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Originally Posted by AmeliaG
You are right that some people on this forum seem to think anyone not parroting some un-nuanced news story of the week is clearly some sort of troll.
But ... Realistically, Bladewire is right that, with the relentless political posting, it seems like this forum has a bunch of fake nicks or bought nicks or real people who are paid to post politics with no real interaction or conversation.
Unlike a lot of the political posters, Bladewire does sometimes post about other things and has work experience in this industry. I wish he posted politics less and more of what he used to, but [bold]it is very provoking to be constantly slapped with thread titles a person vehemently disagrees with[/bold] and most of the real people on here would post on other topics, if every main page load were not buckets of topics where at least half enrage them.
And the hijacking of non-political threads is definitely half of the problem.
I (and A LOT of other people who work in this industry) would just like to occasionally have conversations which are not basically the same boring non-interactive political shouting over and over again.
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Well said as usual
The hateful alt-right foreign run fake nic troll will continue to post hate here all day every day, whether I stop posting politics or not. Remember when he posted political crap in the Dennis Hof R.I.P. thread? That's how low he is.
You and I have a lot more in common politically than not (you and I know this) but to the troll everyone not Trump is a far leftist. He's not here to talk politics and find a "common ground" or have real discussions like we do. He's specifically here to spread his hate agenda, run people off the board, then take over the board with alt-right posters.
They've destroyed many boards and platforms that aren't vigilant about enforcement and maintaining their identity, like the now defunk Topix forum. They want to control online digital discourse. It truly is a digital social war we are in.
The other adult board you and i post on is nice , where the political talk is moderated and to a minimum, but it's not as gritty as GFY with all the history, and old timers that pop in now and then, just my opinion.
I'd be happy if politics was in its own subforum as well, and the board was moderated accordingly. Just remember his agenda isn't just pro Trump, it's also racist, anti LGTB, anti America, anti EU , etc. So he'll continue to work those angles in every non political thread as well, if allowed to.
/vent