On further thought, strike that. Sorry, my bad. You will find Cold War era types are very *****ly about the DNC-MSM having forgotten what happened in 1989-1991 and especially about that ideology being imposed here now on all levels. Will say no more.

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Are you talking about the Corona forum or here on Politics? Because there are upper cuts and teabags of the Corona craziness on this forum on the regular - and it's allowed. As far as the Corona forum, it has a a different purpose and we expect a different type of engagement.

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It's very odd to me that the position of ownership here is to not allow challenges to a certain thought process on that forum. You're catering to groupthink.

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WatchOle said:

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Are you talking about the Corona forum or here on Politics? Because there are upper cuts and teabags of the Corona craziness on this forum on the regular - and it's allowed. As far as the Corona forum, it has a a different purpose and we expect a different type of engagement.

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It's very odd to me that the position of ownership here is to not allow challenges to a certain thought process on that forum. You're catering to groupthink.

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It would be like having two separate Football forums...one for Potbangers and one for Sunshine Pumpers...and never the twain shall meet.

WatchOle said:

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Are you talking about the Corona forum or here on Politics? Because there are upper cuts and teabags of the Corona craziness on this forum on the regular - and it's allowed. As far as the Corona forum, it has a a different purpose and we expect a different type of engagement.

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Corona forum is where my posts were deleted. And I fully expected such a result.

We conservatives/libertarians take shots from marxists all day long on forum 16 - it's been that way forever and I know I'm completely cool with it.

The problem is the "science" has been utterly hijacked by politics and bad actors which have also successfully hijacked CDC, WHO, MSM, Academia, scientific associations and other organizations. So while trying to make the Corona board an informational board, who ultimately controls the sanctity of the "information "?

It is the left. Post anything from the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS.ORG) and it will be tarred and feathered as heresy.

Everything is politics now. EVERYTHING. And those who control the servers and the networks and the social media accounts and moderation control everything.

There is a hierarchy and TexAgs is at the mercy of those few overlords.

Walk the line or get canceled a la Parler. There is no other long term option to be truly "open" to all ideas on any medium unless you own your own infrastructure. And you know how ridiculously expensive that is. Those that do it end up becoming a service provider to others.

If I had the best fan/forum website out there with the most educated, based patrons, which is how I see TexAgs, and if I was extremely brave (not saying that I am), I would try to carve out a future for my community of patrons by seeking to own my own infrastructure and not exist at the mercy of the big tech overlords.

Not easy to do! But until that pressure of woke policing of websites and ideas is removed from TexAgs, it will continue to lose long-time patrons through this new frustrating gag order on truth and ideas that go against the globally enforced Orwellian double speak and totally fake "science".

What makes TexAgs the greatest site on earth will otherwise fade and our beloved website will eventually become another subreddit or twitter trash heap. At that point we might as well be getting our football scoop from ESiPN or some other place not owned and run by conscientious Aggies.

I love TexAgs but my love has been tested immensely this last year. From one Brandon to another, I wish you nothing but success and wisdom going forward for all our sakes. TexAgs is a big part of who we are as Aggies and decent people. These times are tough and I hope we all make it through with our dignity and conscience intact.

The problem is moderator bias.

I say, "shut up". I get banned.

Tanya calls me a "*****" multiple times on a thread and she doesn't get banned. All animals here are not equal. Some are hunted and some are protected.

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I agree with many of these thoughts. It's not easy to navigate our current waters. It's particularly difficult when taking friendly fire from the rear!

I stated this earlier in this thread: we don't need this forum for our business to succeed. It's still here because I think it's important. I think it's important to have spaces devoted to the free exchange of ideas. While we're not perfect, but this I our aim.

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Except the China virus board. Free ideas are only welcome if they agree with the narrative.

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WatchOle said:

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I agree with many of these thoughts. It's not easy to navigate our current waters. It's particularly difficult when taking friendly fire from the rear!

I stated this earlier in this thread: we don't need this forum for our business to succeed. It's still here because I think it's important. I think it's important to have spaces devoted to the free exchange of ideas. While we're not perfect, but this I our aim.

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Except the China virus board. Free ideas are only welcome if they agree with the narrative.

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Hell, I made fun of them...HERE...and got my post deleted for some reason.

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I agree with many of these thoughts. It's not easy to navigate our current waters. It's particularly difficult when taking friendly fire from the rear!

I stated this earlier in this thread: we don't need this forum for our business to succeed. It's still here because I think it's important. I think it's important to have spaces devoted to the free exchange of ideas. While we're not perfect, but this I our aim.

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Flagged for gayness.

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It's still here because I think it's important. I think it's important to have spaces devoted to the free exchange of ideas.

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That does not hapoen on this forum.

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The problem is moderator bias.

I say, "shut up". I get banned.

Tanya calls me a "*****" multiple times on a thread and she doesn't get banned. All animals here are not equal. Some are hunted and some are protected.

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Perhaps you found the mod??

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Sure it does. You only come here to insult or troll.

It's been said quite a few times in this thread but the Covidian board needs to go, it's one sided and no truth or outside thought is allowed. I've never been banned as many times as I did going to that board, if there's a mob on Texags it there. It follows the main steam media's drivel and fake science. I vote Please get rid of that board,

Also of note is how many "new posters" showed up just to post in the Covidian forum, makes you wonder why they showed up new over there?

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It's been said quite a few times in this thread but the Covidian board needs to go, it's one sided and no truth or outside thought is allowed. I've never been banned as many times as I did going to that board, if there's a mob on Texags it there. It follows the main steam media's drivel and fake science. I vote Please get rid of that board,

Also of note is how many "new posters" showed up just to post in the Covidian forum, makes you wonder why they showed up new over there?

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Disagree. If they get rid of that board the Covidiots will come over here. No thanks.

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Sure it does. You only come here to insult or troll.

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who did potcake used to be? tag77 or someone like that?

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fullback44 said:

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It's been said quite a few times in this thread but the Covidian board needs to go, it's one sided and no truth or outside thought is allowed. I've never been banned as many times as I did going to that board, if there's a mob on Texags it there. It follows the main steam media's drivel and fake science. I vote Please get rid of that board,

Also of note is how many "new posters" showed up just to post in the Covidian forum, makes you wonder why they showed up new over there?

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Disagree. If they get rid of that board the Covidiots will come over here. No thanks.

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You could be right ... maybe we need to keep them in their own little chicken pen over there

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She never forgets. That is like ten years ago.

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I don't forget

Posters on this board still tell me I tried to destroy your life.
So i protect myself




If people stop telling me I did this stuff I didn't do, I stop talking about it

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But I never said that

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But you did tell my husband that you heard from others that I did that stuff. No proof. Just rumors.


we are good now. Really. But when people still tell me i did something to you, it sucks. Because i didn't. However, they use the rumor to justify attacking me.



And like I said, I am glad you are back.

But this board is very hateful at times. Rumors are proof now for some

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I did hear from others that you doxxed me. And I did say I had heard that you had done that(I honestly do not remember talking to your husband about it but believe you if you say it). There are some mean folks on here both libs and cons.

I also apologized to you them and I believe posted on here after the fact that you did not dox me.

But I am happy to apologize again. And again. And again if necessary.

Heck I even helped getting you tickets to the Aggie/Mizzou baseball games this season along with my buddy bernie.

Too bad the Aggies did not play so well but we are going to win the series with Tennessee today!

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Once again, you were wrong. Ugh.

I'm glad to have helped here. Thank you, Staff.

Onward.

WimberlyAg

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Hmm I am amazed he left the safety of his OR cage.

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I agree with many of these thoughts. It's not easy to navigate our current waters. It's particularly difficult when taking friendly fire from the rear!

I stated this earlier in this thread: we don't need this forum for our business to succeed. It's still here because I think it's important. I think it's important to have spaces devoted to the free exchange of ideas. While we're not perfect, but this I our aim.

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As a person that has been banned and deservedly so, I Just have those days I really hate libtards, I appreciate what you do and this forum.

that's an interesting thing to want to know. that would be very interesting to know

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Brandon, does texags have the ability to see who stars a post or does the code only show that X number of personnel have starred something. If yall do have the ability to see who has starred something, who has access to that information?

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The answer has to be yes, because you can retroactively unstar a post and if you come back to a thread it knows you have starred it because the icon changes. So yes, TexAgs knows who starred every post.

And for that reason I have on occasion not starred a post I agreed with.

Why? Do you think it impacts you in some way?

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Why? Do you think it impacts you in some way?

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I don't know. But that is the point.

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I agree it would be interesting to know. I certainly hope that user names are not associated with the stars in the s ript. People on here use how many stars a post has as an argument for or against things quite often, and on Twitter, liking a tweet has been used to attempt to ruin people in the past. I know the stars are outwardly anonymous which is good.

Ultimately, im just curious if the system could be used to track wrong think in the future if someone deemed it necessary.

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Well that would more apply in a North Korean system shift and indeed be a risk. Its leagues beyond even all the big Tech partisan censorship. Because of the size of staff and examination the retroactive use of it and evaluating would require. In other words, you would already be under a tyranny worse than any of the Axis members if you have that much of the government monitoring the equivalent of clapping. That is right there with those super tyranny scenarios where they imprison or kill the first person that stops clapping at a sycophant gathering.

You concern is valid, but if it gets anywhere near that, no moderate or CM argument against Texit, CW2, or 1776-redux holds any weight.

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Why? Do you think it impacts you in some way?

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considering I just saw an ad for a show about how AI is being used to learn everything about you and that the person interviewed (ivy league professor iirc) in the preview talked about how good and smart the Chinese version is compared to the American version, I would say it effects everyone

The star information linking would be privy to Texags developers. Here's hoping that if there is a way to link who starred something, then it would stay in their walls, and not out someplace else

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The star information linking would be privy to Texags developers. Here's hoping that if there is a way to link who starred something, then it would stay in their walls, and not out someplace else

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you really think Amazon/Apple/Google/Microsoft don't have a way to farm that data? I get Amazon recommendations based on threads I read on here, not post on, just read.

So don't use the stars.

I get how it would work where you'd get suggestions from things you read here. Links from twitter and other sites would drop cookies and give you suggestions. I have a hard time believing, from a software perspective, that TA would actually allow the star information to be farmed out.