Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

[BIONIC]

It does feel like they're goading the public into doing something rash, I don't look forward to that day.

It’s part of the plan so Trump can declare martial law.

Even if Trump declares martial law its not some kind of magical spell that destroys any kind of protest or resistance. If anything it would incite people to go even harder against ICE and the government.

Right? People need to stop going "Oh, the administration said something? Well-p, nothing I can do."

Laws are not scientific principles you are forced to abide by. You can always physically do something.

Must’ve learned the spirit from Hero of the Revolution Lucio

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American Drivers know this better than anyone.

We just need to apply it to things that are for the betterment of our communities.

Ironically I do my best to follow road laws. 😭

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-official-fbi-twitter-made-a-post-adocating-to-report-any-person-of-healthcare-giving-gender-affirming-care-to-kids.1206300/

Does this include circumcision for boys and cosmetic surgery for girls like nose jobs?

When I was in school way back when there was a girl in my class who got breast reduction surgery because she didn't like how heavy they were. I suspect it wouldn't be banned since this is targeting transgendered children, but I wonder about how the hypocrisy will be handled.

Why...would it? I mean, aside from because internet retards just sweep a buncha shit under "gender confirming" to hopelessly confuse any conversation, instead of making actual points. Mr Bogus here living up to the name.

turns out, when you report something that's possibly concerning/illegal, somebody investigates it to see whether what was done was actually bad, and if it wasn't bad they roll their eyes and leave it alone

this feels like an autistic classification kind of thing, "oh technically a breast reduction is a cosmetic gender thing, and you don't want anyone to be able to do that no matter what, there's no room for nuance at all so now you have to arrest her chuds" 

Hold up! Person of healthcare? 

This shit is going too far now.

[Potato]

No difference sir. Both are bad.

If Sony exited the gaming industry completely tomorrow, absolutely nothing of value would be lost. Everything they do would be replaced within a year or find a new home on another console. 

The same cannot be said for Nintendo. I don't care how much you hate their business practices. An industry without Nintendo would be hollow.

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Also, if I gotta choose between Nintendo and some jerk off video game rag, there ain't much choice there.

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Cum

Idiotic Fanboy nonsense. have a good one retard!

Lick my balls invalid. It's the truth.

[Potato]

My name?  Lilith De La Dicks

I thought it would have been Irma Lesbian

[Uncle]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/minneapolis-community-clashes-with-ice.1206837/

The power of organization. Been trying to tell y'all.

First we have her to thank for the comic stylings of RDCworld, now we owe her gratitude for white people protesting ICE in Minneapolis.

Is there anything our queen can't do?!

I'm assuming ICE arrested the folks they were aiming to ultimately, ya? If so, what power

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis-business-raid-east-lake-street/

Protesters thought it was some sort of immigration raid, but Mayor Jacob Frey said in a statement that wasn't the case.

"This incident was related to a criminal search warrant for drugs and money laundering," Frey said.

Frey said the police department's only role was helping with crowd control and keeping the community safe. No arrests were made.

Minneapolis police and the sheriff's office also released statements echoing the same explanation. The sheriff's office says its partnership with federal officials includes "execution of multiple search warrants at multiple locations in the metro area."

"This incident was not related to any immigration enforcement. HCSO has no involvement in civil immigration. HCSO enforces criminal statutes and works on criminal investigations. We work with federal partners regularly on those criminal investigations," the sheriff's office said in a statement.

[Taco Bell Tower]

Era thread hasn't been updated yet...
https://www.resetera.com/threads/israeli-soldiers-commit-massacre-against-palestinians-who-were-trying-to-collect-aid-at-a-site-run-by-the-israel-us-run-gaza-humanitarian-foundation.1203960/#post-140815536

They'd just declare it evil fake news pushed by the mainstream media (ignoring that the evil mainstream media also reported on it in the first place). They'll rely entirely on randow tweets and Hamas officials instead

They don't even like WaPo anymore since Amazon owns it.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/minneapolis-community-clashes-with-ice.1206837/
First we have her to thank for the comic stylings of RDCworld, now we owe her gratitude for white people protesting ICE in Minneapolis.

Is there anything our queen can't do?!

I'm assuming ICE arrested the folks they were aiming to ultimately, ya? If so, what power

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis-business-raid-east-lake-street/

Protesters thought it was some sort of immigration raid, but Mayor Jacob Frey said in a statement that wasn't the case.

"This incident was related to a criminal search warrant for drugs and money laundering," Frey said.

Frey said the police department's only role was helping with crowd control and keeping the community safe. No arrests were made.

Minneapolis police and the sheriff's office also released statements echoing the same explanation. The sheriff's office says its partnership with federal officials includes "execution of multiple search warrants at multiple locations in the metro area."

"This incident was not related to any immigration enforcement. HCSO has no involvement in civil immigration. HCSO enforces criminal statutes and works on criminal investigations. We work with federal partners regularly on those criminal investigations," the sheriff's office said in a statement.

The local cops were called for crowd control to allow HSI in, sure, the Minneapolis police weren't directly involved in the raid. Technically not "it".

Jamie Holt, acting special agent in charge of Homeland Security investigations in Minnesota and the Dakotas, released this statement on the raid Tuesday afternoon:

"Federal investigators conducted a groundbreaking criminal operation today — Minnesota's first under the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) umbrella — marking a new chapter in how we confront complex, multidimensional threats. From drug smuggling to criminal labor trafficking, this operation showcases the breadth of our collective missions and the strength of a united front.

This HSI led investigation wouldn't have been possible without the extraordinary collaboration of our state partners and federal HSTF partners, including the U.S. Attorney's Office, FBI, IRS-CI, DEA, ERO, ATF, USMS, DSS, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Coast Guard, TSA and local law enforcement. Together, we are safeguarding communities, protecting national security, and setting a new standard of joint enforcement efforts."

WCCO went to the courthouse and found federal search warrants connected to the raid, but they were sealed.

[Uncle]

that's not the point, the point is that it wasn't related to immigration at all

[Boredfrom]

Sounds like ICE where there.

[Snoopy]

Quinton

[Jansen]

If Sony exited the gaming industry completely tomorrow, absolutely nothing of value would be lost. Everything they do would be replaced within a year or find a new home on another console. 

The same cannot be said for Nintendo. I don't care how much you hate their business practices. An industry without Nintendo would be hollow.

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Also, if I gotta choose between Nintendo and some jerk off video game rag, there ain't much choice there.

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Cum

Idiotic Fanboy nonsense. have a good one retard!

Lick my balls invalid. It's the truth.

What's your famiboards account name 



And here I was thinking all this time you were cool because I used to love potatoes

[Boredfrom]

When someone that ERA likes repeats information from a source ERA hates:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gvmers-the-400-000-000-disaster-of-concord.1207137/

[DavidCroquet]

Lock this thread please 🙏

Why?

The source of this source is a banned source. I don't know if that qualifies though, hasn't stopped any of the Push Square topics that cite that podcast.

Somewhere down the chain of the material realm exists the ur-nazi, to whom all things can trace an origin. Lock this universe please 🙏.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/elon-musk-calls-trumps-budget-bill-a-disgusting-abomination.1206006/#post-140837775

"look at all this money going to people who aren't me" - some dumbass

We love Republican and Trump budget bills now?

Why is he telling us he hasn't "even had a chance to go to the store" as if that's at all relevant? What are these fees that "ate up" some of his grocery money as if that's something he has no control over. Are these morons just living beyond their means? Why are they so pathetic?

if you have "fees" for your groceries you're doing some lazy doordash type bullshit

unless they mean other types of fees in which case there's no reason not to be specific, "had to replace my driver's license," "bank overdrafted me," whatever

This is what's offensive. Not the begging. Not the lying. But the fact that the lies are always so terrible. They don't even respect me, the reader, enough to lie well.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-official-fbi-twitter-made-a-post-adocating-to-report-any-person-of-healthcare-giving-gender-affirming-care-to-kids.1206300/

Does this include circumcision for boys and cosmetic surgery for girls like nose jobs?

When I was in school way back when there was a girl in my class who got breast reduction surgery because she didn't like how heavy they were. I suspect it wouldn't be banned since this is targeting transgendered children, but I wonder about how the hypocrisy will be handled.

How are either of those "gender affirming"? Is this guy saying he thinks uncircumcised males are women? That girls with large natural breasts are males?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/minneapolis-community-clashes-with-ice.1206837/

The power of organization. Been trying to tell y'all.

Right? People need to stop going "Oh, the administration said something? Well-p, nothing I can do."

Laws are not scientific principles you are forced to abide by. You can always physically do something.

But literally nothing happened? The protest did not stop law enforcement from doing what they wanted?

Sounds like ICE where there.

But both officials say otherwise?

[Besticus Maximus]

I am a nintendo 

[benji]

I am a nintendo 

Thoughts and prayers. 🙏

[DocWager]

What has Nintendo done the last two decades that really mattered? 

- Portalable gaming with an online service? Uh hello, PSP Go.

- Motion controls? Yeah, PS3 did it first.

- Open world gaming in a big open world in a fantasy setting? EAT MY ASS, NINTENDO FANBOYS!!!

[Jansen]

Listen, we are down to the final hours. Melody in desperation is boosting themselves! Please a 40yr might not have a switch 2 on launch day 😭

[Jansen]

I am a nintendo 

The prophecies are true. I have finally met my nemesis.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/state-of-play-2025-06-04-ot-40-minute-show-highlighting-a-selection-of-great-games-from-creators-across-the-globe.1207230/page-34#post-140912343
Embiid

I don't get the hype, it's almost all third-party multiplatform stuff

There's some who find it meh and Ree Sony Ponies being all FUCK YOU IT'S THE BEST 

[benji]

It's their anniversary?!? And The Bire had nothing planned. 

[Venice]

When someone that ERA likes repeats information from a source ERA hates:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gvmers-the-400-000-000-disaster-of-concord.1207137/

Some random madness from that 'Concord $400 Million Disaster' Thread:



First we have this lunatic: 

It's a real shame it died. The best first person shooter in Sony's history.

This dude can't stand the fact Concord is the ultimate financial gaming disaster:

Yeah, I'm honestly sick of threads about Concord being posted here

A forum which supposedly cares about developer layoffs, hates the alt-right and misinformation, and yet they're all here gleefully celebrating everything around this games failure and getting all hopped up on misinformation right along with the chuds, all because Sony had the gall to make games that aren't single player.

Scoularis launches some truthnukes:

Splitting hairs over whether it was $250k, $400k, etc. is kind of pointless IMO.

No matter what, it's the biggest gaming failure in history.

But it won't be the last. We've got Marathon and Fairgames next on the docket to possibly suffer the same fate. You know, because live-service is a terminal cancer for developers in today's industry. A fucking blight on gaming.

But poor little Tigerfan2019 can't handle this brutal truth: 

This post is really embarrassing you sound like a child

Ninja Scooter launches his own truthnuke: The cold, hard fact that ResetEra is a shit community:

What a wonderful community of Gamers we have here

You sure do, Ninja Scooter. You sure do.


Rest of the thread is all random infighting and shit slinging.

Concord threads continue to be the retarded gift that keeps on giving. 

Somehow manages to bring out the absolute worst of everyone on Era.

[DocWager]

So using cuck pejorative is ok on era now?

It's their anniversary?!? And The Bire had nothing planned. 

On Pride Month?!?! OF ALL MONTHS!?!?!

[benji]

Yeah, I'm honestly sick of threads about Concord being posted here

A forum which supposedly cares about developer layoffs, hates the alt-right and misinformation, and yet they're all here gleefully celebrating everything around this games failure and getting all hopped up on misinformation right along with the chuds, all because Sony had the gall to make games that aren't single player.

1. I thought we hate big corporations?
2. I really don't think the alt-right had much of any effect on this games success or failure.

[Taco Bell Tower]

When someone that ERA likes repeats information from a source ERA hates:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gvmers-the-400-000-000-disaster-of-concord.1207137/

Some random madness from that 'Concord $400 Million Disaster' Thread:



First we have this lunatic: 

It's a real shame it died. The best first person shooter in Sony's history.

This dude can't stand the fact Concord is the ultimate financial gaming disaster:

Yeah, I'm honestly sick of threads about Concord being posted here

A forum which supposedly cares about developer layoffs, hates the alt-right and misinformation, and yet they're all here gleefully celebrating everything around this games failure and getting all hopped up on misinformation right along with the chuds, all because Sony had the gall to make games that aren't single player.

Scoularis launches some truthnukes:

Splitting hairs over whether it was $250k, $400k, etc. is kind of pointless IMO.

No matter what, it's the biggest gaming failure in history.

But it won't be the last. We've got Marathon and Fairgames next on the docket to possibly suffer the same fate. You know, because live-service is a terminal cancer for developers in today's industry. A fucking blight on gaming.

But poor little Tigerfan2019 can't handle this brutal truth: 

This post is really embarrassing you sound like a child

Ninja Scooter launches his own truthnuke: The cold, hard fact that ResetEra is a shit community:

What a wonderful community of Gamers we have here

You sure do, Ninja Scooter. You sure do.


Rest of the thread is all random infighting and shit slinging.

Concord threads continue to be the retarded gift that keeps on giving. 

Somehow manages to bring out theabsolute worst of everyone on Era.

Wonder if SunnyDelicious or whatever his username is posted there.  He was the one crying at the failure and even stated he would have donated $10k to Concord.

[Taco Bell Tower]

As far as I know no one at Ree gleefully celebrated at Concord's failure.  Majority were bummed out and some cried.

[Greatness Gone]

007 looked based af but naturally…

https://www.resetera.com/threads/007-first-light-announcement-trailer-2026-io-interactive.1207392/

Not a fan of generic white man face

He's a generic white finance bro ugh...

Most generic ass white dude character model I've ever seen in my life smh

[Greatness Gone]

Ninja Gaiden Ragebound
Bloodstained 2
Nioh 3
Pragmata
Mahvel 4
007
New Lumines
FFT remaster
Silent Hill F

gayming might finally be healing from woke 

[BIONIC]

So, a quick aside, I always wondered, what's the difference between a mod and an admin on this site? I understand why B-Dubs would be an admin and perhaps DownUnderCoder, but the rest are either Mod Captains(whatever that is, like does each captain have their own posse or something) or no extra title. Do admins get special permissions or benefits over mods, or is a residual title left over from when Era used to be independent? Like could an admin freely change their tag from admin to moderator if they wished?

I ask because I got the perception over the years that all members on the team (admins or not) decide and vote on various rules and polices and how to enforce them, but perhaps only admins do that?

Back on the original topic, I made my thoughts about mods and admins posting in the last community thread and that still hasn't changed. Like others I agree there should be a way to block them outside of official posts. I would like to treat mods like I treat cops, I know why they're there and their function, but I rather not see or interact with them.

Yeah we don't really love being compared to cops. Cops murder people like me, and those I love. So lets maybe not, hm?

There isn't a way to block mods, and that wont be changing.

Apologies, I should have used another word. My main point was I rather avoid or not see interact with authority figures if I don't have to. I understand the pressure of being in such role but I rather avoid it all together. Also thank you for not permabanning me.

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if yall keep comparing mods/admins doing voluntary work to keep this website functioning to fucking cops don't be surprised if there's no resetera in the near future

also if you got a personal issue with a specific member of the staff you can respond to them in the threads you disagree and not bring this into here as a "community discussion"... that's my take at least

We tried replying in the thread and it got locked BECAUSE of that admin.

Naw, this post is BS, staff should be called out here, that is also part of what this thread is for....

Yeah it's been two days and not a word. It still frustrates me more than it should. Not only that a user can write such nonsense without any consequences, but that the user in question is a admin. Why would anyone here be open about their struggles or mental health?

It is really hard to take staff seriously here when not everyone receives the appropriate repercussions for what they post.

Yes, let me get right on replying to an incredibly toxic post where I’ll get responded to with zero empathy and possible ridicule while also risking a ban whereas that person’s long history of far worse posts have immunity because they’re an admin.

(For mostly better,) any criticism of staff is often shut down in the open forum too and is part of the reason why this thread exists. In addition to what other people have mentioned in regards to the thread on question now being locked.

I feel like whenever there is general pushback on moderation on a whole in this thread it’s often done with empathy toward the mods as people; most of the critique is often zeroed in on patterns of actions or policies, and the vast majority of the time that is met by a post from B-Dubs or another staff member explaining the process or rationale in a way that most people complaining/raising the issue find perfectly rational and understandable.

The recent heat is more of an aberration in comparison and has been because the official position on issues has driven in a wedge since the community is being asked by staff to accept what amounts to something contradictory - and then what was going on in the hair loss thread threw gasoline on the fire.

I agree on the cop remark and am completely in favor of B-Dubs’ position that staff should be visible members of the community. All people want is the most basic form of accountability. Most staff members are unpaid volunteers, yes, but they also have increased standing, visibility, and privilege within the community, which if anything demands carrying themselves to a higher standard.

There are a multitude of things wrong with how the entire situation was handled and I believe context matters. Not even accounting for the demand of punishment or repercussions, I think there needs to be a serious conversation about the lack of consistency when it comes to moderating the normal users vs a member of the staff. There are too many scenarios to list over the years (and honestly in this situation, the most recent locked thread is not the first time this admin has posted a lengthy post under the guise of being helpful or insightful) that has led users to question the authenticity of transparency provided moderation.

I think there is a large power imbalance when it comes to moderating staff and normal users. If a moderator or admin sees a user being toxic, they are often times instantly banned or warned. 90% of the time these actions are warranted but there are multiple scenarios where this is just not the case and it takes the community rising up in arms to contest or the fact that the person has to just straight up take the L. Meanwhile, the staff has the benefit of the bias of their fellow peers (not the entire monolith) due to time spent knowing each other, a private moderation/staff discord to explain their thought process (whether it's truthful or a lie) to prevent repercussions, and the optics of their "good intentions" explanation provided to the userbase provided after the fact. Going back to the previous thread, if a normal user had posted some of those things along with the fact that no one from the staff had chimed in, I fully expected that thread would be a bloodbath of warnings or bans. I can only assume it's not a bloodbath because it'd be weird to provide warnings to people in the thread while one of the most toxic poster in that thread which would've been a member of the staff completely untouched.

I have a deep empathy for moderation team because it is a thankless job with endless amounts of shit slung at you, having done it myself in other places. It absolutely sucks. However, it does not give staff the ability to 1.) act above the rules that the community has set for itself, 2.) ridicule the general userbase openly, 3.) make constant negative intent assumptions due to their personal experiences. This is a forum with a massive amount of people and assuming negative intent to a user you have never interacted with before just seems like a really really shitty attitude to have from a staff member; when in reality they should be instilling a feeling of welcome, provided the other party isn't acting like an asshole.

Nearly every poster who has posted about the lack of consistency when it comes to how staff members are moderated in this thread are correct. The question I honestly want to pose is, "Is what Nepenthe posted in that thread problematic, and if not, then why? Especially considering there are clear examples of rule breaking provided in even in this thread?" I do believe the community is owed an explanation because transparency matters here. Privacy can be the main reason provided for why explanations are hidden but multiple poeple were actually offended, an explanation is the bare minimum if not an outright apology. The offender doesn't get to dictate the terms of the offendee. That's not how it works. Staff should be held to a higher standard, not special treatment. If there is an explanation to this then I would reference back to the comments I posted earlier, which is that staff members have special privileges to explain their posts so they aren't handed out punishments. There is absolutely a power imbalance here that only serves the staff and I would much rather start there and recognize this issue. Otherwise we go back into the same song and dance of "they didn't meant it that way, they really meant it this way" or "the staff aren't a monolith" or "the staff don't always see eye to eye" or "the staff will try better next time." The staff should be a collective of individuals that not only hold the average users accountable but also each other. Otherwise it's just a big clique.

[Taco Bell Tower]

007 looked based af but naturally…

https://www.resetera.com/threads/007-first-light-announcement-trailer-2026-io-interactive.1207392/

Not a fan of generic white man face

He's a generic white finance bro ugh...

Most generic ass white dude character model I've ever seen in my life smh

I bet those posters are white