I've been thinking about this recently. When I took over this subverse, people seemed fairly enthusiastic for it. That's to be expected, because from their point of view, it was taking away a potential starting position from their SJW (boogeyman). I didn't take it to do that, though. I wanted to take something known for being a bad thing and turn it into a good thing. I like good things. I'm sick of hearing about how the world is shit and everyone is an SJW or if it's an SJW speaking then everyone is an evil MRA, or a misogynist or whatever's the pick of the day. I thought it would be nice to hear about the good things people say. Going by the name, yeah, I didn't expect that many people to post, but I was hoping to see a bit of an effort, and there have been barely any posts.
So I wonder whether this is being useful at all. There are few posts. The posts there are have no discussions. I think it's just taking up space. And as someone pointed out, whether it was my intention or not, claiming this particular subverse and defeating its original intent feeds the anti-SJW circlejerk that I'm sick to death of. And this isn't just me bitching about that or the lack of posts, I am actually going somewhere with this, which is this:
What do you want from this subverse? The current aim hasn't done anything, due to lack of posting. So I'm wondering if there isn't something better it could be used for, where it might be active instead of just being wasted space. If not, I'm giving it back. No reason to use up one of my 10 slots on a subverse that's dead in the water, and especially not one that makes people think I'm their boogeyman. So, please leave a comment with your thoughts, and I'll decide what to do based on that, if it seems like something that would work.
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[–] keldoftheisles ago
Absolutely everyone deserves their say, no matter how crazy. The problem is that the SJW idea of "having my say" is that the existence of their opinions is mutually exclusive with allowing their thoughts to be on equal footing. They are known to use numbers and influence to eliminate competing thought, because they know they have no way of competing in a market ideas. They go so far as to (proudly and outspokenly) engage in Astroturfing to suppress Wrong Thinking, which is what many people suspect you of attempting right now.
[–] SpaceRosa [S] ago
Many people suspect me of that? I am not aware of this...
I don't understand the reasoning, though. I don't think I've done anything that sounds like that. If they're the people I'm thinking of, they're just looking for their boogeyman. Chasing shadows.
[–] keldoftheisles ago
I wouldn't phrase it as chasing shadows so much as crying out before struck. People don't want to see this community (by which I mean Voat as well as this sub) turned into Leddit 2 by sacrificing quality of posts for a higher level of activity. As such, people who have had many communities shit on by SJWs (who are a very real thing) are unhappily suspicious of anything that smacks of astroturfing for any goal. I think what's happening here is that people are having trouble assuming good faith because they have been burned before.