Blue-fields: Can I talk about something like Jordan Peterson, whether I agree or disagree with something he said, and not get instant perma banned?

foad01: Posting political posts and discussions are against the CoC of the forum and you might get banned for it.

Blue-fields: Ah. Is there an alternate forum that allows this though? Like, does that exist anymore in 2023?

foad01: I don't know. It is definitely not here.

Blue-fields: I've never used NeoGAF :') I only recently found it by googling "gaming forums that allow politics" or something like that.

Reddit and Discord don't feel like communities. People mostly dump their opinions into the void. And the userbases aren't the kind to become regulars, with decently thought out opinions, who engage in conversation.

And yes, kinda :') Depression can cause you to sink into a pit that you can't see out of.Blue-fields: I think if you reread my post in good faith, rather than in the mindset you currently have, you'd easily be able to see what I'm trying to express.

Blue-fields: Idk. I've never used the site. From what I can tell, people were able to talk about things like wokism in gaming until very recently. I can see a bunch of posts and comments that are more than single sentences, people quoting each other, and seeming to have a good time. Most of those names seem to have been banned in 2021 & 2022.

I'm not into shitposting :) I'd rather have discussions with people about similar interests, and get to know other regular users.

I think if you reread my post in good faith, rather than in the mindset you currently have, you'd easily be able to see what I'm trying to express.

Blue-fields: I've been depressed for a while and haven't always been able to see out of that "there are no options, it's hopeless" mindset. Social isolation contributed to that. Going into Covid in 2020, I really thought all forums were dead and didn't bother looking too hard as a result.

But then recently I came across NeoGAF, and it seems like it was an active, lively forum at least from 2018-2021 that allowed political discussions and free speech, for the most part. But now I see nothing but banned names who've left posts and comments I can relate to, that aren't incendiary or hateful, but are well thought out. Gaming discussions are important to me, but I also want to dip into talking about things that matter to me, to exercise my brain and have real discussions with other people.

I just want to know, where do people go after they've been pushed off a forum like that? Is GOG decent? What's the culture like here? Can I talk about something like Jordan Peterson, whether I agree or disagree with something he said, and not get instant perma banned?

On NeoGAF these days, from what I can see, it's like much of social media: people don't seem to talk to each other, they just leave comments.

flipflapflop: WOW! Interesting.