Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

[Boredfrom]

This must be a relationship: we will be happy to work with you, but it cannot and will not be on terms we consider hostile. This is a give-and-take.

“I disagree with this.”

“Hostile action detected!”  

Furthermore, if you think a staff member is directly targeting you, we highly implore you to send in a ticket.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Thin purple line.

[Uncle]

on behalf of benjamin I went through the whole process of checking if the rules apply to thebire.com...

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/pornography/adults-only-what-to-do-if-your-online-service-allows-pornography

and at the end of everything it just said... "unclear"

what the fuck? don't you know if the rules should or shouldn't apply to a site?

UK be like "ok this site hosts a questionable image, are we going to fine them" and the regulatory bodies just shrug

Without looking I'm going to assume it's like the EU laws and doesn't apply to me because I'm a single person, our traffic is so low and no money is made from it. For example, I don't have to comply with the GDPR.

from what I recall it asked me no questions about the size of the site, it was things like do you allow user-generated content, is the content more than just emoji reactions, are you literally based in the UK, are you affiliated with a government body etc.

[benji]

LexCorp has generally operated like that. And it's not just because Luthor tends to kill people instead of firing them, they're usually depicted as believing that Luthor truly is great.

I imagined this could be the case.

In the earlier post-Crisis years, up until a few years after his death, the Lexcorp people are often depicted as believing Luthor's war against Superman is entirely justified versus say their bosses weird obsession. You can see it as early as Superman #2 from 1987. And some of that is because Superman has just shown up in Metropolis not long before, while Luthor and LexCorp are the core of the city. Byrne's runs and the immediate ones after sort of show Luthor's empire crumbling as it consumes him and pulls LexCorp in with him. Luthor becomes blind to other threats and LexCorp becomes about existing to supply his obsession. It sort of reinforces that Luthor promotes those, like Happersen, who blindly believe in the boss's taking down Superman versus like, making sure it's an actual company that sells stuff. The company contracts with people who have anti-Superman schemes or whatever rather than legitimate business, etc. This is part of why Talia and others eventually wind up running LexCorp.

[Greatness Gone]

Furthermore, if you think a staff member is directly targeting you, we highly implore you to send in a ticket. These will be looked at by the team as a whole- from the initial interaction between the staff and member, to any and all reports related to the situation, to who handled any particular infraction- in order to determine if it would be reasonable to believe that retaliation was in play. 

   they will never ever ever ever ever do this be so fucking for real right now

[kaleidoscopium]

The brits in my company slack channel just called for everyone to delete their bluesky accounts. She's trans and says its no longer a safe place for the LGBTQ+ people in the UK.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bluesky-uk-will-require-age-verification-id-face-scan-payment-card-starting-july-25-to-be-able-to-use-bluesky-without-restrictions.1240776/page-5#post-142568808

Why is this something being discussed on work channels...?

[benji]

The ticket system, ultimately, was the compromise here and it was a collective community failure to not utilize this system.

Maybe it's because you ban people who use it?

[SpicyCannoli]

Again a "buwuwuw i'm just a smoll bean" deflection from staff instead of taking accountability lmao. The clown show will never end 

[benji]

The amount of gaslighting in that message about how the staff communicate to the users is incredible. They literally do not and never have. I don't think they've ever once asked "here's a problem, what do you think we should do about it?" Let alone held any kind of public discussion about it.

[JoeBoy101]

staff have a right on this forum to make a decision- even an unpopular one- and stick to it if we've come to an internal consensus about an ongoing situation.

Mods are literally saying the silent part.

“Even if all the other users disagree, we’re holding the line.”

There’s not even translucency here, it’s the Iron Curtain. 

“Yes, we all got together on this. Yes, we all agree to it. No, nobody has to explain themselves. No, there’s no record on the ‘consensus’.”

“And if you disagree with any decisions or even have a mod abusing you, please use the quiet, private ticket system that no users can see and we can easily ignore to appeal to some random, whom might be the very mod you are accusing/complaining about.”

I’m supposed to trust Queen Nep with a utopia and this is the form of government she has helped develop?

[Uncle]

These idiots are so fucking dense with regards the porn ban in the UK, there’s good reason for it imho, I’m no prude (and lol at them acting all prudish when they’re on Era, the kings of being prudes) but there’s hard evidence to show how the rampant access to porn is affecting kids these days with how they act, proper porn sites have age verification and it’s only right that social media sites (like Bluesky etc) should have such restrictions, if you’re upset about this because it’s where you get your degenerate porn (anime/shit melody posts) then fucking shame on you, kids shouldn’t be seeing this type of stuff and you’re a pervert for sharing it.

I don't think you understand the age verification put in place here, this isn't "all sites require a little splash screen where you click yes I'm over 18," if I understand correctly it's an official process that inextricably ties you personally to the use of the site, that stays on file

it would be trivial to expand this system to anything else you do, legal activities for which there's no reason there shouldn't be an expectation of privacy

the state could one day decide that any given activity is suddenly questionable, illegal, represents transphobia or anti-globalist sentiment, and due to your real ID verification, haul you in for questioning

it's not about the porn, it's about the nanny state deciding what you can and can't do

[StandingOvation]

LexCorp has generally operated like that. And it's not just because Luthor tends to kill people instead of firing them, they're usually depicted as believing that Luthor truly is great.

I imagined this could be the case.

In the earlier post-Crisis years, up until a few years after his death, the Lexcorp people are often depicted as believing Luthor's war against Superman is entirely justified versus say their bosses weird obsession. You can see it as early as Superman #2 from 1987. And some of that is because Superman has just shown up in Metropolis not long before, while Luthor and LexCorp are the core of the city. Byrne's runs and the immediate ones after sort of show Luthor's empire crumbling as it consumes him and pulls LexCorp in with him. Luthor becomes blind to other threats and LexCorp becomes about existing to supply his obsession. It sort of reinforces that Luthor promotes those, like Happersen, who blindly believe in the boss's taking down Superman versus like, making sure it's an actual company that sells stuff. The company contracts with people who have anti-Superman schemes or whatever rather than legitimate business, etc. This is part of why Talia and others eventually wind up running LexCorp.

Alright Slayven, calm down love

[kaleidoscopium]

They aren't allowed to question moderation nor can they put moderators on ignore, otherwise Slayven would be out of a job 

[JoeBoy101]

The amount of gaslighting in that message about how the staff communicate to the users is incredible. They literally do not and never have. I don't think they've ever once asked "here's a problem, what do you think we should do about it?" Let alone held any kind of public discussion about it.

Of course not, public discussion is dangerous. That’s why all their discussion is private.

Like their list of banned sites.
And their list of banned creators.
And their list of banned/actioned games.
And their list of bannable offenses.
And their list of rule changes.

A truly open and accountable governing group there.

[StandingOvation]

94 user active, lets see how that goes.

[Boredfrom]

I imagined this could be the case.

In the earlier post-Crisis years, up until a few years after his death, the Lexcorp people are often depicted as believing Luthor's war against Superman is entirely justified versus say their bosses weird obsession. You can see it as early as Superman #2 from 1987. And some of that is because Superman has just shown up in Metropolis not long before, while Luthor and LexCorp are the core of the city. Byrne's runs and the immediate ones after sort of show Luthor's empire crumbling as it consumes him and pulls LexCorp in with him. Luthor becomes blind to other threats and LexCorp becomes about existing to supply his obsession. It sort of reinforces that Luthor promotes those, like Happersen, who blindly believe in the boss's taking down Superman versus like, making sure it's an actual company that sells stuff. The company contracts with people who have anti-Superman schemes or whatever rather than legitimate business, etc. This is part of why Talia and others eventually wind up running LexCorp.

Alright Slayven, calm down love

Slayven would throw some perceived racial slight just to hide how much of DC fan he is.

[Besticus Maximus]

94 user active, lets see how that goes.

Everyone wants to know what Jeff thinks

[HaughtyFrank]

The fact of the matter is, ResetEra is not what it was when it first started. Many of the systems in place and even the harsher way we dish out bans is literally in direct response to member feedback, and that must be acknowledged as true if this situation is to resolve amicably and we are to move forward together.

"We decided to listen to the most crazy and unhinged members on this forum, so it's actually your fault that we ban so many people."

We will absolutely be looking for reports and tickets, as this is what we expect from members. Any issue with a staff decision should be handled through the proper channels. In the case of a massive negative response such as this, it will be imperative on us to send a personalized response that properly addresses the issue, whether that be to individual reports and tickets or with a staff post within the relevant thread as a whole. This is what you expect from us. It will be imperative on all of us to uphold our ends of the deal.

"We can barely handle the current amount of tickets and often just give copy pasted replies or close the ticket without a word. This is something that happens despite us also admitting that relatively few members make use of the ticket system."

[benji]

I overpost about the administrative tasks of this place and include endless opportunities for public feedback about things nobody actually cares about in part because of how Era does things and has always done things. My goal isn't that you agree, it's very funny that the staff there have to explain that people are allowed to not agree with decisions, it's that you understand my decision making and what I am valuing when making them. 

If literally everybody said "no don't do this" on a topic I would have to really think about what I was intending to do, but if it's really mixed as normal then literally all I can do is hope that those on the opposite side of the decision understand why I'm making the one I am so they can trust that in the future they may be on the same side as me.

They don't do any of this. We can't even know if it's happening in staff discussion or if it's B-Dubs telling anybody who doesn't want a dice roll button to eat his ass. Once the party line is adopted they all cling to it and refuse to admit there's any differences of opinion. They will refuse to explain anything but write you endless essays about how hard they work and how hard everything is for them. It's less respectful than saying "this was the decision, shutting the fuck up is free." Then when people show the impetus to try and work with them, they not just ignore the feedback but then they threaten and ban anyone who puts themselves out there.

Morrigan should definitely not be threadbanned, she's obviously trolling, but she has the experience of the position and is copying other people's issues enough that you have to address these. Not just lock the thread, ban her and tell everyone else to shut the fuck up.

Then, of course, they pretend the whole issue is the DK bans while openly admitting throughout the message that the actual problem is the continued refusal of the staff to communicate before announcing that they won't be communicating any further because the people they don't communicate with don't understand that they should not be complaining ever.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/did-you-know-that-dolphins-be-beefing-with-everything-in-the-ocean.1241706/#post-142566777

I had an argument with an 8 year old about how dolphins are assholes. He got so heated because he really likes dolphins.

We’ll never find a more quintessentially resetera post than this 

Imagine posting on a video game forum you got into a heated argument with a 8yo 

[benji]

Imagine posting on a video game forum you got into a heated argument with a 8yo 

Imagining owning a dumb eight year old about dolphins and not telling people about your victory.

[BIONIC]

User threadbanned: Breaking thread rules

It's fitting that an ordeal about writing and reading comprehension would be capped by a staff post promising to lock the thread if ban litigations continue, "after which, any additional litigations will be met with threadbans", and then threadbanning Morrigan before the actual threadlock.

Recent staff posts are also operating under a distinctly loose definition of brigading. Many users coming to the same conclusion that a moderator action was dumb does not require coordination - just the moderator action being obviously and spectacularly dumb.

[Boredfrom]

ERA user: “Dolphins are rapists!”

8 year old: “What is a rapist?”.

ERA user: “is not my job to educate you.”

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-announces-35-tariffs-on-canada-starting-aug-1.1241094/#post-142543119

My disaster senecio is these tariffs cause people to lose their jobs. Angry people will be at home getting radicalized by social media. Then they will demand becoming the 51st state. Once that happens, Trump will not grant naturalized Canadian citizens (like myself) and Canadian PRs with US citizenship unless they have a birth certificate from Canada or an few other countries he likes. Then he will let ICE lose in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver to take our property and send us to camps or to the countries we were born in or a third country which is a death sentence.

I am so scared thinking of this. I have not been able to function properly since he got re-elected. I am heart broken and full anxiety all the time. I don't trust people being good anymore. Everyday is some other misery.

[kaleidoscopium]

Just noticed Embiid caught a ban, anyone see why/what for?

[Taco Bell Tower]

Just noticed Embiid caught a ban, anyone see why/what for?

Supporting the Microsoft genocide by happily posting he's a Game Pass user.  

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cancel-your-game-pass.1234761/page-9#post-142264041

User banned (1 month): Hostility and inflammatory commentary in a sensitive thread over multiple posts. Prior bans for similar behavior.

You literally said everyone has a line, and this ain't yours. "This" is genocide, so I'm not sure what you dont understand. You didn't imply shit, you stated it as fact.

Embiid

Holy shit my man, go fuck yourself

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Official Staff Communication:

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-announces-35-tariffs-on-canada-starting-aug-1.1241094/#post-142543119

My disaster senecio is these tariffs cause people to lose their jobs. Angry people will be at home getting radicalized by social media. Then they will demand becoming the 51st state. Once that happens, Trump will not grant naturalized Canadian citizens (like myself) and Canadian PRs with US citizenship unless they have a birth certificate from Canada or an few other countries he likes. Then he will let ICE lose in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver to take our property and send us to camps or to the countries we were born in or a third country which is a death sentence.

I am so scared thinking of this. I have not been able to function properly since he got re-elected. I am heart broken and full anxiety all the time. I don't trust people being good anymore. Everyday is some other misery.

Man, I have to award huge points for creativity. This guy has definitely thought this through, usually they don't do any and just gesture broadly.

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Anyone who continues to use Twitter Era from this point on is in agreement with Nazis staff.

"But all my friends are here!" move to a new forum
"But this is where all my video game news and discussion is!" move to a new forum

Once you move and your friends move others will follow.

[Propagandhim]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cancel-your-game-pass.1234761/




Did you read the OP?  Why is your forum still using Microsoft ads?