It's been down for a day, and may be down for a few more. Looks like "Just build your own Internet" isn't a viable option for internet communists, everyone must learn of their peaceful ways by force.
Trying to get to Saidit redirects you to Saidit's Subreddit, in a sad state of affairs.
EDIT:It's come back up since then. Updates in the link.
Never heard this before, but then again I've only been a daily user of the Internet since 1989. It has certainly grown into a vast space.
My "Sieg Heil!" was (I thought, obviously) an acid test of sorts to see what kinds of reactions it would get. After all, coming to a new place and getting vibes of reasonable is one thing, but to see the crowd's reaction to such a statement, now that is much more informative.
And here, now, I am much better informed. Thank you.
The etymolygy of it isn't clear to me, but I think it stems from both the anime Dragonball Z and places like 4chan (which take a lot of influence from things like anime, movies, and games). While it's a stretch to claim elements of chan culture as part of the broader internet culture, I think it's one of the few solid points I saw from them.
Ahh, I actually hadn't considered that. I'm too used to more passive tests. In that case, let me provide some context for a percentage of the response you got: some of us are hypervigilant here due to exposure to strife (natural effect of the culture war), and seeing a person say something that makes them stick out is a red flag that maybe we're about to get attacked (typically small stuff like trolls, journalists). There's also more complicated theories on federal agent activity (common belief is that federal plants are really bad at blending into online groups). Another percentage is obviously spite towards rejected ideologies, which isn't all that surprising considering why we're here (who rejects what being a tossup as usual, but we basically encourage the rejection behavior).
I'm always more partial to the idea that they're not bad at it per say, rather they apply the same tactics other internet scammers do and lay out bait that smells so bad they know anyone who takes the first bait is almost certainly too naive to not fall for whatever con comes next, no matter how self-sabotaging it is.
To a degree, I'd agree with that. I'm personally a bit paranoid over the prospect that a few fed teams learned how to blend in. Having others continue bungling the work then serves as an effective way to give us a false sense of security.
Of course, as soon as one suggests engaging a federal crime, it's obvious. It's just creepy to think that people around you might be waiting for a chance to report you.
It really shouldn't be a mystery that you see new people crop up while another somewhat similar site is down: saidit.
That's where I'm "from". But now that I'm here... Hell I don't know.
That's a good point. I kept an eye on the voat refugees we got a while back. I never took saidit seriously as a platform, so I had no way to really identify their users. But I should have kept it in mind - I'm usually more mindful about that.
saidit is (was? undetermined until the root admin does something) the best of the reddit-likes.