Posts by brightpuma

I can already see someone turning beet red once their posts get dragged out and picked apart.. 🥳

Then again, maybe they won't even care. Depends on how much they actually stand by what they wrote, I guess... 🕺

That was a solid post.. 😢

I actually agreed with Vojko over on Reddit—it’d be great if some of these immigrants decided to stick around. Maybe we could even, you know, scout out a few experts to hire before they head further north... 🕺

+1 to the OP

From what I can see, those self-proclaimed pillars of tolerance started spitting venom first. They just love mocking anyone who doesn't share their exact worldview. Like nimblecrane6 said, they basically claimed They need help right this second, and if you aren't jumping in to offer support immediately—if you’re actually trying to analyze the situation instead—then you’re the villain. You’re all just xenophobes and fascists.
And honestly, even Kiss wasn't being unreasonable here..

It was only later, once it became obvious that nobody was going to tone down the debate, that the folks on the "other side" finally rolled up their sleeves and started picking fights.

Nothing? 🤷

Quick question for the mods. I’ve noticed this before and tried reporting it, but nothing seems to have changed.

Why is a user allowed to constantly spam a thread with one specific link?

Having it in their signature is fine, totally get that. But dropping that exact same link into every single discussion? Doesn't seem right. 🤷

Can I just jump into a thread and hammer away with the same video over and over without it being called trolling?
Just wondering... 🤷

p.s. Even when they aren't linking the video directly, they still point us toward it..

It all sounds a bit tragicomic, doesn't it? 🤣

The real issue here is just the sheer volume of text. This user is actually trying to bring some substance to the table so we can have a real debate and compare facts..

Maybe we should all just stick to one-liners like everyone else does over on the Politics subforum.. 🙄
Honestly, if you post something without throwing out a label like "fascist" or "commie," you might as well get banned right then and there. It’s the only way to keep the discourse at that high level they love on Politics... 🙄

I mean, instead of the moderators stepping up to defend actual quality discussion and logic, they're wasting time debating whether stuff like this should even be allowed.. 😵

How many people are actually going to click those links she posts? Hardly anyone. People just don't have the interest or the energy for it...
When she pulls out the key points herself, people actually read it, which helps the conversation move forward. And since she leaves the link there, anyone who actually wants to dive deeper can just read the whole thing themselves..

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rowdypanther said:rustydrifter10, thanks. You're really the only Admin here with a soul. Even if you didn't actually solve my problem, it feels like you tried. That’s why everyone on Reddit respects you. Honestly, I’d grab a coffee with you any day—you just don't have an ounce of malice in you.

Since he's basically the only moderator left, this whole thing looks pretty ridiculous... 😁 😁

Grace Diaz76 said:So what's next? If someone needs some old jeans, should we just start a diaspora topic about donating denim? Or maybe collect likes on a baby photo to win some contest for cutest toddler?

Exactly... if the supermoderator makes a call, who are you to question their decisions? ☕ 😬

Either way, she isn't going to moderate that... 😬

Check if it isn't connected to some hollow earth nonsense or something equally ridiculous...

Maybe try looking on Alternative, Fringe Science, Magic and Mysticism, or things like that... 🤷

That's where stuff like this belongs...

casualharbor9 said:So, what's actually a better way to counter the claim that radiation in the Fukushima region is negligible—maybe by dropping a link to an actual study or measurement that proves otherwise? We've already seen all the empty buzzwords people throw around on this topic.
I honestly don't have the energy to get stuck in an endless "yes it is/no it isn't" loop...

Who knows... you just say you disagree, but you also provide official measurements (with a link). According to them, the radiation levels there are X, while the threshold for being harmful to a human is Y. Use a standard comparison—like bananas, annual solar exposure, or even natural background radiation from the environment.
Compare those things. Give some context so a layperson isn't just staring at a link they won't bother opening, especially if they're reading this on a phone. They need your insight and a comparison to make sense of it..

I mean, that’s how I’d handle it.. 🤷

Sometimes it's not about winning the argument with the person you're debating. It's about making sure when a neutral bystander reads the conversation, they can follow the logic and side with you. And for most regular people, a value like 1 Bq is totally abstract without a comparison... 🤷

If I missed anything, let me know—I'll always provide a solid link.😬

🙂

casualharbor9 said:It’s funny. When I asked on that thread what was actually wrong with the content in those massive lists of links, nobody really answered. Most people just admitted they weren't experts or hadn't even read them.
Has anyone else noticed how little connection some of the people on that thread have to actual natural science?

The issue isn't the content; it's how it's being pushed.

If I claim something is X, and you respond with:

"That's not true:

link

link

link

link

link

link

"
throwing in a random quote from one of those links here and there...

how am I supposed to give a real, reasoned response? You aren't making an argument and then backing it up with a link; you're just dumping a pile of links and expecting me to dig through them to find your point so I can argue against it. Honestly? I don't have the energy for that.🤷

Besides, I don't think you even addressed the last thing I wrote or the question I asked you on that thread...🤷

Walter Bishop4 said:This topic is way too important to just shut down. We've already dealt with Chernobyl and the Fukushima disaster, and you have to assume the next catastrophe is coming—maybe even bigger. Locking this discussion feels socially irresponsible. Sure, the immediate death toll from nuclear accidents might not look massive right away, but the long-term fallout is much worse. Nuclear power seems like a slow, quiet killer with shady economic and ecological motives and heavy political backing. According to doctors in Eastern Europe, the Chernobyl victim count could be close to a million.

Sure... ☕
I'm guessing those are the same "experts" who blamed every single death in the year following Chernobyl and the one after that on radiation... ☕

Haramov's argument is actually the most well-supported here. It’s easy to get annoyed by counterarguments that are basically just baseless clichés. People on the other side should probably put more effort into backing up their claims. If a debate gets a bit too heated, just lock the thread for 24 hours instead of shutting it down completely. Energy and global warming are vital societal issues; they really deserve their own sub-forum and should stay open for dialogue indefinitely.

Haramov was just spamming a bunch of links, half of which have nothing to do with actual natural science. That's pretty close to what you call "baseless clichés"...
Plus, radiation is such a boogeyman for most people. It's easy to stir up hysteria with it...

I’m honestly baffled by how obsessed people are with Vilk. I mean, he was always a handful on this forum, but lately? It’s gotten weird. Most of the time he’s just being insulting or making snarky comments, and then suddenly he pulls the "I'm sick" card to get out of things. It's constant. If you're actually feeling that bad, why even bother posting? Just stay offline. Instead, he lashes out at someone and then follows it up with, "Oh, sorry, I wasn't feeling well, I'm really struggling right now..." only to repeat the whole cycle a few times a week. 🙄

And don't even get me started on the fact that even the moderators have mentioned receiving some pretty nasty messages from him... 🤷

ruggedgull11 said:Good topic. 😬 The Canada thread for hanging out is dead. Basically, we start sharing actual stories and raw facts about life in Canada—real stuff anyone living there actually knows and understands—and suddenly we're all racists? We're breathing the same air as every possible race, subculture, nationality, sexual orientation, and whatever else, and apparently, we've crossed some line. Well done. Truly. 🙂

Well, if you start writing negative things based on racial prejudice, then yeah, you're being racist. I don't see how that's unclear... 🤷

It reminds me of my cousin from Canada. She visited us a few years ago and was talking about her trip to Haiti. She kept going on about how uncomfortable she felt having to interact with Black people at that "mir sa vi" section over there. It was gross to her, just because they were Black, you know?
Then she got offended when I called her out for being a racist. She claims she likes everyone and tolerates everyone, she just doesn't want to touch them... 🙄

Laura Rivera3 said:Umm, let me check with my psychic friend Milan to see exactly how everyone here wants to talk about this topic.

It’s pretty simple. You just click on Politics or whatever similar subforum you need, and there’s a thread for it. Just click it. You can even jump straight to the "last page."
I didn't realize you needed a psychic to navigate a forum.

Then again, maybe you do. Skattemus actually made some interesting points on the matter... 🤷

Anyway, if someone wanted to discuss it, they found the right thread and talked. Everyone else? They just kept getting warnings and cards for bringing it up in the wrong sections. 🤷

electriccobra17 said:You can talk all you want, but they basically wiped out the diaspora. They tore everything apart and chased off all the good voices. All thanks to the moderators.

Are you serious? Who exactly did they chase out? 🤷

A lot of great stuff happened here, and yeah, things definitely got carried away at times. But we always knew when to pull back, catch our breath, and smooth things over when they started getting messy.

Yeah, and that’s exactly why she was constantly in tears over some cardboard box—something everyone seems to conveniently forget now. ☕

They started shutting down the chat. Completely pointless. If there’s any actual value left in this place, it’s found within the diaspora. Why bother cutting it off?
Different time zones. Now we’ve got all these split chat rooms, and honestly? I have no idea what they're actually for. Seems like they're just organized by territory or something. Why bother?
Divide and conquer, right? We seriously need a dedicated chat for the EU. I guess you moderators finally got exactly what you wanted out of the diaspora—an empty room so nobody can talk too much.
Look, guys, with all this excessive deleting going on, there isn't anything coherent left to read here.

Exactly. That’s why they wiped the chat. Not for any of the reasons I mentioned above, either. ☕

It’s weird. Every single moderator—Skattemus, Strikalica, and Katrin—was against the chat. Why? I have to wonder... Is there some kind of Masonic conspiracy at play here? ☕

Laura Rivera3 said:Absolutely phenomenal. Bravo! You nailed it, man. Seriously, bravo!
It doesn't apply to people living abroad who actually had the chance to vote. They shouldn't be deciding the fate of those of us living here. So that topic's off-limits now? Fine.🙄

It’s enough to just point out that this topic has popped up on other subforums here before, and every single time, it was handled differently. So, how exactly would we tackle it over on the Diaspora board without just repeating what's already been covered elsewhere? 🤷

bajlo, you're probably the last person who should be weighing in on this. Besides, it’s already been made clear why this topic is off-limits—not to mention it doesn't even affect people living outside the US—and why you've been sidelined...

driftingcanyon16 said:The diaspora can't be the moderator if they don't want to, and I'm not asking them to be. But I do expect that when everyone starts complaining, she’ll ease up on the warnings and just let people talk. As soon as there's even a hint that a discussion might wander, she jumps in screaming "OFFTOPIC" or "NO CHAT." Honestly, it's getting ridiculous. 🤣
It’s become a joke; someone posts something slightly off-topic and suddenly Skattemus is ready to lay down the law. 🤣
Doesn't matter if it's just a yellow card and no points lost—it's the principle of it.

Yeah, but what's actually wrong with the warnings? I mean, would you rather she stay silent, stay silent, and then start handing out red cards once things really get out of hand? I think the warnings are just there to gently point out that you've stepped outside the scope of the thread..
As for the chat stuff, the explanation is below, so I won't write it twice...

Then why have separate threads for socializing? What's the point of splitting them up? Why isn't there just one big general chat? Or keep the specific threads and just have one massive shared chat for everyone.

Well, see... that's actually a pretty complicated issue. We tried having a joint chat a few times over the years, but it never ended well because the fighting was constant, almost like a brawl between Canada and Australia. People clearly can't handle joking around without clashing... And since folks from other topics weren't really involved, they just stayed quiet.. Basically, that whole project failed miserably a few times... 🤷

And regarding separate chats... Well, back when there was one giant topic for an entire country (like Canada or Australia), it was a mess because people would constantly jump in with questions that had been answered a million times already. It drove the veteran users crazy, and they either got ignored or trolled.
On top of that, the visibility was terrible. If you were looking for actual info, you had to dig through pages and pages of chatter to find anything useful. Since those threads would hit 200 or 300 pages, it was a huge waste of time...

Plus, even back then, you had multiple threads covering immigration, life, and jobs... Nothing has really changed fundamentally; we're just trying to keep this specific thread as chat-free as possible. It's to avoid that old situation where you had to wade through a mountain of fluff just to find a single piece of information...

I believe there are some problematic people in there, and there are. Sometimes I genuinely wonder what's wrong with certain people, but like I said, instead of dealing with them using heavy red cards—especially the real troublemakers who need permanent bans—she doesn't. She plays it safe with preventative warnings.
In reality, she's either afraid to confront the difficult ones, or she just doesn't know how. Meanwhile, the diaspora section continues to wither away as a boring, dead sub-forum that nobody wants to visit, especially the smart ones. 🤣😁I mean, I had to

Look, she’ll deal with them, but since this is just a small sub-forum, I don't think she wants to bury everyone in bans for no reason..
I know a few people have permanent access to this sub-forum and things are fine now, even if they keep cloning accounts to troll and cause trouble again..
So, overall, what you said about the troublemakers doesn't really hold up... most of the actual problems were handled, and the rest aren't bad enough to warrant a ban. Just give them a warning and call it a day. 🤷

And regarding the forum being boring or dead... well, that’s kind of on the users. I can't remember a single thread where people didn't start tearing each other apart pretty quickly—either because someone was too patriotic toward America, or because they were bashing the country they live in now, or arguing about how Americans, Southerners, or whatever group is being targeted... Honestly, after a while, every thread just goes south..🤷
People just don't know how to have a decent debate. If she starts handing out bans, everyone complains. If she stays hands-off and just uses warnings, they complain about that too. It feels like no matter what she does, she can't win... 🙄

The fact that she's in a different time zone isn't the users' problem. 🤷 I don't get why that matters. And what's the deal with la Luna? Why is she even a moderator then?

I'm just saying, it can be an issue..

As for la Luna, I'm not sure. Like she said, she hasn't had much time lately, which probably explains why she hasn't been active as a moderator recently (to be honest, I haven't seen her in months, so I don't know exactly what "recently" means to her)... She mentioned she'll be around more often, so hopefully things will settle down.. 🤷

driftingcanyon16 said:Where on earth did you get that from?
Prevention is always better, right?🙏

You really think otherwise?

I guess this one hits home for me. 🤣
Honestly, it bugs me how they issue warnings or even slap someone with a yellow card for every little thing. That’s not moderation; that’s just being a pain.
The diaspora subforum is insanely sterile and stiff. And yeah, sometimes people start clashing or insulting each other, and instead of Skattemus handing out actual penalties to those specific people, she just preemptively suffocates the whole thread.

Well, whether it hits home or not, here's the deal: for some stuff on the diaspora board, you don't even get cards—just warnings. And if you actually get a card, it's usually a yellow one that doesn't really mean anything significant.

Besides, real moderation isn't about throwing red cards around; it's about using warnings or the occasional yellow.
As for the "preemptive" part, the fact is Skattemus is in a different time zone than most of the people posting there, and she used to point that out herself. Now she's like La luna, though I'm not sure if she even reads it, let alone moderates it. So we're back to the same old story: most of the drama happens while she's asleep.

Anyway, what exactly are you expecting from a subforum like Diaspora? A chat room? Something like ŽK? Or maybe something like Law?

I mean, how do you actually envision a subforum working when it's filled with people from all walks of life, different worldviews, and totally different ideas on how a forum should run? And that's not a rhetorical question—I genuinely want to know how you see it. Maybe there's a suggestion that could be developed for the moderators to consider. Attacking people and throwing mud won't exactly solve anything... 🤷

Laura Rivera3 said:What are you even talking about on a thread about moderating the diaspora?!

Look, just go tell Sam then. Why drag me into this? If you didn't catch my drift—if people just wanted raw information, they'd use Google. They come here because they want to talk. But you seem like you're against any actual discussion. That's the problem.
And seriously, if you don't have anything specific to say about the diaspora, just leave me out of it.

I'll wait until a friend of mine who works in cryptography drops by; maybe then I'll figure out what the poet was trying to say... 🤷

Timothy Reyes12 said:What's even the point of this chat thread? You're posting "Less cats, please!" on both of them.

It’s usually that one button where it says "chat." ☕

Yeah, look, someone saying they hate cheese probably isn't out there looking for a lawyer. I only wanted to mention that because of how you judged them.
Look, people have every right to hate cheese. I know I do. Honestly? It’s gross. Just a stinky, nasty mess. Who actually likes it?
Go ahead. Feel free to tear me apart for that if you want.
You can tear someone apart just because they don't see eye to eye with you, but is that really the way to go? Is it worth it?
Why shouldn't someone living next to Native Americans be allowed to speak their mind about what they see?
Just because it has to be politically correct?
She’s just saying what most people already know anyway.
We aren't living in North Korea. We can actually have an opinion here.
Are we?
Give someone even a tiny bit of authority—even if it’s just moderating a forum—and you see their true colors immediately. Who they really are comes right out.
You managed to drive away all the old-timers. You actually claim most of the rest are just a bunch of idiots...
That's just sad.

Maybe try posting that kind of garbage about Romani people in a different section of the forum? Just call them drunk losers living off welfare and see how fast you get handled. Not to mention, you wouldn't fare much better—and I'm talking about getting more than just a slap on the wrist from the mods—if you started trashing Americans like that. Honestly, I’d be happy if all I got was a warning for trolling. This crowd constantly spits on the people of the country they actually live in. They're lucky they even get away with it.
The diaspora subforum is easily one of the most heavily moderated sections on this entire site... 🙄

Who exactly did she manage to drive away? And what’s actually missing from that subforum? 🤷