Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[Uncle]

I think most of the negative press is going to come from chuds calling it woke trash

Still playing the same old stale record in the Final Trailer The Marvels thread.

The Marvels doesn't even deliver on the woke front. RE had to be like "wow, amazing how they're.... fighting inside the house of a Muslim family, this is truly amazing representation"

"absolutely LOVED the part where the muslim family's house was destroyed, looking forward to more pro-Israel sentiment from the #M-SHE-U!!!!!!"

[benji]

1699337153[/url]']
https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-your-parents-ever-insist-that-you-had-a-normal-upbringing-when-you-most-certainly-did-not.782474/

...and you had such a bad anxiety disorder that in 3rd grade you were too scared to ask where the bathroom was.....ALL YEAR. And the further in the year it got the more you were like "well now I absolutely can't ask where the bathroom is because it'll be WEIRD that we are so far into the school year and dont know" and so instead you peed your pants like 5-6 times over the course of the year and frequently danced around the room doing the "try not to pee your pants dance" while everyone was out at recess (you couldn't go to recess because you had overdue homework and just didnt go to recess like, ever the teacher actually just made you sit alone in the classroom every day for a year and your parents were never told)

...and then one time you pooped your pants and a little poop rolled out your pants leg and you didnt know what to do so you kicked it and it rolled under some other kids desk and when it was discovered that kid got sent to the nurses office and sent home

...and then ANOTHER poop came out and this time all the kids were convinced that maybe a bunny was in the classroom and pooping and everyone got up from there desks and started looking for the bunny

...and then somehow you made it to gym class with poop still in your pants and during jumping jacks another poop came out and you kicked it again and the kid jumping jacks next to you stepped on the poop and you got so scared from anxiety you threw up and got sent home but it was a blessing in disguise because now you could go home and no one ever found out about the poop but really you think people probably had their theories

is that a core memory people have or nah?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-people-actually-shower-7-days-a-week.741537/

I’m thinking the parents weren't the issue here

Doing my part for poly-pan trans awareness: https://thebore.net/re/robin.htm

[Jordi L'Engorge]

1699337153[/url]']
https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-your-parents-ever-insist-that-you-had-a-normal-upbringing-when-you-most-certainly-did-not.782474/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-people-actually-shower-7-days-a-week.741537/

I’m thinking the parents weren't the issue here

Doing my part for poly-pan trans awareness: https://thebore.net/re/robin.htm

Poll: Which of the following do you do more than the other in a given year? 
A. Shower 
B. Watch Marvel movies
C. Shake a turd down your pant leg

[Boredfrom]

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1699337153[/url]']
https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-your-parents-ever-insist-that-you-had-a-normal-upbringing-when-you-most-certainly-did-not.782474/

https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-people-actually-shower-7-days-a-week.741537/

I’m thinking the parents weren't the issue here

Doing my part for poly-pan trans awareness: https://thebore.net/re/robin.htm

TL;DW: is a humiliation fetish.

[Nintex]

November 8, 2023

To Whom It May Concern

Development of a Live-Action Film of The Legend of Zelda to Start
Nintendo Co., Ltd. (HQ: Kyoto Minami-ku; Representative Director and President: Shuntaro Furukawa, "Nintendo" hereafter) today announced that it will develop a live-action film of The Legend of Zelda.

The film will be produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, Representative Director and Fellow of Nintendo and Avi Arad, Chairman of Arad Productions Inc., who has produced many mega hit films.

The film will be produced by Nintendo and Arad Productions Inc., and directed by Wes Ball. The film will be co-financed by Nintendo and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., with more than 50% financed by Nintendo. The theatrical distribution of the film will be done worldwide by Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.

  

[benji]

[kaleidoscopium]

Wu was on the shortlist once she started building the Destiny bridge. His first and only resetera post/ban is pretty great if you haven't seen it

https://www.resetera.com/threads/twitch-has-a-racist-problem.59828/page-7#post-11099812

User Banned (Permanent): Homophobic and racial slurs have caused great pain for many members of our community and the defense of their use is not acceptable here.

Wew lads. It's really late and there are a lot of ideas running around here. I'll chime in with my two cents, but this post is gonna be pretty sloppy so bear with me.

Firstly, I am not your friendly, neighborhood progressive. If your previous view of me was that, erase that from your head right now. I do not care, intrinsically, about minorities, or women, or people, or racism, or anything like that. It is not part of my rhetoric to convince people that these things are morally bad, it is not part of my characters to be inherently concerned with these things. I believe that feminism and equal opportunities for minorities tend to produce better outcomes worldwide. This is why I end up at many of the same positions that progressives end up.

I am repeating this one more time, my internal thought process is not motivated by any pure, morally virtuous desire to help people or make people feel better.

Now that we have that out of the way, let's talk about homophobic and racial slurs.

From a personal point of view, I don't think any word, inherently, should be off limits or out of bounds. There are times when using extremely vulgar language can achieve a great effect.

This, so far, should be undeniable.

Does racist language make a person racist? Does homophobic language make a person homophobic? Not necessarily, as much as it might upset some of you to consider this.

A person using homophobic language is not necessarily homophobic, though they oftentimes are unintentionally spreading homophobia.

This seems like a meaningless distinction, but I believe there's a great deal of difference between telling someone they are unintentionally empowering homophobic people vs being a homophobic person. Maybe you don't care, but to the person receiving the message, it matters, trust me.

As a public figure who lives in a society I have to be mindful of how I speak. Ultimately the way my message is interpreted by a viewer is my responsibility, or at least I believe I have some due diligence to ensure people aren't taking away the wrong message from my speech. This is why I generally avoid things like "faggot" or other types of heavy racial humor, and it's why I've been trying to edit out things like "retarded" and "autistic" from my vocabulary. I don't like the idea that people watching me could get an idea that I am homophobic in a way they might be, and I don't like the idea that racist people could listen to me and find companionship in what I'm saying, or some kind of affirmation in their horrible worldviews. I've written about this more extensively here, if you care to read.

Do I say offensive jokes privately that I would never say on stream? You better believe it. But why, what's the difference?

I have never much been concerned with the words themselves, but rather the thoughts/ideas they can spread.

A community that openly uses the word "faggot" probably feels unwelcoming because there are still a lot of gamers (and, larger, elements of society) that still act incredibly homophobic. If a friend of mine uses "faggot" in some insulting way in a private setting, I don't generally think twice about them saying it. If a stranger uses that word, I'm very uncomfortable around them because I don't know if they're actually a homophobic person.

These distinctions may be meaningless to you, and to some extent you can argue that using racial/homophobic slurs in ANY context should be off limits, and I'm fine with tackling those arguments. I generally don't like being called "racist" or "homophobic" because I believe my body of work (can u call a utube channel that tho) speaks for itself, but if you believe that my actions help to spread homophobic thought, maybe you don't care to make the distinction.

I'm sleeping and I'll answer what I can when I wake up, and maybe even proofread/edit this if there are major fuckups.

Stay safe my children.

[Besticus Maximus]

They're all destined for the same fate, because the decentralised cult of crabs in a bucket sustains itself on e-drama and the reflected glory of being the witch hunter

They're basically creating a pipeline of people to glorify then cut down for being a garbage person, ie, being human

[kaleidoscopium]

They're all destined for the same fate, because the decentralised cult of crabs in a bucket sustains itself on e-drama and the reflected glory of being the witch hunter

They're basically creating a pipeline of people to glorify then cut down for being a garbage person, ie, being human

Yep, the one who got Destiny banned off Twitch, Keffals, was celebrated for it https://www.resetera.com/threads/destiny-streamer-permanently-banned-from-twitch-for-hateful-conduct.566623/

and now shes an enemy of incelleaf
https://www.resetera.com/threads/if-youve-been-financially-donating-to-keffals-its-probably-a-good-time-to-stop-cw-for-bigotry-and-harassment.688366/


Very very strange group the far left weirdos

[Nintex]

The ResetEra experience

[benji]

Just got back from seeing The Marvels, when the end credits came up I yelled out SUCK IT CHUDS and the other guy in the theater yelled RIGHT ON FUCK ZASLAV. So afterwards I was talking to him about how great this is going to be for society if we can get the word out through the algorithms. He said that he was just glad that the MCU continues to deliver both hardcore progressive messaging for the resistance and unparalleled quality in the craftmanship. I cautioned that he never should have had any doubt about Feige's principles. Then he said "well, I thought things were looking shaky after She-Hulk." I starred daggers at him. While checking for my hookup knife though gritted teeth I corrected him: "Wrong, She-Hulk was excellent."

[Taco Bell Tower]

1699337153[/url]']
https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-your-parents-ever-insist-that-you-had-a-normal-upbringing-when-you-most-certainly-did-not.782474/

...and you had such a bad anxiety disorder that in 3rd grade you were too scared to ask where the bathroom was.....ALL YEAR. And the further in the year it got the more you were like "well now I absolutely can't ask where the bathroom is because it'll be WEIRD that we are so far into the school year and dont know" and so instead you peed your pants like 5-6 times over the course of the year and frequently danced around the room doing the "try not to pee your pants dance" while everyone was out at recess (you couldn't go to recess because you had overdue homework and just didnt go to recess like, ever the teacher actually just made you sit alone in the classroom every day for a year and your parents were never told)

...and then one time you pooped your pants and a little poop rolled out your pants leg and you didnt know what to do so you kicked it and it rolled under some other kids desk and when it was discovered that kid got sent to the nurses office and sent home

...and then ANOTHER poop came out and this time all the kids were convinced that maybe a bunny was in the classroom and pooping and everyone got up from there desks and started looking for the bunny

...and then somehow you made it to gym class with poop still in your pants and during jumping jacks another poop came out and you kicked it again and the kid jumping jacks next to you stepped on the poop and you got so scared from anxiety you threw up and got sent home but it was a blessing in disguise because now you could go home and no one ever found out about the poop but really you think people probably had their theories

is that a core memory people have or nah?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-people-actually-shower-7-days-a-week.741537/

I’m thinking the parents weren't the issue here

I shower several times a week. I shower if I workout.

[Potato]

They've sold about 20 more tickets since the last time I checked. Still two sessions after this with literally zero tickets sold.

Either the loser who booked the single seat at the 6pm session has cancelled or someone figured two losers sitting together would be less embarrassing.

Zeo buying tickets for his alt accounts.

If ZeroVAG lived within 5000km of me, I would simply unalive myself to avoid the shame.

[Rendle]

Man, what happened to EightBitNate - did he ever come to The Bore?
Love that a poster that was active for like a decade on GAF and then ERA suddenly has a "history" where they must be permabanned.

He's in the OG bire but yeah what a stupid permanent ban just for asking a question.

Nah he knew what he was doing. After all, I was the one who told him to do it.

[kaleidoscopium]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-marvels-early-box-office-prediction-is-50-75mil-domestic-opening-presales-72-behind-quantumania.774407/page-44#post-114598559

https://twitter.com/cfsvillanueva/status/1721908747315093607?s=20

when "its short" is the first compliment...

[Averon]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-your-parents-ever-insist-that-you-had-a-normal-upbringing-when-you-most-certainly-did-not.782474/

...and you had such a bad anxiety disorder that in 3rd grade you were too scared to ask where the bathroom was.....ALL YEAR. And the further in the year it got the more you were like "well now I absolutely can't ask where the bathroom is because it'll be WEIRD that we are so far into the school year and dont know" and so instead you peed your pants like 5-6 times over the course of the year and frequently danced around the room doing the "try not to pee your pants dance" while everyone was out at recess (you couldn't go to recess because you had overdue homework and just didnt go to recess like, ever the teacher actually just made you sit alone in the classroom every day for a year and your parents were never told)

...and then one time you pooped your pants and a little poop rolled out your pants leg and you didnt know what to do so you kicked it and it rolled under some other kids desk and when it was discovered that kid got sent to the nurses office and sent home

...and then ANOTHER poop came out and this time all the kids were convinced that maybe a bunny was in the classroom and pooping and everyone got up from there desks and started looking for the bunny

...and then somehow you made it to gym class with poop still in your pants and during jumping jacks another poop came out and you kicked it again and the kid jumping jacks next to you stepped on the poop and you got so scared from anxiety you threw up and got sent home but it was a blessing in disguise because now you could go home and no one ever found out about the poop but really you think people probably had their theories

is that a core memory people have or nah?

Jesus fucking christ.

These are the people that call you an alt-right MAGA incel online. Just another example that ERA is home to middle-aged, emotionally and socially stunted weirdos with an unearned superiority complex.

[Snoopy]

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-just-watched-the-princess-bride-for-the-first-time-i-thought-it-was-very-okay.782843/

I know this is a very beloved film, but I found it to be a disappointingly run of the mill fairytale.

[bork]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-just-watched-the-princess-bride-for-the-first-time-i-thought-it-was-very-okay.782843/

I know this is a very beloved film, but I found it to be a disappointingly run of the mill fairytale.

That's what happens when you hold it to the high standards of the Marvel movies.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/is-bloodborne-a-dead-video-game-franchise.782783/#post-114590459

Pretty dead.

Niche Game
Niche Developer
Niche Genre
Niche Publisher

Why Era never shuts up about it is beyond me. There are far BETTER and MORE popular games to talk about like Dino Crisis & Jersey Devil

It's who you think it is, the Limited Run Games Ree spammer.  Did he forget Exoprimal?  That's the closest to Dino Crisis as it can get.

[AldusMoneyPenny]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/is-bloodborne-a-dead-video-game-franchise.782783/#post-114590459

Pretty dead.

Niche Game
Niche Developer
Niche Genre
Niche Publisher

Why Era never shuts up about it is beyond me. There are far BETTER and MORE popular games to talk about like Dino Crisis & Jersey Devil

It's who you think it is, the Limited Run Games Ree spammer.  Did he forget Exoprimal?  That's the closest to Dino Crisis as it can get.

Imagine continually going back to the least funny joke ever - couldn't be me

[kaleidoscopium]

1699408749[/url]']
https://www.resetera.com/threads/is-bloodborne-a-dead-video-game-franchise.782783/#post-114590459

Pretty dead.

Niche Game
Niche Developer
Niche Genre
Niche Publisher

Why Era never shuts up about it is beyond me. There are far BETTER and MORE popular games to talk about like Dino Crisis & Jersey Devil

It's who you think it is, the Limited Run Games Ree spammer.  Did he forget Exoprimal?  That's the closest to Dino Crisis as it can get.

Hey, credit where credit is due, at least he’s getting paid to post and moderate there. Most of them do it for free 😂

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/noah-schnapp-stranger-things-comes-out-as-islamophobic.782900/

The internet called out Schnapp, who had liked this post. Following the widespread circulation of the news about Noah Schnapp's like on Noa Tishby's post, internet users swiftly expressed their disapproval of the 19-year-old actor.

Before this, Schnapp's comment about 7 October was widely condemned, where he said Hamas only values "murdering Israelis more than protecting their own." He added that people either support Israel or they "stand with terrorism. It shouldn't be a difficult choice. Shame on you."

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-ongoing-israel-palestine-conflict-news-thread-see-staff-posts-for-posting-guidelines.772478/page-187#post-114598007

this is the most hilarious thing I've seen this week.

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/noah-schnapp-stranger-things-comes-out-as-islamophobic.782900/

The internet called out Schnapp, who had liked this post. Following the widespread circulation of the news about Noah Schnapp's like on Noa Tishby's post, internet users swiftly expressed their disapproval of the 19-year-old actor.

Before this, Schnapp's comment about 7 October was widely condemned, where he said Hamas only values "murdering Israelis more than protecting their own." He added that people either support Israel or they "stand with terrorism. It shouldn't be a difficult choice. Shame on you."

He was soon trolled on social media, as people argued that he did not look at decades of issues that resulted in Hamas' attack.

Imagine ending your article with that shit...

[Boredfrom]

IDF propaganda is struggling far more this time around than any other point I can remember. Israel certainly lost the sympathy and support from the younger generation, and they know it. Younger millennials and certainly generation Z aren't nearly as susceptible to IDF propaganda, and the IDF knows it. Which is why you see them flailing about to see what sticks.

I think anti semitism mixed with how terrible Netanyahu is helping a lot. Not mention that Israel citizens seem more concerned about liberating hostages right now than another war.  

Of course, that the some of the younger generation are stupid idiots that support a terrorist organizations because social media buzzwords should also be cause of concern.

How fucking deranged do you have to be to willingly make something like this, and then broadcast it out.

Vile, racist - totally disgusting

[kaleidoscopium]

It's a bummer so much pressure is on this movie. It's the opposite of Captain Marvel, a totally fine movie coasting on the MCU's powerful pop culture energy. This one is getting the exact, equally undeserved, treatment.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-marvels-social-media-reactions.782906/#post-114607922

[Boredfrom]

Yes. Their propaganda is like if it was made by some edgelord from 4chan.

t's actually from Israel's version of SNL...notice it's in english not in hebrew. I wonder why?

They are clearly much more concerned with their international propaganda than the national. They have a level of scrutiny that's very unexpected for them and don't really know how to control it (apart from killing press and all that, of course).

They are like a spoiled child who is criticized for the first time. It's pathetic.

Gilo kills me in how much he judges other maturity while posting shit like this:

After the Mario movie, I have faith in Nintendo overseeing this. It has been my favorite animated film of 2023.

You must have not seen that many Animated Films this year then.

Oh, on the contrary, just last week I saw The Boy and the Heron and I saw Across the Spider-verse the week it opened.

I just disliked them.

Yeah, it's the official State of Israel Twitter account. Their posts are surprisingly unprofessional for an official account.

That I agree, but is not like RE doesnt love unprofessional shit posts when they agree politics wise. Dont you agree, Brandon?  

[BIONIC]

Listen up, you want to snipe at me? Fine, I can handle it. I've dealt with worse than all of you in my real life. I've been threatened, had my tires slashed on multiple occasions, you name it. There's almost nothing you can say to really hurt me. However, you do not get to do that to anyone on staff. Ever. Especially totally unprompted.

I don't care if it's in this thread or any other thread on this site. So long as I'm here, this doesn't go. We clear?

User Threadbanned


This was literally 8 posts ago. You're either welcoming criticism, or you aren't. Also, I am aware of the irony of getting banned for criticizing a ResetEra staff member by pointing out the hypocrisy of someone getting banned for criticizing a ResetEra staff member.

Lmao

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Post dump of cock gobblin’ and mod ‘woe is me’ing from constructive:

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

Adding on to this, often the qualities looked for in mods go beyond just being active members of the community. A good moderation team has to have a mix of qualities and experiences, with mods who are good at being the facing aspect, and mods who do good work behind the scenes. Mods who are good in a general sense, and mods who are exceptional when it comes to specific topics or areas. Everyone has their own strengths, and from experience of having been staff, the more unique strengths you have, the better.

Safe to say, it is very disheartening to see Fairy Godmother get called out like this. She is a good person and doesn't deserve that. Sniping at random members of staff like that for no reason is very counterproductive and hurtful, and does the opposite of whatever good you might think you intended.

most likely the ban is by a different staff member…

that member’s post is not remotely constructive.

There have been plenty of people who have made critiques of staff in this thread before with zero issues. Barging in here just to namedrop and shame a staff member unprompted just makes the thread shittier and staff less likely to want to interact with it.

That's hardly criticism though, is it? It's just attacking another member.

Long post incoming… sorry to everyone in advance:

Not gonna dogpile on you cuz you have been cool in the past but yeeeaaaahhhhhh that wasn't a good thing to post. Wayyyy back in this thread, I actually had a good talk with [USER=16]Hecht[/USER] about mod's and their mental health. You gotta be really chill and supportive of them. I ain't saying you can't criticize but you gotta be chill. Can you imagine the mental strain it must be to be a mod on Era? I mean seriously. Just think about it. Sometimes it's cool on Era and then there's other days where's there's drama and chaos. Most of us are just regular posters. We ain't gonna deal with discussing whether a thread should be locked or a topic should be banned or other serious stuff. The mods and other staff actually gotta deal with that stuff. Just imagine the mental pressure that is. I'm a simple guy. My brain just melts just thinking of it lol

And you know what I do if I was a mod? I would actually make a separate account and I would call myself "The Grim Reaper" and my avatar would be a skeleton holding a scythe. I would barely post but when I did… it would only be to say: "Nah. Thread locked". That's ALL I would say. So give [USER=17063]Fairy Godmother[/USER]  a break. If that's her style of being a mod then that's her style.

On a side note…. Actually [USER=1995]Nepenthe[/USER]  and [USER=143]B-Dubs[/USER]  are often the punching bags for drama and bullcrap and that ain't right. I've been meaning to say this for a loooong time but I always noticed that those two are almost always brought up in a negative way when drama happens. They ain't the president of this site. They're just regular people who are mods and people oughta be more considerate of their feelings. I never liked how those two have caught attacks in the past. I always kept my mouth shut cuz I didn't wanna get dragged into a fight or have some jerk say: "Mediking, shut up. You just wanna kiss up and be friends with the mods!" And that ain't true. I've been banned before. I know how it feels. It ain't a good feeling. You just gotta own up to your mistakes and actions and try to find a resolution. Still doesn't change the fact that mods are people and just humans like the rest of us. They deserve human decency and fairness.

Okay. Sorry for the super long speech/rant. If anybody read all that… thanks lol I hope I didn't say nothing crazy or offensive. That wasn't my attention. There's actually even more I wanna say but I don't wanna go down the meta commentary route and get hit with a threadban sooooooo I'll shut up here. I'm sitting on my hands lol

I appreciate the reminder that I am, in fact, a human being with thoughts and feelings behind this account haha. Although I will actually say I feel like the forum by and large has calmed down. We haven't had any large issues or flare-ups in awhile that have gotten out of control, and that's due in part to both staffers and members. We've clarified many of the major rules and found methods of working that are consistent and sensible, and members have done very well in reporting issues, approaching us with respect, and honestly just self-regulating themselves (It's as I say; the majority of people here are just here to hang out and post versus start trouble or try to assert themselves in a presumed pecking order). Once the bad actors who are trying to come at staff's throats are removed, things are largely civil! Who would've thought?!

As someone who was a moderator in a community that at its peak was probably larger than Era, I definitely understand the stress that moderators go through when running a place like this one. It's not easy, specially when it's something you do voluntarily without any monetary compensation, so I have major respect for anyone who chooses to take on a role like this one. Even with warnings and bans being visible, I cannot even imagine what you people go through backstage.

Part of the problem we've had is that, early in the site's life, that there were various groups of people who thought trying to burn the place down if they didn't get their way was acceptable behavior. Like Nepenthe says, those types are largely gone at this point and things are a lot more chill as a result. There are people who left as a result of that crap, as a result of the insane stress, who would be shocked at how much calmer things are these days. That said, a lot of moderators, probably myself included, have a lot of emotional trauma from some of the crap you all put us through over the years.

Not going to lie, there was a lot of assholes, bigots, control freaks, and toxic personalities that needed pruning in those early days. Most of you will never know the extent to which some of these people were toxic, there's shit I found out about that still keeps me up at night sometimes. Truly reprehensible shit I seen over the years.

I  think people don't get that kiwifarms / 4chan stuff is just one face of internet fuckery and how obsessive people can get over shit online.    Someone that could come off as a decent person or fun to talk to could at their truest be some hyper obsessive person digging through post history finding connects through socials returning to whatever nests they call "home" 

It really sucks how much tend to look for things to be mad about instead of enjoy,  but it's easier to get a social high off being angry and letting raw emotion flow.  Straight up seen post of people proudly saying stuff along the lines of oh such and such has no dirt but there is bound to be some it has to come out sometime.    Shit sucks.     

Anyways my point is people don't see the effect said people have on staff really either through dms or abusing the report system

It's not just kiwifarms and 4chan. You can be leftwing and be a totally toxic dipshit. This is what people don't seem to get and how a lot of these people are able to hide in plain sight.

Yeah that's what I was trying to imply.  So many people are in a gloomy state and that's fair but it leads to people just latching onto whoever agrees with them then spirals into feedback loops or oversharing and it gets really bad when said thing SHOULD be about something to make positive change or concern for others and the people talking about it start getting the fucking savior / judge personality over it leading to obsessions or inciting mob mentality.  It's annoying as fuck to deal with and I dont envy the staff at all

I’m glad things have gotten better from the past. You two always…always….ALWAYS caught the most heat for stuff. I never liked it. I always wanted to say something but I had to catch myself cuz I might end up causing more problems than helping. I don’t wanna make another long post and be seen as THAT guy but…keep up the good work. And that’s not just to y’all two specifically but to the rest of the mod squad too. And before someone goes: “Mediking, please.” I don’t always see eye to eye with mods and their decisions either. Sometimes I see stuff go down and I don’t say a word. Why? Cuz usually it’s not worth it and it’s just the Internet at the end of the day.

And is Era perfect? No. And that’s fine. It’s literally borderline impossible to please every single person here. It’s just not realistic. So people gotta come to terms with reality and just let it go.

Okay. I’m gonna sit on my hands again lol gotta stop. I do not wanna be known as the guy who posts super long and people start ignoring what I gotta say.

[Boredfrom]

Part of the problem we've had is that, early in the site's life, that there were various groups of people who thought trying to burn the place down if they didn't get their way was acceptable behavior. Like Nepenthe says, those types are largely gone at this point and things are a lot more chill as a result. There are people who left as a result of that crap, as a result of the insane stress, who would be shocked at how much calmer things are these days. That said, a lot of moderators, probably myself included, have a lot of emotional trauma from some of the crap you all put us through over the years.

Not going to lie, there was a lot of assholes, bigots, control freaks, and toxic personalities that needed pruning in those early days. Most of you will never know the extent to which some of these people were toxic, there's shit I found out about that still keeps me up at night sometimes. Truly reprehensible shit I seen over the years.

He says all this while thinking the site is getting better.

I imagine some people will take your side if you were more more open about those people than silently banning or lepering them, and they come back like nothing happened to tell us about how they used to shit their pants at grade school.