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Some not-so-fun news today: we have closed the General and Politics forums. These forums will remain archived but in a locked state, where new posts and replies will not be accepted.


We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed positively to these forums over the years, however we feel these forums aren’t in line with the goals for the site and we don’t have the resources to handle the problems these forums create.


If you primarily used Newgrounds for these forums, now would be a good time to reach out to your friends and consider something like a Discord group to continue your conversations.


Some of these conversations might find a place in the remaining forums. For example, Jackho’s Reading Challenge thread could find a home in the Writing Forum or Clubs and Crews.


We aren't looking to recreate General and Politics in the remaining forums, however. If you are looking for a new place to argue about politics, we ask that you find it elsewhere. You’re welcome to post about issues that are important to you on your blog but a dedicated thunderdome doesn't belong here.


To get all the sad stuff covered in one post, I’ll also give notice that we are canceling our April Fools plans this year and will instead focus on ongoing projects.


Note: If you have set Custom preferences for the main forum list, you will continue to see the locked forums listed in red. To remove them from view, click the Customize button in the top right corner, then toggle their visibility off with that eyeball button to the right of each forum.


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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:00:02


damn, guess there's no more shitposting. Shame too, this was probably the last good site to go for shitposts.


Well, I guess I'll be moving to my own news page if anyone still wants to see my dumb memes. I'll be much less active though.


Thanks for the transparency Tom, and farewell


please help. thank you.

Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:06:51


That was so sudden. I don't even know what happened...


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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:08:25


At 3/22/23 02:06 PM, tydaze wrote:That was so sudden. I don't even know what happened...


me neither bruh, I don't even know why this is happening


please help. thank you.

Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:09:30


I definitely can't say I've been following up any of what's been going on in these forums at all, but from the sounds of it it sounded like a heck of a headache.


Shitty that it had to come to this but I understand. NG is primarily a hub around creativity, and if there's a part that majorly causes problems, hard decisions are sometimes necessary. Can't imagine it was an easy decision, esp. with the full knowledge of the vitriol it will result in. In any case, should be less than dealing with the thunderdome as you put it for the long term.


For what it's worth, I have faith NG will continue to thrive as a hub of creativity where loads of folks enjoy creative output, collaborate, and encourage one another. There are now plenty of simple ways to create a general hangout on the internet, so I do feel the audience of the general and politics forum shouldn't have trouble finding a venue.


Thanks for your hard work Tom & Team.


Note: I'm fully aware this post sounds like blatant kissing ass. But let me assure you, my only motive is being a voice of support in what I recognise to be a fucking shitty day.

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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:10:12


At 3/22/23 01:57 PM, TomFulp wrote:Some not-so-fun news today: we have closed the General and Politics forums. These forums will remain archived but in a locked state, where new posts and replies will not be accepted.


We aren't looking to recreate General and Politics in the remaining forums, however. If you are looking for a new place to argue about politics, we ask that you find it elsewhere. You’re welcome to post about issues that are important to you on your blog but a dedicated thunderdome doesn't belong here.


This has an April Fool's vibe to it. I'm going to go ahead and call it now.


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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:11:07


Oof I had a mini heart attack for a moment, thought I got banned again despite not breaking any rules.


Kinda sad to see them go, but it's perfectly fine to archive General and Politics if that's not what you want the site to be like. The politics forum esp was kinda the outlier anyways, so I don't care it's gone.

I'm probably still going to check the BBS sometimes for the art forum or the collab forum if I need some criticism or want to work with somebody.


At 3/22/23 02:06 PM, tydaze wrote:That was so sudden. I don't even know what happened...


Pretty sure it's related to Seth and DrunkGecko.


Ok boomer.

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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:12:04


Agree with your points about politics. So many parts of the internet like Reddit are just skirmishes, so I'm glad I can come to places like NG and get away from it all.

Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:12:49


At 3/22/23 02:11 PM, CyberRobotnix wrote:Oof I had a mini heart attack for a moment, thought I got banned again despite not breaking any rules.

Kinda sad to see them go, but it's perfectly fine to archive General and Politics if that's not what you want the site to be like. The politics forum esp was kinda the outlier anyways, so I don't care it's gone.
I'm probably still going to check the BBS sometimes for the art forum or the collab forum if I need some criticism or want to work with somebody.
At 3/22/23 02:06 PM, tydaze wrote:That was so sudden. I don't even know what happened...


Pretty sure it's related to Seth and DrunkGecko.


what happened? dm pls


please help. thank you.

Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:13:13


Rest in piece forum general. I really liked it up until the new drama. I met many of my friends on there and I even met my girlfriend on there. I will always remember the good times like the little Rena collabs and other community works. But alas, it's for the best...

Rest in piece forum general 3/22/2023...


Love you guys <3

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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:16:02 (edited 2023-03-22 14:17:07)


Fuck! What a bummer. BTW I'd suggest opening up new Front Page Suggesion threads in Games, Audio, Art, and Animation forums.


EDIT: OK, nevermind.


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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:17:39


Well shit.

...


Now what?

Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:18:30


I was typing out an RIP for the frontpage suggestions thread but I saw Tom now has individual threads for each portal; awesome call on that front! Sad to see General go but understandable why it would.


Howdy and hello, folks :)


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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:18:36


At 3/22/23 02:10 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:
At 3/22/23 01:57 PM, TomFulp wrote:Some not-so-fun news today: we have closed the General and Politics forums. These forums will remain archived but in a locked state, where new posts and replies will not be accepted.

We aren't looking to recreate General and Politics in the remaining forums, however. If you are looking for a new place to argue about politics, we ask that you find it elsewhere. You’re welcome to post about issues that are important to you on your blog but a dedicated thunderdome doesn't belong here.


This has an April Fool's vibe to it. I'm going to go ahead and call it now.


Man i dunno

Theres been drama in general as of late

Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:20:58 (edited 2023-03-22 14:21:12)


iu_928497_11185278.gif < wait guys, I just realized we still have supporter forum, maybe we can still shitpoast here in case if you're feeling silly today :P


anyways

At 3/22/23 01:57 PM, TomFulp wrote:Some not-so-fun news today: we have closed the General and Politics forums. These forums will remain archived but in a locked state, where new posts and replies will not be accepted.

We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed positively to these forums over the years, however we feel these forums aren’t in line with the goals for the site and we don’t have the resources to handle the problems these forums create.

If you primarily used Newgrounds for these forums, now would be a good time to reach out to your friends and consider something like a Discord group to continue your conversations.

Some of these conversations might find a place in the remaining forums. For example, Jackho’s Reading Challenge thread could find a home in the Writing Forum or Clubs and Crews.

We aren't looking to recreate General and Politics in the remaining forums, however. If you are looking for a new place to argue about politics, we ask that you find it elsewhere. You’re welcome to post about issues that are important to you on your blog but a dedicated thunderdome doesn't belong here.

it's really sad to see general forum being locked, you know, it's like really huge decision to do something like that, and that might make alot of users kinda sad, I understand why you did that though. :v


most likely is that I might go to newgrounds's other forums like art, animation, crews & clubs and possibly others so don't worry about me lol


At 3/22/23 02:10 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote:
At 3/22/23 01:57 PM, TomFulp wrote:Some not-so-fun news today: we have closed the General and Politics forums. These forums will remain archived but in a locked state, where new posts and replies will not be accepted.

We aren't looking to recreate General and Politics in the remaining forums, however. If you are looking for a new place to argue about politics, we ask that you find it elsewhere. You’re welcome to post about issues that are important to you on your blog but a dedicated thunderdome doesn't belong here.


This has an April Fool's vibe to it. I'm going to go ahead and call it now.

this may be unlikely, but holy blin, it does sound like it lol


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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:21:20


Goodbye General forums


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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:21:35


At 3/22/23 01:57 PM, TomFulp wrote:To get all the sad stuff covered in one post, I’ll also give notice that we are canceling our April Fools plans this year and will instead focus on ongoing projects.


sus...

Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:22:01


At 3/22/23 02:01 PM, Mistman7 wrote:
At 3/22/23 01:58 PM, Marcus49 wrote:So your plan for the shitty moderation is just to nuke the BBS entirely?

Holy shit man.

Maybe for politics I could understand this, but not general?

In my experience, moderation in the general bbs has been fine

bro deleted his post :LAUGH:


addendum: I have been updated on recent events regarding DrunkGecko and Seth. I retract this previous statement.


This will probably be my last poast on this website for a while. Farewell, friends. I've loved the times we've had here.


please help. thank you.

Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:22:21


Damn, damn, and daaaaamn.... and just a week before my brithday lol.


But I understand.


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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:23:15


I know this is a bittersweet thing for a lot of folks, but I for one am actually glad to hear Newgrounds can now redirect its efforts on the things it cares about most; its creators and their work. Not too upset about the April Fool's either; whilst jokes are fun, if the site gets longterm improvements instead, I'm sure a lot more people are okay missing out a year :)


I also extend my heartfelt congratulations to @DaHorniAccount for making the last General post include the words:

"YouTube has NEVER cared about it's smaller creators."


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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:24:24


At 3/22/23 02:21 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote:
At 3/22/23 01:57 PM, TomFulp wrote:To get all the sad stuff covered in one post, I’ll also give notice that we are canceling our April Fools plans this year and will instead focus on ongoing projects.

sus...


I should probably just remove that part.


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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:25:30 (edited 2023-03-22 14:25:58)


I cannot imagine it was an easy decision to make.

And I'm eating a 3 Musketeer bar so I'm having trouble typing, but this site is your baby, your vision, and honestly something you've dedicated your life to.

None of us really have any business telling you how to run YOUR life's business


Except that you should take us all for Mexican food


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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:25:44


I was not following the drama so I have no idea about any of what lead up to this. I usually ignored most of the threads in General because most of them were shitposts. But there were some cool people here who were fun to hang out with and some fun conversations to be had... Part of what drew me to join the NG community was how this place felt like the last of its kind, a pre-social-media internet forum that miraculously was still active. General was a shithole and politics was even worse... so I can understand wanting to be rid of them... but surely they played an important role in keeping this place alive. I wonder what will happen now.


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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:25:49


At 3/22/23 02:22 PM, ChromaCee wrote:Damn, damn, and daaaaamn.... and just a week before my brithday lol.

lol kinda me too, my bday is like in march 30th xddd


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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:26:02


Wow, I'm surprised that this action is taken... I've never expected the general section to close for real today. (For the politics, I guess the discussions have gone nowhere, but that's my opinion. But the fact is that the world is not getting any better and then there's little on what the politicians and the social commentators can do).


Well then, I'm not sure on what to type more... I guess the General section had this coming eventually. Some former forum regulars saw this coming years ago. I just hope that some things will work out someday.


Whenever or not, the forums are closed, I'm still coming on here to have a good time.

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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:27:26


damn, my joke about not going into the politics forum in my NGAP20 entry aged poorly :(


Jokes aside though, I totally understand the decision. I can't begin to imagine to hard it was to mantain that forum and how you guys managed to keep it for this long. Discussing these kinds of topics without ending up with a headache is nearly impossible even in real life, unless you are talking to really close friends who won't yell at you.


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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:27:37


At 3/22/23 02:25 PM, Wilson wrote:
At 3/22/23 02:22 PM, ChromaCee wrote:Damn, damn, and daaaaamn.... and just a week before my brithday lol.
lol kinda me too, my bday is like in march 30th xddd


Mine's the 29th lol (Which is also the anniversary of Nene interactive suicide)


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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:29:37 (edited 2023-03-22 14:41:39)


its very disappointing that the Newgrounds general Forum ended after 22 years of History on Newgrounds.


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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:30:17


Lol


Coolier than thou

Best Toon

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Response to General and Politics 2023-03-22 14:34:42


Totally understandable regarding the politics section, but RIP general :(


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