Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35030550-20190423014734/@comment-35030550-20190423163640

Tupka217 wrote: TheBowlOfBeshbarmak wrote: Theres nothing in the ToS stating you cant own a wiki dedicated to criticism. There's nothing in the Terms of Use about owning wikis, period.

There's a line about "obscene, pornographic, abusive, offensive, profane, or otherwise violates any law or right of any third party, or content that contains homophobia, ethnic slurs, religious intolerance, or encourages criminal conduct" which managed to be broad and vague and interpreted at the whim of staff. IIRC, Crappy Games wasn't shut down because it was "criticism", but because it was unbridled dislike that spiraled down into a vicious circlejerk of toxicity. Which is something its users might not see, but ad sellers do. And ads keep the light on. Positivity sells better than negativity. Fandom cut their losses, which in this case were pretty minimal.

Shit what you want on the adpocalypse, but whining about it is about as unconstructive as the "criticism" of Crappy Games and its ilk was. Ad Sellers have to keep some sort of political bias, and thats pretty bad, because heres one thing. 'The Internet Was Never Made To Defend Yourself From Criticism. 'Criticism is not toxic, and ad sellers arent the overlords of the internet. A site shouldnt be influenced by money that it makes its community HATE the site. That is called Bribery, and thats illegal.

Crappy Games Wiki wasnt shut down because of "toxcicity", but '''For Political Reasons. '''Crappy Games Wiki was NEVER about politics, and was dedicated to criticizing Bad Games. I still dont realize why this site is popular, yet Miraheze is a non profit orginization, latest mediawiki technology, themes & more.