What is happening here?
New people are joining the team of moderators without us even knowing who they are. We don’t even know they’ve joined, because there isn’t a single announcement about it anywhere.
Dissenting opinions are simply silenced and moved to an archive that regular users can’t even access. That archive contains thousands of posts that only administrators and moderators can read, making it harder for users to find their own posts.
Our community is essentially being run by children. Kids who just want power somewhere outside their bedrooms, because they think it’s cool.
This is not normal, people. Do we even take this community seriously anymore? Are we just going to sit here with a straight face and watch a group of people we don’t even know wield power over us? And no, the Reformed community isn't any better.
I get the passivity to some extent — the platform itself isn’t evolving. These days, nobody wants to be a moderator here (myself included), because we don’t even have the tools needed for effective moderation. But is this really what everyone who still is on this platform wants?
Honestly, I encourage everyone to just find a good Mastodon community and start fresh there. Because I believe this situation has become unsustainable.

A regular user of the Elten English Community since 2019.
Oh, hasn't this become a trend now?

Honestly, the fact y'all actively post here and complain about this forum which has been obviously ruined beyond the point of repair while bashing my forum for no reason other than "it isn't better" is kinda pathetic. It's just as childish as their behaviour IMO.
Seriously what do you hope to achieve here? If you don't want to join my forum, and you think this one's gone just leave for Mastodon already. Anyone else who has sense will do the same and won't need your prompting to do so.
The only thing this thread will achieve is the same 3 or 4 people complaining about the Elten programme while one of the kiddos (Yes I'm still using that adjective) come in and erase it in perpetuum

Right. Mastodon is something completely else and somewhat irellevant. I agree with most of that post but what sense would this make, Pajper won't react, chappman and co will just delete without a word, or maybe warning you for going against his feelings or whatever else next... This is not a place people can express their opinion in. It barely ever was. And dunno, the other comunity's just silent at that point, silent sentinal, erm. Unintended punn here lmfa. Anyways.

No one is saying you can't express your opinion, but outright bashing the administration and not even trying to be sivilised, that is what we won't put up with, and that is why this thing is slowly diing. Oh, and actually be respectful, call me Alex, not Chapman, thank you very much.

Believe me, bashing looks different.
-- (alchappers):
No one is saying you can't express your opinion, but outright bashing the administration and not even trying to be sivilised, that is what we won't put up with, and that is why this thing is slowly diing. Oh, and actually be respectful, call me Alex, not Chapman, thank you very much.

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1. Make yourself respected first and then you can discuss on how people must call you and must not.
2. Bashing is what? The fact that you can't run this place like this?
3. What if I don't want to put up with having topics just, how you like to say, outright, deleted without a word and getting issued a warning for nothing that can be proven anymore? Wouldn't you try to understand how ridiculous this, no. I give up. Sorry sir Administrator of the english comunity Alex for you having to put up with our hurtful bashing and unvalid critisism....
Bro lmfao.

I want to bash the administration using git bash

This is not 2024 but 2025, now everyone is allowed to call anyone the way want to! Down with 2024!

-- (alchappers):
No one is saying you can't express your opinion, but outright bashing the administration and not even trying to be sivilised, that is what we won't put up with, and that is why this thing is slowly diing. Oh, and actually be respectful, call me Alex, not Chapman, thank you very much.

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OK then lol.
-- (ArcticMoon):
I want to bash the administration using git bash

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Moderation: marchoffmann, you don't get to decide if I am respected or not, I already am, you are being a dick. This is your last warning. I am being generous, as I have been told about your history, so if you don't start to behave, its a ban.
-- (marchoffmann):
1. Make yourself respected first and then you can discuss on how people must call you and must not.
2. Bashing is what? The fact that you can't run this place like this?
3. What if I don't want to put up with having topics just, how you like to say, outright, deleted without a word and getting issued a warning for nothing that can be proven anymore? Wouldn't you try to understand how ridiculous this, no. I give up. Sorry sir Administrator of the english comunity Alex for you having to put up with our hurtful bashing and unvalid critisism....
Bro lmfao.

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Loooooooooool. What the fuckages xd. I can just leave the group until you calm your disgusting phrases, then you see how you ban me. At least I don't go around with the signature of being a great great admin of a blindy bullshit thingy at this point.

Oh yeah, very mature dude, not.
-- (marchoffmann):
Loooooooooool. What the fuckages xd. I can just leave the group until you calm your disgusting phrases, then you see how you ban me. At least I don't go around with the signature of being a great great admin of a blindy bullshit thingy at this point.

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Alright, this is going to stop, thread closed.