In any case, u fgt, look up Bertolt Brecht's communist poems n dramas.
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Juan Barnes
Gabriel Perry
/marx/, /leftyweebpol/, and /leftyb/ are alright too.
Isaac King
/marx/ is where the art of debate is valued, that's why even without moderation everything is fine. Some Zig Forums came there to shitpost but instead was greeted by open-minded debate and not shitting the board anymore.
Ryder Williams
It's hard to keep track what's kosher and what's not.
I got a 1 month ban for stating that Venezuela is not communist (pls no ban). I find this a very harsh ban for an unwritten rule. Post was deleted, no reason given and appeal was denied.
I believe that was what the other poster meant by "Please stop constantly banning and deleting stuff you dislike"
Matthew Brooks
Hence why I said "best possible". I don't expect leftypol to become some sort of democratic image board, though not too challenging to implement there would be significant problems with maintaining anonymity, to name just one issue.
The post I referred to was in the context of a thread complaining about someone getting banned for criticizing the Iranian government (and the OP of that thread was banned too). I was criticizing the trend of the BO/volunteers to ban stuff they disagree with presumably because "muh imperialism", I gave an anecdotal example of the Iranian government doing something legitimately worthy of criticism, and it was deleted. You are deceiving yourself if you think that doesn't concern this board at all.
Yes, but I am saying that stuff that is disliked shouldn't be deleted.
Let's see where your logic leads. Since half of the posters in lefttrash don't post anything remotely related to leftism, is it OK if they happen get banned because of it? Or maybe lefttrash is a special exception, is it OK if any similar posts outside of lefttrash result in a ban? Is it OK if anons in a meta discussion get banned? There are no explicit rules against anything I just mentioned, mind you.
>If nay? Your poem is best fit on >>>/lit/ !
I didn't say that I posted a poem, moron. Maybe you should take a look at that board you mentioned so you can improve your reading comprehension.
>>>/reddit/
I'm not sure if you are joking or if you are the joke.
Elijah Sullivan
I really hope that leftypol doesn't become a 'democratic' [whatever!
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Carter Martinez
Nicholas Brooks
No. I have no problem when BO actually bans people for good reason, but a vast amount of time it was and still is BO coming in after weeks at a time and mass banning a bunch of anons for posts which in context are not what I would say are worthy of a ban. He throws in a few which do deserve it, but that just poisons the well against those who did not. I am not against moderation, and have been harshly critical of Zig Forums multiple times on this board, but the way BO engages in their moderation has been objectively poor. He comes in randomly, browses but a few of the threads with subjects that are "controversial" or related to imperialism, and scrolls through them banning anons for individual posts minutes apart from each other with usually no explanation given. Literally view the ban log on the days he visits, its a hodgepodge of out of context bans mixed with a few deserving ones. Worst is when people are engaging in discussion with someone new and are taking the time to educate/debate them, and BO comes in and bans the person in the middle of the conversation. If its too much trouble to see such things, make a sticked thread for debates and newfags. And don't go saying unjustified bans never happened, I was there and sometimes subject to them. In regards to the post, my opinions have shifted over time, but I still stand by that it was not something which was ban worthy in the slightest though admittedly it was pushing the limit on economic determinism
On this topic, moderation should be just enough to prevent rampant shitposting, raids, and Zig Forumsyps schizophrenically spamming threads. It should not be about banning anons who are making tongue in cheek jokes about figures or events, banning anons who are engaged in a fruitful (if controversial) dialectic with each other, or banning people who come here honestly asking questions or wishing to debate within reason. This actually hurts me a little to say, but this board was better when when the opinions were not as homogeneous and we had tendencies in constant debate and dialectic with each other. It allowed loads of sources and information to be posted in succession, and even the occasional meme came out it. Before nearly half of the threads had some sort of interesting conversation or banter going on and I had fun visiting them. Now there are only like 5 or 10 threads at a time worth lurking in, and usually less worth actually making a post within. As someone who first came to Zig Forums as not a leftist years ago and quickly within a few months fell in love with the discussion and informational debate here, I ask the mod team to please consider what I'm saying.
Ayden Miller
Of course you don't.
You said that if my post (which you thought was a poem) acknowledges that history is the product of class-antagonism, then it should not be banned. Therefore, if my post does not acknowledge that history is the product of class-antagonism, it is acceptable to you if it does get banned?
Jeremiah Perry
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