I remember asking the /r/CTH mods if they needed a hand when the reddit admins, without warning, banned a bunch of mods who had been actively trying to clean up the sub. ReBr0 or someone else said "no". "Could have fooled me" I messaged back and I ended up a mod for less than a year. Modding CTH was not fun, I didn't want to remove most comments because I knew, no other subreddit was as closely watched or heavily restricted as us. I know that because places like c**ntown were allowed to harass /r/BlackLadies for as long as they could with zero repercussions, the_donald existed and actively planned fascist rallies, FatPeoepleHate was allowed to post n*zi flags in the front page for several days. Instead, I tried to make the subreddit a hub for learning, and themed discussions — I'm still really sad we lost the /r/CTH wiki. I tried, and got, the LitCritGuy to do an AMA during halloween. I tried to get Howie Hawkins to do an AMA (they bailed, but the controversy would have been chef's kiss), Dr Amy Cooper did an AMA about her book on Venezuelan Healthcare, and Sean from Antifada (as_a_worker(?)) came on to talk about all sorts of things. I loved posting megathreads. I remember posting the Bolivian Megathread, the same day the coup blew up, my phone was unusable.
I don't think anyone really understands how special chapotraphouse was. It started as a place to discuss a comedy/lefty podcast. It became the hub for lefties who cared less about cat girls' existence and their effect on socialist thought, and more about whether Bernie would really win, and how else we could bully le epic Redditors. I didn't ban a lot of users. The community was actively hostile to the site hosting it— hostile to the hosts of the podcast too! It was like the SRS haydays in Reddit. If you acted like a fash, you knew at least one chapo user who you'd fought with. ChapoTrapHouse provided a huge counter-point towards the "le reddit line".
Announcement posts would be full of "what about the_donald, but most importantly, what about CTH", "how come CTH isn't banned", "please do something about CTH". In the end, CTH being banned was a small price to pay for the_donald being gone, although of course, the_donald had been dead for a long while; the mods having moved themselves to .win.
This website is amazing. I know most users know this, but we have something legitimately amazing going on here. It's only a matter of time until Reddit shits the bed so hard with a redesign, or having to watch video ads before watching v.reddit posts, or selling all your data to fb. And we might become the defacto competitor. But what's truly the most important thing about this website, is that most people are here out of choice. We are not the big 3 (or 4) social media companies vying for market share. We just post, and you can vibe with us or don't.
I want to say thank you to all the users that have made this place what it is. I'd tag them all but I would be afraid of leaving anyone out.
I made my best post ever there "Capitalism is bad and here's why" where I posted as a feudal lord. Only time in my life I'd ever been able to organically use "subenfeoffment" and the comment section was alive with real discussion about medieval history and the origins of capitalism. It was truly a golden era of posting. And all my favorite shitposts are vanished like so many tears in the rain.
But what’s truly the most important thing about this website, is that most people are here out of choice. We are not the big 3 (or 4) social media companies vying for market share. We just post, and you can vibe with us or don’t.
I have been feeling the same way but I couldn't really describe it. On top of that, it means that there isn't any need for predatory addiction schemes or trying to make the site more profitable. We're purely donation funded and that means we have a lot more freedom to do whats best and healthy for everyone.
side tangent, wasn't the coup January of this year? or are you talking about a different one
It really shows another mode of funding and self-funded and self-hosted websites need to come back because the alternative is glaringly evil and fucked up.
:sankara-salute: :stalin-heart: This was beautiful. Thank you for all the work you did making CTH such a special place, and thanks for sticking around here and making this hellsite pretty great as well. Always love your posts when they pop up, and I come away having learned a thing or two.
I remember asking the /r/CTH mods if they needed a hand when the reddit admins, without warning, banned a bunch of mods who had been actively trying to clean up the sub. ReBr0 or someone else said "no". "Could have fooled me" I messaged back and I ended up a mod for less than a year. Modding CTH was not fun, I didn't want to remove most comments because I knew, no other subreddit was as closely watched or heavily restricted as us. I know that because places like c**ntown were allowed to harass /r/BlackLadies for as long as they could with zero repercussions, the_donald existed and actively planned fascist rallies, FatPeoepleHate was allowed to post n*zi flags in the front page for several days. Instead, I tried to make the subreddit a hub for learning, and themed discussions — I'm still really sad we lost the /r/CTH wiki. I tried, and got, the LitCritGuy to do an AMA during halloween. I tried to get Howie Hawkins to do an AMA (they bailed, but the controversy would have been chef's kiss), Dr Amy Cooper did an AMA about her book on Venezuelan Healthcare, and Sean from Antifada (as_a_worker(?)) came on to talk about all sorts of things. I loved posting megathreads. I remember posting the Bolivian Megathread, the same day the coup blew up, my phone was unusable.
I don't think anyone really understands how special chapotraphouse was. It started as a place to discuss a comedy/lefty podcast. It became the hub for lefties who cared less about cat girls' existence and their effect on socialist thought, and more about whether Bernie would really win, and how else we could bully le epic Redditors. I didn't ban a lot of users. The community was actively hostile to the site hosting it— hostile to the hosts of the podcast too! It was like the SRS haydays in Reddit. If you acted like a fash, you knew at least one chapo user who you'd fought with. ChapoTrapHouse provided a huge counter-point towards the "le reddit line".
Announcement posts would be full of "what about the_donald, but most importantly, what about CTH", "how come CTH isn't banned", "please do something about CTH". In the end, CTH being banned was a small price to pay for the_donald being gone, although of course, the_donald had been dead for a long while; the mods having moved themselves to .win.
This website is amazing. I know most users know this, but we have something legitimately amazing going on here. It's only a matter of time until Reddit shits the bed so hard with a redesign, or having to watch video ads before watching v.reddit posts, or selling all your data to fb. And we might become the defacto competitor. But what's truly the most important thing about this website, is that most people are here out of choice. We are not the big 3 (or 4) social media companies vying for market share. We just post, and you can vibe with us or don't.
I want to say thank you to all the users that have made this place what it is. I'd tag them all but I would be afraid of leaving anyone out.
In Love and Solidarity, MH
P.S Never Log Off.
The sub was such an amazing place and so is this site. I saved so many posts that got deleted with the sub and really wish I took screenshots :(
I made my best post ever there "Capitalism is bad and here's why" where I posted as a feudal lord. Only time in my life I'd ever been able to organically use "subenfeoffment" and the comment section was alive with real discussion about medieval history and the origins of capitalism. It was truly a golden era of posting. And all my favorite shitposts are vanished like so many tears in the rain.
I have been feeling the same way but I couldn't really describe it. On top of that, it means that there isn't any need for predatory addiction schemes or trying to make the site more profitable. We're purely donation funded and that means we have a lot more freedom to do whats best and healthy for everyone.
side tangent, wasn't the coup January of this year? or are you talking about a different one
It really shows another mode of funding and self-funded and self-hosted websites need to come back because the alternative is glaringly evil and fucked up.
Bolivian Coup
oh goddamnit, time flies. It feels so long ago
I'm right there with you, the year 2020 has fucked with my sense of time so badly.
:fidel-salute-big:
:sankara-salute: :stalin-heart: This was beautiful. Thank you for all the work you did making CTH such a special place, and thanks for sticking around here and making this hellsite pretty great as well. Always love your posts when they pop up, and I come away having learned a thing or two.
Thank you for your service there and here :chavez-salute:
the pleasure has been mine, lol.
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:maduro-salute:
That's nice. But it'd be better if you saved all those words and just posted hog instead.
:PIGPOOPBALLS:
:rat-salute:
:chavez-salute:
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