they are gearing up for a full blown war with the third.

US boots are already on the ground so before you trip over yourselves with "well…trump will send thousands more troops!" you are missing the point, we are getting there.

That is how escalation works.

You don't need Trump to get there.

The "Trump will be worse!" crowd is embarassing.

Then again, that is the charitable interpretation, ignorance.

The other is that you are here to deflect from your Girl boss and her current boss.

Either way, it is embarrassing.

[benji]

Is a PAC disbursement to a voter for a contract pledge even legal?

I'm thinking the SEC and FEC will be investigating that shit ASAP.

Why would the SEC investigate this?

I really don't understand how these people think they're political experts when they don't even know what government agencies do.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/harris-on-whether-she-might-lose-the-election-because-of-the-genocide-in-gaza-the-first-and-most-tragic-story-is-oct-7.1014498/page-4#post-130409847

You are already supporting a genocide, but I guess they are brown so it doesn't count.

SupersonicHypertonic

Voting for Harris is still killing tons of Palestinians and Lebanese though but that don't matter of course. Not voting achives the same result whoever is in charge.

This is basically their complaint: other people value things differently from me.

They're openly posting that nothing will change, that people voting for Harris for other reasons is what offends them. It's going to be Harris or Trump so they're reacting to their lack of relevance, their lack of control over everyone, by getting angry at people who consider Harris better than Trump. This is the offense, that people think Harris is better than Trump, because Harris is imperfect to them on a single topic. Even though, from their perspective, Harris should clearly be better than Trump since Trump won't even provide lip service to Palestine, Hamas or Hezbollah. Harris openly considers Hamas a legitimate entity to be at the table if they stop attacking Israel, you think Trump would agree?

What's funny is they have no way of confirming this either. You could post "fuck Harris, Palestine forever!" Then go vote for her. What are they going to do to prove you lied? It'll just make them feel better that someone agreed with them on a "video game" forum. 

What the Democrats on there should do is compile a list of these people, so that if Trump wins and they complain they should remind them that they not only didn't care if Trump won, they expressed a desire that others help him win.

hanshen

Yeah. China's support for third world national liberation movements in the past is their biggest diplomatic asset, they're not tarnishing that for Israel. Not to mention that China has recognized the state of Palestine since the 80s and has supported the PLO since the 60s. Fatah and Hamas signed an agreement in Beijing this year to end its conflict, that's how involved China is with Palestine.

Did you run this opinion past Xi?

red_shift_ltd

During peacetime they should be spending more on their defense? Who should they be beefing up defense against exactly?

Russia? Maybe but remains to be seen
China? Probably not since they are doing economic soft power
North Korea? wtf lmao

It feels just like a lot of doom and gloom with the answer being pay the military industrial complex to make us feel safer.

I agree, just don't complain when the United States or one of its potential Presidents suggests matching this. You will though.

[benji]

Jihadi Jeb

Enough with this childish ass attempt to just think of the most escalated scenario to get us to fear your boogeyman Trump.

You could easily tell who hasn't paid attention, who hasn't read up, that is the charitable interpretation.

Because Isreal with the help of the Biden has escalated everything at an extreme pace, whatever you try to think of under Trump, we either got there or getting there under Biden.

In a year we got a genocide in two fronts, an invasion in a completely different country and now they are gearing up for a full blown war with the third.

US boots are already on the ground so before you trip over yourselves with "well…trump will send thousands more troops!" you are missing the point, we are getting there.

That is how escalation works.

You don't need Trump to get there.

The "Trump will be worse!" crowd is embarassing.

Then again, that is the charitable interpretation, ignorance.

The other is that you are here to deflect from your Girl boss and her current boss.

Either way, it is embarrassing.

Again, this is just an argument that the only thing on Earth that matters is Gaza. And being angered that other people don't agree.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/did-you-vote-already.1014801/

User banned (1 month): Inflammatory thread creation. Prior bans for the same behavior.

I have not and will not.

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

They should just admit to be single issue voters and be done with it.  

Then again if you say you'll vote third party you will be called a Russian stooge and banned like our hero Noodlesoup.

[AnnoyedCanadian]

They should just admit to be single issue voters and be done with it.  

Then again if you say you'll vote third party you will be called a Russian stooge and banned like our hero Noodlesoup.

It makes me laugh how they say they hate single issue voters when they themselves are. Forest for the trees.

Again, this is just an argument that the only thing on Earth that matters is Gaza. And being angered that other people don't agree.

They can't wrap their heads around the idea that the average person doesn't give a fuck. Only terminally online communists / leftists and some communities of Muslim Americans in a few states.

And they don't give a fuck when Arabs get killed by other Arabs. Only when a majority Jewish country is attacking Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorists.

Cynically I hope Trump wins and makes shit worse for these assholes.

https://old.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/1g8i8g0/twitch_unbans_houthi_terrorist_after_not_even_12/

And further garbage to add to the pile. The only thing holding YouTube for livestreaming is the lag on it at times and uBlock sometimes breaks unless you clear your browsing history every other day.

[benji]

They care because it's something they can use against people in their social circles to show their moral superiority and establish more radical bonafides. If this event was not happening there is a strong probability they would have found another. The point is to attack mere Harris supporters for being insufficiently devoted to their personal morality.

It shows their localized social power that they are not being attacked for dismissing other ongoing genocides (trans people in the United States, Black people in the United States, etc.) for a focused demand on a single genocide to the exclusion of all else. B-Dubs is currently being attacked because he pushed back against this and expressed opposition to his own and others genocide.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

What's the difference between apple and orange juice?

[Rendle]

Anime fans are closet paedos. Change my mind.

Some aren't closeted.

[Polident]

Think the average person reached a point of fatigue. What’s important to them is what’s in front of them. Family, community, etc. Life is complicated enough that browbeating people into caring about either side gets numb. They’d probably have more success if they doubled down on how much of their tax dollars were send overseas. Explain the tangible effects on their lives. But rather than pragmatism, they yell about being an effing decent person and how they’d kill themselves if you don’t submit. Famously, there’s Biden’s “you can’t buy gundam toys with equality” quote.

[AnnoyedCanadian]

Panic_Boats

I mean all Harris voters will be enablers of all the good and bad stuff she does should she win.
And it's kinda weird democrats seem so resistant to that idea after spending years demanding Trump voters take responsibility for all the awful shit he did.
I voted for Joe Biden and through that vote, as small of an action as that was, I have enabled genocide. It's simply the truth.

This is a new level of self guilt shit like that I haven't seen before.

If you feel like this after voting for someone, some ideas. Get off the internet permanently, touch grass, get a new hobby and never watch the news again.

[Boredfrom]

It is really funny how era will handwave certain things tho especially in anime. I was curious so I watched the first episode and a highschool girl stripped to her underwear and tied up almost gets raped by robotic aliens

Anime fans are closet paedos. Change my mind.

One of my friends got into anime earlier this year because I showed him Delicious in Dungeon and he loved it, he got a crunchyroll subscription for a while and then stopped watching anime because everything else he tried had some kind of obvious pedo bait in it. I feel bad for indirectly exposing him to that tbh

“Why is Riverdale not as good as the Sopranos? Just bait for teenagers and adult degenerates.”

[AnnoyedCanadian]

[benji]

Panic_Boats

I mean all Harris voters will be enablers of all the good and bad stuff she does should she win.
And it's kinda weird democrats seem so resistant to that idea after spending years demanding Trump voters take responsibility for all the awful shit he did.
I voted for Joe Biden and through that vote, as small of an action as that was, I have enabled genocide. It's simply the truth.

This is a part of their obsessions with mystical systemic forces while never understanding or having any interest in the actual systems and institutions that exist.

His statement seems like a tautology but is blatantly false when analyzed in the actual world, the actual systems and institutions to which it applies.

[benji]

And yes, I'm aware of the seeming irony with my pronouncing such statements and continuing to attack people advising non-participation. But I contend my obsession is instead an autistic focus on institutions that exist.

[Daffy Duck]

Era has a new queen

[tweet]
https://twitter.com/jakesucky/status/1848082409193119876?s=46
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[Chudder Barbarity]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-next-anime-banger-is-here-dan-da-dan.999705/post-130432494

This guy is "verified" and a story director. Like cool if that story is not your cup of tea but being disturbed that it's accessible on Netflix is really weird

It is really funny how era will handwave certain things tho especially in anime. I was curious so I watched the first episode and a highschool girl stripped to her underwear and tied up almost gets raped by robotic aliens

Anime fans are closet paedos. Change my mind.

Who said they were in the closet?

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

Anime went to shit after the move to digital animation change my mind

[benji]

Is the egg count how many she's got left? Or how many she's helped understand they're trans?

My favorite part is that she immediately backed off her strong claim and made excuses for certain soldiers.

[benji]

edit: Why she'd delete this brave tweet?

[benji]

She's being harassed.

[benji]

[AnnoyedCanadian]

edit: Why she'd delete this brave tweet?

Hijjabba the Hutt



Warning; ear rape from her voice

https://old.reddit.com/r/Destiny/comments/1g87cfk/frogan_doubles_down_on_her_us_veterans_deserves/

[AnnoyedCanadian]

B-Dumbs

Ok, this has gone far enough off the rails. We're locking it and will be reviewing it.

Ban HamasEra, do it you cucked no balls motherfucker.

Have some self respect for yourself and get rid of that cunt Nep too.