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Author Topic: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)  (Read 306534 times)

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #600 on: December 26, 2021, 02:03:32 PM »
Hey, I got my perma for appealing.  IIRC, I think my appeal got called worse than the one that tried to call down the Ruinous Powers on the mods. 

Honestly, I kind of prefer the mask-off version of TBP's moderation.  When a bunch of crazy people get together and start reinforcing their mutual crazy, then it takes a lot of strength of will to interact with them and not doubt your own sanity.  But nowadays, even the people who remain are pretty clearly working really hard to Not Notice certain things, and one of the first of those is that the rules of RPG.net are solely for the gratification and ego-flattery of the mod staff.  That which flatters the mods and their prejudices is not just accepted, but mandatory, and that which denies them maximal flattery is forbidden.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #601 on: December 26, 2021, 03:43:55 PM »
Kind of like how a lot of countries with the word Democratic in the name are not.
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« Reply #602 on: December 26, 2021, 06:01:23 PM »
How has that shithole not disappeared up it's own arse for contradictory and inconsistent moderation already?
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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #603 on: December 26, 2021, 06:59:27 PM »
How has that shithole not disappeared up it's own arse for contradictory and inconsistent moderation already?

The site has been in decline for 15 years, according to google trends:
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=rpg.net

Could someone familiar with Alexa site metrics please explain RPG net's position in comparison to competitors?

https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/rpg.net

My read of it is that they are not doing that well, but maybe I'm misreading things.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #604 on: December 26, 2021, 07:20:23 PM »
Whenever RPGnet bites it, it can't be too soon. They had a wonderful forum with interesting posters an they chose to turn it into a struggle session. No, I'm not bitter, you are bitter.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #605 on: December 26, 2021, 07:24:24 PM »
The site has been in decline for 15 years, according to google trends:
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=rpg.net

Wow, their traffic is in the toilet.
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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #606 on: December 26, 2021, 08:22:09 PM »
The site has been in decline for 15 years, according to google trends:
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=rpg.net

Wow, their traffic is in the toilet.
It's not traffic, it's searches. But it's true they are in decline. However that's the case for most internet forums. It's a dying medium. Can't compare it to therpgsite.com, because there isn't enough data, but enworld.org shows a similar pattern.

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=enworld.org
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=therpgsite.com

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #607 on: December 26, 2021, 10:23:25 PM »
They're probably trying to figure out some way to ban wmarshal that doesn't make them look like complete hypocrites. That wouldn't bother them, obviously, but the last thing they need are more people questioning the simulation and demanding answers.


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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #608 on: December 27, 2021, 10:55:01 AM »
Can anyone show a chart of the traffic levels of the Paizo website?

If their traffic is not down it soon will be.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #609 on: December 27, 2021, 08:04:24 PM »
So I read the last few pages of the Volo thread there and the navel gazing on this is interesting.

Personally when I play RPGs I'm trying to get away from real life issues, not drag them in. The reverse is apparently the case there. I point it out the same way I did on a now defunct political forum I used to post on in regards to politics in sports and how I didn't want them intruding, particularly (American) football:

"I am attuned to politics Monday through Friday, I don't need extra credit work on the weekends."
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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #610 on: December 27, 2021, 10:44:35 PM »
Oh, an imagine if they ran this now: https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/how-can-we-improve-rpg-net.753426/

OF course i doubt anyone would be honest these days...

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #611 on: December 28, 2021, 08:02:15 AM »
"I am attuned to polotics Monday through Friday, I don't need extra credit work on the weekends."
I'm so stealing that. :)

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #612 on: December 28, 2021, 09:59:48 AM »
Oh, an imagine if they ran this now: https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/how-can-we-improve-rpg-net.753426/

OF course i doubt anyone would be honest these days...

That takes me back. In hindsight, it looks like a huge honeypot trap thread now.
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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #613 on: December 28, 2021, 11:13:06 AM »
Oh, an imagine if they ran this now: https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/how-can-we-improve-rpg-net.753426/

OF course i doubt anyone would be honest these days...

That takes me back. In hindsight, it looks like a huge honeypot trap thread now.
They have to scratch that ban itch SOMEHOW.

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Re: RPGnet's decay (TBP madness)
« Reply #614 on: December 28, 2021, 04:18:40 PM »
"I am attuned to politics Monday through Friday, I don't need extra credit work on the weekends."
I'm so stealing that. :)
Feel free.