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

[simiansmarts]

Neoxon didn't let still being forever unemployed stop him:

Absolutely zero self-control. Just consume, consume, consume.  
 
It’s not enough to just buy the system and some games, gotta have a bunch accessories and trinkets to fill up your amiibo landmass. Neoxon has nothing going on offline.

[Snoopy]

I’ve long suspected Dubs, Nep and the admin were being paid just because of how relentlessly they cover each other’s backs when one of them fucks up, despite clearly hating each other. It’s the only reason I can think of why they refuse to quit.

[BIONIC]

Can someone on the mod staff explain how any of these posts are "attacking another user" that resulted in bans?

Calling someone a fucking joke and saying people should learn the first thing about them with a tag is that they were wrong on something, without context, is not considered harassment?

I get making fun of people who ended up being wrong about something (I was tempted by it too) but that short burst of endorphins ends up being a nasty dog pile on the receiving end of it, so it's not surprising to see those bans handed out.

Don't target people like that, that's why they are getting bans

It's pretty obvious that at least some of the mods here are incredibly thin skinned and live in a house made of glass.

It's going a step too far to be linking social media posts of banned accounts posting screencaps of a user for the purpose of mocking them.

It may look like that, but it's important to keep in mind that people do take it too far as the user above me mentioned. It's fine to call someone out if they're wrong. It's another to basically gang up on them, creating a mob mentality. The latter seemed to happen in that thread (and elsewhere).

I thought it was a post from this board that was quoted but I never actually saw it since it got memory holed before I had the chance. I sure do remember seeing some posts that used the same language that is being mentioned, so I just assumed those posts were what was quoted.

Maybe there's some history there I'm not privy to but it seemed a lot more like good natured ribbing than harassment to me. Just own the L and say you were wrong, that seems like a better path to take then editing out posts and banning people. That just comes across as thin skinned. Anyone who is comfortable enough to dish it out should be willing to take it. I don't think that's unfair. I've also seen much worse posts than these without any action taken.

Was just hard for me not to roll my eyes at the whole thing. People are wrong about lots of things all the time, it's fine. If someone doesn't want their wrong takes thrown back in their face then just don't post takes. I think that comes with the territory but maybe that's just me. God knows I've posted lots of wrong takes before and I'm sure I will again. If those get thrown back at me so be it.

It was someone off site posting a screencap of a post here (which, to be clear, the post in question was from a while ago). If people wanted to do a gotcha, at least have the decency to quote the actual post itself and not rely on off-site sniping.


There's history, yeah

Aye
"welp you got me, I was wrong, time to eat crow"
Or
"Wow am I glad to be so wrong, fuck Cuomo"
Everyone would have left it alone

Agreed. It's okay to be wrong sometimes! I've said dumb shit before. We all did! Denying it won't help you.

Bans were justified imo and those getting involved in off-site harassment should get permanent bans imo. Abhorrent behaviour and those lining up to dunk on someone for a bad take back in Feb and the resurface it today needs to go touch grass.

That babydinthurtme bitch talking from both sides of his mouth

[Kyon1988]

I’ve long suspected Dubs, Nep and the admin were being paid just because of how relentlessly they cover each other’s backs when one of them fucks up, despite clearly hating each other. It’s the only reason I can think of why they refuse to quit.

Easy. Nep nep is nothing in real life. On Era she has a cult worshipping her

[DavidCroquet]

I'm confused by the confusion (Well, not really, because many posters just exist to stir shit whenever the opportunity arises)

Cross-site drama is one of the few consistent rules on era. Posting some shit from bluesky is exactly that? Seems open and shut.

[Boredfrom]

So he doesn’t like the candidate and people shit talked him on Bluesky and banned them?

[DavidCroquet]

people shit talked him on bluesky, someone screenshotted the bsky tweets and posted it on the forum, and *that person* got banned.

Then a bunch of people feigning ignorance got banned and other people just made fun of bdubs (mostly not banned).

[nachobro]

So he doesn’t like the candidate and people shit talked him on Bluesky and banned them?

he correctly identified zohran as a meme candidate, zohran squeaked out a primary win, mad resettis think this is an "own" and mock bdumbs on bsky and on the forum then get bant and are pikachushocked.jpg

[Boredfrom]

Is gross how Morrigan feigns ignorance on how the forum works and that she didn’t abuse that power when she was a mod

[Propagandhim]

Was not expecting him to take it home, but happy to see he did. Fingers crossed he takes the actual election as well. As a former Chicagoan, I am so used to disappointing and outright corrupt mayors that I kinda forget what it feels like to have a good one.

How do they know he's a good mayor...he hasn't even started the job nor has he held office as mayor anywhere before

[Boredfrom]

I think most sane people agree that he is preferable than Cuomo, but some stuff he has said (or not said) is pretty

I wouldn’t get particularly excited about him because I have low opinion of self declared socialist politicians and AOC esque dudes.

[BIONIC]

It's pretty obvious that at least some of the mods here are incredibly thin skinned and live in a house made of glass.

Fair enough. From my point of view it seemed like a wild overreaction that, if anything, reflects worse on the people doing the banning and the editing than the people making the posts getting them banned. But I also have not been around nearly as long as most of y'all so if there's a history of antagonism that starts bleeding into other social media places, then I suppose it makes more sense to nip it in the bud.

It was just a very weird look to see this morning.

Come on there's no way a comment like this is going to lead to any constructive discussion

You have posters that really dislike b-dubs and the rest of the moderating team for different reasons and love to have a reason to dunk on the admins and moderators of this forum, it's a whole messy thing over multiple years, that can sometime be easy to explain on certains events and other times incredibly difficult to understand the reasons and the timelines associated.

I took a peek into the thread....and that whole sitcom part just felt very immature to me, like high school clique behavior.

I don't know, it seems like it has to me. Maybe I was a touch overly inflammatory but I'm also not sure what other conclusion I was supposed to come to simply based on what I was seeing in that thread, which is all I had to go on.

The point I get, I just don't think the tone is great when this thread is already 'us vs them" with the mods as is

Bringing in off site drama has always been a sure way to get banned. Not sure why people feel the need to do that only to score some points

Yeah.

Also who gives a shit what b-dubs's thoughts on mamdani were back months ago. Like are yall for real. You're going to use an off-site tweet from a shit-stirrer to dogpile on a member of staff for a whatever comment from months ago? No wonder dubs woke up, saw what was happening and chose violence.

It doesn't help to jump to conclusions and throw fuel on fire. And I frankly think your statement about them having thin skin is not even remotely accurate. I think the mods here put up with a whole lot more shit than they need to.

[Boredfrom]

I think the mods here put up with a whole lot more shit than they need to.

But is not because they are noble heroes fighting for the community but because they are assholes with not life outside the forum.

[nachobro]

they should shut up and get therapy, i hear many low cost options exist

[Snoopy]

They should take screenshots and mock the rees on their discord

[Lonewulfeus]

They put up with more shit cause all they do is ban the wrong people.  Get rid of the constant shit stirrers and things would be much easier for them.

[HaughtyFrank]

I think most sane people agree that he is preferable than Cuomo, but some stuff he has said (or not said) is pretty

I wouldn’t get particularly excited about him because I have low opinion of self declared socialist politicians and AOC esque dudes.

I'm curious how many of his ideas he can make happen or if this is him in two years

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tiny-chef-announces-show-cancellation-the-most-heartbreaking-way-possible.1228251/#post-141946446

Not a cancelled children's show, OH GOD, the humanity. 

More seriously I am very weirded out by a kids show presenting their cancellation announcement this way? Might as well show the tiny chef marched in front of a firing squad and his tiny mother screaming in grief over his broken body.

[Lonewulfeus]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/zohran-mamdani-wins-the-democratic-primary-for-mayor-of-new-york-city.1227627/page-13#post-141946512

You know, I went to bed happy cuz Cuomo lost and then woke up to getting harassed on bluesky by someone we banned years ago for being an ass and you guys bring that shit here and justify it?

Seriously? Can we not celebrate without you guys turning this into some bullshit?

If you're talking about Corinne, she's done more good work in one day then you'll ever muster in your entire life.

[TylenolJones]

FantasticToma is losing it cause everyone is criticizing the switch 2 display. 

Reality = "seeking validation"

Wow, you guys aren't being subtle anymore, it's a full-on agenda at this point, huh? I didn't seek "validation", but ofc I had a certain expectation when I made this thread, just like anyone who does a survey has. And this vote could have gone the other way, too. But it didn't. And now you're trying to dismiss one of the most conclusive surveys as "seeking validation"? This is unfair to everyone who participated here. Real people voted for their real impression of the screen and it is every bit valid, no matter how much you dislike it. Why is it so hard for you to accept that for most people, the Switch 2-screen is fine?

There were 2 threads for 2 videos where people kept/keep shitting on the screen and dismiss anyone who posts "I like it" with variants of "liar", "dumb" or "fanboy". This survey thread was created to give a realistic picture of the whole situation, whether it is as serious and bad as the vocal minority dominating those other threads made it out to be.

Honestly, it doesn't even matter why I made this thread, that's just the only angle you see to attack this topic now. What matters is that this vote is a realistic representation of the whole matter and trying to dismiss this is an insult to almost 3000 people who participated in this vote. All while nobody is taking away your tech analysis. Nobody has been saying "your analysis is wrong". But you cannot let people leave to their own impressions of the screen.

STOP GASLIGHTING

Nobody, and I repeat, NOBODY has been dismissing or handwaving away expert analysis. Nobody. This is all in your head and you're making extreme claims that actually you yourself are guilty of.

You were heard the first time you posted how bad the screen is. Now you're at, what, 10+ postings in this thread? What is your goal here? Again, nobody is denying the technical specifications. With how intense you keep posting about how bad the screen is, the impression is that you have a goal in mind. What is that goal? Because the only one I can think of it is "stop liking the screen, everyone!". Which simply has no benefit for people who bought a Switch 2.

Again: We heard you. You think the screen is bad. Why not leave it at that?

It is FACTUALLY not an objetive problem as per the result of this thread's poll.

The whole issue here stems from you guys talking about scientifc measurements, but then resorting to unscientifc assessments with words like "bad", "garbage" or else. "Good" and "bad" are not scientific. Measured values are scientific and what those mean for certain features. 350 Nits is not enough for HDR, nobody disputes that. For true HDR, you need at least 1000 Nits afaik as an official industry group has decided. 350 Nits doesn't mean the Switch 2-screen is "bad". It means it cannot display proper HDR. No need for emotionally loaded language like "bad" or "garbage". The same goes for any other feature you're evaluating. Stop using unscientific language when insisting on scientific findings.

This is different for this thread. People don't need to adhere to any scientific standards and they DEFINITELY don't need to acknowledge anything as a "problem" as you claim in the quote above. A problem is something that has negative consequences to one's enjoyment, and if one doesn't feel negatively impacted, then why the hell would that person be required to acknowledge a problem?! That is insane.

  



https://www.resetera.com/threads/real-talk-do-you-like-the-nintendo-switch-2-screen-or-do-you-think-its-bad-based-on-personal-experience-with-your-own-device.1226670/

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/uk-is-becoming-a-fascist-country-the-kavernacle-video.1228284/

lmao only have to look at the thumbnail to know how much bullshit this is

Kneecap getting investigated for their open Hamas support is perfectly in line with what the UK has been doing for years now, often prosecuting people who made way, way more harmless statements but curiously Messo didn't have a problem with that until now.

The Palestine group getting banned after literally sabotaging military equipment is also something literally any country would do. 


Just hilarious how much they want to live under fascist oppression so they just have to make it up

[Propagandhim]

I think most sane people agree that he is preferable than Cuomo, but some stuff he has said (or not said) is pretty

I wouldn’t get particularly excited about him because I have low opinion of self declared socialist politicians and AOC esque dudes.

I don't live in NYC anymore so I don't care at all, and Cuomo definitely sucks, but Mamdani's policies seem like something out of a freshman poli sci/econ class.  He says a 2.5-point hike in the city’s 9% corporate-income-tax rate would boost annual collections from $6.5 billion to $11.5 billion, but how does a marginal rate change nearly double receipts when corporate collections are already way smaller than individual ones in the city?  And the cost of all these new programs he's proposing is $10 billion a year, which is like a 9-10% jump on the current $115+ billion budget, but there's no contingency plan if the projected windfall falls short.  All this shit: free transit, new income surtaxes, public grocery stores, the busing rerouting, all needs approval from a state legislature that is ideologically to his right...it's too much to ask for from a guy with no political capital, experience, and compromise.  The four year rent freeze on the millions of rent-stabilized units would cap landlord revenue but it's NYC - the construction costs are super high, which will discourage maintenance and building of new property when the city needs the supply badly.  And that binding price ceiling pushes a lot of units off the market which will also deter future construction, which worsens long-run affordability - the exact opposite of what he is trying to bruteforce with these policies.   The artificial minimum wage hike always has adverse consequences -- California raised the minimum wage with their fast-food laws and all it did was shed jobs, make more automation, and raised menu prices.  It's not like you can just wave a wand and give people more money without consequences to the market.  So, then he's gonna scale what California did to a citywide wage and intensify the risk?  (Not that it has a chance in hell of getting through Albany)  NYC has a ton of small retailers operating on thin margins, this is gonna just destroy them.  You could go on and on.  People see a young, handsome, cool muslim dude saying he's a socialist and think, shit, the only reason everyone is struggling in this city is because nobody thought of all these progressive ideas.  Dude, these people are going to be so disappointed.

[Propagandhim]

Oh yeah those city-run, rent-free grocery stores would compete against taxed, rent-paying chains?  Get fucking real.    There's something called "subsidy capture" where, when demand is inelastic in housing, childcare, groceries, etc, direct subsidies often RAISE prices because suppliers capture the aid unless the supply expands at the same time.  Mamdani’s platform is very subsidies-heavy and his social-housing agency and grocery network probably won't scale fast enough to prevent that capture.  So he's got a new city income tax, rent freeze, free transit, public childcare, social-housing build-outs all coming out simultaneously - forget that it has to get through the state legislature, imagine the strain on the administrative capacity of a bureaucracy like NYC   Just focus on ONE thing, dude.

[Propagandhim]

Anyway, someone find some Nepenthe quotes.  Daddy needs to shitpost.

[Boredfrom]

The dude that fondly remembers working in Saudi Arabia bitches about the lack of free expression on the UK.

Real talk, I don’t think that group should have been arrested as repugnant as they support for Hamas is, but isn’t well known that exactly expressing this kind of support in the UK is a “nono” way before the current labor government?

[Taco Bell Tower]

BabyDontHurtMe is still not getting the invite to the Discord  :lol

[Taco Bell Tower]

Is gross how Morrigan feigns ignorance on how the forum works and that she didn’t abuse that power when she was a mod

The way she double downed was 

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/psa-everybodys-golf-hot-shots-uses-generative-ai-for-tree-and-leaf-textures-according-to-the-developers.1228062/
First post

I've never clicked "Ignore" on a Steam page so quickly

Over trees and leaves 

[Propagandhim]

Some game textures were created using generative AI with supervision and revision by the developers.
Details of this generative AI usage can be found below.
- Tree and leaf textures in the golf courses were created using AI-generated images.

No thanks, then.

Do they think every game developer has an artist that painstakingly draws every leaf in the game world?  

Why even bother doing this? These are perhaps the easiest kind of high quality textures to come by cheaply, or generate on your own.

Gee, why are they cheap?

[Polident]

In the 2000s every game had speedtree in the credits. I never looked into it, but I’m assuming it generated trees quickly. Ace branding.