Discord server shutdown

[Vetusomaru]

How about adding a chatroom at the forum instead? Chatrooms are much better than discord servers.

 

[DragonMals]

How about adding a chatroom at the forum instead? Chatrooms are much better than discord servers.

This suggestion already gotten locked and there's a reason why.

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[Vetusomaru]

This suggestion already gotten locked and there's a reason why.

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While I disagree with the opinion that it would kill the forum, still I'll agree that moderating it would be a pain in the ass.

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

Discord server is dead though.

 

[Baraban]

Can't say that I was fond of discord. But now I wonder how will I post my favorite music:)
Also just in case want to say hello to Trix, for.we.are.many and Citron. Love you guys.

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

Trix was nice to me when they were a mod.

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Trix was nice to me when they were a mod.

A good person honestly.

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Most of the mods were nice.

 

[Baraban]

Trix was nice to me when they were a mod.

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A good person honestly.

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Most of the mods were nice.

For some reason he suddenly disappeared a half year ago and even not answered to me in pm. (we chatted a little bit before it) I'm worrying a little bit that something might happened to him.

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

For some reason he suddenly disappeared a half year ago and even not answered to me in pm. (we chatted a little bit before it) I'm worrying a little bit that something might happened to him.

Yeah, since he disappeared, the discord went south.

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Maybe only for a little bit. lol

 

[DrunkOcelot]

Can't say that I was fond of discord. But now I wonder how will I post my favorite music:)
Also just in case want to say hello to Trix, for.we.are.many and Citron. Love you guys.

Post it here man!

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

Yeah, since he disappeared, the discord went south.

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Maybe only for a little bit. lol

I got demoted from mod status & left the first time.

 

[DrunkOcelot]

I got demoted from mod status & left the first time.

Sounds like discord drama, what happened?

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

There were other things

Sounds like discord drama, what happened?

Some of the mods didn't think that I did a good job modding.
I was a bit upset.

 

[DrunkOcelot]

There were other things

Some of the mods didn't think that I did a good job modding.
I was a bit upset.

What made them think you weren't modding well enough? That sounds like it turned into a cliquey little bullshit circle.

 

[Baraban]

Yeah, since he disappeared, the discord went south.

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Yeah and I just started to modestly post music without much of communication. :)

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Post it here man!

Where?:)

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

What made them think you weren't modding well enough? That sounds like it turned into a cliquey little bullshit circle.

I was good at banning bots, but I acted like a normal user.

 

[DrunkOcelot]

I was good at banning bots, but I acted like a normal user.

I'm still curious what the ultimate fall of the discord was. It sounds like at the end it met the same fate as most discords.

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

Where?:)

https://retrogametalk.com/forums/music-soundtracks.13/

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I'm still curious what the ultimate fall of the discord was. It sounds like at the end it met the same fate as most discords.

It was a forum user getting banned on the discord, but the 3 people that were sending death threats to the forum user didn't get banned. The mods were deleting their messages instead of banning them.
So Spike banned them himself & shut down the discord.

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One of those 3 people that got banned was that annoying maru person.

 

[Vetusomaru]

It was a forum user getting banned on the discord, but the 3 people that were sending death threats to the forum user didn't get banned. The mods were deleting their messages instead of banning them.
So Spike banned them himself & shut down the discord.

A normal day at discord then. Also this sounds like the real reason the discord server got shut down while the own just said generally that "it's hard to moderate a discord server".

 

[DrunkOcelot]

https://retrogametalk.com/forums/music-soundtracks.13/

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It was a forum user getting banned on the discord, but the 3 people that were sending death threats to the forum user didn't get banned. The mods were deleting their messages instead of banning them.
So Spike banned them himself & shut down the discord.

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One of those 3 people that got banned was that annoying maru person.

But why did the original user get banned on the discord? I like me some details, and you seem to have them

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And death threats? What the hell was that all about?

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

A normal day at discord then. Also this sounds like the real reason the discord server got shut down while the own just said generally that "it's hard to moderate a discord server".

It IS hard to moderate the server on top of everything, that's why it was closed. The mods weren't doing their job (as far as I can tell) and Spike had no time for keeping an eye on it on top of everything else, so the only real choice was to close it.

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

But why did the original user get banned on the discord? I like me some details, and you seem to have them

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And death threats? What the hell was that all about?

Let me find it.

To be honest it got out of control in my opinion, i've seen things done that do not represent me. I've always tried to treat people fairly, I didn't always succeed and I'm truly ashamed for that.
I respect all opinions, as long as you don't break the written rules we decided upon I'm happy.

The treatment of some users in that discord wasn't acceptable to me and I can't in good conscience have that going on and do nothing about it. The amount of time it would take to run it as I would like to doesn't exist in my day to day. I can however run this forums much better. So I rather consolidate users here if possible.

 

[DrunkOcelot]

It IS hard to moderate the server on top of everything, that's why it was closed. The mods weren't doing their job (as far as I can tell) and Spike had no time for keeping an eye on it on top of everything else, so the only real choice was to close it.

This 100%, I'm just curious about what the drama was because I'm the kind of person who loves Jerry Springer, and Maury and shit like that. Spike made the right decision though.

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

@DrunkOcelot
Here's the info on the threats.

To clarify what happened here:
SwordBreaker39 goes to the discord server and says this:
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The mods ban SwordBreaker39. Discord can be a cesspool of racism and transphobia. When a new member starts like that they get rid of them, that's just how things are handled there.
I don't take part on moderating discord.
He sends me a DM asking why was he banned. I'm not home, at this point I don't know, I get home, SwordBreaker39 already deleted their forum account.
I check the logs, 3 people commented he should kill himself. these people:
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My mods deleted the comments, but did not ban the users.
I issued the ban and instructed such comments should also be straight ban.
Mods are collaborators, not paid, they do what they can I cannot take it on them for not doing what I would have done.

 

[DrunkOcelot]

@DrunkOcelot
Here's the info on the threats.

Ah. I see. Pozzed by a bunch of leftists with no dissenting opinions.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

This 100%, I'm just curious about what the drama was because I'm the kind of person who loves Jerry Springer, and Maury and shit like that. Spike made the right decision though.

Unfortunately, I don't know that myself. I know some people were being very nasty and nothing was done about it, but that's as far as my knowledge on the topic goes.

On a personal note: the Discord was the only part of the site I wouldn't have helped with. It always gave me really off vibes for some reason.