◆ [Date updated: 2023/10/19(Thu) 09:45:14]
　■Man, apart from the Heyuri related stuff, Vidlii really sux (;´Д`)
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　└■I wrote about it at length on here in the past, but sum pplz didn't 
　　│want to face teh facts (;^Д^)
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　　└■Vidlii has that typical problem which many 'alternative' sites suffer
　　　│from, namely that it tries to 'bring back the old Internet' in a very
　　　│warped and out-of-touch sort of way;
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　　　│-First the admin gets sick of overmoderation on mainstream sites, and
　　　│decides to rebel against that by enforcing no moderation whatsoever,
　　　│just to fulfill some kind of libertarian fantasy about what the Internet
　　　│used to look like, that isn't at all true.
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　　　│-Thanks to having little or no moderation, there is little or no
　　　│discernible culture, which means the site is not attractive to anyone
　　　│except right-wing zealots, gorefags, low-effort shitposters, and
　　　│edgelords, who really only value the site as a place to dump their
　　　│bullshit, which is usually banned everywhere else.
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　　　│-Thanks to the large presence of unfunny edgelords, the site loses any
　　　│word of mouth traction. Anyone who stumbles onto the site or checks it
　　　│out based on some reccomendation with soon find it utterly detestable.
　　　│Even if they're into edgy stuff, they will likely get bored if they have
　　　│any appreciation for diversity. This means that the only people who
　　　│stick around will be the aforementioned edgelords, who again only like
　　　│the site because their bullshit wouldn't fly anywhere else.
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　　　│-Thanks to admin not moderating, this becomes an ever repeating vicious
　　　│cycle.
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　　　└■It's kinda funny - back in about 2002/2003, I remembar getting a stern 
　　　　　warning from a gaming forum moderator for "promoting warez" (AKA 
　　　　　casually mentioning that I had a chipped PS1 and played copied games 
　　　　　when I was younger)
　　　　　
　　　　　And if there was any "flaming" (and I don't mean calling someone a 
　　　　　"nigger" or a "faggot", but rather calling someone an "idiot" or 
　　　　　swearing at them outside of the designated 
　　　　　slightly-less-moderated-than-the-rest-of-the-site board), things would 
　　　　　get shut down quickly and you would likely get banned
　　　　　
　　　　　And god forbid if u made any jokes or adult references that the staff 
　　　　　didn't appreciate...
　　　　　
　　　　　That's how much of the web was back then - if anything, it was stricter 
　　　　　than the average corporate-run website/service today (;^Д^)
　　　　　
　　　　　The main differences are that back then it was more about enforcing good 
　　　　　manners/netiquette (whereas today it's more about purging "toxicity", 
　　　　　"hate", "bigotry", and other vague concepts), and it was all 
　　　　　manually-performed human moderation rather than automatic filters/bans, 
　　　　　shadow bans, etc.
　　　　　
　　　　　Outside of 4chan's /b/ during brief periods of time and a few copycats, 
　　　　　there was rarely ever an "unmoderated" place to post on the web where 
　　　　　"anything goes" - and whenever there has been, they've usually proven to 
　　　　　suck harder than the old over-moderated forums from 20+ years ago (;^Д^)