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electricangler22 said:Now they’ve even started spamming messages on the Democratic Party pages. Honestly, you have to be out of your mind to do that. It’s always those same "FEEL FREE to go wherever you want" type of messages—give me a break, someone clearly isn't playing with a full deck. In the end, driftinggull13 hit the nail on the head when he said the Alternative is exactly what he described it to be. driftinggull13👍
electricangler22 said:Now they’ve even started spamming messages on the Democratic Party pages. Honestly, you have to be out of your mind to do that. It’s always those same "FEEL FREE to go wherever you want" type of messages—give me a break, someone clearly isn't playing with a full deck. In the end, driftinggull13 hit the nail on the head when he said the Alternative is exactly what he described it to be. driftinggull13👍
cosmictinker21 said:So, what’s the deal with this whole Alternative thing???😲
Morgan Hernandez5, Noah Myers8,,, where did everyone go???
We went from having this dynamic PDF where different perspectives—hypotheses, theories, practical applications, spiritual insights, scientific data, mystical views, you name it—actually clashed in a meaningful way, to this absolute mess of senseless bans. It's just devolved into personal vendettas now. Honestly, just leave that stuff alone and deal with it in your actual life. I don't doubt that most people here are rational and well-intentioned; they don't usually let their frustrations manifest through smugness or by deleting posts and handing out bans without any real argument. Looking back at the last few months, sure, the debates were intense, but nobody felt personally attacked by a post or someone else's opinion. Usually, when communication breakdowns happened publicly, they were resolved publicly too, with a decent amount of mutual respect between the people on either side of the screen. Or, at least, they weren't dragged into the spotlight through other users who had nothing to do with the private spat.
I’m asking this publicly: why was the psychopathy thread pulled from the forum? The topic was thoroughly covered; interest in it had naturally tapered off. Fine, it dropped down a page. Whatever. It was still accessible to anyone interested in reading about it, just like any other topic. But now, it’s nowhere to be found in the space visible to the average Joe. And I actually really need some links to illustrate certain types of antisocial behavior...🤷
steelskipper5 said:I used to get flagged all the time over on Alternative—getting hit with bans for posts that weren't even offensive, just a bit trollish or argumentative, I guess. It was mostly coming from Noah Myers8, though she made it pretty clear that any kind of rational opposition on Alternative just isn't welcome around here. He just won't tolerate it..
The more I complain, the less I get—instead of any actual response from the higher-ups, all I get is her just being insulting.
Look, even though I don't always see eye to eye with driftinggull13—honestly, his takes can be a bit much sometimes—I have to admit that he and George Turner2 are spot on with their analysis of what’s actually happening over at Alternative.
That’s why I don't even bother posting there anymore—well, except for the occasional troll post when some young punk decides to jump down my throat with his nonsense about the Illuminati.
dustyharbor18 said:If you were being vague when you said, "the Democratic Party started showing up," maybe you were trying to imply that I'm the one sending Democratic types this kind of content. I guess.
I am emphasizing that. Still happening. I guess. I didn't send any Democratic messages regarding the partial ban to anyone, so I certainly didn't send them to you.
If anyone actually cares about the massive contributions made by the users who got banned from Alternative, feel free to check out the last ten pages of this thread:
To those who have suddenly decided to play the "freedom of speech" card for no reason at all: I suppose you think that masking your petty personal agendas behind a veil of stupidity and nonsense will work. It won't. You can't hide your true motives forever with just empty talk and smoke and mirrors.
dustyharbor18 said:Alternative shouldn't be a breeding ground for shady conspiracy theories driven by questionable ideologies. I guess some people just write nonsense out of pure ignorance, following the lead of those who fuel that ignorance—though I won't speculate on their motives.
It’s just like the idea that feminism is some planted movement, or all those claims about a "Masonic anthem" and other nonsense. @electricangler22! People who are pulling their hair out in frustration—Steve, goodmi, and folks like them aren't trolls; they're just trying to analyze current political events without sinking into a dark age of stupidity and narrow-minded conservatism.
slyangler82 said:Hey there, my dear forum friends. Man, some of you guys were really going after Morgan Hernandez5 lately... Can you see now how much patience she actually had for all of you, and thank God, for me too? 🙂 I chatted a bit with a few people on here, so I've got a sense of what's going on with you guys. That’s just what happens when you go looking for handouts instead of doing the work. Now you're left with nothing but some old, moldy bread from two weeks ago... I don't really feel bad about it...
Noah Myers8 said:Yeah, unless you give up the trolling on Alternative, you aren't welcome there. Other mods might put up with that kind of stuff, but on this subforum? Sorry, not happening.
cosmictinker21 said:So, I’ve been wondering... are moderators actually allowed to run free ads for their own projects, whether they wrote them or just translated them? Because if they are, they probably caught a massive amount of heat for it. It's funny, really, because we all know how strictly the rules against self-promotion are enforced here—remember that whole unproven uproar over that one single article a while back?
steelskipper5 said:Technically speaking, advertising anything whatsoever should be off-limits. But let's be real—we all know some people on this forum play by the rules a little more strictly than others...
steelskipper5 said:🤣
Hani, you have this habit of labeling basically any question you don't like as "trolling."
Objectivity level: zero.
I’m just repeating what you already made crystal clear—that rational opposition—which isn't trolling, by the way; you can go find the posts you've actually sanctioned—isn't welcome on Alternative, which is the exact opposite of what dustyharbor18 was saying.
Q. E. D. ☕
cosmictinker21 said:So, I’ve been wondering... are moderators actually allowed to run free ads for their own projects, whether they wrote them or just translated them? Because if they are, they probably caught a massive amount of heat for it. It's funny, really, because we all know how strictly the rules against self-promotion are enforced here—remember that whole unproven uproar over that one single article a while back?