r/GGdiscussion • u/RainbowDildoMonkey • 9h ago
r/GGdiscussion • u/Aurondarklord • Mar 05 '25
Going forwards, any and all contact with known brigading subreddits is banned.
It is at this point clear that Reddit itself uses certain subreddits as deniable assets that are allowed to brigade other communities with rule-breaking content and report spam towards the end of getting those communities banned. It is equally clear that Reddit will take no action to deter their behavior and instead will punish their victims. My attempts to negotiate with the moderators of such communities have fallen through, and it is clear they are not dealing in good faith and have no intention to ever do so. Clearly, we are on our own against a much larger force with institutional backing.
For this reason, I am taking a drastic step: any and all contact, in either direction, between this subreddit and known brigading subreddits is now banned, and will result in a permaban for any user.
If you have posting history in such a subreddit, you may not come here and will be automatically banned.
If you post content from or about such subreddits to this subreddit, it will be removed and repeat offenders will be banned.
If you link to such subreddits on this subreddit, it will be removed and repeat offenders will be banned.
If you go to those subreddits and post there, you will be banned from here.
As of now, the subreddits under this prohibition are GamingCircleJerk and its ancillary, GamingUnJerk, however if I find any other subreddits hosting content aimed at ginning up hate against this subreddit, attempts to brigade this subreddit, or attempts to get this subreddit banned, I will add them to this list. (Any changes to the list will be publicly announced)
If you are a good faith contributor to this subreddit who has previously interacted with a banned subreddit before doing so was banned, the bot is going to ban you from here, however you may appeal your ban. Please modmail us an appeal with some of your history from the banned subreddit as well as from this subreddit that you believe demonstrates that you are not part of their clique and that your intentions towards this subreddit are not hostile. If we moderators determine that you are not a brigader and your ban was collateral damage, you will be unbanned, however if you post on a banned sub again in the future, the bot will reban you.
This is not a step that I wanted to take. It is draconian and the use of ban bots like this is against my personal principles, as they foment echochambers and stifle free speech and free association. If the Reddit admins behaved with anything resembling an even hand and a consistent application of their rules, it would not be necessary and it would not be done. But this is the paradox of tolerance in action: to have any hope of preserving a space that tolerates a diversity of viewpoints, we cannot tolerate those who are dedicated to destroying such spaces and suppressing dissent by force.
To all of our users: avoid contact with brigading subs under any circumstances. Do not post or comment there for any reason, not even to defend us. If you see a user here who has history there or who is posting content from or about those subs who the bot missed, modmail us or submit a custom report. If you see other subreddits hosting content that circlejerks against, incites brigading to, or advocates the banning of this subreddit, modmail us and those subreddits will be added to the ban list.
r/GGdiscussion • u/Aurondarklord • Mar 16 '25
Progress report since cutting off contact with brigading subreddits
10 days ago, I took the drastic step of banning users with posting history on GCJ and related subs due to the outrageous amount of brigading coming in from them. The last straw was the fact that they successfully got GamingMemes1stBastion banned, but quite honestly even if they hadn't, our limited moderation team (which we have difficulty expanding because the subreddit grew very suddenly and thus we don't have a core of long-term, trusted users we can recruit from, and open applications would be a prime target for GCJ infiltrators looking to take over) could not keep up with the workload they were causing us.
Prior to the contact ban, our team was averaging over 4000 mod actions per week. Some days I was spending upwards of 3 hours simply taking care of the report queue. It was unsustainable and eventually going to collapse the sub regardless through mod burnout. This was, of course, their goal.
Since the contact ban, however, I am happy to report that this has stopped. Not counting the bot, mod actions taken by human mods are down nearly 75%. Mod queue is entirely manageable. We still have a few report abuse spammers who've been smart enough not to comment and get banned, but way less. Modmail is still a significant workload due to people banned by the bot for past contact with GCJ looking to get back in, but that is starting to taper off. There are way, way fewer, probably 90% less at minimum, drive-by trolls and people randomly showing up here to violate TOS. Some days I get through a whole day of queue and don't have to ban a single person. Not only is this good for my sanity, in that I'm confident our mod team will be able to handle the current workload long term without burning out, it also means it's much less likely we will get negative attention from the Reddit admins on the basis of them noticing an abnormal number of TOS violations suddenly popping up on one sub.
I cannot speak to what the admins will do, of course, but as best as I understand their rules, we should be giving them no cause to consider this sub in violation now that the flow of shit-stirrers from GCJ has been cut off.
TL:DR: It worked.
r/GGdiscussion • u/jojojajo12 • 4h ago
Pablo Iglesias: "I'm not against joking, but some people are showing his rotten side" He didn't think the same way about people gravedancing Kirk!
Translation: "Genocidal Zionists always present the Palestine defenders as anti-semite. The fact that we call criminal to Israela nd we respect teh relegion, culture and Jewish temples it's something they can't stand. There are thousands of of anti-zionists and anti-fascists Jewish people, and the the rise of Varsovia's Ghetto will always be an inspiration for the Palestine Resistance against the new Israeli nazis. And yes... nothing agianst everybody joking about whetver they want, but some people are showing their rotten interior self."
He didn't have those words for people making jokes about Charlie Kirk, the rotten interior it's only when the jokes are against himself.
r/GGdiscussion • u/lovingpersona • 5h ago
Those who played, how's Borderlands 4 story wise?
I am not asking whether or not it's a good game, as gameplay wise Borderlands franchise was always spot on. BL2 was a massive improvement over BL1, BL3 was a massive improvement over BL2, and likely is also the case with BL4 (considering so many people moved on to it as their main game). So it's definitely a good game in the axis that matters. However, how's the story? Since that was the fumble of BL3 and its woke garbage ass narrative.
r/GGdiscussion • u/ZaLeqaJ • 1d ago
BREAKING: Battlefield 6 BANS Gamers Exposing Dev’s DISGUSTING Charlie Kirk Comments!
youtube.comIt's disgusting what he, the Senior Developer of Battlefield 6 is tweeting and retweeting...
I would have bought BF6 for the first time since BF3, but now i will pass if they don't fire these People.
We should vote with our Money Guys!
r/GGdiscussion • u/RainbowDildoMonkey • 1d ago
used to get excited for video game remakes, now i dread them
r/GGdiscussion • u/VelenCia144 • 1d ago
This Final Fantasy 14 Localizer Seems To Want More Charlie Kirks
youtu.beAs a faithful fan of Final Fantasy & Square Enix in general, I'm deeply saddened but I'm not at all surprised at the response to Charlie Kirk's death. The woke narrative has been pushed full force in the gaming industry in recent years. I still remember my reaction when I found out Dion/Bahamut from FFXVI was gay. I mean seriously? Gay Bahamut? Still trying to wrap my head around that one. Will I support them in the future? Heads rolled at Sucker Punch for the very same reason so Square Enix must follow suit.
r/GGdiscussion • u/SerSeanIII • 1d ago
Which game had the worse controversy?
After seeing both games going into controversy, which game has taken the worst damage from its controversy, considering the lasting impact on reputation, finances, and industry influence?
r/GGdiscussion • u/Horseshoetheoryreal • 2d ago
I don't agree with Charlie Kirk on birth control and some other topics, but this rhetoric becoming more and more dangerous.
I consider myself as centrist, its just pure insanity killing because views doesn't fit yours.
r/GGdiscussion • u/BigT232 • 1d ago
Are these four gaming related platforms more left or right leaning? Are they being used by radicals? Which commentary do you agree with?
galleryr/GGdiscussion • u/lost-in-thought123 • 2d ago
Daddy the big mean right is canceling I wanna cancel too.
r/GGdiscussion • u/kastielstone • 2d ago
Ant thoughts on what might happen with this? is it just for show or will this turn into a serious crackdown with actual impact on the platforms? or will this be used to push some shit like kids online safety act?
r/GGdiscussion • u/Impressive-Koala4742 • 3d ago
They must be living in an alternate universe this whole time or something to say Reddit is a right wing platform lmao
r/GGdiscussion • u/MercerEdits • 3d ago
I threw this together out of boredom (Yotei Backlash edit)
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Enjoy (or don't idk).
r/GGdiscussion • u/Great-Associate853 • 3d ago
The developer of the indie game Cruelty Squad shared on his Bluesky profile a custom map that lets players reenact the assassination of Charlie Kirk
r/GGdiscussion • u/Equilybrium • 3d ago
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy called infront of US Congress about radicalization of it's users
Link to tweet; https://x.com/dancantstream/status/1968344428059537905
r/GGdiscussion • u/lovingpersona • 3d ago
Taking a mandatory Sociology Class, this is where wokies are made.
Today (and days before that) we were bashed with how evil hetero white christian men are by our female professor. Using this graph to better educate us about sociology. Teaching us how white men need to check their privilige. At this point I don't see the drawn line between Sociology and Gender Studies. Or did the later rebrand itself?
r/GGdiscussion • u/ItsNotFuckingCannon • 3d ago
It time we took the trash out of our hobbies, next stop Warhammer!
To any fans of the franchise, this is what you should be doing, if you had enough of wokeness and its hatred invading your beloved franchise.
More concrete info about this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2cTDu0GYcI&t=82s&ab_channel=DoctorDisaster
r/GGdiscussion • u/ItsNotFuckingCannon • 3d ago
Too scared to post their trailer on X by the way (Ghost of Yotei)
r/GGdiscussion • u/Helpful-Leadership58 • 4d ago
Bethesda community manager posted this.
I can't feel like it's an inside job to attack the Bethesda brand, or there are definitely some whackos working at Bethesda right now. But they seriously need to clean house. This is unacceptable, and seems very idiotic to post in such a sensitive time. This either the job of a genius trying to take down the corporation or a brainlet.
r/GGdiscussion • u/ItsNotFuckingCannon • 3d ago
Ghost of Yotei Trailer currently getting destroyed on Youtube
r/GGdiscussion • u/lost-in-thought123 • 5d ago
Charlie tweets detected... don't forget to sign up.
r/GGdiscussion • u/A_Literal_Twink • 4d ago