I don’t post on here often but I'm lurking almost everyday, I was permabanned for a while before Garry unbanned a lot of us about 2 and a half years ago and this is an alt Account. I come on here almost every day like a routine because I enjoy it more than going on a massive community forums like Reddit and I generally like everyone’s opinions and while everyone sometimes shits on the minority opinions when they post, this is a generally open minded, and progressive thinking community. But recently sub forums are being deleted left and right, and the forums are slowly being consolidated into generalized categories, and a lot of sub communities have been lost like Bodybuilding, and the music sharing community. I’ve started to feel as though there’s emerged a mentality that facepunch is on a long decline into obscurity and abandonment and we all know it. Every day I see threads where every post is petty bickering between different people because of some long standing drama and someone ends up being permabanned, or Facepunch VIP’s bossing around and screaming the rules at new member who don't know the rules, or members picking fights with moderators. Although most of the time everyone is generally having a good time on Sensationalist Headline, or showing off their Garry’s Mod addon I feel as though the community is slowly turning toxic and very few people are joining because of the toxicity of the community.
Is facepunch going to die soon because of this mentality and the toxicity within the community? Or is it just destined to die because all good things must come to an end? Or could it make a comeback?
EDIT: Rate me dumb, I'm just stating what I've observed lately and how I interpreted everything.
Considering the act that people keep making these same threads within weeks apart, I'd say no, the forum is not dying. People are assholes but there have always been assholes. There are less people but I don't think it's necessary to be booming with tons of people.
What I'm trying to get at is [I]please stop making these threads, guys[/I].
Um, I don't know. Is it?
I've noticed a sharp decline in reasonable behaviour, in favour of mob-mentality no better than US political arguments, over the past year. I've seen a lot of users stop posting, or post later about why they never post anymore. You're very much not alone in these feelings. It doesn't mean the website as a whole is dying, but certainly the ideas behind it have.
[QUOTE=wauterboi;47714941]Considering the act that people keep making these same threads within weeks apart, I'd say no, the forum is not dying. People are assholes but there have always been assholes. There are less people but I don't think it's necessary to be booming with tons of people.
What I'm trying to get at is [I]please stop making these threads, guys[/I].[/QUOTE]
I'm not on General Discussion a lot, you can get mad about these threads which have related themes for whatever reason but I'm just stating what I've noticed? Can I not do that anymore without someone being mortally outraged like I killed your family?
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Your mentality is exactly what I'm talking about. What are you so utterly fucking annoyed that I posted this thread? Obviously a lot of these things have been going on since as long as Facepunch has existed but it's become a lot more extreme.
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Is facepunch going to die soon because of this mentality and the toxicity within the community? Or is it just destined to die because all good things must come to an end? Or could it make a comeback?
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I'm getting very mixed messages here.
If you think Facepunch is toxic now, oh man.
[QUOTE=Llamalord;47714962]What are you so utterly fucking annoyed that I posted this thread?[/QUOTE]
I'm like 99% sure he explained this.
[QUOTE=wauterboi;47714941]people keep making these same threads within weeks apart[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Llamalord;47714962]I'm not on General Discussion a lot, you can get mad about these threads which have related themes for whatever reason but I'm just stating what I've noticed? Can I not do that anymore without someone being mortally outraged like I killed your family?
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Your mentality is exactly what I'm talking about. What are you so utterly fucking annoyed that I posted this thread? Obviously a lot of these things have been going on since as long as Facepunch has existed but it's become a lot more extreme.[/QUOTE]
Dude he was pretty polite about it, not sure what makes you say he's "morally outraged as if you killed his family".
There was literally the same topic a week or two ago. What the fuck is wrong with you people? It has a stable base of users and it doesn't seem to fade away.
I think you're on a short decline buddy, facepunch is fine in its current state and will be for many, many years to come
FP has always thrived off of the games developed by garry and his company, as long as people still buy garrys mod and rust there will be people here.
Maybe rust has just drawn in all the shitters.
Haven't noticed anything unusual.
i am the toxic people described in the op
I've been here for a very short time and I'm already an extremist american propaganda believer, radical nuclear supporter and man hating feminist. I'm a profesional dumb and informative ratings collector, which is the only productive thing i do in my life. Member of an anti-govern oppresion rebellion against a man I don't even know so called MaxSucks2Dicks (apperantly he shove baguetts up his ass). Gayry is a dickhead that enforce a tyranical hierarchy that disables positive developement of infrastructure. I hate anime and most generic games. I believe I'm a higher grade of intellectual citizen; were my opinions and actions are prioritized compared to others that are called normies, newfags and casuals. I also like animal dicks up my butt, especially dragons
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[QUOTE=slothguru11;47715230]I've been here for a very short time and I'm already an extremist american propaganda believer, radical nuclear supporter and man hating feminist. I'm a profesional dumb and informative ratings collector, which is the only productive thing i do in my life. Member of an anti-govern oppresion rebellion against a man I don't even know so called MaxSucks2Dicks (apperantly he shove baguetts up his ass). Gayry is a dickhead that enforce a tyranical hierarchy that disables positive developement of infrastructure. I hate anime and most generic games. I believe I'm a higher grade of intellectual citizen; were my opinions and actions are prioritized compared to others that are called normies, newfags and casuals. I also like animal dicks up my butt, especially dragons[/QUOTE]
Are you an alt? you sound like someone who has been here for years
[QUOTE=Jodern;47715459]Are you an alt? you sound like someone who has been here for years[/QUOTE]
he's learnt well in his short time here
it's not really declining. changing, sure. But not declining.
I think we'd need a list of at least general rules. I spent awhile looking at threads and not responding in fear of breaking a rule.
[QUOTE=Jodern;47715459]Are you an alt? you sound like someone who has been here for years[/QUOTE]
I don't know what an alt is, but I do know for sure that 2008 is my favorite year.
[QUOTE=onebit;47715147]What's interesting is that because of Garrys omnipotent power we all feared getting banned and wised up, not only in language, but also in arguing. The rules maintain a high standard and that's neat.[/QUOTE]
What high standard? The standard seems to be so low if you see what happens on the regular in SH.
its already dead, you've just gone crazy. in actuality, facepunch was closed shortly after 2007 concluded and everything since then has just been a hallucination.
wake up, llamalord, your family misses you
nah like its just that fuckin all the people who joined at age 13 are about the right age to be going through existential crises, and think that maybe everything is going to end when it isnt
[QUOTE=Llamalord;47714962]Your mentality is exactly what I'm talking about. What are you so utterly fucking annoyed that I posted this thread? Obviously a lot of these things have been going on since as long as Facepunch has existed but it's become a lot more extreme.[/QUOTE]
I've been here since 2009. Our community has always had this sense of one-upping each other on top of lots of other things. (I've personally been adding to the mix the past couple weeks but I'm trying to get back into my happy-rainbow-xen state.)
There's still a lot of nice people on the forum - check out any of the threads that work on projects. And if you want the toxins to go away, stand up for yourself and say, "Hey, I'm not trying to cause trouble. I'm just trying to say X and hear what you guys have to say."
Something that is true about Facepunch, at least most of the time, is that people who are viewed as over-aggressive don't carry good reputations, and it's not hard to overcome that and look like the better guy.
Seriously though, in my time on Facepunch, I have seen no changes outside of the GMF and through well-deserved permabans.
I'm not trying to get on your case - I'm trying to be straightforward about something that is repeated routinely. I don't even get the problem with Facepunch "dying", seeing as it's still doing a good job with the amount of users it has.
[QUOTE=Rammaster;47717564]What high standard? The standard seems to be so low if you see what happens on the regular in SH.[/QUOTE]
It isn't YouTube.
[QUOTE=Seiteki;47714986]If you think Facepunch is toxic now, oh man.[/QUOTE]
This.
I remember back in the day where I got showered with dumbs for even remotely suggesting that people should tolerate other peoples' religious beliefs.
hey guys facepunch is dead
time to go home everyone
fp is dead
lets all go back to somethingawful
right guys?
right?
The WTYO'ers were right: if you remove WTYO, you kill the heart of Facepunch. All that remains are the desolate wastelands of video games and SH arguments.
Looking at the number of active users we're not doing too bad. We're currently at ~30k, when I joined it was ~50k but I've seen it go much lower than it is currently, I think rust might've revived us somewhat.
Facepunch was a mistake, it is nothing but trash.
I lurk and don't actually know anybody here for a reason.
sure I've been here a while but starting out i quickly learned that this place can be about as friendly as a constipated bear and over the simplest of things too.
no joke me and my gf honestly talk to people on chansites and get friendlier responses than here
its a cool site dont get me wrong ..but i have met/know people that read a few threads here and said fuck that i'll join somewhere else
oh shit i just voiced an opinion on facepunch ..the box is opened!
brb guys moving to the arctic
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