QuoteThis, Wikipedia and.. Uhh..

Wikipedia is about as open as Reddit when it comes to submitting significant article edits and creating new articles. From my experience, at least.

QuoteI thought I tried to login yesterday and it just asked me to resend the activation link, but it seems to be working now.

A staff member activated your account manually a while ago. Please excuse us for the inconvenience.....

Quote from: Sergey on Today at 10:49:36I realize that was a joke but still, I don't think the name has anything to do with the issues described.... besides, it's not just my accounts that were banned.

No, I just thought because they blanket banned all Russian GNU/Linux kernel maintainers maybe that'd expand to other arenas as well. But I guess if it's other accounts too, that don't report to you as senior editor.

I think in all these years I've only ever found one Reddit post interesting so far. But it could be a way to drive traffic to Notebookcheck. I don't know how Reddit works, never actually been, outside of search engine results.

I only visit maybe three or four websites on a regular basis. This, Wikipedia and.. Uhh.. Two websites on a regular basis.

Quote from: Sergey on Today at 10:49:36Do you really have to confirm your e-mail address, Admiral Snackbar (Adam)? I am not sure it's mandatory.

Thanks, I thought I tried to login yesterday and it just asked me to resend the activation link, but it seems to be working now.

QuoteHave you guys considered setting up your own forum?I think you missed the train on this one and joined or started this too late.

But Notebookcheck does have a (basic) forum. We are using it right now.

QuoteBecause you have a Russian name and Reddit is a western platform.

I realize that was a joke but still, I don't think the name has anything to do with the issues described.... besides, it's not just my accounts that were banned.

QuoteI remember on ArsTechnica I had commented a few times on articles. Then on an article about a small hole in the Soyuz spacecraft I said that the Soyuz had a long history of reliability and wouldn't be surprised if it were sabotage by a competitor such as SpaceX or Blue Origin. My account was immediately banned and all posts deleted.

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QuoteI see 1 positive comment or message on there for every 500 negative one's. It's still the same as it was a decade ago

Well, as ugly as it is, isn't that exactly what present-day social media is supposed to be like.....

QuoteI'm trying to create an account on notebookcheck here

Do you really have to confirm your e-mail address, Admiral Snackbar (Adam)? I am not sure it's mandatory.

I'm trying to create an account on notebookcheck here, but the email activation link takes me to a page that says "An error has occurred" "Sorry, this section isn't available at this time."

Tried resending the activation link with the same problem.

If they're having trouble drowning you out with multiple posts and long walls of text containing insults covertly directed at you then they'll start a flame war in the hopes the thread will be locked and deleted.

I have a reddit account from gods know when. I see 1 positive comment or message on there for every 500 negative one's. It's still the same as it was a decade ago which is to say a place for neckbeards to try and force their opinion on people through a false sense of superiority. The bad thing is that there are people who think these paper pushing, pencil necked, zit faced, no load, puss popping keyboard warriors are anything but what they really are. Too afraid to be part of something bigger than themselves for a good reason so instead they joined reddit to be *THE* big thing for everybody. Reddit is a waste pit of shallow and narrow minded individuals. I think having or creating your own Forum Based on Threads created by Article Title. That would make it easily searchable and easy to respond to from others. Cheers!

I remember on ArsTechnica I had commented a few times on articles. Then on an article about a small hole in the Soyuz spacecraft I said that the Soyuz had a long history of reliability and wouldn't be surprised if it were sabotage by a competitor such as SpaceX or Blue Origin. My account was immediately banned and all posts deleted.

If they cannot ban your account, as in the forum is not under their immediate control, they tend to drown you out with multiple posts and typically go about ridiculing you and your posts.

Quote from: Admiral Snackbar on Yesterday at 15:15:36The initial bans were probably a case of military censorship. Because you have a Russian name and Reddit is a western platform. Only western propaganda is allowed on Reddit.

Yes, the Russian name of 'Warm-Standard1621' :)

Have you guys considered setting up your own forum? Sort of like what Techpowerup etc. has?

In 2026, I think it's become abundantly clear that you can't rely on big social media providers to maintain a community anymore...

The initial bans were probably a case of military censorship. Because you have a Russian name and Reddit is a western platform. Only western propaganda is allowed on Reddit.

I joined Reddit a decade ago, back then it was still decent and very usable. But now? It's trash. I think you missed the train on this one and joined or started this too late. It really went downhill like in the last 2 years.

Unfortunately, I don't know of any real alternative otherwise I'd of joined one by now.

So it's no big deal if this doesn't work out.

QuoteHave you guys thought about running a poll and finding out in what platform the readers would be more inclined to form a community around?

No : /

Reddit is an absolute cesspool. Tried to use it a couple times, and between entitled mods, nonsensical rules and it's users necessities to inject politics in everything I couldn't force myself to keep using it.
Have you guys thought about running a poll and finding out in what platform the readers would be more inclined to form a community around?

QuoteI'm glad it's not just me.

Happy to know it's not just us!

(Not happy that you had to go through that, though....)

I'm glad it's not just me. I signed up for an account recently to post on a topic and got shadowbanned for no good reason, despite trying to be helpful. Tried to appeal, no change, I can't seem to post on anything as now there is just a blanket ban. One of my posts that was still up there got reasonably popular, and then it asked me to cross-post that post to different communities, but every time I tried it gets immediately banned by reddit's filters.

Completely incomprehensible platform.