Current Events > Was Vegy the main reason why Fandom banned hornyposting?

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Was he single-handedly the main cause of this?

I don't know but he was the 1st user I thought of when they banned it

Vegy wasn't nearly as gruesome as some of the other hornyposters.....

...but hes definitely the most consistent

It made time for VeggettaX to spread his wings and fly

Vegy is a true agent of change

Yes, Dtoast allowed him to return with the cavaet of no hornyposting, a rule they can't impose on just one user so had to extend it to all

They were always going to ban hornyposting.

fandom doesnt have a valid reason for anything

It would be fucking hilarious if on the zoom call or whatever when they were discussing the hornyposting rule change if a bunch of Fandom suits namedropped Vegy and Neon >_>

That would be the ultimate compliment to me lol

DKBananaSlamma posted...

It would be fucking hilarious if on the zoom call or whatever when they were discussing the hornyposting rule change if a bunch of Fandom suits namedropped Vegy and Neon >_>

That would be the ultimate compliment to me lol

wait you got pardoned?

Did I? >_> I just posted how I wanted the whole time lol. Sometimes I got modded and sometimes I didn't.

DKBananaSlamma posted...

Did I? >_> I just posted how I wanted the whole time lol. Sometimes I got modded and sometimes I didn't.

someone said you did

I didn't track which of your accounts got banned lol

remember how when Vegy was allowed to post again, he wasn't allowed to hornypost, despite it not yet being a rule?

I feel he knew something but didn't warn us.

the ultimate betrayal

Vegy was taking views away from Fandom approved hornyads and losing them money. So they silenced him and made it against the TOS.

Later they told him he could come back, but if he tried to hornypost they'd come after him.

thronedfire2 posted...

someone said you did

I didn't track which of your accounts got banned lol

There's nothing stopping you from having an alt and popping back in, at least back then. idk now though.

Baron_Ox posted...

remember how when Vegy was allowed to post again, he wasn't allowed to hornypost, despite it not yet being a rule?

I feel he knew something but didn't warn us.

the ultimate betrayal

I dunno

he came back, still didn't type like a normal person, so he immediately went back on ignore

Vegy's hornyposting was nothing compared to the other horny threads. Vegy posted like a child who'd found an underwear catalogue.

I don't remember any of dis tbh

Vegy posted...

I don't remember any of dis tbh

Pororin remembers!

Gamefqqs died for vegy

Hope you appreciate it cheese head!

Vegy does nothing but cause problems smh

No it was my idea. No horny on my watch.

Very was the first victim

I would argue he definitely played a huge role given prior to his return, it was a big part of his identity here.

But to he fair, there's a few others too.

Wasn't following the plot all that karefully, but wasn't Sterolizer directly asking for this kind of thing?

In any kase, I think it's safe to say regulars of this board were the main reason, one way or another. Should send an emissary to go around and apologise to other boards.

Vegy is the Charles Xavier of hornyposting

Jerry_Hellyeah posted...

Vegy is the Charles Xavier of hornyposting

Neon is Reed Richards but the horniest man alive poro

Irony posted...

Vegy does nothing but cause problems smh

I'm like goku huh

Goku at least went super sayin when he got banned for horny and destroyed all his oppressors

I have never seen DBZ

DuuuDe14 posted...

No it was my idea. No horny on my watch.

bro give it a rest no one believes that

edit: yes, i know who you really are

Nah. He was banned and allowed to return upon the condition of no horny. In his stead (for some in his memory), others took up the mantle.

If anything it was everybody except Vegy who continued to hornypost.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b1f0b8d7.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e0aa2d6c.jpg

NoSite4OldCEmen posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b1f0b8d7.jpg

Vegy: "AAAARRRGH I HATE YOU!"

The_Korey posted...

Wasn't following the plot all that karefully, but wasn't Sterolizer directly asking for this kind of thing?

In any kase, I think it's safe to say regulars of this board were the main reason, one way or another. Should send an emissary to go around and apologise to other boards.

Oddly enough, in all my diatribes in how GameFaqs could in theory go about restructuring itself to attract more users, and become more financially viable...I don't think I ever actually concentrated on the "horny posting" aspect of it. I never even heard the term before Fandom used it.

I guess you could lump "horny posting" in with my "be less internet weird" types of rants. But, I was one of the more active members of the "sex" board, and I was campaigning for that to morph into less "horny posting" and more sexual health and relationship advice.

I even at one point teamed with another user to make our own community board called "adulting" to talk about that type of stuff. But, that was a disaster, it got alot of traffic, but people weren't really mature enough on GameFaqs to talk about things like raising a family, or trying to balance your checkbook. So, we wiped the board clean at one point, and started over...which is what you see now...just a literal ghost town.

Still, after three plus years, I did more or less achieve my goal in changing the vibe of the "sex board". When I first got there it as full of literal incels (as in people who identified, and called themselves incels) trying to sway users into their cult like they were campus recruiters for the military. The rest of the board was a lot of porn discussion, and just in general, misogynistic nonsense. But, when the board was shut down a few weeks back it was full of topics about sexual health, relationships, maintaining a marriage, overcoming mental health, learning to be more social, and just general adult stuff. All sandwich between community topics, playing games and just generally chatting.

In the end I definetly do support the "no hornyposting rule" -- I don't think everything related to sex counts as hornyposting. But the reality of the situation is that the demographics of GameFaqs is primarily male users over the age of 35. So having that demographic making of bunch of "horny posting" related topics just stiffles any user acquisition campaign by Fandom to attract a newer, more casual audience.

Businesswise it was the right move, and I don't think any one person is to blame. In essence, Fandom has made the decision (of which I agree with) to give GameFaqs a more social media-esque atmosphere, and run it from a more corporate standpoint, and less like an independently owned community website.

There are alot of places on the internet that still push forward with the "internet culture" mindset -- and its pretty easy to go join one of those platforms if "horny posting" is your thing. There are tons of subreddits for that purpose. But if Fandom is going to make an effort to grown GameFaqs into something akin to its 2010 self (something that makes a profit) then hornyposting has to go.

I mean, it's easy to hate "shareholders" and what have you, especially as a long time community member that just wants to continue using the thing they've been using, in the matter they've been using it. However, if you just take one moment to reflect on the situation as a whole, and draw on your common sense, then its real easy to understand why a company like Fandom would be attempting to appeal to a wider audience with the platform -- $$$

But I don't think that's a bad thing. I think it's a good thing, because it means GameFaqs had a chance to live on into the future and thrive. I'm of the opinion that if you are a fan of this platform you shouldn't want it to just wither away and die.

totalnerdken posted...

Ngl, I'd be jealous if that was the case. I want a new rule written solely because of me.

What rule