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>If mods themselves are turning a blind eye to pedo infestation
100%
>then only strong user pressure could get them to do something about it
im trying to drum up some controversy/feel out the general sentiment.
its clear im far from the only one upset about it, and complaints have been increasing all over the board, but the amount of pedospammers has increased similarly
theres quite a lot of them at this point already
>mod negligence allows more and more pedos to settle, which further reduces the prospect of pressuring mods to act
we are here nao
>long-term tendency is for things to get worse and worse over time.
and thats what im trying to avoid
every single free speech based community ends up doing this dance, and it always ends in the site being destroyed
>Some of the content they post isn't illegal at all, but as soon as they realize they can post it freely, increasingly ambiguous files get posted and more of them join the board
again, this is exactly whats happening currently. most of the stuff is clothed, much of it isnt even sexualized yet, but like you said, we both know where this is heading. the sharp increase in candydoll pics and vids is what had me say something. while that stuff isnt ever "hard", its certainly enough to land bernds in more conservative countries in some hot water. and thats what has me concerned more than anything. the mods do not give a single solitary fuck about protecting these users, and in fact it could speculated that they are trying to do it. honeypot or not, theyre using that muddy water to try and weed out bernds, and dont seem to give a shit about the consequences for the poor innocent bernd who ends up with that shit in his temp files
>The honeypot theory sounds tinfoil-y
i agree, but again, i was looking more for their reaction than anything with that. im leaning much harder towards the idea that they wish to use the site traffic to hide in the noise. doesnt hurt that the bernds with nothing to hide are low hanging fruit in the event that they do catch the eyes of feds
>There's a precedent for feds infiltrating fringe groups.