Journal of Other Forum Analysis

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Uh-oh. Now Hecht is throwing his hat in the ring:

To put it bluntly, we do not give a shit, nor two shits, about who your favorite users are. If someone crosses a line, they will receive the same punishment as any other user. If you feel like your buddy is inching close to that line, it's on you to tell them "hey, dude, maybe tone it down a bit," if they aren't learning from their previous infractions on the site. We do not care if they are the person in your Discord that leaks the most information, provides the most insight, or helps the most people out - if they cannot control their behavior on ResetEra, then they will receive the same punishments as the users before them. If they cannot stop their disruptive behavior, then they won't be part of the site much longer. We. Do. Not. Care. Act like fucking adults.

We also are not oblivious to brigading. When a user from a Discord gets banned, we definitely see an influx of users that we know are a part of that Discord suddenly flood reports and tickets with appeals or not-subtle messages on what we can do with our mothers. For those of you submitting those, you certainly aren't helping your/their case. It just shows us that you're stuck in some sort of cult of personality and, let's be frank, we don't care about your cult.

There is literally no incentive for us to make shit up. If we put a banner on someone's post where they are banned, stating "prior infractions for X," then that's because we are acknowledging a pattern. If you have to sit back and wonder whether we are making shit up or not, please ask yourself, "why am I doing this? And what has gone so wrong in my life where I'm worried about whether or not the people running a fucking video gaming forum are being truthful or not?" You don't need to know. There has to be a level of trust where you assume we are actually acting in a way that benefits us all. We don't "win" if the site shuts down. We don't "win" if the site is overrun with Nazis. You think I want to spend weeks each year making sure the GOTY, or any other event we end up running during the years, is up to snuff because I hate you all? I mean, sure, there are a few users I hate, but they know who they are, and I appreciate them being normal members of society for the past year or so. But what the fuck? We have nothing to gain by alienating the majority of the uers! Why the fuck would we do anything that makes you go "oh, wow, staff is suddenly supporting bigotry."

Seriously. We have no reason to make up shit. Yes, there may be escalations of bans where you are not privy to the entire history, but I promise you we aren't just making shit up. We don't have the time, nor the mental wherewithal to fucking do that.

Surely we can sacrifice the marrec burner to push back against this hypocrisy? Surely...