Zig Forums became weak because it turned itself into a safespace protected by banns instead of strong arguments and having each others back. So in a way this had to happen so Zig Forums can grow, it would not have taken long for them to have banned themself to death.
However, Zig Forumss system has not been created for shits and giggles. It was a neccessary evil. The shills are not some boogeymen Zig Forumslacks only use as a buzzword, it has been confirmed and proven several times that several organizations paid people to attack this board through every concievable form of shilling possible. Zig Forums is at war and in war, order matters more than free speech, like it or not. Don't get me wrong, they still fucked up bad, the collateral damage was way too high. I'm just saying the system itself was neccessary. Right now the shills have won, Zig Forums will be unable to properly investigate their conspiracies and fight the war of truth VS disinformation with shills no longer being banned. They simply outnumber them and are better organized. The machine that was Zig Forums has stopped functioning. It was a terrible machine. But it worked.
The only way to save Zig Forums would be to find a proper BO that doesn't get currupted by power and doesn't let his banhammer get out of hand. One that is willing to debate. One that is willing to reason. But also one who can see through lies and make sure truth doesn't get drowned in them.
And you can bet your ass that the shills will now try to get their hands on this position. I doubt the administration cares enough about Zig Forums so that they will make doubly sure the title goes to the right person. So IMHO, Zig Forums is officially fucked. I wish it wasn't. But it is.
Basically the worst case scenario you are presenting is kamphy 2.0. Who gives a shit. At least for the time being things are way better.
Nathaniel Murphy
Better for open discussion, perhaps. But bad for investigation and being a network for revealing conspiracies and fighting (((them))). Which should be Zig Forumss main function.
Landon Ross
I see a few people saying something along the lines of, "Why should I be having a discussion with these people, and implying that his is not a board for discussion, but rather a circlejerk for activism. Maybe you saw it that way, but most of us sure as hell didn't. Imageboards are not that kind of platform. If identifying posters is important to you, this is not the place to do it. It makes no sense.
Aaron Garcia
Some of us liked Zig Forums for the dank memes and willingness to laugh at the apocalypse. SRS digging has its place, and without a powermad mod you can still fight shills with truth and archived facts.
Also you are delusional if you think kamphy/pol/'s dig threads weren't already muddied and pozzed, especially since the election where narratives were being pushed hard facts be damned.
Adrian Bailey
Sometimes an "eye of the storm" effect occurs when confronted with board-wide shitposting during an interesting happening or investigation. A few threads end up serving as gathering points full of useful discussion while shitposters are busy baiting everywhere else. This effect used to be noticeable on 4/pol/ back pre-exodus. So while the conditions have changed here, anons tend to adapt rather well to it.
Robert Long
If your faith is so shallow, if your dedication is so lacking, that someone posting "muh drumpfff!!1!" shatters your resolve, then no amount of hotpocketing is going to save your fragile sensibilities. Leave it as it is, and let the globals deal with it. None of this would have happened in the first place if cripplewheels hadn't stolen the board and given it to Heil/Kampfy years ago. Curiously none of the Zig Forums bunkers have this problem, and they have a similar hand-off approach.
