Tfw you realize someone on the mod/admin level is staunchly against outspoken socialism and feminism and will abuse their power to silence you. :/
Tfw you realize someone on the mod/admin level is staunchly against outspoken socialism and feminism and will abuse their power to silence you. :/
Tfw you realize someone on the mod/admin level is staunchly against outspoken socialism and feminism and will abuse their power to silence you. :/
Hello Lime. It's a little strange to see these comments here when you already asked us about this and received polite and clear answers – we believed the matter settled and you had even expressed that you were "fine" with the decision. We agreed with you completely that there had been a lapse in communication that we will work to address in the future. We were clear that while there is no process in place right now, the possibility existed that you might regain your thread posting privileges.
For you to then turn around and direct this kind of vitriol towards the staff in public, as if you had not already concluded a cordial exchange in private, is frankly bewildering and troubling. I'm afraid I also have to be clear that it is not acceptable in any shape or form.
If anyone has any questions about our moderation you are welcome to contact us directly. We do read, and we do respond. Thank you.
So along with dismissiveness you're adding sarcasm to your responses to my posts.You know what, I'm being unfair. You're right. Manning is your typical garbage white liberal "woke" Leftist who comes from a bourgeoisie mindset. She is the poster child of awful the white people bourgie leftism that is the modern American Left and her ideas are endemic of the white "left" and a whole and are completely created from it.
This is very unfortunate. I liked your threads a lot even though I didn't post in them all that often. You provided interesting perspectives that needed to be heard. I agree with you that the fact that others got outraged with your threads is outside of your control and should not weigh on you. If things really went down this way, I'd be very concerned. That said, we're only getting one side of the story here, so I wish staff would respond publicly about what you did wrong. That said again, access to your account is locked so I can't see if any of your recent threads went over the line.Zero warnings ever. Zero PMs from anyone. Zero communication from the staff. Suddenly I found out that I've been banned from ever making any threads and I had to contact the staff to figure what was going on. Apparently some of the admins don't like the threads I make because of the way I frame them - even though it's literally just copy-paste headlines and text from the articles I post. This is coming from the higher levels of the staff apparently, and they feel that my threads criticizing either the political aspects of games (work conditions, diversity, corporate white-washing) or US imperialism/environmentalism/capitalism/failure of democracy are not genuine and only aimed to create controversy. They do not realize that whatever controversy is generated from me highlighting a political issue should be an indication of how hegemony works - that those who are offended by simply *talking* about e.g. representation or work conditions or capitalism or US imperialism want to shut the conversation or the topic down. To me it has never been about generating controversy, but to bring those conversations and topics that are usually excluded or marginalized to the surface and make aware to enthusiasts & liberals of what's going on beyond trivial "what's your favorite weapon in Z?" or "X game has sold Y amount of units to the benefit of this publisher" or "Can you believe Trump did X/Y/Z today?!?!" discussions - besides, if anyone ever felt offended by a thread on e.g. the representation of fatness in games, they could simply just ignore it, so I'm not sure where the specific admin is coming from.
Finally, from a procedural point of view, the staff could've warned me or told me that some were considering removing my thread privileges, so that I could've adjusted or paid heed to some of their complaints about what I post. But I received absolutely nothing and I've never received any warnings before. Which tells me that it was someone looking for an excuse to ban me. And now my ability to make threads is pretty much gone (first time in 10 years), to the joy of those far-right people who stalk and harass those of us who criticize the status quo. I guess the function of this action by the staff is to "keep politics out of games", so to speak, and it saddens me that the staff aren't aware of what signals they're sending and whose feelings they are prioritizing (i.e. the feelings of those who are offended that anyone dares to talk about representation in games, work conditions in the industry, US imperialism, environmentalism, etc.) .
Anyway, it's just a forum, no big deal, and my time should be spent better elsewhere than here, but I'd say that this place is a bit more conservative and right-winged than I imagined it to be.
I realize that y'all don't like Lime bringing up private discussions of yours publicly, and that you may feel that everything is settled between you and Lime. That said, the rest of us who have seen Lime's threads and perspectives as very interesting would really benefit from seeing your thinking on this one. Because from where I stand, there has been nothing wrong with their threads. This whole thing is making the moderation look really bad. Again, you may have been perfectly justified but there is no way for me to know that that is the case unless y'all share your perspective on this, following the ERA principle of transparent and accountable modding. Thank you.Hello Lime. It's a little strange to see these comments here when you already asked us about this and received polite and clear answers – we believed the matter settled and you had even expressed that you were "fine" with the decision. We agreed with you completely that there had been a lapse in communication that we will work to address in the future. We were clear that while there is no process in place right now, the possibility existed that you might regain your thread posting privileges.
For you to then turn around and direct this kind of vitriol towards the staff in public, as if you had not already concluded a cordial exchange in private, is frankly bewildering and troubling. I'm afraid I also have to be clear that it is not acceptable in any shape or form.
If anyone has any questions about our moderation you are welcome to contact us directly. We do read, and we do respond. Thank you.
Hello Lime. It's a little strange to see these comments here when you already asked us about this and received polite and clear answers – we believed the matter settled and you had even expressed that you were "fine" with the decision. We agreed with you completely that there had been a lapse in communication that we will work to address in the future. We were clear that while there is no process in place right now, the possibility existed that you might regain your thread posting privileges.
For you to then turn around and direct this kind of vitriol towards the staff in public, as if you had not already concluded a cordial exchange in private, is frankly bewildering and troubling. I'm afraid I also have to be clear that it is not acceptable in any shape or form.
If anyone has any questions about our moderation you are welcome to contact us directly. We do read, and we do respond. Thank you.
To be clear, thread making privileges have never been tied to warnings or bans, but strictly to thread making history. No protocols were foregone -- every other poster who lost their privileges were handled in the same manner. If your grievance is with our process, we agree that there is always room for improvement. If your grievance is that you feel you have been treated differently, rest assured that is not the case.And why do it in a way that completely blindsides me and tells me that someone on the mod team would rather forego protocol and warnings in order to entirely remove my thread-making privileges when I've had a complete clean record?
We appreciate that.I didn't intend for anyone to feel personally attacked - for that I of course apologize.
Organized Labor's Growing Class Divide
Why have high-profile organizing campaigns succeeded for white-collar workers and failed for blue-collar workers?
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/01/union-organizing-media-white-collar/551453/
More at the link
Thanks for all the replies RE: stock market investments. I'll avoid corporations that profit directly from private prisons.
The Baffler wrote a response.
Noah Hurowitz - State of the Unions
Arguments pitting white-collar against blue-collar unions are full of holes
Zero warnings ever. Zero PMs from anyone. Zero communication from the staff. Suddenly I found out that I've been banned from ever making any threads and I had to contact the staff to figure what was going on. Apparently some of the admins don't like the threads I make because of the way I frame them - even though it's literally just copy-paste headlines and text from the articles I post. This is coming from the higher levels of the staff apparently, and they feel that my threads criticizing either the political aspects of games (work conditions, diversity, corporate white-washing) or US imperialism/environmentalism/capitalism/failure of democracy are not genuine and only aimed to create controversy. They do not realize that whatever controversy is generated from me highlighting a political issue should be an indication of how hegemony works - that those who are offended by simply *talking* about e.g. representation or work conditions or capitalism or US imperialism want to shut the conversation or the topic down. To me it has never been about generating controversy, but to bring those conversations and topics that are usually excluded or marginalized to the surface and make aware to enthusiasts & liberals of what's going on beyond trivial "what's your favorite weapon in Z?" or "X game has sold Y amount of units to the benefit of this publisher" or "Can you believe Trump did X/Y/Z today?!?!" discussions - besides, if anyone ever felt offended by a thread on e.g. the representation of fatness in games, they could simply just ignore it, so I'm not sure where the specific admin is coming from.
Finally, from a procedural point of view, the staff could've warned me or told me that some were considering removing my thread privileges, so that I could've adjusted or paid heed to some of their complaints about what I post. But I received absolutely nothing and I've never received any warnings before. Which tells me that it was someone looking for an excuse to ban me. And now my ability to make threads is pretty much gone (first time in 10 years), to the joy of those far-right people who stalk and harass those of us who criticize the status quo. I guess the function of this action by the staff is to "keep politics out of games", so to speak, and it saddens me that the staff aren't aware of what signals they're sending and whose feelings they are prioritizing (i.e. the feelings of those who are offended that anyone dares to talk about representation in games, work conditions in the industry, US imperialism, environmentalism, etc.) .
Anyway, it's just a forum, no big deal, and my time should be spent better elsewhere than here, but I'd say that this place is a bit more conservative and right-winged than I imagined it to be.
This is a pretty good response, although I don't think its entirely consistent with itself. But largely I think its more right than the Atlantic piece was about the disparities.
What edgy Guy, are you lurking here to harass commies or to talk?if you are not confortable here the right thing to do is leave,best whishes
harass commies? how old are u?What edgy Guy, are you lurking here to harass commies or to talk?
Then I apologise.
Coming from the poster that pulled the "if you don't like get out" card.
28 why?
A lot of people dont seem to understand what Capitalism is. Unless you plan on living naked in the wilderness living off of grubs then you are employing Capitalism on some level. Even Socialism and Communism require Capitalism to even function.
Oh boy he really got you there!
sphagnum, I might be a syndicalist now... Don't necessarily believe in the liberation of workers and I'm still pro market but I can see myself becoming very much a fellow traveller in the free association movement, and I am also sympathetic to this idea of mutually supportive human organizations that devote resources to making "bad work" both more enjoyable and also equitably distributed among voluntary members.
Sphagnum Don't lie, show me where you're hiding that secret Stalin tattoo.
This is more on the nose than you think. Most of the views I have don't come out of any concern for others but out of pure misanthropy for the rich and powerful.
claims people dont know what capitalism is
claims socialism and communism require capitalsm
This is more on the nose than you think. Most of the views I have don't come out of any concern for others but out of pure misanthropy for the rich and powerful.
Wow I just noticed that this thread is a perfect microcosm of why leftist movements everywhere fall apart and fail
I think my starting place is, besides the fact that everyone deserves the right to experience poverty and we should bring our billionaire friends back into the noble flock, that a single centralized state is really the source of most if not all major tragedies and oppressions in human history and is a primitive construct unfit for modern, civilized, industrialized society. Practically every other facet of life benefits from independent compartmentalization and free association so it makes sense that so would the business of governance, which should be abolished and replaced with the notion of (part-time) administration.Ain't nothing wrong with that. Socialism isn't necessarily about love and peaches any more than liberal democracy is; for my part my belief in democracy has more it do with it, properly applied, preventing centralization of power in a few individuals, and that same principle applies to socialism.
He's the only redeeming part, actually.
I think my starting place is, besides the fact that everyone deserves the right to experience poverty and we should bring our billionaire friends back into the noble flock, that a single centralized state is really the source of most if not all major tragedies and oppressions in human history and is a primitive construct unfit for modern, civilized, industrialized society. Practically every other facet of life benefits from independent compartmentalization and free association so it makes sense that so would the business of governance, which should be abolished and replaced with the notion of (part-time) administration.
Then why does every other Marxist end up with tanks, nukes, and a ban on Rock music?
Oh sphagnumi and memeballs, you know you're one of my favorites, on multiple forums :^)
Then why does every other Marxist end up with tanks, nukes, and a ban on Rock music?
See I'm not...exactly sold on this. Diffuse and organic organization seems to work well when everyone is close neighbors. What we think of as contemporary life requires the organization of people and resources on a massive scale that I do not trust to flat structures, frankly. You can say that that's precisely the problem with contemporary life and maybe you'd be right, but we should at least recognize that this then requires, basically, the complete reversal of every trend towards urbanization going on around the globe and that seems challenging. That's not just a shift in who controls labor, but a complete rearchitecting of every spatial and social configurationI think my starting place is, besides the fact that everyone deserves the right to experience poverty and we should bring our billionaire friends back into the noble flock, that a single centralized state is really the source of most if not all major tragedies and oppressions in human history and is a primitive construct unfit for modern, civilized, industrialized society. Practically every other facet of life benefits from independent compartmentalization and free association so it makes sense that so would the business of governance, which should be abolished and replaced with the notion of (part-time) administration.