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[Time 4 Guillotines]

Ken, you should really listen to your userbase. I don't think anyone wants or needs a paid in-house """journalist""" and there's no reason to create subforums for hyper specific topics. That what threads are for.
Like why is there a subforum for Nigeria? I don't see why anyone would care about that place (other to reminisce about the 419Eaters) and based on the engagement it gets, no one does.
Not trying to be a dick but your userbase is way too small to alienate them. Without engaged users this would just be a Djibouti blog no one would read

 

[Time 4 Guillotines]

•Yes, create a True and Honest equivalent.
•Solicit donations using something other than PayPal since no one is going to want to dox themselves to you for forum flair. Personally I'd appreciate the use of Monero since it doesn't have a publicly available blockchain ledger, unlike Bitcoin.
•No gay shit please. The butthole pride flag isn't the blood over the doorway for Passover that it used to be and actual homosexuals are increasingly aware of and annoyed by cynical attempts to pander to them or use them as a shield.
Alternatively, get cartoonish with it and just make a set of Onion Farms branded dilators. I'd certainly have a laugh everytime I saw it on my sperg shrine, nestled amongst my RalphaRelics and such
•I'd probably be interested in a shirt if it wasn't designed by you (nothing personal) and was fulfilled through a known third-party company I can trust with my data.
•Instead of commissioning art from a third-party, consider making it a community event. Make it a contest to choose the best design and offer profit sharing as a prize.
•Bear computer stickers!

 

[Autischen]

•Bear computer stickers!

Buffalo Cube stickers

 

[Crimson Fucker]

Or on second thought maybe you could move the country specific ones in the country press happening forum as subforums instead sort of like this one is in this forum.

We could move a few posts to shots fired to give it more attention. Or if there isn't a Ukraine vs Russia war general thread yet i could make one. Maybe a mass shooter general as well. It could use a few more posts is all I'm saying. I'll try and figure some out to make regardless.

Idk I was just making a few suggestions if you were open to them since you were making changes anyway. I still like things as they are too, so either way is fine by me. Just do what you think is best. However you change it everyone will get used to it eventually.

 

[Crimson Fucker]

Just a question, but are normal users normally not allowed to post in spergatory? Or are all the threads locked by default until otherwise unlocked? I was In a group with a containment area called spergatory and it worked a little different. The problem users were locked in it to be made fun of by normal users. If that's not how it works it would be a funny idea for the bullshit forum part of spergatory to have the ability to make fun of users locked in it who can only post in the containment area to save the rest of the members headache while still being able to laugh at them for being retards where it won't bother anyone else.

I'm asking because I don't have permission to post in the bullshit forum and if the idea was containment to post without bothering others then it might need some ironing out. Not sure if you have to ask for threads to be unlocked or if you have to ask to be able to post there but it looks like it was supposed to be different than just locked threads.

If there needs to be a role or something then maybe as a counter to sperg cage resident being containment there could be sperg cage handlers or something as opt in.

 

[polonium]

•Yes, create a True and Honest equivalent.

Forum's not big enough to have an inner clique. If you're that desperate for a private gossip circle just create a PM chain with the other two users.

•Solicit donations using something other than PayPal since no one is going to want to dox themselves to you for forum flair. Personally I'd appreciate the use of Monero since it doesn't have a publicly available blockchain ledger, unlike Bitcoin.

Probably not a bad idea

•No gay shit please. The butthole pride flag isn't the blood over the doorway for Passover that it used to be and actual homosexuals are increasingly aware of and annoyed by cynical attempts to pander to them or use them as a shield.

Agreed

Alternatively, get cartoonish with it and just make a set of Onion Farms branded dilators. I'd certainly have a laugh everytime I saw it on my sperg shrine, nestled amongst my RalphaRelics and such

Probably end up unironically the best selling merch

•I'd probably be interested in a shirt if it wasn't designed by you (nothing personal) and was fulfilled through a known third-party company I can trust with my data.

I hope this is a joke

•Instead of commissioning art from a third-party, consider making it a community event. Make it a contest to choose the best design and offer profit sharing as a prize.

Gay

•Bear computer stickers!

Memes are like farts because the harder you're pushing it the more likely it is that it turns out to be shit.

 

[Time 4 Guillotines]

Forum's not big enough to have an inner clique. If you're that desperate for a private gossip circle just create a PM chain with the other two users.

I just meant the forum flair and maybe some extra stickers. The supporter board is cancer

 

[Onion NullOnion Null is verified member.]

If I sell being, it will be through a third party. I just don't have the time to run this myself. I don't think one gay-themed design and a diversity design from a group of designs is going to reflect badly on us. Are the designs a little corny? Perhaps. But Sean Walker has explicitly put us on his sights for 2024. Now he claims to be buddies with Liz Fong-Jones. Maybe or maybe not. But take a look at what Kiwifarms is going through. Since we are a splinter forum, it's worth considering.

 

[polonium]

If I sell being, it will be through a third party. I just don't have the time to run this myself. I don't think one gay-themed design and a diversity design from a group of designs is going to reflect badly on us. Are the designs a little corny? Perhaps. But Sean Walker has explicitly put us on his sights for 2024. Now he claims to be buddies with Liz Fong-Jones. Maybe or maybe not. But take a look at what Kiwifarms is going through. Since we are a splinter forum, it's worth considering.

Unless you're more awkward and difficult to deal with than child pornographers, you're fine.

 

[Time 4 Guillotines]

I'll just be ignoring it from here on out but seriously, what was the logic behind paying to bring on a Nigerian Journalist? I'm sure you didn't have to pay her much because it's Nigeria but $1 would have been too much.
Also, I'm really hoping you taught her what an op-sec is and does and that her UN is a pseudonym.
If this is her and it only took me googling "Nigeria journalist Adanna" to find her it's time to just pack it in.

https://ng.linkedin.com/in/adanna-nnamani-106338178

 

[Onion NullOnion Null is verified member.]

I'll just be ignoring it from here on out but seriously, what was the logic behind paying to bring on a Nigerian Journalist? I'm sure you didn't have to pay her much because it's Nigeria but $1 would have been too much.
Also, I'm really hoping you taught her what an op-sec is and does and that her UN is a pseudonym.
If this is her and it only took me googling "Nigeria journalist Adanna" to find her it's time to just pack it in.

https://ng.linkedin.com/in/adanna-nnamani-106338178

No. It is not.

 

[Crimson Fucker]

I'll just be ignoring it from here on out but seriously, what was the logic behind paying to bring on a Nigerian Journalist? I'm sure you didn't have to pay her much because it's Nigeria but $1 would have been too much.
Also, I'm really hoping you taught her what an op-sec is and does and that her UN is a pseudonym.
If this is her and it only took me googling "Nigeria journalist Adanna" to find her it's time to just pack it in.

https://ng.linkedin.com/in/adanna-nnamani-106338178

It's his site he can do what he wants. Why even care? If it brings more activity then good and if not nothing changed.

 

[Onion NullOnion Null is verified member.]

I'll just be ignoring it from here on out but seriously, what was the logic behind paying to bring on a Nigerian Journalist? I'm sure you didn't have to pay her much because it's Nigeria but $1 would have been too much.
Also, I'm really hoping you taught her what an op-sec is and does and that her UN is a pseudonym.
If this is her and it only took me googling "Nigeria journalist Adanna" to find her it's time to just pack it in.

https://ng.linkedin.com/in/adanna-nnamani-106338178

I chose Adanna because it is one of the most common female names in Nigeria. The profile you looked up is in Abuja (the federal capital). Our journalist is in Lagos (one of the world's largest cities).

 

[Onion NullOnion Null is verified member.]

Just a question, but are normal users normally not allowed to post in spergatory? Or are all the threads locked by default until otherwise unlocked? I was In a group with a containment area called spergatory and it worked a little different. The problem users were locked in it to be made fun of by normal users. If that's not how it works it would be a funny idea for the bullshit forum part of spergatory to have the ability to make fun of users locked in it who can only post in the containment area to save the rest of the members headache while still being able to laugh at them for being retards where it won't bother anyone else.

I'm asking because I don't have permission to post in the bullshit forum and if the idea was containment to post without bothering others then it might need some ironing out. Not sure if you have to ask for threads to be unlocked or if you have to ask to be able to post there but it looks like it was supposed to be different than just locked threads.

If there needs to be a role or something then maybe as a counter to sperg cage resident being containment there could be sperg cage handlers or something as opt in.

I have moved the bullshit forum to the Meta category.

 

[Time 4 Guillotines]

If it brings more activity

That's literally never going to happen. If it does by some bizarre miracle this site is going to be filled with 419 scammers.
It's retarded and someone had to say it

 

[Onion NullOnion Null is verified member.]

That's literally never going to happen. If it does by some bizarre miracle this site is going to be filled with 419 scammers.
It's retarded and someone had to say it

If it does not work, we can always drop it. It's a small calculated risk I am willing to take.

 

[Time 4 Guillotines]

If it does not work, we can always drop it. It's a small calculated risk I am willing to take.

That's completely fair and reasonable. Why give her mod status though? Does she have the ability to view any user data? I can think of a few thousand reasons to not trust a Nigerian with a list of IPs/emails

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[Crimson Fucker]

I have moved the bullshit forum to the Meta category.

Nice, I'll put it to good use later.

That's literally never going to happen. If it does by some bizarre miracle this site is going to be filled with 419 scammers.
It's retarded and someone had to say it

You're talking about Nigerian prince scams in 2023, almost 2024, and you called me a boomer? I haven't heard of that meme since Obama was in office. Thanks for the laugh.

 

[Time 4 Guillotines]

Nice, I'll put it to good use later.

You're talking about Nigerian prince scams in 2023, almost 2024, and you called me a boomer? I haven't heard of that meme since Obama was in office. Thanks for the laugh.

Yes, retard. 419 scams still bring in a shit load of money to that country.
The prince meme has been run into the ground but it's still a shithole full of scammers

$2.5 billion lost over a decade: ‘Nigerian princes’ lose their sheen, but scams are on the rise

Last year, men were more likely to report losses to investment fraud, while women were the main target for romance fraud. Overall, men reported higher financial loss.

theconversation.com

 

[Crimson Fucker]

Yes, retard. 419 scams still bring in a shit load of money to that country.
The prince meme has been run into the ground but it's still a shithole full of scammers

$2.5 billion lost over a decade: ‘Nigerian princes’ lose their sheen, but scams are on the rise

Last year, men were more likely to report losses to investment fraud, while women were the main target for romance fraud. Overall, men reported higher financial loss.

theconversation.com

Nice scizo conspiracy theory. I'm sure it must be scary for boomers who are likely to fall for it. Are you a boomer?