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(DIR) Post #Aaqnyz3ZXMaMUyTeuu by S-Config@core.s-config.com
2023-10-17T00:44:27.235137Z
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approaching almost a year of running my own instance. I will say it's way different than my first try here on Mastodon. I did get the question "Does Mastodon have Reaver Instances" answered with quickness! Hooo! But there are other instances that were blocked on the big instances because i think the humor is a little savage. Overall.. Still better then Musk. And not jumping to Bluesky despite getting invite codes every other day.
(DIR) Post #Aaqnz03Fq1vRaHKv3o by milo@anthro.cc
2023-10-17T01:21:20.372Z
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@S-Config@core.s-config.com i rarely use bluesky even though i have it set up.
(DIR) Post #Aaqnz0raosBw6Ot7WS by S-Config@core.s-config.com
2023-10-17T01:23:41.165004Z
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@milo It just feels like someone generating artificial scarcity in the hopes of winning the social network crowd.
(DIR) Post #Aaqnz1fZp2AqbQH2Qq by milo@anthro.cc
2023-10-17T05:01:06.583Z
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@S-Config@core.s-config.com Or at the least the old twitter crowd.
(DIR) Post #Aaqnz2Qizjt6xeKgvA by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2023-10-17T05:03:19.857178Z
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@milo @S-Config the problem with bluesky is it's literally another one of those shitty alt networks from back in the day.You have no reason to sign up for it if you're not banned from Twitter, your interactions/chance of being seen is lower, everyone I know crossposts anyway, and it lacks basic features Fedi has. It only has the userbase it does because a so called decentralized fandom and the mastosoc (NPR listening) tier libs set up shop there.
(DIR) Post #AaqqpAxEkKMqMjWqfo by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2023-10-17T05:35:10.514157Z
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@milo @S-Config I might as well point out what a friend said about Bluesky and why it has been a failure in his eyes; everyone on BlueSky has a Twitter account and ends up moving back to Twitter, ending up with the BSky account being less active. In other words, it's another Zippcast: a dead on arrival "platform" that only attracts people crying about another website (and believe it or not, Musk Derangement Syndrome that I've seen ecelebs on Twitter like Nanoraptor nuke their accounts for BSky (and later fedi)). While you can get some high repost/like ratios on an instance running Genuine Mastodon Software (tm) that is only posting and barely interacting as seen by the posts on that account or on a massive instance like misskey.io, on this side of the fedi or BSky good luck lmao. The problem with any not-Twitter site is the same as it was during other infamous events that led people to leave Twitter: If you're not banned from Twitter you have no reason to use alternative sites, but at least on the fedi you're not stuck in an echo chamber as much, just one enforced by blocklists from the Usual Suspects (tm) that just so happen to have many of the big instances. As much as people like us were shitting on Bot, one of the things she was 100% right about is that you have a far higher chance of being seen on a censored Mastodong instance in the Mastodon Network (tm) than a Pleroma instance where you can say all the slurs you want. Which made me realize something too, there are a conditions that would have to happen for Twitter to finally die out given nothing happens no matter how hard Twitter fists users with censorship, API limits, the mob being given free reign as usual, etc:Twitter drops a nuke on the userbase that actually forces them to scatter. I'm not talking like oh another censorship thing here or there, or Twitter doing the API fuckery, I'm talking a full on nuke like the Tumblr porn ban was. Just like radioactive fallout, the effects of that can still be felt to this day as the Tumblr userbase migrated to Twitter and shat the place up. The login wall to merely view a tweet was probably the closest Twitter ever came to this. Maybe it could be a porn ban, maybe it could be some shitty take on the Israel thing that's open and not implied. As Twitter continues it's freefall that started in the mid 2010s after the Leslie Jones saga, a competitor pops up that people actually use, that actually has features (unlike BSky), isn't tied to a shitty company (unlike Threads), and actually has people wanting to use it. The entry barrier is low and different groups of people migrate over until it has active userbases. This of course could go one of two ways. The good ending is they move to fedi, and likely a massive instance that shys away from the "Mastodon" branding (which is so tainted in the eyes of many that BlueSky used a shit instance shutting down as justification for having floating identity bullshit).The bad ending is that the users go to another walled garden (see: Discord) that is "Twitter without the problems" until it is, and then the cycle repeats after a few years. Unfortunately knowing who is using Bluesky, this might be the most likely option for some people.
(DIR) Post #AmibE5cvoJViqcDmwy by foxdickfarms@clubcyberia.co
2024-10-06T04:28:02.783696Z
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@PurpCat @S-Config @milo Just made an account on BSKY.Banned in 2 hours.
(DIR) Post #Apu7kB5OF75qTmqIYy by Purp1Lady@decayable.ink
2025-01-09T11:30:30.771887Z
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I mostly use Blusky as another way to share my art and updates for adding new things into my personal website tbh.(I also mostly follow JP artists on there as well.)
(DIR) Post #Asxy7SyP9AO4dVscCW by Zergling_man@gearlandia.haus
2025-04-11T01:37:30.372550Z
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@PurpCat It's all fags and niggers, who cares lol>you're more likely to be seen on mastodongSo what lol, seen by who, trannies that will hate you no matter what you do.Open fedi is the only sane choice.
(DIR) Post #AsyEDSbp0pxYVjCHXk by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-11T04:38:09.076622Z
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@Zergling_man @roland oh yeah, bsky is fucking trashier a year later LMAO
(DIR) Post #AsyF0oOqmdmYHcf89w by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-11T04:46:16.685119Z
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@PurpCat @milo @S-Config >You have no reason to sign up for it if you're not banned from Twitterfalse, i left twitter not due to being banned (my account became reinstated at some point) but due to the fact that musk thought X should stand for XSS. a spam DM auto-redirected me to a third-party website without my intervention so i immediately noped out of it>lacks basic features Fedi has.not doubting you, but which features? i mean, fedi is notorious for making its own mistakes with regard to user-facing features, not even mentioning the stability and compatibility issues from certain things over the years. some of this shit has always been confusing to new users
(DIR) Post #AsyF0pVydd4pk10KuG by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-11T04:47:03.288474Z
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@wowaname @milo @S-Config This was a year ago when bsky literally didn't let you upload videos or post gifs, let alone having DMs. It's added a bunch now, but at the time it was true.
(DIR) Post #Asz5cBDI7aCzMxOZjU by Zergling_man@gearlandia.haus
2025-04-11T05:00:51.256804Z
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@PurpCat Obviously?It never had the possibility to be anything else.@roland
(DIR) Post #Asz5cCc8ufgJiK1w6i by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-11T14:36:24.499670Z
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@Zergling_man @roland at least one company left because they realized the userbase is hostile LOL
(DIR) Post #Asz5s0lajJXRbPzJtQ by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-11T04:48:46.530672Z
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@PurpCat @milo @S-Config i know it had/has bugs but so does fedi to this day, so that's a dirt reason to compare the two
(DIR) Post #Asz5s2NuiJmqcYvRGS by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-11T04:51:51.870105Z
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@PurpCat @S-Config @milo see https://freesoftwareextremist.com/notice/Asy9LZ65uSsznBT10K thread i just made a bit ago: tl;dr i prefer a mature community over bickering about short-term technical issues, assuming the issues can be fixed. i've been on fedi almost a decade now and i still don't feel like i've been able to discover interesting people outside of the core circle i've always known here
(DIR) Post #Asz5s3VkWfeI79bD7I by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-11T04:54:33.277958Z
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@PurpCat @S-Config @milo to me fedi has never approached the old-twitter (ca. 2010) mood where it felt like people with actual interests could easily find and gravitate toward each other. best-case fedi still remains very segmented, worst-case it's completely obscured from certain audiences
(DIR) Post #Asz5s4CzvsFAHHpkWm by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-11T04:56:31.282668Z
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@PurpCat @S-Config @milo i really want to blame most of it on reactionary politics (all sides are at fault here). that drives a lot of potential users away and you're just left with an antisocial network full of inflammatory soapboxes that cannot FUCKING shut up to save their lives even half a decade later
(DIR) Post #Asz5s4mnmksq4KaLKq by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-11T14:39:15.977878Z
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@wowaname @milo @S-Config bsky is literally also an echo chamber though It's also where the mere concept of someone existing there can make people want you burnt at the stake
(DIR) Post #Asz6AvN119r8MsVkwK by sally@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-11T14:41:42.191703Z
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@PurpCat @Zergling_man @roland It was always trash buddy, it was just less obvious.
(DIR) Post #Asz6AwDTs5p6zb3eiW by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-11T14:42:43.228458Z
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@sally @Zergling_man @roland it's even funnier now that since they tried to expand, they've gotten plenty of pedos, bots, and keyboard warriors signing upThey've gotten Twitters Finest over there
(DIR) Post #Asz8CVMsrc3WDAKahc by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-11T15:01:49.528215Z
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@PurpCat @milo @S-Config all people like you do is bitch about everyone you don't like. you contribute to just as much a fucking annoying echo chamber.
(DIR) Post #Asz8CWXYVQBbqYKcyW by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-11T15:05:26.294556Z
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@wowaname @milo @S-Config tell me how bsky handled Jesse Singal(Insert goose meme comic here)
(DIR) Post #Asz9QNKNed5VHbL0sa by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-11T15:04:00.284506Z
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@S-Config @milo @PurpCat i see the same shit regardless what instance i'm on. glad it worked for you but it's obvious you don't see what i'm upset about.
(DIR) Post #AszAWbHSn498FUVPbU by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-11T15:30:20.554266Z
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@PurpCat @milo @S-Config literally who?it might be a foreign concept to some, but i simply ignore people i don't care about.
(DIR) Post #AszAWcW2CNOc4yKYxE by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-11T15:31:28.466385Z
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@wowaname @milo @S-Config someone that bsky users literally sent death threats to for merely existing.
(DIR) Post #AszBuy4VnydLq2dBNQ by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-11T15:47:09Z
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@wowaname @Milo @PurpCat @S-Config I'm afraid that you can't have that kind of culture on a decentralized network in this political climate (which I don't think is going to change anytime soon). The only way you can have it is on a centralized network with moderation to keep all the political posters, blackpillers, etc out.For example, there are a couple of imageboards and textboards out there that strive to be more comfy instead of complaining about how much they hate the world, but those admins realized that they either need to sacrifice freeze-peach and/or be relatively obscure in order to keep it that way.The fediverse has neither of that going for it. Yes, there are more laid-back instances on here that try to replicate that pre-2014 experience, but it is inevitable that users get dogpiled by Poast and NCD users who think they own the network. You could also just have an isolated, webring-like network of whitelist instances, but that kind of defeats the purpose of decentralization in the first place. You might as well just have a Ning site.
(DIR) Post #AszCbUAgqjqBYXnKyW by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-11T15:52:31.631294Z
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@xianc78 @milo @PurpCat @S-Config you mention imageboards, so i'll relate my point to that. my experience is that 4chan has just as many useless reply guys as fedi does, bumping threads for no reason, but my real issue is that the interesting content i actually want to see is more sparse on fedi, whereas on 4chan i still regularly see plenty of people mature enough to ignore all that and save the threads with useful contributions anyway. hopefully that makes more sense. it isn't so much the moderation, it's the community's temperament. fedi has always eaten one another alive; we're schismatic and that's a shame. bsky united against a common enemy (twitter post-acquisition). fedi never had such a unified incident such as that, because all we have are the people who were tired of or banned from twitter prior to that mass exodus.
(DIR) Post #AszE5GJH3DbbCtZXKC by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-11T15:53:44.731400Z
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@xianc78 @PurpCat @S-Config @milo basically the core of twitter/microblogging culture -- the part worth keeping -- made it more-or-less in one piece to bsky and not to here
(DIR) Post #AszFDeZSpfZIiqi5R2 by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-11T16:24:09Z
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@wowaname @Milo @PurpCat @S-Config I lurked on various Mastodon and GNU Social instances before the brief federation of Gab and the culture was kind of like what you described. A lot of people were just simply posting their nature walks or whatever projects they were working on. There were still a few people like that on here when I first joined, but I think Poast scared them off.
(DIR) Post #AszFaqNp54gu1AK5w0 by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-11T16:28:15.594355Z
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@xianc78 @wowaname @milo @S-Config they're just on the Japanese side now and Twitter.com
(DIR) Post #AszHeyKzeGc5kq60Qa by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-11T16:49:56.544915Z
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@PurpCat @milo @S-Config @xianc78 oh i forgot that was one really good reason to learn japanese. none of those people on fedi seem to be dicks
(DIR) Post #AszHez1t4mvNtsAGHo by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-11T16:51:25.873348Z
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@wowaname @milo @S-Config @xianc78 It's because the Japanese side didn't have the same circumstances of either political censorship or fears of such that led people to the fedi in the usa, or aggressive shilling by such types.
(DIR) Post #AszHvLTxMhsWAZ5zoe by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-11T16:54:06.631502Z
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@PurpCat @milo @S-Config @xianc78 >aggressive shillingbetter or worse than aggressive shitting, guys??
(DIR) Post #AszHvMTze3VBGy7XVo by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-11T16:54:23.399342Z
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@wowaname @milo @S-Config @xianc78 https://www.vice.com/en/article/mastodon-is-like-twitter-without-nazis-so-why-are-we-not-using-it/
(DIR) Post #AszI2yg22RaNkzNoo4 by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-11T16:55:49Z
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@wowaname @Milo @PurpCat @S-Config >4chan i still regularly see plenty of people mature enough to ignore all that and save the threads with useful contributions anyway. hopefully that makes more sense. it isn't so much the moderation, it's the community's temperament. fedi has always eaten one another alive; we're schismatic and that's a shameThe difference here is that we have likes, reblogs, follows, blocks, etc and it's much easier to post a short meme and get a bunch of those than it is to make an effort post. On imageboards, all you have are (You)s and everyone is completely anonymous so nobody is building any positive or negative reputation (unless you make it obvious that all your posts are coming from the same person).Microblogging is basically the polar opposite of imageboards. Everyone has accounts, followers, blocks, etc and therefore has a reputation. This enables personality cults and constantly picking sides. It also doesn't help that many people who came here after 2021 were on sites where such behavior was encouraged (like KiwiFarms). Part of the reason why I hate most Poast users is that they are the types that were spending most of their Internet time watching MisterMetokur videos back in the 2010s, so they've surrounded themselves with people who like to make lolcows out of those they disagree with or who they think are weaker than them.
(DIR) Post #AszI7kiPNJMfu4ltbc by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-11T16:56:41Z
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@wowaname @Milo @PurpCat @S-Config I'm pretty sure that some would be hostile to gaijin posters.
(DIR) Post #AszIPTcNgGYA5dP6I4 by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-11T16:59:51.220640Z
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@xianc78 @wowaname @milo @S-Config unfortunately, this is every social media site now. Google Docs and Reddit replaced the Farms. You just don't see that side of the internet for the same reason you don't hear about iOS features if you have an Android phone, like "green bubbles" or live voicemail.
(DIR) Post #AszJ4RZMCdM3bnWYDY by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-11T17:06:23.069463Z
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@PurpCat @milo @S-Config @xianc78 i never expected for anyone to call google docs a social media platform
(DIR) Post #AszJ4T1kmXfC89ok7M by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-11T17:07:16Z
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@wowaname @Milo @PurpCat @S-Config It's not. It's a rich-text pastebin and a replacement for wikis.
(DIR) Post #AszL8fTCf6BPmtmtMW by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-11T17:05:01.078828Z
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@xianc78 @milo @PurpCat @S-Config shame i never got around to writing an AP server because i was gonna completely do away with supporting a lot of that dopamine shit in first-party code. it's easy to bring imageboard mentality here and not succumb to egotistical pitfalls, but not everyone is strong-willed or even aware like that
(DIR) Post #AszL8gBW0Ld20KWHQm by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-11T17:30:26Z
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@wowaname @Milo @PurpCat @S-Config It's not "imageboard mentality". I doubt most Poast users ever touched an imageboard. They were probably watching alt-right/dissident right Youtubers/podcasters before Poast came around, given that they still talk about them like it's 2017. At least 8chan had a disdain for such e-celebs.And I think "egoistical pitfalls" will always happen unless you have complete anonymity. If you cause enough drama, someone will start archiving and cataloging everything you have posted and put them up on a pastebin, wiki, forum thread, etc.
(DIR) Post #AszLewAy5LYWrne5FQ by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-11T17:34:57.072346Z
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@xianc78 @milo @PurpCat @S-Config >It's not "imageboard mentality".i think you misunderstand me: i'm referring to how we prioritise the content itself, over who wrote it
(DIR) Post #AszLexPXUeo0hHTEbA by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-11T17:36:17Z
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@wowaname @Milo @PurpCat @S-Config Oh okay, but you also need people to realize that a bad poster will sometimes make a good post.
(DIR) Post #AszMN2YZisvzOjiXcO by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-11T17:44:17Z
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@PurpCat @Milo @S-Config @wowaname It will always anger me that the indie game scene is the epicenter of this behavior. A lot (if not most) people just want to see the imaginary worlds that they've been dreaming since childhood come to reality and probably never envisioned getting into such drama.Though I'm not familiar with this game so I have no side to pick on this one.
(DIR) Post #AszMyQHMUETpgbUWbg by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-11T17:50:58.475588Z
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@xianc78 @milo @S-Config @wowaname Rule 1 of doing anything online should also be: don't fuck your fans.
(DIR) Post #AszN8jz44y7ZhBqwwS by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-11T17:52:53Z
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@PurpCat @Milo @S-Config @wowaname The JewWario and ProJared (even though he didn't actually fuck his fans) taught me that very well.
(DIR) Post #AszNC5KVAlGSlcTUau by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-11T17:53:30Z
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@PurpCat @Milo @S-Config @wowaname The JewWario and ProJared (even though he didn't actually fuck his fans) situations taught me that very well.
(DIR) Post #AszNF7o6PyeHJrlmpk by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-11T17:54:00.039079Z
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@xianc78 @milo @S-Config @wowaname the other thing about being remotely famous is that there are going to people who will want to be in your circle for the clout
(DIR) Post #AszPD7WEiaknkraK8G by RK7@lab.nyanide.com
2025-04-11T18:16:05.412799Z
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@PurpCat @milo @S-Config @wowaname @xianc78 I think every website that tries to copy the twitter (and to a lesser extent, Tumblr) user experience are just doomed to be like this unfortunately, especially with a large enough user base. Bluesky essentially was like this from day one, and has not really improved since (despite numerous features being added in an attempt to curb such behavior). Turns out it's not a matter of the political leanings of the CEO or the users, but just an inherent property of how such sites inevitably turn out.
(DIR) Post #AszPKfR70qjSyUmq7U by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-11T18:17:25.320835Z
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@RK7 @milo @S-Config @wowaname @xianc78 classic post btw that talks about why it always ends this way in the middle of the post:https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/17/the-toxoplasma-of-rage/In particular; it's because rage and drama and arguing breed interactions; especially with the right demographic for this.
(DIR) Post #AszQhynJJ27VcwqkW8 by RK7@lab.nyanide.com
2025-04-11T18:32:53.070493Z
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@PurpCat @milo @S-Config @wowaname @xianc78 And in particular, the character limits and every post being essentially disposable exacerbate this. There's relatively little room to fully explain ones position, and the site's design inherently puts ragebait in your face.
(DIR) Post #AszRaFmGNZhrw9EvZ2 by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-11T18:42:41Z
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@PurpCat @Milo @S-Config @wowaname @RK7 >In particular; it's because rage and drama and arguing breed interactions; especially with the right demographic for this.I used to be into that stuff back in my late high school and college years, but I can barely stand to even look at that stuff anymore. I actually regret being into that stuff because I wasted a lot of time when I could've used that time to study for school or practice programming. Pretty much every celebrity who took part of any side of GamerGate or the culture war turned out to be a huge grifter and/or lolcow anyway.
(DIR) Post #AszTeoiebm33NDr65g by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-11T19:05:51.211828Z
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@xianc78 @milo @S-Config @wowaname @RK7 Anyone who was into that years ago either grew out or fell terminally deep into that stuff (or hit the team change button while doing so).
(DIR) Post #At0IJjwOH5M08OzIH2 by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-12T04:33:30.596433Z
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@Hephaestic @milo @S-Config @wowaname @xianc78 @RK7 It's not hard to reason why. Every single person involved in it in some way, shape, or form was in it to grift somehow. The only people who were gamedevs were just chiming in from the sidelines for or against it and the pro-GG devs were lower on the totem pole than the anti-ones (and it included a LOT of failed devs who were trying to blame solely the media for their falings).
(DIR) Post #At3OrU0TCqqxlDFTou by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-12T02:04:49.007482Z
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@Hephaestic @milo @PurpCat @S-Config @xianc78 @RK7 i felt like i was in the eye of the storm during the beginning of gamergay. i didn't participate in it one way or another, but everyone else around me was talking about it and/or closely involved
(DIR) Post #At3OrV6B970v9CvYMC by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-13T16:30:58Z
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@wowaname @Milo @PurpCat @S-Config @RK7 @Hephaestic Virtually every gaming circle had at least one person talking about it. It may have caused a lot of people (not just 4chan) to leave certain communities after said communities made their official stance on the issues. It also brought attention to several alternative sites that would've never gotten popular otherwise (8chan being the most notable example). It truly did change Internet culture.I think it was virtually impossible to ignore it as a gamer unless you're one of the few people who simply just play video games and never discuss them online or consume any gaming-relating content online.
(DIR) Post #At3RWpgPiaMwloiDtQ by RK7@lab.nyanide.com
2025-04-13T17:00:55.160307Z
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@xianc78 @wowaname @milo @PurpCat @S-Config @Hephaestic Honestly it's interesting how it ended up being a perfect example of corporate/institutional capture. So many self-described lefties out there have retconned it as being some sort of rw conspiracy when it was really just people asking for more disclosure from game journos that they've been in the dev's pants/general discontent with modern corporate practices in games.Ironically those types insisting gamergate and other poor responses to corporate media conglomerates are some sort of right wing thing is probably the one thing that ended up steering people away from the left. Like, if someone's going to spend a decade saying it's extremism for people to notice a conflict of interest at a gaming site, then yeah they're probably gonna pick the opposite of what that individual is selling.
(DIR) Post #At3YTKY7iQ3x1N6z6u by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-13T18:14:58.625385Z
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@xianc78 @milo @PurpCat @S-Config @RK7 @Hephaestic 8chan was way less of a meme before it blew up after what moot did to /v/. i had already known about the place
(DIR) Post #At3YTLtQighTBk5VxY by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-13T18:18:42Z
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@wowaname @Milo @PurpCat @S-Config @RK7 @Hephaestic From what I've been told, before GamerGate it was used as a place for other altchans to create bunkers.
(DIR) Post #At3Za74UKBXtCX32Y4 by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-13T18:29:51.794353Z
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@xianc78 @milo @PurpCat @S-Config @RK7 @Hephaestic i just shitposted on the irc with copypaste and some other faggots like beefeats
(DIR) Post #At3Za7mnfQzVPxmQcK by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-13T18:31:05.331086Z
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@wowaname @milo @S-Config @xianc78 @RK7 @Hephaestic I miss /furry/...
(DIR) Post #At3aEGtxCCdLGvGmpM by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-13T18:38:25Z
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@wowaname @Milo @PurpCat @S-Config @RK7 @Hephaestic I always felt like having an IRC, Discord, Matrix, XMPP defeated the purpose of an anonymous imageboard.
(DIR) Post #At3aMa41plhF1IwbWy by noyoushutthefuckupdad@shitposter.world
2025-04-13T18:39:55.399997Z
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@PurpCat @S-Config the purpose of BlueSky is to make sure absolutely no one with a Pepe avatar ever disrespects your pronouns.
(DIR) Post #At3bAJkUlcWwtnWYFc by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-13T18:47:50.559830Z
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@PurpCat @milo @S-Config @xianc78 @RK7 @Hephaestic hotwheels went out of his way to add better support for textboards after i created /vip/
(DIR) Post #At3bAKrGdvXeL5hTRg by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-13T18:48:09.173680Z
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@PurpCat @Hephaestic @RK7 @S-Config @milo @xianc78 it had a total of a dozen users ever but it was still a good memeboard
(DIR) Post #At3bALpB3BSpKtjJpI by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-13T18:48:49.727295Z
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@wowaname @milo @S-Config @xianc78 @RK7 @Hephaestic I was a big poster there ngl
(DIR) Post #At3bEg7tVhg1SYY3Cy by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-13T18:49:41Z
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@PurpCat @Milo @S-Config @wowaname @RK7 @Hephaestic Fchan still exists.http://fchan.us/
(DIR) Post #At3bIB0z7k5U7xz648 by RK7@lab.nyanide.com
2025-04-13T18:50:19.365568Z
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@mrsaturday @PurpCat @S-Config @wowaname @xianc78 @Hephaestic I'm still mad at hot wheels for helping take it down ngl. The communities there never really recovered from the blow and mostly just exist on the webring and scattered discord chatrooms.
(DIR) Post #At3cWuj64AtnuKCzlA by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-13T19:03:21.045986Z
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@xianc78 @PurpCat @milo @S-Config @RK7 @Hephaestic BUT 420CHAN DOESN'T, MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
(DIR) Post #At3cWvQhS3mG5Yboiu by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-13T19:04:10Z
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@wowaname @Milo @PurpCat @S-Config @RK7 @Hephaestic Fredrick was actually going to bring that site back but things happen and now the domain redirects to one of the /leftypol/ bunkers as a joke.
(DIR) Post #At3l2gWlBzs2lo6BU0 by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-13T20:39:33Z
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@RK7 @PurpCat @S-Config @wowaname @mrsaturday @Hephaestic On one hand, I do get that he doesn't want his lasting legacy to be "the guy who created the Nazi pedo site that led to three mass shootings", especially given that people with his condition don't live very long. On the other hand, he killed a bunch of communities that had nothing to do with the shootings in the process and that led to many people giving up on imageboards entirely.
(DIR) Post #At3lDTrScowAfjvf84 by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2025-04-13T20:41:29.107162Z
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@xianc78 @RK7 @S-Config @wowaname @mrsaturday @Hephaestic his legacy will now be that of a backstabber as he's always one step away from the community he wormed his way into having members feel some type of way, leading to his excommunication
(DIR) Post #At3mtYX1kbqtH2zxgG by xianc78@gameliberty.club
2025-04-13T21:00:19Z
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@PurpCat @S-Config @wowaname @RK7 @mrsaturday @Hephaestic It seems like everyone who has ever ran an imageboard ends up regretting it because the community ends up something completely different from what they intended (which is inevitable unless you use rules to enforce the culture you want) which just leads them to becoming backstabbers. Even before Christchurch you could clearly see that he was becoming disillusioned with 8chan.
(DIR) Post #At3uNdqNGSk07ELC1w by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-13T22:20:50.052969Z
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@bajax @PurpCat @S-Config @xianc78 well you got the last part down. now become famous
(DIR) Post #At3ux6g8389XgFSYrI by wowaname@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-13T22:26:05.349031Z
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@Hephaestic @PurpCat @S-Config @xianc78 @RK7 @mrsaturday nonconsensual pornography is most definitely NOT free speech. it's obscene and it's evidence of a crime.