Truth. I can’t stand Reddit, but the “joosdidit” posters here are just as bad. Might just have to finish off this last bit of social media I use rather than hang out with a bunch of Nazis.
That's almost a feature, in my opinion. Take /pol/ for example. Ignore the "the jews" and obvious bait threads and you can still find some good discussion. If someone is unwilling to ignore what accounts for a fringe part of a site's user base just because they don't want to be "associated" with evil nazis I doubt they will be missed.
Does a site need broad appeal? The larger something gets, the more "actual regular people" show up, the more likely a place is going to get a target pained on it and eventually over run by leftist influence. I believe in gatekeeping and if tolerating a few "da jews" posts is part of that, fine.
If you want your fill of the sort of shit you're talking about, you can always go to 4chan right now.
When's the last year you tried that site? I think you have a weird impression of it. They haven't used gatekeeping in years. The moderation got out of hand around the gamergate period.
I still check it a few times a week to see how they're doing. It's not pretty. I would describe the current userbase there as a combination of redditors that want to say something naughty (can't do that on reddit) and people with horrendous literary ability.
It is too often understated that the benefit of letting people be edgy and anonymous and post pictures is that it becomes a cultural generator of ideas. Understated because I think most people who talk about it without having been a part of it themselves will think it was a useless playpen to contain undesirables and lowbrow thoughts.
Anyway, I think it's up for debate on how to "win the culture war". We need a place to debate that, and I do not trust normal guys with that debate, so attempting to make a place for them to be gently eased out of their programming sounds like the debate has been skipped and everyone who wanted one can eat shit and let you have your way. (Though if it is a new space for that sole purpose, go right ahead!)
Yes, I've been disappointed by the appearance of consumeproduct in particular. I hadn't really been paying attention and then all of a sudden I saw that garbage everywhere and WTF. Conspiracies has more just entertained me.
Neither are leftists
Truth. I can’t stand Reddit, but the “joosdidit” posters here are just as bad. Might just have to finish off this last bit of social media I use rather than hang out with a bunch of Nazis.
joos are in on it
look at the % in political power positions vs their % in population
but ultimately, it is the devil, and Jesus didn't much like the joos, neither did martin luther
what is the devil? your ego. if you are acting out of greed/jealousy (seven deadly sins) you are acting for the devil.
ignoring the basic problem would provide a inadequate solution
That's almost a feature, in my opinion. Take /pol/ for example. Ignore the "the jews" and obvious bait threads and you can still find some good discussion. If someone is unwilling to ignore what accounts for a fringe part of a site's user base just because they don't want to be "associated" with evil nazis I doubt they will be missed.
Does a site need broad appeal? The larger something gets, the more "actual regular people" show up, the more likely a place is going to get a target pained on it and eventually over run by leftist influence. I believe in gatekeeping and if tolerating a few "da jews" posts is part of that, fine.
When's the last year you tried that site? I think you have a weird impression of it. They haven't used gatekeeping in years. The moderation got out of hand around the gamergate period.
I still check it a few times a week to see how they're doing. It's not pretty. I would describe the current userbase there as a combination of redditors that want to say something naughty (can't do that on reddit) and people with horrendous literary ability.
It is too often understated that the benefit of letting people be edgy and anonymous and post pictures is that it becomes a cultural generator of ideas. Understated because I think most people who talk about it without having been a part of it themselves will think it was a useless playpen to contain undesirables and lowbrow thoughts.
Anyway, I think it's up for debate on how to "win the culture war". We need a place to debate that, and I do not trust normal guys with that debate, so attempting to make a place for them to be gently eased out of their programming sounds like the debate has been skipped and everyone who wanted one can eat shit and let you have your way. (Though if it is a new space for that sole purpose, go right ahead!)
Great post! Sums things up very well. Hopefully .win can can break through this early mess with some bigger communities that just outshine this crap.
Yes, I've been disappointed by the appearance of consumeproduct in particular. I hadn't really been paying attention and then all of a sudden I saw that garbage everywhere and WTF. Conspiracies has more just entertained me.
Yep.