How fascist do you think gf is?
 

Yup just a simple question in a simple experiment. Please try to answer without spamming or flaming the shit out of this thread thanks.

Im guessing this thread will be closed/deleted/moved tho and thats just an example of what i am talking about it.

(Scale of one to ten poll)

Re: How fascist do you think gf is?
 

What do you mean?

Do you mean the leadership? The moderators? The members? The system?

Re: How fascist do you think gf is?
 

leadership is a good way to put it. Generally targeting the staff, not all of them tho, there are some fine members of staff on these boards.

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the only crime of this board is everyone can speak their mind (and that isnt a crime at all)

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Is this the "rebel against the GF staff" week or something?

I don't understand your point Mac.

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"The State not only is authority which governs and molds individual wills with laws and values of spiritual life, but it is also power which makes its will prevail abroad.... For the Fascist, everything is within the State and... neither individuals nor groups are outside the State.... For Fascism, the State is an absolute, before which individuals or groups are only relative...."

Going by that statement I would say it is somewhat fascistic, but not as much as some people make it out to be. This is not a country, this is a message-board, a forum. It needs tight rules because of the high degree of idiots on the internet. Therefor it would be in the interest of most people to have a select group of people control everything. We need no trias politica here, that's much to complicated and time consuming. Gamingforums is not out to 'mold people into their will', it's only trying to make this a good place to discuss things with other people, which often means deleting posts and threads. I'll give it a 4.

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it can stay for now, i'm interested too.

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My point. Well my point is not being able to freely express certain topics or talk about certain members just because they hold a higher rank than you.

But it's not about what i think, im asking what you think.

Re: How fascist do you think gf is?
 

people always choose the negative word fascism instead of the more neutral 'oligarchy'. try that for a change.

Re: How fascist do you think gf is?
 

of course we limit 'free speech'. it is our right to do so and also necessary due to the anonymity of the internet and number of idiots frequenting the forums. you can also talk about 'certain members' assuming you don't make disparaging remarks, insult or attack them.

if people act mature they'll be treat as adults, if they act immature, they'll be treat like children.

Re: How fascist do you think gf is?
 

Why not communist? Same shit,diff colour.

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freedom is such a subjective term.

6/10

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i'll give it a ten. i like the idea of being a fascist dictator. :)

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I don't think there's anything bad enough about GF that a thread needed to be made asking you to rate the level of Fascism displayed throughout the many admins...

I know almost everyone has been here longer than me, but I don't care, I'll talk to you the same as I do a person with one post, except from saying 'n00b' :)

Don't like it? The Internet is a big place, I'm sure there are other forums that would be happy to hold all those unhappy here :D

EDIT: That's freaky, 3 people posted since I started typing this... http://forums.filefront.com/images/smilies/eekx.gif I dunno why it's freaky, eh...Just is... :uhm:

Re: How fascist do you think gf is?
 

ahh! there you have it, GF is a fascist dictatorship. can we move on to something important now?

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Weren't you on the inside? What happened?

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2/10.

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Based off this I voted a 3. Yeah, some topics get closed and some dudes get banned, but it all goes back to what AzH said. If people want to act like idiots then they'll get treated like idiots.

Side note, the people I see getting banned for talking back to mods are the ones doing it outside of the Melee. These samed people would probably be getting kicked for flaming outside the Melee regardless of whether or not it was a mod they were referring too, just my opinion though...

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Maybe that was the reason i left....

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What does 1 represent? Total anarchy? A healthy democracy where members have a say in mostly everything?

In any case... Fascist dictatorship? Not really. Unless a forum is run by a total lunatic, any member will be heard out if they they put their cause forward in a calm, rational manner.

Freedom of speech is overrated.

Re: How fascist do you think gf is?
 

I gave five. Freedom of speech is good and all, but too much of it will let a society crumble under it's own strength. The leadership system as far as I can see is fair enough, all the staff are respectable and make good role models for the other members. There will always be slip-ups, but we can't defend an entire arguement on the basis of a single mistake.

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Okay, I understand now.

For the new guys: I was a "normal" member for over a year before I became a mod.

Anyway, I never felt that I couldn't express my self freely and I never had any problem at all with the staff under my (what is it? 15-16 months?) here at GF.

Crap, the movie starts again, I might add some more to this thread later.

(voted 3)

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10 But by necessity it is a mostly benevolent system so I don't really care.

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In a way it is voluntairly. It's up to you if you break the rules, and if you break the rules you get punished. Simple as.

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exactly right. also, consider that every staff member here with the exception of n0e is a volunteer. they work hard and all they get in return is shit. therefore, i can be seen to be a little harsh on those who fuck with my staff.

i appreciate them, all of them. they put up with a lot of bullshit and come out smiling. they provide a safe environment for those who wish to participate on these forums and they get nothing but crap. would you act any different in my position? i have a duty to protect the staff members who in turn have a duty to protect the members from the attacks and influence of undesireables.

if anyone wants to fuck with the staff here or the members then they are fucking with me and my retribution will be absolute. in that respect, yes we are totalitarian. i'll take no crap from anyone.

however, if you get on with enjoying the forums and don't piss off the staff it's all good.

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Indeed. Myself and I'm sure many other members on these forums are admin's or moderators on other forums and they too would no doubt supprort these views.

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Yeah I agree. I voted a four due to some of the authority but for the most part it is well placed.

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I vote 3 since I can prertty much post anything and talk about anything:p

You need some facism here though to keep the idiots in line:)

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i see some fascisim from time to time
7/10

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I have to say, I think mac has a point. Theres been a few instances that I don't agree with. But hey, what can I do, its a fuckin website.

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2/10


i feel its more commie than facist. :p

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9/10
When I was senior admin I had everyone do my work for me, and I had total and complete power, but for the fact that I had to share it with 2 other people I subtracted a point.
Anyway, this will probably be my last post, bye guys *waves*

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3/10

I don't believe it's any stricter than necessary, though there have been certain things I've disagreed with.

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:wave: so long...

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noo!! you can't!!!1http://forums.filefront.com/images/smilies/bawl.gif

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he won't, or else Mekonitz wont be anymore.

oh and about the poll 4/10 i supose, if it would have used a more neutral term like 'oligarchy' it wold have been 6/10 or so.

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I will vote 5, assuming that 1 would be implying that we have absolutly no higher authority. I feel GF's staff and leadership system works 'pretty good.' I don't have too much room to complain.

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Whats faciest about it?

Sometimes I dont believe that a thread should have been closed when it was, but I dont think that its a complete faciest leadership.

My school administration is a buncha faciests. GF admins are only enforcing their rules. The 'no nudity' rule is to keep underage kids from seing porn.

Whats the facisim you speak of?

Re: How fascist do you think gf is?
 

Hmm... I give it a 2. I really don't feel that its a fascist forum. I as a staffer have support from other staffers when its needed. Other than that I'm just a regular member and I've never had any negative run ins with the admins.

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I'm glad this thread was made because I have something to get off my chest...

I get a little frustrated with the moderation in the pub regarding controversial topics. I feel like I'm being treated like a little kid. IMHO, if people don't like what I say, well it's their problem. I suggest they go find a corner to cry in. As long as your not making a nuisance of yourself or breaking laws, I feel moderators should step back and let the discussion flow.

That said, I realise this ain't my house, so I try to stick to the rules. I might not always agree with them, but that's life.

Re: How fascist do you think gf is?
 

i've never had any problem here , i'd give a 2/10

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I voted a 4. I personally feel that, while some staff are harsher than others to various degrees when it comes to everything from enforcing the rules to shaping how the forums are run, there is generally a good balance of leadership techniques and just enough discipline to be fair to ruly members, while carrying out the appropriate (consindering the number of members) punishments for those who show various forms of disregard for the rules. :)

Re: How fascist do you think gf is?
 

I do what Im here to do.

A) Enforce the rules in my forum.

B) Be a normal member.


If you cant handle that some issues get locked because of assholes who go off topic, flame, spam, or just end up being general retards, then you dont have a high enough mental age to be in the pub.

Re: How fascist do you think gf is?
 

I see absolutly no comparison with Gaming Forums and fascism, unless mac daddy unlighten me with this point of view. IMO, he has no idea of what the real fascism is. So I won't vote.

Exactly.

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We're all Stalinist nazis... out to oppress you all... which is why you all are on these forums and you are all banned and why you all come here out of your own free will.

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I voted 4/10.

I think there is some acceptance here for fascism, which I don't really like. But it's limited and results mainly from not caring about it.

At some points I had a feeling that gf was very fascistic, but after reading pms from some staff here I learnt that this is wrong and I'm sorry for even thinking so badly about them while all they are trying to do is offer us an enjoyable forum.

There are sometimes fascistic users or people who know so little about history that they for some reason agree with fascists. That's where my 4 points come from.

As for the staff being in charge over here, well that is obviously the case. It is their forum, they invest time and work into it so of course they can decide about the rules for this forum. People who don't like this aren't forced to stay here :)

I didn't see any staff behaving like a nazi yet. They are not biased, unless perhaps against some idiots who ignore the rules. They also don't seem to believe in social-darwinism, antisemitism or nationalism. So calling GF a fascistic system is a bit far-fetched.

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so says the man who takes what n0e says way too seriously... ;)

but, uh, thanks.

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/me abuses his fascist powers and decides to move this thread in the GD, since this is not really a Pub material.

:moved:

Re: How fascist do you think gf is?
 

wasn't this in the GD when it was started? or did i missed anything :confused:

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I would say you missed Biggs post...
How can a place where you have the option to come or go be fascist? No one forces you to take part here. You can leave and never come back just as easy as you can come and post. Normally if you dislike the way a place work's, you can turn around and leave. You have that option here too. I don't think this place is fascist at all, but then again I don't really understand what 'fascist' means when you compair it to the way a message board is run. :lol: