Current Events > The MAGA board is now closed down

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SBAllen posted...

Why did we allow a MAGA board in the first place? When the board was first created, the group and name were certainly different than they are today. We also generally try to stay politically neutral when possible, so it seemed fitting to allow a pro-Trump/conservative board at the time.

I'm Canadian so pardon me for not understanding... but when in the USA did being Pro-Trump or conservative mean you were politically neutral? And was that actually the time/year that the MAGA board was created? Just fact checking.

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mech dragon posted...

I'm Canadian so pardon me for not understanding... but when in the USA did being Pro-Trump or conservative mean you were politically neutral? And was that actually the time/year that the MAGA board was created? Just facmillennial.

The politics board is a left wing board, the Maga board was meant to be the right wing equivalent.


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@gwwak should be banned for making it.

yusiko posted...

the only value that board had was to point and laugh at the trump cultists who went there and see a glimpse into the alternate reality the cultists lived in like that one user scorpio something who kept posting about how stupid liberals were when in actual reality trump cultists avoid education like the wicked witch avoids the rain

Pointing and laughing at these people instead of taking action is exactly why we're having problems right now
It isn't a joke, these people are fucked and dangerous.

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KainFourteh posted...

@gwwak should be banned for making it.

I'm pretty sure he isn't the guy that made the board.

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KainFourteh posted...

@gwwak should be banned for making it.

IfGodCouldDie posted...

I'm pretty sure he isn't the guy that made the board.

Flamingschoolbus was the board creator

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And shocker of shockers he's been hiding ever since the election.

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Calling the Politics board a "left wing board" and then calling the MAGA board a "right wing equivalent" is absolutely something only a disingenuous hack would say.
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Bio1590 posted...

Calling the Politics board a "left wing board" and then calling the MAGA board a "right wing equivalent" is absolutely something only a disingenuous hack would say.

Why is that, it's the truth. The only difference is that 261 wasn't made with the intent to be left wing.

Although I'm still waiting on you to cite how I supported the attempted coup, its been a few days Bio, did you forget?

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Lord_Shadow_19 posted...

Why is that, it's the truth. The only difference is that 261 wasn't made with the intent to be left wing.

Although I'm still waiting on you to cite how I supported the attempted coup, its been a few days Bio, did you forget?

cuz the incels on the MAGA board wanted to cause harm and the incels on 261 are generally peaceful

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Lord_Shadow_19 posted...

Why is that, it's the truth. The only difference is that 261 wasn't made with the intent to be left wing.

Although I'm still waiting on you to cite how I supported the attempted coup, its been a few days Bio, did you forget?

lmao youre still begging for attention?

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King_Hutton posted...

lmao youre still begging for attention?

I don't have to beg, you and the others here will freely give it to me as long as I want you to, probably even longer than that.

You will remember who I am for years to come, I'll forget who you minutes from now.

Cowthief posted...

cuz the incels on the MAGA board wanted to cause harm and the incels on 261 are generally peaceful

"Peaceful" yeah ok buddy even your far left allies don't believe that. Arent you one of the people who want Gwwak raked across the coals because he was basically a bad community board mod (but really cuz for whatever reason you don't like the guy).

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King_Hutton posted...

lmao youre still begging for attention?

Well y'all are certainly giving it to him. It's not that hard to ignore him.

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Eevee-Trainer posted...

Well y'all are certainly giving it to him. It's not that hard to ignore him.

MAGA meltdowns are funny, thought that was obvious

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Lord_Shadow_19 posted...

The politics board is a left wing board, the Maga board was meant to be the right wing equivalent.

Thats rather snowflakey and fragile that people would need a more right wing board separate from the already politically neutral Politics board. Its ridiculous to say that the politics board is left wing. I dont buy that.
That also doesnt work with SBAllens narrative that the MAGA board itself was supposed to be politically neutral, not politically neutral because it balances the politics board. He didnt mention that in his explanation so your explanation sounds like a huge stretch.


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mech dragon posted...

Thats rather snowflakey and fragile that people would need a more right wing board separate from the already politically neutral Politics board. Its ridiculous to say that the politics board is left wing. I dont buy that.
That also doesnt work with SBAllens narrative that the MAGA board itself was supposed to be politically neutral, not politically neutral because it balances the politics board. He didnt mention that in his explanation so your explanation sounds like a huge stretch.

The politics board is fundamentally left wing. They will ban you for taking a right wing position or pointing out their hypocrisy. Besides that the overwhelming number of users seem to far left groups like antifa.

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mech dragon posted...

Thats rather snowflakey and fragile that people would need a more right wing board separate from the already politically neutral Politics board. Its ridiculous to say that the politics board is left wing. I dont buy that.
That also doesnt work with SBAllens narrative that the MAGA board itself was supposed to be politically neutral, not politically neutral because it balances the politics board. He didnt mention that in his explanation so your explanation sounds like a huge stretch.

The politics board is very far left, that may be a consequence of the site demographics itself being far left, but 261 is a far left board, even more than this one possibly. And they will do anything in the power to silence people they disagree with.

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TerraSeeker posted...

The politics board is fundamentally left wing. They will ban you for taking a right wing position or pointing out their hypocrisy. Besides that the overwhelming number of users seem to far left groups like antifa.

lmao the victim complex is hilarious

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TerraSeeker posted...

They will ban you for taking a right wing position or pointing out their hypocrisy.

Wrong

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TerraSeeker posted...

They will ban you for taking a right wing position or pointing out their hypocrisy.

The irony of this is hilarious.

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The politics board was as close to neutral as it could be in 2016. Mods got involved and it became very different by 2020.

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TaiIs82 posted...

The politics board was as close to neutral as it could be in 2016. Mods got involved and it became very different by 2020.

shut the fuck up Taii's

thought you were 'reforming'??

lmao

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Lord_Shadow_19 posted...

You will remember who I am for years to come, I'll forget who you minutes from now.

Oof there's some major projection going on right now.
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Lord_Shadow_19 posted...

You will remember who I am for years to come, I'll forget who you minutes from now.

Who are you again?

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TerraSeeker posted...

They will ban you for taking a right wing position or pointing out their hypocrisy.

Get used to living in the real world with consequences, buddy.

They will ban you for taking a right wing position

lol this is the alt-right equivalent of saying gamefaqs bans you for your opinions. you weren't posting white supremacist stuff, you were just 'taking a right-wing position'. the worst part is you guys think you're tricking anyone.
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Bishop9800 posted...

Who are you again?

A transplant from the MAGA board, since you guys petitioned to remove that board (largely because someone here hates Gwwak), well now I've come here. Sure you don't mind that I share different views than you do correct?

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Bishop9800 posted...

Who are you again?

him (lord shadow 19) and kilton (tails) are two weird dudes that vent at women and minorities in a reddit space that the great deku tree forbid me from visiting or mentioning.

as a matter of fact kilton recently made a topic stalking/harassing @CalypsoDoom and @Eliza3 . Please dont tell the great deku tree that I was in Reddit or he will ground me

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so this is an invasion from MAGA is what you're saying Lord??

lmao

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gnomefromnome posted...

MAGA

they come to CE. they have no home now.
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Lord_Shadow_19 posted...

A transplant from the MAGA board, since you guys petitioned to remove that board (largely because someone here hates Gwwak), well now I've come here. Sure you don't mind that I share different views than you do correct?

SPE posted...

him (lord shadow 19) and kilton (tails) are two weird dudes that vent at women and minorities in a reddit space that the great deku tree forbid me from visiting or mentioning.

I see him getting modded on a regular basis on here.

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gnomefromnome posted...

so this is an invasion from MAGA is what you're saying Lord??

lmao

looks like it to me

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SPE posted...

him (lord shadow 19) and kilton (tails) are two weird dudes that vent at women and minorities in a reddit space that the great deku tree forbid me from visiting or mentioning.

as a matter of fact kilton recently made a topic stalking/harassing @CalypsoDoom and @Eliza3 . Please dont tell the great deku tree that I was in Reddit or he will ground me

Lol wow I just found the topic. Very pathetic

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Pathetic topic, but very creepy too isnt it?

those two posters have a skin crawl factor I cant ignore

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Lord_Shadow_19 posted...

Bishop9800 posted...

Who are you again?

A transplant from the MAGA board, since you guys petitioned to remove that board (largely because someone here hates Gwwak), well now I've come here. Sure you don't mind that I share different views than you do correct?

No one petitioned anything. It's called the free market. Gamefaqs parent company decided there was not enough economic value to host the board given the recent actions of the people who posted there.

You're welcome to open your own platform and try to compete.
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Bishop9800 posted...

I see him getting modded on a regular basis on here.

He's already WARNED lmao

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gnomefromnome posted...

He's already WARNED lmao

Damm, maybe i should go play some lotto numbers.....

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SquantoZ posted...

typical American who thinks sex is a bad thing and that violence is a good thing

Do you seriously not see the problem with posting porn on a children's website?

Oh wow the Mods finally did their jobs, only like 72 hours too late
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MabinogiFan posted...

Do you seriously not see the problem with posting porn on a children's website?

Even funnier because brutai isn't even American
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I have a feeling that putting someone like that in timeout for a few days is going to do absolutely nothing to fix the problem there

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Big ups to everyone quoting Serf_Snowflake_19's melties so I can laugh at them. He freaked out and blocked me (along with most other people who annexed the MAGA board) some months back.

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Eliza3 posted...

Lol wow I just found the topic. Very pathetic

Jeez louise. I missed whatever this was but I'm super not surprised.
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Gekigangar3 posted...

Big ups to everyone quoting Serf_Snowflake_19's melties so I can laugh at them. He freaked out and blocked me (along with most other people who annexed the MAGA board) some months back.

Blocking is for the weak.

Machete posted...

Jeez louise. I missed whatever this was but I'm super not surprised.

RIP fresh popcorn.

SBAllen posted...

The board was locked down relatively quickly after the terrorist attack on the Capitol. We didn't wipe out the board completely because it would make moderation of posts on the board impossible. The board was first simply locked down to keep the content accessible for the moderation staff. Since we didn't really have a protocol for such things, our tools to lock it down weren't perfect, so users could still be invited in. We'll be working on our CB tools in case something like this ever happens again in the future.

Today, we've made manual edits to the board to keep all users out so we can still see the posts for moderation purposes but for all intents and purposes, it's all gone.

To answer a few questions I saw while skimming the topic.

Why did we allow a MAGA board in the first place? When the board was first created, the group and name were certainly different than they are today. We also generally try to stay politically neutral when possible, so it seemed fitting to allow a pro-Trump/conservative board at the time. As things escalated over the years, we did have to step in a few times and get the board back in line, but there weren't any more posts on that board in particular vs the rest of the site that were inciting violence or celebrating it, and those users were handled unilaterally. After the terrorist attack on the Capitol and the fact that there were celebratory posts about it (all users of which were indeed banned), the board could no longer be justified.

Is it fair to ban a conservative board? Is that GameFAQs taking a political stand? It is not. Our political beliefs are never taken into account when handling site moderation. When a group is tied to terrorism, regardless of political spectrum, we aren't going to allow there to be a board for that group.

Why didn't GameFAQs post a BLM statement when the other ViacomCBS sites did? We were told not to, and that a post would be made on all sites. For reasons unknown to me, that message was not pushed to GameFAQs. I don't know if there was a technical error or if they just forgot to include us since we're on a sub-domain, but the fact of the matter is that I was explicitly told to let the company make the statement and they failed to do so. I'm not sure how political RV wants its product managers to be, but to be brief and upfront about it, I have been and always will be very pro-BLM. I'm leaving it at that.

If you have any other questions, I can try to answer them quickly, but I have a lot on my plate today so I can't monitor this topic all day and reply to it.

Does anyone actually believe the crap you are spewing? That board should have been shut down long ago.

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The important thing is that he made that statement and now never has to address or think about it again

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FlameTurtle posted...

The important thing is that he made that statement and now never has to address or think about it again

Like when he made the statement when he finally banned Admiral and then immediately went back to perpetually Purging users instead of getting rid of them.
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But if we actually ban users we'll lose the only leverage we have to make them behave!

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I don't know of anyone is "banned" from the politics board for holding a certain political opinion.

I just don't go there anymore because practically no one is interested in having a discussion outside of their comfort zone, so to speak. and since most lean Left, well, that tends reflects itself in its echo chamber status...