D:

Aha! Come to think of it the Blankfist said it all too well his own self. And gorillaman. And, and, and, and, and....

Sooooooo,
May those who love us, love us; and those who don't love us, may God turn their hearts; and if He doesn't turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping.

>> ^therealblankman:

What the fuck happened here?
>> ^therealblankman:

What the fuck happened here?
>> ^therealblankman:

What the fuck happened here?
>> ^therealblankman:

What the fuck happened here?
>> ^therealblankman:

What the fuck happened here?

Like rhesusmonk said, haven't the foggiest what it is that happened to merit banning you.The thing is though, if you were a dick to someone then you should man up and admit you were a dick and apologize. Clean up the mess and make your way back- the community is weaker without you. Who did you piss off anyhow? Not that you can respond I suppose, what with the ban and all. So I guess I'm just here talking to myself. Great... story of my life. At least I've got my rabbit to keep me company. Maybe I'll console myself with the loss of your presence by eating some of @choggie's "Texas Appetizers" http://videosift.com/video/Cooking-with-Choggie-Texas-Appetizers. The indigestion will keep me occupied while I reminisce about the good old days.

Hey, buddy. I don't know whether you'll be checking your profile much now that you've been sent on the CircleLine cruise, but I wanted to tell you that I for one am rather disgusted by the way this played out. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Northeast Irish-Catholic (now non-superstitious) liberal, and I don't give a flying fick about your politics.

You've been a QUALITY submitter & commenter here, and were probably one of the main reasons I came out of lurkdom and became a Sifter. When I saw your banination, I spent about two hours reading comments and looking at your submissions to try to rationalize your dismissal, but there just wasn't enough. I may be only a GoldStar, but I've been here longer than I'd like to recount. In all my days, I've seen few Sifters as committed to the QUALITY this site intends to promote. I suppose there is much to your banination that I'm not privy to, and I'm very sorry for that. Even though it seems you have trolled quite a few members in the recent past, I think this decision should have been opened to investigation and consultation with the community at large.

Over the last years, we've had a disappointing diaspora of QUALITY members, but yet you stuck around. As the years have progressed, the QUALITY of submitters and high-level, long-term members has dwindled. I came here for people like you, like @Farhad2000, like @eric3579, @djsunkid, @mlx, @silvercord, @dystopianfuturetoday, @NetRunner, @kronosposeidon, @dag, @MarineGunrock and even like Choggie. You are among these names.

A (seemingly) long time ago, this site celebrated its diversity of both style and opinion. We've banned, and supported the banination of conservative trolls in the last few years, but only because of EXCESSIVE violations (eg. CaptainPlanet, and (to his unfortunate discredit) Choggie; this is NOT an exhaustive list). I've watched the progression, and while I agree with the socio-political principles of those in support of the exclusions, I cannot but think how the actual QUALITY of the site has suffered.

This was a place I came to enlighten myself, with submissions like this, this, this, this, this, this, and this (which is truly just a smattering of the QUALITY you've brought here). I used to hit the VideoSift link and expect to see submissions that I wouldn't have seen elsewhere. Unique submissions, with a higher intellectual quotient than the rest of the horse-apple internet digest sites. But now it's a site nearly indistinguishable from this one, and this one, or this one. Certainly (and obviously) I like and frequent those sites, but this is VideoSift, and I have always expected more bang for my buck.

I'm sure you've realized by this point that this comment is not just for you to read, as it both is public, and draws the attention of many other QUALITY members of the community. But I assure you that whatever the reaction, I want you particularly to know that you've affected my understanding of the world-at-large in a most positive way over the last four years. It was a privilege to have had your influence, and I will miss it.

I can post here but you can not.

Neener Neener neener


awww maybe that was a little.....
Nope !

>> ^doogle:

Ditto
>> ^therealblankman:
What the fuck happened here?



Progress ?

Ditto
>> ^therealblankman:

What the fuck happened here?

What the fuck happened here?

In reply to this comment by blankfist:
There's a bias on this site. Not that I don't rub people the wrong way, because I do. I can be a huge asshole, and I don't like it sometimes. But there's a total bias and it's bullshit. I've noticed people who get targeted are those in opposition to a certain ideological position. Specifically the left. And at one point I was part of the bandwagon. Look at the recent hobblings and bannings. Those in the majority band together and pick on people all the time, but let one person on the other side make a colorful comment and all the sanctimonious assholes come out of the woodwork to play the victim. Their mean comments get upvotes and praises. Ours get us hobbled or banned.



If only you would have listened to me about the cliques and the dangerous sensitivity thought police. If only there was a word that could describe my schadenfreude. Oops, I read on here that you didn't like Germans. I thought I was your only frenemy. Q_Q

no no no...the equation is, dag: compliment, critique, compliment. You're short a compliment>> ^dag:

Hi BF - sorry it has to be like this, but revealing personal, private details about another Sifter is an abuse of the community guidelines:
Abuse of the site, other members, votes, posts, comments, or any privileges, especially star abilities, whether mentioned above or not, may result in account suspension or a permanent ban
As this is a second warning, and it looks like you've kind of left anyway, I'm indefinitely banning your account. If you decide you ever want to come back for real - drop me a line.
I love your profile - though, looks great.

Hi BF - sorry it has to be like this, but revealing personal, private details about another Sifter is an abuse of the community guidelines:

Abuse of the site, other members, votes, posts, comments, or any privileges, especially star abilities, whether mentioned above or not, may result in account suspension or a permanent ban


As this is a second warning, and it looks like you've kind of left anyway, I'm indefinitely banning your account. If you decide you ever want to come back for real - drop me a line.

I love your profile - though, looks great.

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