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

[Hap Shaughnessy]

The article has been completely rewritten.

This story has been updated to add new information.

It originally said:

The violinist's lawsuit further alleges that Smith had been "grooming and priming" him "for further sexual exploitation" since meeting in November 2024, given they "began spending additional time alone" in the months before the tour. Joseph claims Smith at one point commented: "You and I have such a special connection, that I don't have with anyone else."

[HaughtyFrank]

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-are-male-antiheroes-in-media-worshiped-when-it-should-be-the-opposite.1395385/
It's exactly what you think it is.

[Snoopy]

[filler]

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/top-ukrainian-azov-commander-datzik-poses-with-a-black-russian-pow-he-has-holding-a-banana.1395664/#post-149568949

Yes Azoz sucks, and they're also a tiny percentage of the fighting force in Ukraine. What conclusion are we to draw?

That if a nazi sits down on a full table and no one gets up from it, you have a table full of nazis.

[Uncle]

wasn't that the part of the whole trumped up reason putin used to invade in the first place? that ukraine had growing nazi sentiment?

now era is agreeing with this?

[Uncle]

I like the op of that thread

I'm genuinely curious what people on here think about this? I can't be the only one that finds it weird and confusing how no one talks about the world basically funding a Brigade linked to far-right neo nazis. Just to make it clear, I'm not some kind of Russia or Putin supporter; I just find this weird and confusing.

"I was told thing is good but now seeing pictures that thing is bad?? but I thought thing was good?? how can anything ever have shades of grey"

[Boredfrom]

wasn't that the part of the whole trumped up reason putin used to invade in the first place? that ukraine had growing nazi sentiment?

now era is agreeing with this?

Because is Putin’s BS that not even ERA buys?

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-bds-movement-calls-for-a-boycott-of-xbox-and-microsoft-gaming-products-over-its-parent-companys-complicity-in-the-genocide-in-gaza.1155057/page-29#post-149395909

What the fuck, why is this not stickied anymore?

Damn wtf!

I guess goty discourse is more important than actual genocide

Friendly reminder that Microsoft is still as complicit now as they were since the last post in here.

Should still be stickied.

Do we have an official statement from staff on the reasoning behind the unstickying this thread?

The thing is stickies can help initially but eventually they just blend into the background and people stop noticing or paying attention to the threads. It's been stickied for roughly eight months. We're still going to be adding the reply banners to threads on Xbox announcements and games and whatnot, nothing has changed there. Unsticking the thread doesn't change that. We aren't locking it, we aren't throwing it in the vault where no one can post in it, it's just time is all.

It's just, anyone can see the thread isn't as active as it was, we've hit the point of diminishing returns on how effective the sticky is, and there's other threads that could benefit from a temporary sticky.

Still think this should be stickied

I get this reasoning, but why wasn't this communicated initially when it was first unstickied? The reaction was predictable.

The reaction is 100% justified. We dropped the ball on that, and for that I personally apologize. But you've got my word that I'm not going to let this be silenced. I've been a part of this fight from the beginning and I'm going to make damn sure it's not quieted or swept under the rug.

You've done an amazing job and I'm very happy you're here fighting this ass that ass anyone else.

I've gone back and forth on how I wanted to respond to this.

I'll try to be reasonable, if what Transistor wrote is true, that MS/Xbox threads will still get tagged with BDS reply banners, then I guess it's fine.

I can't help but feel like it should remain stickied. I disagree with Johnny Blaze Xadra and 404LinkNotFound

If sticking a thread kills the discussion, why sticky any of them? Is it killing the GOTY voting discussion in the currently stickied threads? Are those topics more important than Microsoft directly aiding on ongoing genocide?

Will this thread get closed if people try to bump it without a new article or link? Will those replies receive warnings? It seems like this thread could easily be forgotten.

edit:

less than 20 minutes, already off the front page.

True.

Only reason I popped in here was because it *wasn't* stickied.

The real question is why there isn't a thread like this in Off-Topic that targets Microsoft products in general. You know, the *real* money makers instead of poor old Xbox :(

Transistor, I've seen you bash Microsoft for this in almost every single relevant thread, and I expect you to continue to be just as visible as ever on that front.

You've done nothing but good!

Also, since they really haven't changed their ways and this thread has some eyeballs on it, I feel like an obligatory FUCK MICROSOFT is warranted.

It's actually insane that it's still fucking ongoing. It's infuriating.

This entire goddamn world infuriates me on the daily and it sometimes feels like there will never be any accountability for the shit that's been transpiring lately...

So again, thanks to those of you who relentlessly remind us of how fucking wrong this all is and that we should never grow accustomed to and/or accept the madness.

I guess I just believe that one of the worlds largest gaming/tech companies directly supporting an ongoing genocide is a topic worthy of being pinned to the front page of one of the most popular gaming forums.

Edit:

Already down to page 5

If I'm being honest, this is starting to really bother me but I'm trying not to overreact and catch a ban. I guess I'll just say I hope the people who were tired of being reminded of that "pesky little genocide thing" are happy.

Also, so much for that "this will increase thread traffic" theory

Edit 2: page 6 and falling

Bump for visibility's sake.

There should be a way to float threads to a random slot on the first page rather than sticky them on top where their static presence gradually fades them into background noise.

Now we're gonna have to do that manually.

Maybe we should just post for bumping everyday.. If a lot of us end up doing it daily, I say it will stay at the front page for a while.

Just bumping the thread.

Fuck Microsoft

Maybe we should just post for bumping everyday.. If a lot of us end up doing it daily, I say it will stay at the front page for a while.

Sounds good to me.

Fuck Microsoft.

Doing my part.

Fuck Microsoft.

Muck Ficrosoft.

microsoft can suck my ass

Maybe we should just post for bumping everyday.. If a lot of us end up doing it daily, I say it will stay at the front page for a while.

Yes.

There's that productive discussion we love.

[filler]

lol at people doubting that ukrainians are racist 

[Boredfrom]

I'm genuinely curious what people on here think about this? I can't be the only one that finds it weird and confusing how no one talks about the world basically funding a Brigade linked to far-right neo nazis. Just to make it clear, I'm not some kind of Russia or Putin supporter; I just find this weird and confusing.

This is bait.

[Daffy Duck]

The fact that so many folks on the internet are mourning over Eleven proves that the Duffer's didn't quite realize how much that character resonated with folks, especially the Tumblr/neuro divergent crowd . If they knew, they probably would have focused on her character more rather than just a plot device.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

There's that productive discussion we love.

"Doing my part."

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-bds-movement-calls-for-a-boycott-of-xbox-and-microsoft-gaming-products-over-its-parent-companys-complicity-in-the-genocide-in-gaza.1155057/page-29#post-149395909

The thing is stickies can help initially but eventually they just blend into the background and people stop noticing or paying attention to the threads. It's been stickied for roughly eight months. We're still going to be adding the reply banners to threads on Xbox announcements and games and whatnot, nothing has changed there. Unsticking the thread doesn't change that. We aren't locking it, we aren't throwing it in the vault where no one can post in it, it's just time is all.

It's just, anyone can see the thread isn't as active as it was, we've hit the point of diminishing returns on how effective the sticky is, and there's other threads that could benefit from a temporary sticky.

So that explains why they unstickied this 
https://www.resetera.com/threads/our-gaming-hardware-is-linked-to-slave-labour-concentration-camps-and-genocide-heres-what-to-do-about-it.386693/

[benji]

There's that productive discussion we love.

"Doing my part."

Hey, why didn't you say "Fuck Microsoft"? Aren't you against genocide?

[Uncle]

[Snoopy]

Threads always become entertaining when the history detectives arrive

Lmao I just woke up.. Plz tell me what I posted? What right jabs? And my account has always been private. Going through my post history from years ago is weird af.

It isn't, it's a public forum that has a search function. Idk where you and other people get off on calling it weird when people confirm your and theirs prior posting, happens every time someone gets caught out lmao.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/top-ukrainian-azov-commander-datzik-poses-with-a-black-russian-pow-he-has-holding-a-banana.1395664/page-3

[Potato]

lol at people doubting that ukrainians are racist 

Eastern Europe is a hive of multiculturalism, just like East Asia. They love them some brown and black people. 

[DavidCroquet]

Wasn’t transistor also posting with glee about Halo or some shit extremely recently? What did he do that merits all the back pats in the MS genocide thread (jk I know it’s just posting “fuck ms” every couple days)

[BIONIC]

Wasn’t transistor also posting with glee about Halo or some shit extremely recently? What did he do that merits all the back pats in the MS genocide thread (jk I know it’s just posting “fuck ms” every couple days)

Too lazy to go through my post history, but him and other cishet white male admin ghostcrew or whatever were literally promoting a Halo MCC Steam sale within literal days of going all performative in the MS genocide thread. Eggsistor also seemingly bought an Xbox Rog Ally or whatever it’s called and his great act of defiance was installing Linux on it instead of Windows despite already you know putting money in Bill Gate’s pocket

[HaughtyFrank]

Fucking Hamas fan Shoot is all concerned about Azov

I can see that this is a very difficult subject for this forum. People take any criticism of Azov as an attack on Ukraine and get hyper defensive and start hurling accusations and insults at the poster rather than engage with the issue itself. Nazis are either a small part of the Ukrainian army that can be easily removed or they aren't.

As for why we should care, our tax dollars are funding a group that hates us non-white people and has trained American and European white nationalists to come back and harm us.

The solution is for donor countries to force Ukraine to remove Azov. That's it. No one is calling for the abandonment of Ukraine here. And no, this doesn't need to wait until the war ends. Based on what people have said in this thread Azov is a very small part of the army.

Just a note that I will not be replying to people who insult me and do bad faith accusations.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/top-ukrainian-azov-commander-datzik-poses-with-a-black-russian-pow-he-has-holding-a-banana.1395664/post-149572804

The solution is for donor countries to force Ukraine to remove Azov.

Yeah, wish we could do that with Hamas too, bro

[Alpacx]

 https://bsky.app/profile/leighalexander.bsky.social/post/3mbgx2q6z7c25

[Uncle]

did miss leigh forget that elon immediately had buyer's remorse and freaked out and tried to back out of the deal

[kaleidoscopium]

Feel like these people don’t actually use Twitter to know that it’s fine, more stable and active than bluesky that’s for sure

[Alpacx]

Feel like these people don’t actually use Twitter to know that it’s fine, more stable and active than bluesky that’s for sure

But it's not the lefty bubble it was before Elon bought it. Saying, "humans can't change sex" isn't even bannable! Complete Nazi site not banning wrongthink.

[DavidCroquet]

 https://bsky.app/profile/leighalexander.bsky.social/post/3mbgx2q6z7c25

Yeah, the rousing sucesses of the Arab Spring really has the Ruling Class (ed note: whites??? double-check on this...) terrified.

Key Outcomes by Country/Region

Tunisia: Successful transition to democracy, though it faced ongoing challenges with economic stability and political polarization.

Egypt: Overthrew Mubarak but saw a return to military-backed rule under Sisi, with increased suppression and economic hardship.

Libya, Syria, Yemen: Uprisings devolved into protracted civil wars, causing state collapse, massive refugee crises, and immense loss of life.

Bahrain: Protests were violently suppressed, leading to increased government crackdown on opposition.

Other Nations: Some governments offered minor reforms or benefits to quell unrest, while others, like Saudi Arabia, remained largely unaffected.

[kaleidoscopium]

The image in the OP is messed up on a few different levels. On the first, it is blatant racism from a person who is literally a neo-nazi, on another it is literally coming from an actual Russian propaganda account that is trying to justify the ethnic cleansing of an entire people. Between that and the OP's replies, it is clear the thread was not made in good faith and so it is being locked.

However, just because of where it came from does not mean we should dismiss the actual racism, and pretend that it is not incredibly bigoted and hurtful. The situation these people are going through does not give them the right to be racist and a bunch of people are posting as if it does and that is not ok.

Basically, this thread is gross all around and we're going to be going through it and issuing bans. Come on guys, be better.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/top-ukrainian-azov-commander-datzik-poses-with-a-black-russian-pow-he-has-holding-a-banana.1395664/page-4#post-149578312

1 month ban for the OP, that’ll teach em b dumbs

[Snoopy]

For shame. Telling a bunch of autist vegetables to be better sounds like ableist rhetoric. Nep 1 month ban please.

[NekoFever]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/physical-copies-of-star-wars-racer-revenge-for-ps4-are-currently-skyrocketing-in-price-due-to-them-allowing-a-new-ps5-jailbreak-to-execute-properly.1395733/

I just know someone is going to try and go to the limited run game store and try to buy every copy they have so they can flip it.

Someone, huh?