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On behalf of the news mega, fuck the mods.
All of the interesting posters with challenging takes have been banned by shit mods that get away with deplorable behavior.
Constant betrayal of comrades over inane shit like "maybe we should protect the genocide flag" on a site where everyone clearly distinguishes between settler colonialism and religion.
The only people that muddy the waters are the people saying "oh maybe I should defend the genociders as potential self-preservation" - i'm sorry but who's side are you on??
Even when those interesting posters don't get banned, they leave the site for how it's toxic AF and super white.
even uninteresting crackers like me get discouraged by this bullshit. love to hold my tongue because of powertripping mods.
Ironic that Nakoichi is still a mod after posting that a certain someone should be six feet under yet pointing that out results in a ban
Hope I don’t get banned as a “Z poster alt” even though I’ve been here 5 years. Really not sure what the criteria is for determining that.
Multiple zionists that haven't been banned yet, but sure go ahead and ban an alt.
Yea it's honestly pretty fucked up that we have a mod that gets away with saying zposter would be better off dead (no idea how else to interpret "touch grass no wait touch dirt six feet under") and the people calling Nakoichi out about it are the ones being banned
Also the mods have time to ban their critics but not the rabid Zionists?
It's not even "ban evasion" or a "personal vendetta". It's my alt, a 5 year old user, who has a separate account on their phone since they can't remember a password. Mods literally jumping at shadows and banning random users for their own personal ghosts.
The "meta posting" shit is why we can't resolve issues, only cover them up and then ban people for "relitigating".
Ok in all fairness (and I already got burned calling someone a Z alt when they weren't) I'm pretty sure...
guess this is as fine a place as any to say the ban on "meta" posting has always been ridiculous and ill-considered (if we're being charitable). i'd also wager it's a huge part of the reason why this community is never able to move past anything.
im a permalurker who contributes NOTHING but would like to add +1 updoots for the news mega. it really is a fantastic resource and thank you to the posters for clocking in