2024 US Presidential Election

[DJChameleon]

DJ, I had heard of similar weird shadowbanning of Google search terms related to Trump recently and I can confirm that a couple days ago when I typed in "assassination attempt of trum", the auto-complete suggestions did not include Trump - the first result was "assassination attempt of truman". I'm not suggesting it was malicious or intentional or anything, but it appears to have been fixed now. Trump shows up as expected in the Google auto-complete suggestions.

Not sure what your experiences were, but like you, I'm an American.

Yeah it seems to be fixed now and his result shows up at the top but President Donald Duck is the second result which is funny still. I haven't checked what the donald duck result gives back.

[SGR]

Yeah it seems to be fixed now and his result shows up at the top but President Donald Duck is the second result which is funny still. I haven't checked what the donald duck result gives back.

[degrassi.knoll]

I honestly have no idea what the two of them are arguing over. All I know is Steph called DJ a misogynist, or perhaps alluded to it (not sure) - which, to my knowledge, I've never known him to be - and second, DJ kind of weaponised her reply in a sarcastic way. Hell, I have no clue, and sure @Marie Monday maybe it's not passive-aggression, but it's not required, whatever it is. When people start slinging insults at each other, veiled or otherwise, it's time to call it out and ask them politely to stop. Isn't that part of what a mod's job is? What do you mean, I don't get paid? I quit! 

Hold on now: I'm just a figment of who's imagination? Well of all the ----

#SomethingCompletelyDifferent
#NotMusicBanter

dj posted a trending "controversial" twitter topic trying to get scd to participate but without identifying it as such

I called him out on it, and pointed out that he had misinterpreted the entire point to begin with

He called me "useful for once" - treating women as though they only have value when being useful to men is misogynistic. So is calling the women he pursues romantically his "strays" - which he does openly on this forum, I'm not pulling it out of thin air.

My aggression is anything but passive. Your modding could do with some context.

[Shhon]

dj posted a trending "controversial" twitter topic trying to get scd to participate but without identifying it as such

I called him out on it, and pointed out that he had misinterpreted the entire point to begin with

He called me "useful for once" - treating women as though they only have value when being useful to men is misogynistic. So is calling the women he pursues romantically his "strays" - which he does openly on this forum, I'm not pulling it out of thin air.

My aggression is anything but passive. Your modding could do with some context.

did you see the stuff about calling people 'weird' lol

i lol'ed a few times at the odd photos of people with the line 'this is weird' 

[tristan_geoff]

can we just put Vermin in already

[DJChameleon]

dj posted a trending "controversial" twitter topic trying to get scd to participate but without identifying it as such

I called him out on it, and pointed out that he had misinterpreted the entire point to begin with

He called me "useful for once" - treating women as though they only have value when being useful to men is misogynistic. So is calling the women he pursues romantically his "strays" - which he does openly on this forum, I'm not pulling it out of thin air.

My aggression is anything but passive. Your modding could do with some context.

The only women I called strays which also applies to a male friend of mines are of people that have used me in the past for shelter. I don't just go around calling women that I want romantically strays but whatever makes you feel better about your life then go ahead and believe that.

I just asked for participation just to see what results they get and it would have ruined the silly little joke to say ahead of time about the president Donald duck thing you are reading way too into things.

also for someone that is so anti-elon musk and twitter you sure keep up with what's trending on it.

also another thing just because you don't like me doesn't mean it's okay to constantly post things in the public area of the forum that I've posted about in the secret forums. this isn't the first time you've bought up more private stuff just to take pot shots at me.

[Guybrush]

My aggression is anything but passive. Your modding could do with some context.

It's not clear to me that context should change the nature of @Trollheart's reply which was asking hostilities to cease or move to the unmoderated forum. This seems like the correct first step to me.

Other than that, the rules inform about what we want to moderate and the goals say to what end. It's not our intention to moderate everything we might find objectionable and I don't really see a big problem with posting trends from other social media myself.

[Lucem Ferre]

Most importantly, that little kerfuffle was cringe.

[Trollheart]

dj posted a trending "controversial" twitter topic trying to get scd to participate but without identifying it as such

I called him out on it, and pointed out that he had misinterpreted the entire point to begin with

He called me "useful for once" - treating women as though they only have value when being useful to men is misogynistic. So is calling the women he pursues romantically his "strays" - which he does openly on this forum, I'm not pulling it out of thin air.

My aggression is anything but passive. Your modding could do with some context.

Bolded: I don't disagree. This is probably the first time I've ever tried to mod, and probably failed miserably at it. I'll do better I guess as I get more experience. That, however, does not take away from the fact that a) I wasn't saying don't post that Musk/Twitter/whatever stuff, just don't go attacking anyone personally, at least not here or b) that your response (and his) were inappropriate. For all you know, you may have got it wrong (amazingly, I sometimes do!) and DJ's post was a genuine attempt, as he said, to see what happened and nothing more. Also, I didn't single just you out, but asked you both to cool it. I believe that in essence this is part of a mod's job (are all mods cons though? Bored, inquiring minds want to know!) so that's what I done. I have, as you know, a lot of respect for you, Steph, and this kind of sniping is, I believe, beneath you. DJ's response was not appropriate either, so again, not taking sides, just asking you to either continue your beef in private or, as suggested, duke it out in the unmoderated forum.

You might also notice that I didn't say DJ should not post such things here, or take sides in any way. As I said, I don't understand what the whole thing is about. Until you started talking about misogyny I thought it was just one of those interesting/fun things people post. If it isn't, fine, but all I asked is that you took your fight, if you wanted to have one, elsewhere. Main threads aren't the appropriate venue for slagging each other off. Like I said, this ain't Music Banter.


Also, I don't believe it's any more acceptable to call someone a misogynist without proof than it is to call someone a paedophile, homophobe, racist or rapist. If you have history with DJ, that's one thing, however as he says elsewhere, if that information was shared privately then it is definitely not cool to share it here in public, presumably without his permission. Guys, we all got to be nicer to and more tolerant of each other, banal as that may seem. It's actually not that terribly hard.

It's not clear to me that context should change the nature of @Trollheart's reply which was asking hostilities to cease or move to the unmoderated forum. This seems like the correct first step to me.

Given that I've done so little to justify my presence as a co-creator here, I thought stepping in and asking for cooler heads to prevail was probably the right thing to do. I will admit, I expected this sort of blowback.

Other than that, the rules inform about what we want to moderate and the goals say to what end. It's not our intention to moderate everything we might find objectionable and I don't really see a big problem with posting trends from other social media myself.

First bolded: absolutely not, otherwise everyone would be reporting my journals and threads!   
Second bolded: Nor do I. The OP didn't bother me at all (didn't understand it): I was just reacting to the flare-up between DJ and Steph, and asking them to cool their jets.

And now, I go back to whatever it is I do!

[degrassi.knoll]

Also, I don't believe it's any more acceptable to call someone a misogynist without proof than it is to call someone a paedophile, homophobe, racist or rapist.

This is a wild take

[Trollheart]

This is a wild take

That's your opinion. I personally believe that if you think you can accuse people of such things without proof, you're wrong. I'll respect your opinion, please respect mine and let's for the love of a god I don't believe in leave it at that.

[Psy-Fi]

Chris Hedges: Q&A on 2024 Election

[Psy-Fi]

RFK Jr. admits putting dead bear cub and old bicycle in New York City's Central Park nearly 10 years ago

"I wasn't drinking, of course, but people were drinking with me who thought this was a good idea."

[Paul Smeenus]

Tim Walz or GTFO!!!!

Hope I'm not wrong.

[Shhon]