Saidit is currently undergoing the largest DDOS attack we've ever had

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I'm sorry if you think that's what I was doing..

That's why I said:

"I know I'm just one person and you can't please everybody."

I've actually changed the way I use the website since the refugees came; I mostly stick to the music subs now and never made any threads telling people how to use the website or go about anything (or mentioning the shift in website culture). This thread was made so I just threw in my 2 cents. I know opinions are like assholes lol. We were literally labeled as centrists before, and now ever since the influx of refugees, everyday on s/all we're getting called alt-right, and people are trying to reestablish acceptable topics to discuss on this website when they just joined it lol.. I was just pointing that out, and saying something should be done to curb that, but you are right, nothing has to be done. And it was just my opinion, I wasn't making a demand from anybody like the new accounts are.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm not mad, I'm just saying that it's a very common impulse to do so, and even your post is evidence of that, so we just kind of have to accept that people are going to keep constantly trying to lay down their ideas of what the rules should be, and everyone's ideas will be slightly different.

Yeah we're definitely being attempted to be labeled as altright right now, both by the people posting altright stuff, and the people who are also reacting to it constantly in very visible posts. The two sides feed off each other, and in the end it just ruins the website. And they know that, and that's their goal.

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I agree with almost everything you said, and I’m sorry but again, I have to disagree with you about my comment. My comment isn’t an example of the “impulse to do that”. We’ve spoken about the PoD in the past; I think you know where I stand on that topic and I think through our minimal interactions as well as the reasons for those interactions, you should have a general idea of the type of person I am and try to be.

You know I have never attempted to force my views, my stances or my feelings about things onto other users, or told them what was acceptable content to discuss and what wasn’t. I’ve stood up for the PoD many times in the past when it was attacked and still believe it’s a great system; we’ve discussed it in PMs. In my example, these users are trying to change the acceptable dialogue of this website by making it appear like there’s a lot of support for their opinion for things 2 change, when it’s all new accounts. Their posts are getting more upvotes than the average upvoted number 1 thread on a good day, and the rest of the other threads not concerning SaidIt, it’s identity, it’s user base, it’s politics, or the need to change the way users speak and interact. So even with the influx of new users, these threads are still getting up-voted unproportionally compared to the others. That’s subversive.

That was what my example was about; the subversive behavior, and my comment was in no way subversive and tbh, I do find it offensive that you keep inferring that I too was being subversive to YOU, when you just helped me lmao. And you keep stating "my comment is an “example” of how it’s human nature to do what the new accounts are doing", and "I just did what I’m stating they’re doing", when my opinion on things hasn’t changed, and that’s all my comment was - an innocent opinion. I didn’t even expect you to take it with a grain of salt which is why I said “opinions are like assholes” & “I know you can’t please everybody”, inferring, “this is my opinion, I don’t expect you or anyone to do anything about it”. I even mentioned how I changed the way I am using SaidIt as a result of the current going-ons & mainly sticking to music subs - that’s anything but subversive or malevolent.

I just want to make sure I am being clear and you understand what I am saying, as well as what my original comment was saying; again, I’m not trying to be subversive with you nor argue with you, I just want to make sure I’m clear so you understand where I was coming from (I was just sharing my opinion which has never changed since I joined this website lol). I never thought you were mad, but sharing my opinion which is on topic w/ the discussion at hand in a thread created by someone other than myself relating to the topic where other old users are also sharing opinions, is nowhere near the same as creating threads and trying to inject your narrative into a website whilst forum sliding.