This website, and cyberspace at large, has definitely decayed over the years.
There was once a wild west era online. Anything felt possible. You could download an entire book for free if you wanted. Searches actually gave you good results. It was easy to get attention because things were smaller back then. No bots, no twelve year olds, and few Jannies.
Nowadays, you can have no fun at all online without getting a 6 million year long ban, and searches and downloads lead to porn malware more often than not.
During my tenure online, I have been to many areas. I made no less than 67 accounts on wikipedia, with a total of over 80,000 edits between them all.
No less than 65 of those accounts got permabanned, or "blocked" as they call it, including one account that got blocked by the arbitration committee themselves.
That is the thanks they give to editors for years of faithful service.
Back when I used Reddit, I made over 60 different accounts, and I made numerous subreddits. How many of those subreddits got any traction? Well, most did not, although one did get 11,000 members. All of my subreddit platforms were taken away from me by the admins. A platform is basically impossible to build anymore online.
How many of those reddit accounts of mine got perma suspended? All except two, which I no longer use because to heck with plebbit. I also got perm banned from over 60 different subreddits.
On twitter, I made two accounts. One failed to get attention, the other got permanently suspended.
My YouTube account has been stuck at 40ish subscribers for months now. The first video i ever tried to post there was immediately taken down.
And of course, on newgrounds, my posts get no traction and I got a ten year ban from the forums.
There are a lot more websites, but I think that I have made my point.
What the heck is wrong with Jannies? They NEVER give lenient bans, never, it is always permanent. And why is it impossible to build a platform anymore? All I ever wanted was a platform, but the new tech barons have a vandetta against me for some reason.
Years of hard work get you no platform, and even if the platform does grow, it gets ripped away from your talons for no reason. Anyone who can get famous online nowadays without getting banned has sold their soul to the Cinnabon of $atan.
New internet sucks. Too many bots, jannies, malware, and bans.
If only there was some way to revive the golden age.
Yatsufusa
Dear GoldenWeaveAnimation,
I am sorry I have to say this so drastically, but I do not want to be misunderstood: Take a hint!
You created 67(!) accounts on Wikipedia, because 65(!) got permabanned?! That is the behavior of a crazy person. They have made it clear that they do not want you there, but you came back over and over and over and over again... And then you have the _audacity_ to call 80,000 edits "contribution". With the kind of behavior you put on display in the NG forums you have made it clear that those "contributions" were _spam_ that others had to clean up.
You did not 'help'; you 'disturbed'!
Similarly with the NG forums: Do you have any idea how rare it is for somebody to get a 10 year(!) ban? Do you have any concept of the consequences that such kind of behavior would have in your offline life?
If you remember my reviews for you last 2 submissions to the Movie Portal, you will remember that I am a very honest person. I genuinely think you _urgently_ need the help of a psychiatrist. Get help _now_, before it is too late for you to connect to other people. The fact that you reacted 'to your own news post' is just another warning sign... And that I am the first person to respond to this in 12 days is an indicator of how much compassion you can expect in that regard, if you don't change your ways.
The longer you procrastinate the decision to seek help, the more difficult life will get for you from here on out.
Get well.
GoldenWeaveAnimation (Updated )
In a way, you may be correct.
I am not crazy though.
The wikipedia admins are like angels.
Me? I'm the opposite.
I am he who opposes.
I do what I do not out of insanity, but to prove a point. No matter how many times they ban me, it only amounts to them pounding sand in useless fury.
Admins are insane for banning me over and over again, expecting me to take it lying down, like a good little boy. I am no mans whack-a-mole.
If i can not have a platform because tech barons take it away, then the game is rigged against me.
Why should I play by the tech barons rules if the game is rigged against me?
I am a dragon. I will not simp for petty human kings. It ain't right that they take my hard won platforms away from me.
Anyway, I hope we can still be on good terms.
Good sir, I have no quarrel with you!