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  • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 22 2023, @05:25AM (35 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 22 2023, @05:25AM (#1297536)

    As a LEO, who cannot have a registered account here for obvious reasons, I would like the opportunity to rebutt all the anti-cop propaganda that posers like Runaway post here. But, I guess this is the way it goes when a dwindling website seeks to protect itself, by allowing anti-semitic cop-haters to have free rain.

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  • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 22 2023, @08:24AM (34 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 22 2023, @08:24AM (#1297547)

    SoylentNews, spam modding law enforcement officers? Perhaps janrinok, being a Brit, was not aware of what LEO means? Or he shares Runaway's distain and derogation of the police.

    • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday March 22 2023, @10:09AM (33 children)

      by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 22 2023, @10:09AM (#1297551) Journal

      Not my moderation - there is a whole community here who are free to moderate..

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      • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 23 2023, @10:05PM (32 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 23 2023, @10:05PM (#1297844)

        There are three spam mods visible, now. They do not seem to be working?

        • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 25 2023, @08:40AM (31 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 25 2023, @08:40AM (#1298101)

          And, I am quite sure that admin enabled editors can grant themselves an untold number of moderations, to inflict upon any AC that shows the slightest tendency to go aristarchus. Mod me down, janrinok! You know you want to! And if not, have one of your alt-right minions do it for you. Oh, the manatees eating cabbage have nothing on the dezians of SoylentNews!

          • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Sunday March 26 2023, @10:59AM (30 children)

            by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Sunday March 26 2023, @10:59AM (#1298207) Journal

            Nobody on the staff moderates on the basis of their politics - that would be moderation abuse. Most moderations of your comments are made by the community and are based on the your comment's contents.

            Have you ever stopped to think that perhaps some people are trying to tell you something? That question is entire rhetorical - of course you haven't.

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            • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 26 2023, @07:23PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 26 2023, @07:23PM (#1298252)

              This made me laugh out loud! Thanks for the entertainment, janrinok!

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 27 2023, @02:07PM (28 children)

              by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 27 2023, @02:07PM (#1298332)

              Khallow made a journal entry about your tactics.

              • (Score: 3, Informative) by janrinok on Monday March 27 2023, @06:38PM (27 children)

                by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 27 2023, @06:38PM (#1298366) Journal

                I have read khallow's journal. We are not working on behalf of any government. We, unlike yourself, allow any political views to be expressed. I can see no connection between that journal entry and this site. As I have clearly stated - what you perceive only exists in your mind.

                This is a privately run site which exists for the benefit of its community. We can accept whomever we wish as members of this community, or we can refuse them admittance. Those that act like adults, behave responsibly and are prepared to discuss topics are welcome. Banning is not something that we do lightly - in fact only one person in 9 years has been banned. You have not been censored - you are expressing your views now. Aristarchus has not been censored because his journals are still there and can be read by anyone. Aristarchus was banned because of his behaviour - not because of his politics, not because of a point of view that he expressed, not because we do not like him, nor to censor him, or for any other of those perceived reasons that you keep shouting about, because none of those are true or even relevant.

                So your point is?

                If you do not like this site why don't you move to a different one? I think that you would be happier, and we certainly would be. But if you choose to stay do not expect our standards to be dropped just so that you can have things your own way. If that is what you expect, go and start your own site - with drugs and hookers if you like.

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                • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 27 2023, @09:10PM (25 children)

                  by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 27 2023, @09:10PM (#1298387)

                  Moar ravings from the Mad Grand Censor? Fan mail from a Flounder?

                  I have read khallow's journal. We are not working on behalf of any government. We, unlike yourself, allow any political views to be expressed. I can see no connection between that journal entry and this site. As I have clearly stated - what you perceive only exists in your mind.

                  None are so blind, etc., etc. Any objective observer can see there is a clear right-wing bias at SN. Even Ncommander saw it, in the horse paste. So janrinok being unlike an AC only exists in his mind, which is troubling.

                  Aristarchus has not been censored because his journals are still there and can be read by anyone. Aristarchus was banned because of his behaviour - not because of his politics, not because of a point of view that he expressed, not because we do not like him, nor to censor him, or for any other of those perceived reasons that you keep shouting about, because none of those are true or even relevant.

                  True, but all the posts that aristarchus would have made have been censored, only because of his politics, and the fact that janrinok (and several other hidden crypto-alt-right SoylentNews staffers) hate him so badly it makes their teeth ache. So these actually percieved reasons are in fact true, and relevant, and SN is no longer what it purported to be at its launch.

                  If you do not like this site why don't you move to a different one? I think that you would be happier, and we certainly would be.

                  Yes, I imagine that janrinok and Runsaway would be happy in their bubble, if only rational critics like aristarchus would leave them alone. I have an idea, why don't you move to a different site? We know Runaway cannot, since he has been banned from everywhere else on the internets, even from the Fox News discussion fora.

                  So the authoritarians have abrogated to themselves the right to determine what are "bad posts", and what is moderation abuse, and whose website this is. I, for one, do not see the difference from being taken over by Dice. We will have to Buck Feta all over again, but this time we are not leaving.

                  Janrinok furiously studies up on how to ban AC posting in journals and polls
                  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Tuesday March 28 2023, @08:17AM (15 children)

                    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 28 2023, @08:17AM (#1298457) Journal

                    Funny then that you should try to create an account with the nick of FloundingFather. You are about as anonymous as Trump.

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                    • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2023, @08:35AM

                      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 30 2023, @08:35AM (#1298830)

                      Ah! Janrinok has a Beautiful Mind! Seeing connections everywhere? Invisible friend that is a talking flying squirrel? Yes, of course it was me that registered a floundering username, because Boris and Natasha (and Runaway) told me to as part of their devious plan to destroy the capitalist West, and Canada.

                    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 03 2023, @05:28AM

                      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 03 2023, @05:28AM (#1299500)

                      Who did this! "Flounding Father"? This is an insult to the United States of 'Merica! I know a guy, who knows a guy, who is on the House UnAmerican Activities Select House Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government against Conservative Idiots, and I think we can get them to start an investigation. About time these radical leftist commie scum-sucking lime lizards and flippant onigeffeulers were brought to justice! On Flander's Field, jan, you know of where I speak, since it is so close to you.

                    • (Score: 0, Spam) by Fuck You Niggers 71 on Wednesday April 05 2023, @07:48AM (5 children)

                      by Fuck You Niggers 71 (27534) on Wednesday April 05 2023, @07:48AM (#1299850) Journal

                      Why did you delete FatPhil's comment about your abuse? What are you scared of? Explain yourself, you chickenshit.

                      • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday April 05 2023, @08:50AM (4 children)

                        by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 05 2023, @08:50AM (#1299861) Journal
                        What comment?
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                        • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05 2023, @07:52PM (3 children)

                          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05 2023, @07:52PM (#1299965)

                          Exactly! Jan the Censor strikes, again!

                          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2023, @08:01AM (2 children)

                            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2023, @08:01AM (#1300040)

                            Besides, what happened to FatPhil? Quit posting in IRC, or commenting. Just gone? Is he dead?

                            • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday April 06 2023, @09:44AM (1 child)

                              by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 06 2023, @09:44AM (#1300067) Journal
                              He is active on IRC - you are just looking in the wrong place apparently.
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                              • (Score: 0, Troll) by Legend of Aristarchus on Tuesday April 11 2023, @01:45AM

                                by Legend of Aristarchus (27796) on Tuesday April 11 2023, @01:45AM (#1300854) Journal

                                Why did you coerce him into denying his posts about the September 10 email? What did you threaten him with? How much is Runaway bribing Soylent News to keep attacking aristarchus?

                    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2023, @09:13AM (5 children)

                      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06 2023, @09:13AM (#1300056)

                      Funny that you should mod that post Spam. Actually, not so funny. More sad than funny.

                      • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday April 06 2023, @01:45PM (4 children)

                        by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 06 2023, @01:45PM (#1300086) Journal
                        It is from a sock puppet account - it is SPAM. Why you should find a childish username funny though is an entirely different question though.
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                        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2023, @02:14AM (3 children)

                          by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2023, @02:14AM (#1300699)

                          Sorry, but ACs are by definition anonymous, so they can't be sockpuppets. Or is that what bothers janrinok so much, ACs posting as the unofficial and alleged sock-puppets of actors unknown! So now we are all sockpuppets, and Runaway a thousand times over. Don't Spam mod me, bro!!

                          • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday April 10 2023, @06:59AM (2 children)

                            by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 10 2023, @06:59AM (#1300729) Journal

                            The accounts that ACs try to create ARE sock puppet accounts if it results in having 2 account identities, particularly when they still have an existing working account. (Now somebody is just realising why we have kept one of his very early accounts active - although it appears that he has forgotten all about it.)

                            ACs remain as ACs. Logged in account holders can also post as AC but it doesn't delete their existing account.

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                            • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2023, @06:15PM (1 child)

                              by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2023, @06:15PM (#1300782)

                              "Logged in account holders can also post as AC but it doesn't delete their existing account."

                              And logged in "AC" posts are forever tied to their username, contrary to the very wording of "anonymous coward" which maybe was the point all along? Wonder how many other excuses we'll get from you about how the site RLY RLY FOR RLZY DOESNT CARE WHO U R? You've stopped making so many accusations and now claim that never happened. Conservatives, morally bankrupt in every fashion.

                              • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 11 2023, @03:18AM

                                by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 11 2023, @03:18AM (#1300867)

                                I wrote a journal criticizing janrinok for pandering to Runaway. 20 minutes later, my journal has been removed and my account banned. The journal is https://soylentnews.org/~Legend+of+Aristarchus/journal/14112 [soylentnews.org]. Janrinok says Soylent News cannot edit or delete journals. Here is proof he lied.

                                Janrinok is now blocking all new accounts. I got an email when I tried to create a new account to post about my journal:

                                Somebody using the email address '*********' has attempted to create an account with the username 'Censored By Janrinok'. Unfortunately it has triggered our security software and the account has been temporarily disabled. (Reference: ******/*****) If you were NOT trying to create an account then please accept my apologies and you can ignore this email. If you ARE trying to create an account then please contact me at admin@soylentnews.org and I will try to assist you. Please quote ******/***** in the title/subject of your email. jan rinok

                                Soylent News is dead. Not even NCommander can save us from janrinok and Runaway.

                                aristarchus

                  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Tuesday March 28 2023, @08:36AM (8 children)

                    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 28 2023, @08:36AM (#1298459) Journal

                    Even Ncommander saw it,

                    Which he criticised - hardly a right-wing reaction. You are not paying attention.

                    he posts that aristarchus would have made have been censored

                    No they haven't, you never submitted them. It would appear that you censored yourself. We are not obliged to give anyone a platform if we choose not to do so.

                    rational critics like aristarchus

                    Abusing people is not rational criticism. Why don't you get out of your basement and ask your mom to give you a hug? It is obvious that you are not feeling the love here any more.

                    why don't you move to a different site?

                    I do have another site - 2 in fact. No, you can find them yourself...

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                    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 02 2023, @11:35PM

                      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 02 2023, @11:35PM (#1299475)

                      To think there are at least two other websites where the users have to submit to the will of janrinok! Oh, the profanity!

                    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 04 2023, @09:28PM (5 children)

                      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 04 2023, @09:28PM (#1299780)

                      The site's primary founder left because it became too much of a right wing shit hole. One would imagine that might make you take the community management problem seriously yet you keep defending stochastic terrorism as free speech. Stop complaining about personal insults if you're going to platform terrorists.

                      • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05 2023, @03:13AM

                        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05 2023, @03:13AM (#1299827)

                        The site's primary founder flounder left because it became too much of a right wing shit hole.

                        FTFY

                      • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday April 06 2023, @01:50PM (3 children)

                        by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 06 2023, @01:50PM (#1300088) Journal

                        right wing shit hole

                        No he didn't - he left because it became too much of a shit hole - the type of politics was irrelevant. It was swamped by ACs and sock puppets posting spam, off-topic comments, personal abuse and worse.

                        Don't make things up to suit your personal views. Most people call that lying.

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                        • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 07 2023, @07:22PM (1 child)

                          by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 07 2023, @07:22PM (#1300391)

                          Who do you think drives that shitty behavior? Most of the liberal users kept it civil while rightwingers spewed baseless lies, personal attacks, and straught propaganda with a solid mix of racist bigotry. Then Trump happened and it got worse, and the bullshit piled up so high that insulting the moron fascists was the only option left.

                          This is all on Soylent News for allowing the shitty behavior, but you go ahead and blame everyone else. Typical rhetoric from you, maybe you should have clamped down on sock puppets and ACs before the community left as was suggested for years? Nope, still clinging to free speech to protect stochastic terrorists while crying about AC comments and ad homs. Peak conservative snowflake!

                          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 07 2023, @10:31PM

                            by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 07 2023, @10:31PM (#1300420)

                            If only I had mod ability! The parent is Super Insightful!! ++5 Inciteful!

                        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 08 2023, @07:30PM

                          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 08 2023, @07:30PM (#1300531)

                          Did we visit different Soylent Newses? Wait, I see, as long as it is registered users doing the spam, off topic, and personal abuse you're totally fine with it. Or you are suffering diminished memory, these days the site is more polite and trash free than ever. I find your selective memory, disturbing.

                • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2023, @06:56PM

                  by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2023, @06:56PM (#1299234)

                  I have read khallow's journal.

                  I think this is the aim the GP had in mind, to prompt you to engage in pain and suffering. You have my sympathies.