Current Events > Realpolitick nuked. (continued)

(+) Yeah! (+)

To make the site friendly, and welcoming to new users. While also reengaging all the old users that left the platform because it got too angry & introverted.

Turn off adblock and tell me if the sex toy ads are friendly and welcoming to new users.

If they aren't allowing communities centered around politics, why does CE still have a "Politics" flair?

If they aren't allowing communities centered around politics, why does CE still have a "Politics" flair?

If this is what passes for non-rulebreaking political discourse in 2023, perhaps we really are better off without it.

It's a private company that can allow or not allow whatever discussion it wants. Time to move on and stop "investigating" it, either keep posting but not about politics, or go to some other forum where you can wallow and drown in political arguments.

CE is so doomed lol

Isn't he mid 20s? I think his lack of experience is really glaring in this situation

Hes just using common sense in order to grow the site, reengage old users, and attract a newer (younger) audience.

Hey there Twitch & TikTok community, would you like to take some time out of your day to discuss politics with a bunch of introverted middle-aged men?

Thats not a winning strategy. Not for user acquisition, nor atttacting advertisers. It certainly isnt conducive to reengaging all the registered users that no longer post here.

Just move onto reddit to get the politics fix. Let Fandom modernize and grow the site. I dont get being so mad at them for trying to monetize their asset.

Not really. But given the link in your sig, I doubt you'd know what good business sense really is.

From the end of the last topic...

Literally everything you said is wrong.

No one's first board is the Politics board. I was on this site close to 10 years before I knew there was a Politics board. Realpolitick was even more obscure. The presence of Realpolitick is not prominent enough to scare away new users.

If political discussions were scaring away new users then you should not want political discussions on any prominent board, which definitely includes Current Events.

Your biggest error is treating newer younger users as a monolith. There are more teenagers organizing anti-gun violence marches and other political movements than there were in my generation. It's certainly not the majority, but there has always been some young people that talk politics, and this generation has a bit more than normal. There's a shit ton of boards allowing them to find their own interests. Those that like politics can find their way there and those that don't could go elsewhere. Of course, they're all going elsewhere. Chasing away a sizeable portion of the existing user base isn't going to be the key to make young people suddenly want to come here.

Current Events absolutely should not be a politics board.

Throw this essay in the trash.

Isn't he mid 20s? I think his lack of experience is really glaring in this situation

He lacks experience with GameFAQs, not with Fandom. He's been with Fandom since 2021, so he understands their policies more than SBAllen.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/6-gamefaqs-announcements/80356040

That's why I trust that his official statement reflects Fandom's actual policy. He stated that all politics boards were closed, not by virtue of being politics boards, but "specifically ones that violate our [Fandom's] terms of use by promoting abusive language."

As a Community Manager with Fandom, he's familiar with their policies and what terms 261 violated. But since he lacks experience with GameFAQs, he was mistaken about 261 being the only political discussion board here. And why other boards haven't been closed yet, despite being more toxic than 261.

That why neither SBAllen nor DToast have corrected or deleted the original announcement, even though it's been over two weeks. They can "clarify" things on CE, but they won't officially commit to banning politics-focused boards if that's not Fandom's actual policy.

But if abusive language was the real reason, they can't fully commit to it either. They would have to explain why 261 was singled out when there are way more toxic boards, which would be awkward now that we know about that subreddit's campaign targeting DToast. They keep flip-flopping, which just creates more confusion.

They do not owe you an explanation. Its not your website or your job to report to Fandom nor are you on their payroll. Shut the fuck up lol.

which subreddit sewer dweller are you?

They do not owe you an explanation. Its not your website or your job to report to Fandom nor are you on their payroll. Shut the fuck up lol.

CE will be closed before the end of the year. Book it.

Fandom sucks.

Not only this but I think they're going to nuke all of the boards and just keep the FAQs and walkthroughs.

For example, they still allow community boards focused on politics.

They do not owe you an explanation. Its not your website or your job to report to Fandom nor are you on their payroll. Shut the fuck up lol.

The closing of realpolitik shows this to not be true though.

It's the way this is being handled, not the boards themselves. If they clearly explained the reasons why 261 and Realpolitik were closed, then neither board would warrant this much discussion.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/6-gamefaqs-announcements/80445446

In DToast's initial announcement being political, by itself, wasn't enough to violate Fandom's terms or justify a board's closure. It was "specifically ones that violate our [Fandom's] terms of use by promoting abusive language" and DToast emphasized Fandom's values of belonging, online trust, and safety.

SBAllen later clarified that the politics focus actually was why 261 was closed. But a day after that clarification, DToast went back to the original reason. He announced on GameSpot that both 261 and Gamespot's Political Gamers board were closed due to promotion of abusive language.

https://www.gamespot.com/forums/offtopic-discussion-314159273/closure-of-political-gamers-33603133/

And most recently today, DToast said that the politics focus actually is why 261, Gamespot's Political Gamers board, and now Realpolitik were closed.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/80462841?jumpto=140#140

They keep flip-flopping. So we don't know the real reason why these boards were closed, what standards are being used, and what this means for other boards. And neither SBAllen nor DToast have deleted or corrected the original announcement.

I'm not asking for a personal explanation. If political boards are prohibited, they can make an official announcement and update the site's rules to reflect that policy. For example, they still allow community boards focused on politics.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/7/3/AAfF3EAAEiDp.png

Good luck trying to keep people from leaving then. Not giving at least a clear explanation is a surefire way to lose people fast.

I'm not asking for a personal explanation. If political boards are prohibited, they can make an official announcement and update the site's rules to reflect that policy. For example, they still allow community boards focused on politics.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/7/3/AAfF3EAAEiDp.png

I don't know why you are focusing on trying to catch GameFAQs on a legalize 'gotcha' constantly. "This one page that clearly hasn't been updated yet still says it allows politics discussion thus they MUST honor my board request!"

No they don't. They made it clear via a topic on GameFAQs Announcements that political boards were being closed. Then users went to a previously dead community board about politics and tried to use it as a replacement political board, and it also got closed when brought to their attention.

It's probably better for you to accept this and move on, because I can't imagine they are going to 180 on this choice.

The announcement said that all politics boards were closed because they promoted abusive language. Not by virtue of being political boards.