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Sandalorn
05/16/23 2:21:20 PM
#151:


Agent_Stroud posted...
Some interesting reading about the owner of Fandom, particularly the section on his political views.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales


The clown is an actual Ayn Rand Libertarian.

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majin_nemesis
05/16/23 2:21:39 PM
#152:


why do i get the feeling that in a year gamefaqs will be dead?

boards are already being shut down so i guess this is the beginning of the end
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Lillymon
05/16/23 2:22:35 PM
#155:


slk_23 posted...
Can we vote to bring 261 back? GameFAQs is just not the same without politics.

You can complain to Fandom about it. This really seems like a decision that came straight from corporate. Nothing you say on these boards will make a blind bit of difference.

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Dakimakura
05/16/23 2:22:36 PM
#156:


lol SBAllen bending knee to fandom to not get fired. Now CE will be even more filled with stupid politic topics. Hopefully Fandom makes a stand on that too.

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teep_
05/16/23 2:22:45 PM
#157:


Tyranthraxus posted...
Keep it at 50 karma. No need to test anything.

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MC_BatCommander
05/16/23 2:22:53 PM
#158:


GranolaPanic posted...
A person that I know from the Politics board said that they received a moderation for calling Ron DeSantis by the nickname DeSatan.

I doubt that is an entirely accurate representation of why their post was modded as I regularly see that same exact thing posted without issue.

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NoxObscuras
05/16/23 2:23:06 PM
#159:


Sandalorn posted...
It was the only slightly left-leaning board left on this cesspool and that just couldn't be allowed.
Lol what? Are you implying that CE isn't also left leaning? We shit on conservatives all the time

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CrimsonGear80
05/16/23 2:23:10 PM
#160:


SBAllen posted...
In the end, I do agree that it makes sense not to have a board that specifically caters to one of the most notoriously divisive conversational topics known to man.


aarrgus posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/263-religion

*cough cough*

LOL

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ShaheerRahman
05/16/23 2:23:37 PM
#162:


Curtains313 posted...
I did it for the mods
Rikishi approved
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Avirosb
05/16/23 2:24:05 PM
#163:


slk_23 posted...
Can we vote to bring 261 back? GameFAQs is just not the same without politics.

This is not a democracy. Fandom is not a place of honor.

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Starks
05/16/23 2:24:39 PM
#164:


A proper clarification would be giving us the necessary contact info to protest this.

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Grimlyn
05/16/23 2:24:46 PM
#165:


Politics are Current Events, so this is just gonna be the new hub for everything Politics board was and you'll have to shut this place down too.

If you think user level gating is the solution then it would've been the solution to keep the Politics board in the first place.

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BlueTigerLion
05/16/23 2:24:57 PM
#166:


Lillymon posted...
You can complain to Fandom about it. This really seems like a decision that came straight from corporate. Nothing you say on these boards will make a blind bit of difference.

This. I dont get why so many are complaining to the Admin. This goes above SBAllen they made up their mind. I wonder which boards are next.

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majin_nemesis
05/16/23 2:24:58 PM
#167:


GranolaPanic posted...
Might as well shutdown the PS5 board as well because of all the political topics and arguments that happen there despite the sticky there telling users not to post them.
actually it's the PS4 board that as that and not the PS5 board
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KitKats
05/16/23 2:25:11 PM
#168:


So, what other boards have been erased without warning? Oh, it was only 261?

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TheNextLink
05/16/23 2:25:48 PM
#169:


The only thing that frustrates me is the precedent. That some business can buy this site and then enforce drastic changes disregarding any user input. And while staff can console us and say that this won't happen to, say, CE, the precedent has been made. We don't know what the suits up top are planning to do. And we just have to go along with it?

It's all rather aggravating. But not much different than when Reddit goes public for trading they'll basically nuke the "adult content" like Tumblr did.
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Prototypic
05/16/23 2:25:53 PM
#170:


Seems like a super predictable outcome that political discussions, along with the accompanying trolling/shitposting, will just migrate to other boards, like CE, and there won't be any sort of meaningful impact on the volume of moderations, but hey, fandom can always close down the board all those users migrate to, right?

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Alucard188
05/16/23 2:26:14 PM
#172:


majin_nemesis posted...
why do i get the feeling that in a year gamefaqs will be dead?

boards are already being shut down so i guess this is the beginning of the end

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/9/3/AAAAD4AAEe3R.png

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CrimsonGear80
05/16/23 2:26:52 PM
#174:


majin_nemesis posted...
actually it's the PS4 board that as that and not the PS5 board

and do you think that means you can make political topics on the PS5 board?

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Agent_Stroud
05/16/23 2:27:38 PM
#175:


Alucard188 posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/9/3/AAAAD4AAEe3R.png

Man, if I had a dollar for every time I heard about this sites imminent demise, Id be able to get my damn car fixed once and for all.

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Humble_Novice
05/16/23 2:27:45 PM
#176:


It's the end of an era here. You will be missed, 261.

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Lillymon
05/16/23 2:28:13 PM
#177:


BlueTigerLion posted...
This. I dont get why so many are complaining to the Admin. This goes above SBAllen they made up their mind. I wonder which boards are next.

Because they're the ones you can directly interact with. It's like people complaining to a cashier or technical support operator about a decision made by corporate. It doesn't matter how many times you tell them corporate made the decision and you had no input. You're there, corporate isn't, so they're going to complain to you.

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Aysander
05/16/23 2:28:21 PM
#178:


Starks posted...
It won't be long before the entire site is an incomprehensible mess like a fandom wiki.

Everquest 2 and Naruto Fandom wikis aren't too bad.

But other than that, a lot of them really ARE messes, aren't they? lol.

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Avirosb
05/16/23 2:28:27 PM
#179:


TheNextLink posted...
It's all rather aggravating. But not much different than when Reddit goes public for trading they'll basically nuke the "adult content" like Tumblr did.
Or Elon Kramering into a Twitter purchase

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Alucard188
05/16/23 2:28:34 PM
#180:


TheNextLink posted...
The only thing that frustrates me is the precedent. That some business can buy this site and then enforce drastic changes disregarding any user input. And while staff can console us and say that this won't happen to, say, CE, the precedent has been made. We don't know what the suits up top are planning to do. And we just have to go along with it?

In all honesty, what do you think is the proper recourse for you to take? If somebody buys something, it's theirs to do with as they see fit. If they wanted to turn 261 into the gay and lesbian alligator alliance board, they could.

@DToast Make a gay and lesbian alligator alliance board now.

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Sandalorn
05/16/23 2:28:51 PM
#182:


[LFAQs-redacted-quote]


Wales has previously referred to himself as an Objectivist,[82] referring to the philosophy of writer Ayn Rand in the mid-20th century that emphasizes reason, individualism, and capitalism. Wales first encountered the philosophy through reading Rand's novel The Fountainhead during his undergraduate period[12] and, in 1992, founded an electronic mailing list devoted to "Moderated Discussion of Objectivist Philosophy".[10][103] Though he has stated that the philosophy "colours everything I do and think",[10] he has said, "I think I do a better jobthan a lot of people who self-identify as Objectivistsof not pushing my point of view on other people."[104]

When asked by Brian Lamb about Rand's influence on him in his appearance on C-SPAN's Q&A in September 2005, Wales cited integrity and "the virtue of independence" as personally important. When asked if he could trace "the Ayn Rand connection" to a personal political philosophy at the time of the interview, Wales labeled himself a libertarian, qualifying his remark by referring to the Libertarian Party as "lunatics", and citing "freedom, liberty, basically individual rights, that idea of dealing with other people in a manner that is not initiating force against them" as his guiding principles.[12]

I'm sorry...you were saying something????

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Foppe
05/16/23 2:29:48 PM
#183:


Why is this not a sticky?

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Tom_Joad
05/16/23 2:29:51 PM
#184:


aarrgus posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/263-religion

*cough cough*

Yes, this.

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aarrgus
05/16/23 2:30:08 PM
#185:


[LFAQs-redacted-quote]


Thank you for the response. This response speaks volumes as to what is actually going on behind the scenes. I get you loud and clear.

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MaxEffingBemis
05/16/23 2:30:25 PM
#186:


[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Once it said he abides by ayn rand philosophy I dont think theres reason to keep reading tbh

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Smiffwilm
05/16/23 2:32:13 PM
#187:


Hopefully you all make the Politics flair mandatory...

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Error1355
05/16/23 2:32:17 PM
#189:


Is the conspiracy now that Jimmy Wales personally shut down the politics board? lmao you guys

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KitKats
05/16/23 2:33:28 PM
#190:


Error1355 posted...
Is the conspiracy now that Jimmy Wales personally shut down the politics board? lmao you guys
Well, who was it then? Donald trump?

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Avirosb
05/16/23 2:34:03 PM
#191:


KitKats posted...
Well, who was it then? Donald trump?
Soros, obviously.

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EdwardSnowedIn
05/16/23 2:34:21 PM
#192:


It won't be missed

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aarrgus
05/16/23 2:34:26 PM
#193:


Avirosb posted...
Soros, obviously.

SOROS!!!! *shakes fist*

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electricbugs2
05/16/23 2:34:36 PM
#194:


KitKats posted...
Well, who was it then? Donald trump?
It was me. I shut it down.

But seriously, shut the fuck up.

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Ar0ge
05/16/23 2:34:36 PM
#195:


Bullshit. All of it.
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Foppe
05/16/23 2:35:51 PM
#196:


Let's buy up GameFaqs just so we can close the Politics board!!!
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/6/9/AAA_aCAAEb4R.jpg

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KitKats
05/16/23 2:35:54 PM
#197:


electricbugs2 posted...
It was me. I shut it down.

But seriously, shut the fuck up.
Cant wait for CE to be next?

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Kimberly
05/16/23 2:36:15 PM
#200:


averagejoel posted...
no complaints about keeping it high. honestly you could even make it higher


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devilminion
05/16/23 2:36:27 PM
#201:


Avirosb posted...
Soros, obviously.

Funny you say Soros, as the last topic I read from 261 was the one about Muskrat raging over Soros dumping his Tesla stock

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