[Techsoda] "Anandtech forums on trial: The corruption runs deep."

[slag]

I suppose you can trivialize anything if you break it down enough. Doesn't mean what happened was right.

 

[waggy]

It wouldn't surprise me if silicionwars actually is a woman. I mean he/she takes everything completely personal. Just like a woman would react and not a man.

Don't be silly. You shouldn't keep computes in the kitchen!

 

[n7]

Oh wow this looks fun.

Marked for later.

 

[norseamd]

Don't be silly. You shouldn't keep computes in the kitchen!

waggy where is this culture change thread you were speaking of?

 

[waggy]

waggy where is this culture change thread you were speaking of?

i think it was moved. IF not you should be able to find it in google search (note i say google. the search here sucks ass)

 

[T9D]

Fools, this is a sting operation. You're all going down.

Oh great me too now

 

[norseamd]

i think it was moved. IF not you should be able to find it in google search (note i say google. the search here sucks ass)

by searching for the phrase "anandtech culture change"?

 

[waggy]

by searching for the phrase "anandtech culture change"?

yeah "ananadtech change of culture" should (maybe) find it

 

[norseamd]

yeah "ananadtech change of culture" should (maybe) find it

there were other threads that talked about the change of culture thread however the main change of culture thread seems to have been deleted

 

[SunnyD]

I skimmed just the pics in the "article" (if you can call it that).

It at least caught me up on the past few months of trolling that I haven't bothered to pay attention to. IMHO, AT needs moar ban. And "lol" at the suggestions for other forums. Like ANY of them are any better.

 

[Raduque]

I skimmed just the pics in the "article" (if you can call it that).

It at least caught me up on the past few months of trolling that I haven't bothered to pay attention to. IMHO, AT needs moar ban. And "lol" at the suggestions for other forums. Like ANY of them are any better.

I agree. Ban everybody in the VC&G section, (and possibly the CPU&OC section) and the mods that regularly post there. If nobody can behave, and from what I've seen nobody in that section CAN, then nobody gets to post.

 

[Jaskalas]

Gee, who would have thought this had nothing to do with AT, and everything to do with this UK idiot trying to start his own tech site by hitting the biggest guy in the room. Time to add "delusional" to "narcissistic" :biggrin:

I feel used and abused. I clicked that link in the OP. Will soap help get the dirt off, or is the stain too deep?

 

[Kaido]

Well I didn't get into what I presume to be a 17 year battle with the moderators for starters.

Why would anyone stay in a place for 17 years that they don't feel treats them right?

 

[darkswordsman17]

Gee, who would have thought this had nothing to do with AT, and everything to do with this UK idiot trying to start his own tech site by hitting the biggest guy in the room. Time to add "delusional" to "narcissistic" :biggrin:

Can't tell if he's just really smart by setting up this elaborate thing to bring page hits or if he's just a thinskinned noob who's narcissism has just gone critical. I figure I might as well make a car analogy since it seems fitting, hey, Lamborghini was founded by a guy that Enzo Ferrari pissed off, so you never know...

Dear SiliconWars,

You have received an infraction at AnandTech Forums.

Reason: Trolling 6 moderators, being so dramatic that it required Anand to intervene, and in general not a nice person.

Whoa, Anand did something about this?

Why would anyone stay in a place for 17 years that they don't feel treats them right?

I don't know, but I think there's even worse ones than that. There were people that used to post here regularly that swore the mods were reading all of their PMs, even going as far as to reset their passwords to gain access to their accounts to do it. They also allegedly were doing more than that but they didn't provide any actual proof so most people took it for the usual personal drama that seems to boil up from time to time. Who knows, after the petty bullshit that's apparently gone on here I wouldn't be surprised but goddamn its like high school.

 

[BudAshes]

Somebody has way too much time on their hands.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I suppose you can trivialize anything if you break it down enough. Doesn't mean what happened was right.

AT is not a big enough part of my life to care. I'd just stop going on the forums if I don't like it. It's not like this place is life/death.

 

[Gunbuster]

Ahh yes the website with a GIANT AMD sponsored "AMD Center" portal is a nest of Anti AMD forum moderators.

Seems legit.

 

[BikeJunkie]

Wow... kinda messed up if you ask me. As petty as I think nvidia vs AMD / Intel vs AMD arguments are, you can't deny the BS that was outlined very clearly in the article.

- A handful of people with some very thin skin/egos
- DON'T visit the Moderator Forum, lest you be accused of "abusing" them (LOLWUT?)
- Drinking and driving is cool. It's even cooler to ban people when they object to it.

NEAT!

 

[SMOGZINN]

"The Anandtech moderators are biased! It's a conspiracy! They're pro-AMD!" -nVidia Fanboys

"The Anandtech moderators are biased! It's a conspiracy! They're pro-nVidia!" -AMD Fanboys

Sour grapes.

And this thread may or may not be here later; we generally frown upon diverting traffic to other sites like this. -Admin DrPizza

The real problem is that everyone is biased against Matrox. They have been putting out high quality 3d cards since the G400 and due to the AMD/Nvidia conspiracy no one will even review them!

 

[cronos]

- DON'T visit the Moderator Forum, lest you be accused of "abusing" them (LOLWUT?)

The 'abusing the moderator' happens when he sent a private message taunting the mod who infracted him, not because he created a thread in the Moderator Forum.

 

[_Rick_]

Parhelia is the future of 3D graphics, the sheeple will eventually realize the truth. Keep preaching the gospel.

 

[IronWing]

The real problem is that everyone is biased against Matrox. They have been putting out high quality 3d cards since the G400 and due to the AMD/Nvidia conspiracy no one will even review them!

Intel video is in more computers than Nvidia, AMD, Matrox, and everybody else combined. Intel just doesn't have cool retail box graphics and technicolor cooling apparatus.

 

[BikeJunkie]

The 'abusing the moderator' happens when he sent a private message taunting the mod who infracted him, not because he created a thread in the Moderator Forum.

I was referring to Esquared's response to his post in the Moderator Forum. While he didn't outright accuse him of abuse there, it was clear that would be the accusation/mindset were he to press the thread.

You have to admit, all of this "infractions" were for mindnumblingly trivial crap that clearly everyone in those forums engages in.

I don't have a horse in this race (Intel CPU and nVidia GPU - please don't shoot!), but the guy makes a pretty solid case...

 

[_Rick_]

Intel video is in more computers than Nvidia, AMD, Matrox, and everybody else combined. Intel just doesn't have cool retail box graphics and technicolor cooling apparatus.

Still slower than the latest S3 graphics!
Do you even mine, bro?

...oh god, I need to stop myself.

 

[Kaido]

I don't know, but I think there's even worse ones than that. There were people that used to post here regularly that swore the mods were reading all of their PMs, even going as far as to reset their passwords to gain access to their accounts to do it. They also allegedly were doing more than that but they didn't provide any actual proof so most people took it for the usual personal drama that seems to boil up from time to time. Who knows, after the petty crap that's apparently gone on here I wouldn't be surprised but man its like high school.

Yeah, there were some issues before. But still, why in the world would you continually spend time on a place that bothers you that much, you know? There's plenty of other forums out there, even ones that I'm sure are 100% "AMD-only".