Reminds me of an old signature that shows General being locked.
Who knew this day would actually come?
A truly prophetic sig...
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The news certainly came to me by surprise.
It's scary to see a chunk of what was once my daily life getting plucked out of place but as long as you guys know what you're doing...
I really do hope all the forum usuals find a new place to stay. Keep at it, guys.
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Maybe Politics being locked is understandable, but General being locked too is just silly
what
At 3/22/23 04:08 PM, CzySzy wrote:I've just noticed some threads in the "games" section of the forums got locked too.
I have no clue why though. At first glance those threads don't look bad at all. Did the drama spread over to the "video game" section?
lol weren’t me but I can see the common link there
Woah what? That came out of nowhere. Welp, good bye general chat, it was fun while it lasted.
Copyright sucks till you own the copyright.
Politics forum I understand, keep the political bitching on Twitter. It's always the same group of people at each other's throats anyway.
The general was fun though, regardless of what the issue was. And if the supporter forum is still open, then whatever the issue was with the general forum may eventually show itself in the supporter forum anyway.
Eh. It is what it is.
At 3/22/23 02:18 PM, Spaggo wrote:At 3/22/23 02:10 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:At 3/22/23 01:57 PM, TomFulp wrote:Some not-so-fun news today: we have closed the General and Politics forums. These forums will remain archived but in a locked state, where new posts and replies will not be accepted.
We aren't looking to recreate General and Politics in the remaining forums, however. If you are looking for a new place to argue about politics, we ask that you find it elsewhere. You’re welcome to post about issues that are important to you on your blog but a dedicated thunderdome doesn't belong here.
This has an April Fool's vibe to it. I'm going to go ahead and call it now.
Man i dunno
Theres been drama in general as of late
What drama? I haven't been on the BBS in a while.
Copyright sucks till you own the copyright.
At 3/22/23 06:05 PM, Derpydino17 wrote:At 3/22/23 02:18 PM, Spaggo wrote:At 3/22/23 02:10 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:At 3/22/23 01:57 PM, TomFulp wrote:Some not-so-fun news today: we have closed the General and Politics forums. These forums will remain archived but in a locked state, where new posts and replies will not be accepted.
We aren't looking to recreate General and Politics in the remaining forums, however. If you are looking for a new place to argue about politics, we ask that you find it elsewhere. You’re welcome to post about issues that are important to you on your blog but a dedicated thunderdome doesn't belong here.
This has an April Fool's vibe to it. I'm going to go ahead and call it now.
Man i dunno
Theres been drama in general as of late
What drama? I haven't been on the BBS in a while.
@Spaggo
Two forumers left and the place was just a mess after it. One left because he was gonna be framed of being a groomer otherwise. The other one is too hard to explain
At 3/22/23 06:10 PM, Spaggo wrote:At 3/22/23 06:05 PM, Derpydino17 wrote:At 3/22/23 02:18 PM, Spaggo wrote:At 3/22/23 02:10 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:At 3/22/23 01:57 PM, TomFulp wrote:Some not-so-fun news today: we have closed the General and Politics forums. These forums will remain archived but in a locked state, where new posts and replies will not be accepted.
We aren't looking to recreate General and Politics in the remaining forums, however. If you are looking for a new place to argue about politics, we ask that you find it elsewhere. You’re welcome to post about issues that are important to you on your blog but a dedicated thunderdome doesn't belong here.
This has an April Fool's vibe to it. I'm going to go ahead and call it now.
Man i dunno
Theres been drama in general as of late
What drama? I haven't been on the BBS in a while.
@Spaggo
Two forumers left and the place was just a mess after it. One left because he was gonna be framed of being a groomer otherwise. The other one is too hard to explain
What's too hard about simply saying "Dude got fed up with a mod, so he deleted his account".
Ok boomer.
At 3/22/23 03:44 PM, picolocity366 wrote:Honestly I'm fine with this change. I never used general all that much, and there's no way in hell I'd even look at the politics forum lest my eyes end up burning. I mainly use the art forum nowadays.
My biggest concern though is that all the stupid politics blokes will spread that shit all over the forums like an infection. To my knowledge it has happened before even with the politics forum enabled, so I'm expecting something much worse now that it's effectively been closed.
Regardless though, I'll still miss the general forum. I've made so many friends from there like @Ace-Disgrace, @cerealgutz, @Snug-Bug, @Taka, @wonkypaws, @GShideBoi, @BentSteam, @BlankFacedRobot, @HalfDemureOfficial, and many many more.
A new era of Newgrounds is beginning, and let's hope it's a good one.
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Yea, not sad nor sorry to see those forums go since I participated very little. I wonder how interaction will be in the future, would love to meet more folks and continue interacting with me new friends.
I promise I'm not ignoring you, I either forgot or I thought it was a dream.
At 3/22/23 06:01 PM, Derpydino17 wrote:Welp, good bye general chat, it was fun while it lasted.
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A truly prophetic sig...
No! It can't be! Will it be back after people forget the drama?
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At 3/22/23 05:53 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote:
haha, nice
as much as i think the "toxicity" of the politics board is overblown (i swear i've been on my best behavior), i'd not be surprised if it was shut down since that's been discussed as a possibility for some time
general, though? must've been some real shit going down there to catch the ban hammer
i don't peruse general often so i wouldn't know
RIP to the last forum that i regularly used, it was nice while it lasted; maybe i'll start making threads in the ocremix politics board again to make up for it, lol
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At 3/22/23 06:17 PM, CyberRobotnix wrote:At 3/22/23 06:10 PM, Spaggo wrote:At 3/22/23 06:05 PM, Derpydino17 wrote:At 3/22/23 02:18 PM, Spaggo wrote:At 3/22/23 02:10 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:At 3/22/23 01:57 PM, TomFulp wrote:Some not-so-fun news today: we have closed the General and Politics forums. These forums will remain archived but in a locked state, where new posts and replies will not be accepted.
We aren't looking to recreate General and Politics in the remaining forums, however. If you are looking for a new place to argue about politics, we ask that you find it elsewhere. You’re welcome to post about issues that are important to you on your blog but a dedicated thunderdome doesn't belong here.
This has an April Fool's vibe to it. I'm going to go ahead and call it now.
Man i dunno
Theres been drama in general as of late
What drama? I haven't been on the BBS in a while.
@Spaggo
Two forumers left and the place was just a mess after it. One left because he was gonna be framed of being a groomer otherwise. The other one is too hard to explain
What's too hard about simply saying "Dude got fed up with a mod, so he deleted his account".
I thought it was more than just a mod
I am hoping whatever caused the frustration of dealing with GENERAL and POLITICS doesnt spill into other parts of the forum. POLITICS seem to be a really hot subject whenever theyre brought up.
I know SethSkoda quit along with some other fella but I don't entirely know the full story (and im not seeking it.)
If anyone made me count up all the hours I wasted on General in my teens, it would surely be in the thousands. Think of all the time the teenagers of today will save by closing that place.
I fully support this choice, @TomFulp!
At 3/22/23 05:49 PM, Painbringer wrote:Reminds me of an old signature that shows General being locked.
Who knew this day would actually come?
I actually know what you're talking about I wish I could find it
Home, its where I want to be
But I guess I'm already there
At 3/22/23 05:39 PM, ikaroll wrote:At 3/22/23 05:32 PM, LiteraryWho wrote:At 3/22/23 02:22 PM, Mistman7 wrote:At 3/22/23 02:01 PM, Mistman7 wrote:At 3/22/23 01:58 PM, Marcus49 wrote:So your plan for the shitty moderation is just to nuke the BBS entirely?
Holy shit man.
Maybe for politics I could understand this, but not general?
In my experience, moderation in the general bbs has been fine
bro deleted his post :LAUGH:
addendum: I have been updated on recent events regarding DrunkGecko and Seth. I retract this previous statement.
This will probably be my last poast on this website for a while. Farewell, friends. I've loved the times we've had here.
You know, I probably shouldn't ask (least of all because it doesn't affect me in the slightest) but I really wanna know the deets too, lol.
As for @tomfulp and the closures themselves? Good riddance to politics, shame about general. The cancer had to be excised.
Long story short, guy deleted his account because he was fed up with a mod, and other guy took a break from the BBS because tom was concerned with post activity. That is it, that's literally the entire drama lol*. People just took it too far, like all BBS dramas.
*at least this is what I know from what I saw in the last few days. What a drama to come back on the BBS to lol.
Thanks for indulging this old drama whore, lol.
this makes 100% sense, but wow I'mma cry
I think the forums helped keep people on NG longer, and it was a very easy way to find random discord servers and get some kinda extra layer of the NG community.
they have been going on for so long, and all the crack addicts who used that stuff on the daily are now without a home
political forums were useless tho
RIP FORUMS
times are a changing
Have no idea what went down in General that may have led to all of this, but I am not surprised. General is just a cesspool of toxicity. You either have to be part of the joke, or you have to have some thick skin. Unfortunately, most of the posters from General who enter the political section cause the most problems while being the most thin skinned after receiving some of their own medicine. I'm not surprised that the political section is getting closed as well, considering that closing General would just send a wave of refugees from it that would dogpile on that forum as a place to go and continue their shit-posting.
At 3/22/23 06:54 PM, Caniac76 wrote:At 3/22/23 06:53 PM, PachkaCgrte wrote:Well damn, I just lost something to do on a friday night. I'm gonna miss you guys, especially @Taka @Caniac76 @Snug-bug and the late @Seth. Its been real, General
The supporter party is still here, best to poast on there, so the bbs isn’t dead yet
Oh shit I forgot about that board
Home, its where I want to be
But I guess I'm already there
At 3/22/23 01:57 PM, TomFulp wrote:Some not-so-fun news today: we have closed the General and Politics forums. These forums will remain archived but in a locked state, where new posts and replies will not be accepted.
We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed positively to these forums over the years, however we feel these forums aren’t in line with the goals for the site and we don’t have the resources to handle the problems these forums create.
If you primarily used Newgrounds for these forums, now would be a good time to reach out to your friends and consider something like a Discord group to continue your conversations.
Some of these conversations might find a place in the remaining forums. For example, Jackho’s Reading Challenge thread could find a home in the Writing Forum or Clubs and Crews.
We aren't looking to recreate General and Politics in the remaining forums, however. If you are looking for a new place to argue about politics, we ask that you find it elsewhere. You’re welcome to post about issues that are important to you on your blog but a dedicated thunderdome doesn't belong here.
To get all the sad stuff covered in one post, I’ll also give notice that we are canceling our April Fools plans this year and will instead focus on ongoing projects.
Note: If you have set Custom preferences for the main forum list, you will continue to see the locked forums listed in red. To remove them from view, click the Customize button in the top right corner, then toggle their visibility off with that eyeball button to the right of each forum.
Is this being done because of moderators constantly banning other from the BBS?
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Seems a bit hasty. I think we would have weathered the drama storm.
We've survived a lot of other users leaving/being forced to leave. We would have survived this.
But, c'est la vie.
I'll see some of you knuckleheads in the Supporter Forum.
At 3/22/23 04:38 PM, larrynachos wrote:A certain intoxicated reptile got to be too much, huh?
I'm hoping this isn't an april fool's joke, used to value these forums but honestly when I pop in nowadays the shit I see is no different than the child daycare screech chambers that are Discord Servers. I always feel like General and Politics were the domain of "bbs users" instead of "newgrounds users". It'd be nice to steer the conversations back towards the creative.
While I'm okay with this decision, it doesn't feel like something Newgrounds would do. It seemed to me that Newgrounds was always about enabling expression of the edgy/counterculture, so the idea that they'd go "PC" like this is a bit odd. I wonder if FnF dragged down the average user's age to the point where the platform NEEDED to make this sort of change.
Long live newgrounds!
My sentiments exactly.
I hope this isn't setting a precedent for nuking the entire edgy/counterculture side of the community. NG's kinda the only place you can find stuff like that these days, and it'd suck to loose that creative freedom.
Politics was kinda useless tho, I don't think anybody's crying over its closure.
At 3/22/23 02:54 PM, PudgieDaFrog wrote:I guess my senses were right. I've always had that tingling feeling that said, "It's not going to last forever. You can hope, but the end might come sooner than you think" And welp, my gut was right. I'm not sure where I'll be going, but maybe I'll post art? Hm...
Take it from someone who has been around since Web 1.0, all sites die eventually. The fact that NG is still alive and kicking is phenomenal.
Shocking confession: I'm going to miss the Politics forum.
F*ck Putin the murderer, RIP Alexei Navalny
F*ck SCOTUS
