GAW was forced to ban several of long-time contributors over the past few days after some extremely unacceptable behaviour both on the site and in modmail. What happened? These users were warned, asking them to tone it down, get re-focused a bit (maybe go camping?), etc., but instead the behaviour only got worse, and, finally, becoming very concerning. Rather than sit out their vacations and re-focus, the users decided opted for the nuclear option.
We HATE banning good users! Especially permanently! Everyone should be having fun here. But.
We will ban insane behaviour like this, all day, every day, equally, any user, it doesn't matter. This kind of crazy, insane behaviour (doxing, threats, posts on other WINs, etc.) towards GAW's mods, our users, posts, comments, or abuse in modmail, will not be tolerated.
These users are now PM'ing various users here, and these conversations are now filtering up to the mod team. Feel free to reply if you want, etc., but, if you choose to engage, you'll quickly see this same immature behaviour from them as they will quickly demonstrate why they were banned.
GAW will continue to have one of the best online communities around. The entire mod team remains committed to keeping GAW focused on Q, focused on solid, quality discussion, and keeping us ready for The Storm. Thank you!
EDIT: Here are some answers to some questions we're getting asked.
Why can't the mod team do anything about this contact? Apologies, we aren't able to control how the .WINs work, and we're sorry many of you were forced to deal with this unfortunate situation.
How does GAW run? Other than the 100% volunteer mod team, basically, several years ago, we were lucky enough to get invited to run on the same digital infrastructure that The_Donald.WIN (now Patriots.WIN, of course) ran on. Why? Because Q was part of the movement, but they wanted us annoying (LEL 😎) "Q believers" to have their own space so that regular patriots could have the option to participate or not. The mods have no access to the codebase. We found ways to add our own feel here (pepes, colours, etc.), but we don't have the ability to shadowban, or otherwise hassle anyone, anywhere. We can only control user access, sticky posts, and remove harmful comments.
It's been a sad week, to be honest. We haaaaaaaate seeing some of our best patriots sort of lose their marbles. This is The Storm, it's a real fight. Take care of your minds, frogs! The war for your soul is very, very real!
The best way to keep from losing one's marbles is keeping them in the marble sack until it's time to play. Take one or two out, do your shooting and scoring, and then back in the sack they go. No reason to show everybody all your marbles. It'll either make them envy how many you have, or they'll think their marble collection is better than yours anyway. Besides, those marbles are special to YOU, but not that snot-nosed new kid that thinks he's the marble king.
Now, you and a friend wanna lay out all your marbles, look at them and admire and even trade? That's cool. Most friends won't come to fighting blows over marbles. You respect what makes your friends' marbles their special marbles, just like they respect yours.
Marble war? Well then you pull em all out and use them as slingshot projectiles.
But generally... Keep your marbles in the bag.
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THIS frog marbles.
But does he use his steelies to shoot the right way?
All of a sudden, I kind of want to get into playing marbles. Never did it before, but it sounds kind of fun!
I loved playing marbles when I was a kid, very satisfying.
We did it every spring just after the snow melted,for about a month. I don't know why that was marble season,but it was.
Haha this was Good stuff. Put a smile on my face. God bless u
This is a metaphor I can get behind. Apt!
Marbelous analogy!!
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Please keep GAW alive and operational for at least 69 more days. We are in the endgame now, imo.
What is with 69 days?
After mid-terms presumably.
I rather think Jan 21st 2023 is where it will be at myself.
U have a tough job brother. Yet u have consistently been a stand up guy, fair and open with your decision, and patient with us when we decide to act out. Sorry week was rough. Hang in there. Keep up the great work. God bless u. Praying for you. Much love
Can I take over one of their Pepe 😂🙏
This is what happens in an information war when we are over target and the other side is losing badly and in panic mode. Unknown if people got compromised or their accounts got taken over, but this is a typical event to occur near an endgame convergence.
GAW is a primary resource of the good guys, and it will be targeted by the bad guys in every way conceivable both real and imagined. General rules are clearly posted in the sidebar and mods have discretion on enforcement to make sure we are operating at optimal performance as we go into the next two critical months.
It would be rough to see this place compromised. Can't say it couldn't ever happen though. I appreciate all the fights to make it safe.
The truth is coming out and I am glad that President Trump is being more bold for his message regarding the truth.