Bene Flopsserit 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴
@flops.bsky.social
⌀ Anarchist - Meta-leftist - Antifascist
⌀ Contributor @ The Wanderers' Library
⌀ Free Palestine 🇵🇸🔻
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⌀ Contributor @ The Wanderers' Library
⌀ Free Palestine 🇵🇸🔻
they/she - 🔞✌️
So the Trump administration is taking its genocidal rhetoric against immigrants to the next level by using Halo memes as a vehicle for exterminationist propaganda, and the Nazi piece of human shit who co-composed the Halo theme is applauding it
October 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
So the Trump administration is taking its genocidal rhetoric against immigrants to the next level by using Halo memes as a vehicle for exterminationist propaganda, and the Nazi piece of human shit who co-composed the Halo theme is applauding it
I'm not reading all that. Free Palestine
September 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I'm not reading all that. Free Palestine
I'll admit that I picked this up on a whim just for its title alone. Book is "Did the Science Wars Take Place?" by William Gillis. This is a topic I've heard about but have never engaged with (outside that one Dr. Fatima video, but that's just a YT essay) so l'm pretty interested in learning more
September 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'll admit that I picked this up on a whim just for its title alone. Book is "Did the Science Wars Take Place?" by William Gillis. This is a topic I've heard about but have never engaged with (outside that one Dr. Fatima video, but that's just a YT essay) so l'm pretty interested in learning more
In August 2024, user sHNeon suggested to the author of a rewrite that they should add tags to their article. After being informed of the relevant guidelines (Staff is responsible for tagging, not authors), the user edited their post with an apology. That was their only comment.
A simple slip-up! 9/
A simple slip-up! 9/
July 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
In August 2024, user sHNeon suggested to the author of a rewrite that they should add tags to their article. After being informed of the relevant guidelines (Staff is responsible for tagging, not authors), the user edited their post with an apology. That was their only comment.
A simple slip-up! 9/
A simple slip-up! 9/
This one baffles me.
User poouu, also singled out for low engagement, had their sole comment attached. In April 2025, Poou wrote (in impeccable English) that they are Chinese, and that they joined with the hopes of giving feedback. Maybe they haven't yet—but with a 3-month ban, they sure won't. 8/
User poouu, also singled out for low engagement, had their sole comment attached. In April 2025, Poou wrote (in impeccable English) that they are Chinese, and that they joined with the hopes of giving feedback. Maybe they haven't yet—but with a 3-month ban, they sure won't. 8/
July 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This one baffles me.
User poouu, also singled out for low engagement, had their sole comment attached. In April 2025, Poou wrote (in impeccable English) that they are Chinese, and that they joined with the hopes of giving feedback. Maybe they haven't yet—but with a 3-month ban, they sure won't. 8/
User poouu, also singled out for low engagement, had their sole comment attached. In April 2025, Poou wrote (in impeccable English) that they are Chinese, and that they joined with the hopes of giving feedback. Maybe they haven't yet—but with a 3-month ban, they sure won't. 8/
- User Aegnus was initially banned for engaging with the Wiki in bad faith. It was decided after a 2nd look that the user had been a constructive commenter and prolific translator, and there were grounds to reverse their ban.
As in, only high engagement is an indicator of good faith interaction. /7
As in, only high engagement is an indicator of good faith interaction. /7
July 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
- User Aegnus was initially banned for engaging with the Wiki in bad faith. It was decided after a 2nd look that the user had been a constructive commenter and prolific translator, and there were grounds to reverse their ban.
As in, only high engagement is an indicator of good faith interaction. /7
As in, only high engagement is an indicator of good faith interaction. /7
Since the bans went into effect, a few of them had updates:
- User Kanie Ja successfully appealed their 3-month ban. It has since been lifted.
- User TomJens, who translated SCP-268-J into Chinese from English, was identified as having been erroneously banned. The ban was reversed. 6/
- User Kanie Ja successfully appealed their 3-month ban. It has since been lifted.
- User TomJens, who translated SCP-268-J into Chinese from English, was identified as having been erroneously banned. The ban was reversed. 6/
July 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Since the bans went into effect, a few of them had updates:
- User Kanie Ja successfully appealed their 3-month ban. It has since been lifted.
- User TomJens, who translated SCP-268-J into Chinese from English, was identified as having been erroneously banned. The ban was reversed. 6/
- User Kanie Ja successfully appealed their 3-month ban. It has since been lifted.
- User TomJens, who translated SCP-268-J into Chinese from English, was identified as having been erroneously banned. The ban was reversed. 6/
Moving on to the next justification, three CN users are singled out for:
A. Having low activity (images 1 and 3).
B. Having a gap in otherwise normal activity (image 2).
User TRhine (image 1) is even identified as a quiet reader, with zero comments.
Is low engagement an indicator of bad faith? /5
A. Having low activity (images 1 and 3).
B. Having a gap in otherwise normal activity (image 2).
User TRhine (image 1) is even identified as a quiet reader, with zero comments.
Is low engagement an indicator of bad faith? /5
July 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Moving on to the next justification, three CN users are singled out for:
A. Having low activity (images 1 and 3).
B. Having a gap in otherwise normal activity (image 2).
User TRhine (image 1) is even identified as a quiet reader, with zero comments.
Is low engagement an indicator of bad faith? /5
A. Having low activity (images 1 and 3).
B. Having a gap in otherwise normal activity (image 2).
User TRhine (image 1) is even identified as a quiet reader, with zero comments.
Is low engagement an indicator of bad faith? /5
User Rovong also comments in simple English. What distinguishes Rovong from the others is that in April 2025, he translated the article "The Emperor Of Many Voices" from English into Chinese.
Is translating an article not enough of an indication of good faith?
05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-1716...
Is translating an article not enough of an indication of good faith?
05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-1716...
July 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
User Rovong also comments in simple English. What distinguishes Rovong from the others is that in April 2025, he translated the article "The Emperor Of Many Voices" from English into Chinese.
Is translating an article not enough of an indication of good faith?
05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-1716...
Is translating an article not enough of an indication of good faith?
05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-1716...
Take user xkdd, who voted 325 times during their 1st day on the Wiki. Possible vote spam?
Not necessarily; there may be valid reasons. It's possible that the user read the articles before they joined, and voted after. Or maybe they read CN translations of articles and mirrored their votes on EN. /3
Not necessarily; there may be valid reasons. It's possible that the user read the articles before they joined, and voted after. Or maybe they read CN translations of articles and mirrored their votes on EN. /3
July 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Take user xkdd, who voted 325 times during their 1st day on the Wiki. Possible vote spam?
Not necessarily; there may be valid reasons. It's possible that the user read the articles before they joined, and voted after. Or maybe they read CN translations of articles and mirrored their votes on EN. /3
Not necessarily; there may be valid reasons. It's possible that the user read the articles before they joined, and voted after. Or maybe they read CN translations of articles and mirrored their votes on EN. /3
Much of the "evidence" that SCP-EN's Disc Team provides for banning Chinese Branch users is a farce.
Take these 4 users. What gets displayed? That the users commented in simple English.
Is it unreasonable to suggest that a user from a foreign-language branch may have English as a 2nd language? 1/
Take these 4 users. What gets displayed? That the users commented in simple English.
Is it unreasonable to suggest that a user from a foreign-language branch may have English as a 2nd language? 1/
July 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Much of the "evidence" that SCP-EN's Disc Team provides for banning Chinese Branch users is a farce.
Take these 4 users. What gets displayed? That the users commented in simple English.
Is it unreasonable to suggest that a user from a foreign-language branch may have English as a 2nd language? 1/
Take these 4 users. What gets displayed? That the users commented in simple English.
Is it unreasonable to suggest that a user from a foreign-language branch may have English as a 2nd language? 1/
All this is to say nothing about intention, about bad and good faith. Based on my first screenshot, the two users (three, including the translator) voted the way that they did because they liked the article, and wanted to emphasize that fact.
They're not brigaders. These are users in good standing!
They're not brigaders. These are users in good standing!
July 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
All this is to say nothing about intention, about bad and good faith. Based on my first screenshot, the two users (three, including the translator) voted the way that they did because they liked the article, and wanted to emphasize that fact.
They're not brigaders. These are users in good standing!
They're not brigaders. These are users in good standing!
To be clear: The crux of brigading as a rule on the SCP Wiki goes back to when it was first introduced as a disciplinary standard after the 2018 anti-Pride Month raids, and it hinges on identifying any number of people as belonging to a coherent "group".
It's a rule that *only* groups can break.
It's a rule that *only* groups can break.
July 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
To be clear: The crux of brigading as a rule on the SCP Wiki goes back to when it was first introduced as a disciplinary standard after the 2018 anti-Pride Month raids, and it hinges on identifying any number of people as belonging to a coherent "group".
It's a rule that *only* groups can break.
It's a rule that *only* groups can break.
Both users in this screenshot are among the 18 who received a 3-month blanket ban, ostensibly for upvoting a single SCP article. The 3rd user mentioned, TomJens, who translated the article into Chinese from English, was also banned.
However you slice it, I think SCP's Disc Team made a misstep here.
However you slice it, I think SCP's Disc Team made a misstep here.
July 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Both users in this screenshot are among the 18 who received a 3-month blanket ban, ostensibly for upvoting a single SCP article. The 3rd user mentioned, TomJens, who translated the article into Chinese from English, was also banned.
However you slice it, I think SCP's Disc Team made a misstep here.
However you slice it, I think SCP's Disc Team made a misstep here.
Forgot to update this.
I also read a few books in-between that I didn't care to post about.
Anyway, now reading:
The Gay Science by Nietzsche
I also read a few books in-between that I didn't care to post about.
Anyway, now reading:
The Gay Science by Nietzsche
July 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Forgot to update this.
I also read a few books in-between that I didn't care to post about.
Anyway, now reading:
The Gay Science by Nietzsche
I also read a few books in-between that I didn't care to post about.
Anyway, now reading:
The Gay Science by Nietzsche
Iran should be allowed to have nukes
June 14, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Iran should be allowed to have nukes
Now reading:
Introduction to Schizoanalysis by Eugene W. Holland
Introduction to Schizoanalysis by Eugene W. Holland
June 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Now reading:
Introduction to Schizoanalysis by Eugene W. Holland
Introduction to Schizoanalysis by Eugene W. Holland
Now reading:
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
May 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Now reading:
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov