How to post with impunity at The Escapist

[Signa]

As some of you may be aware, Gab.ai just released their Dissenter app. With it, you can comment on any page on the internet, including sites that don't have comment sections. The applications should be obvious, so you can comment on news articles where the comments are disabled. However, since I'm a basic bitch, I figure why not use it in a way that no one else is expecting: Posting in forums.

The Escapist seems like a prime candidate, given that we know the actors, and the penalties for confronting said actors. I've already begun posting and shit-posting in many of the current R&P threads, and the best thing is, no one can ban me for it. I'm posting on Dissenter, so I don't have to agree to any of the Escapist rules. The best part is, once they realize there's people having discussions over their heads, they are going to lose their shit when they can't ban those conversations. Half of them are so OCD over there, they won't be able to stop themselves from checking in on what we're saying.

Dissenter works as both a browser extension, as well as a website. I'm finding the site to be as good as the browser app, because you can just copy/paste the URL you want to comment to the website. Some things change the URL, so if you're not careful, you may comment on the wrong page without any discussions while using the app. You can also view the likes and replies easily from the site.

 

[andersonnnunes]

copy/paste the URL

Here is a bookmarklet to open a new tab with Dissenter set to comment on the current URL:

javascript:(function() {
    window.open("https://dissenter.com/discussion/begin?url="+document.location.href, "_blank");
})();

 

[Monoochrom]

As some of you may be aware, Gab.ai just released their Dissenter app. With it, you can comment on any page on the internet, including sites that don't have comment sections. The applications should be obvious, so you can comment on news articles where the comments are disabled. However, since I'm a basic bitch, I figure why not use it in a way that no one else is expecting: Posting in forums.

The Escapist seems like a prime candidate, given that we know the actors, and the penalties for confronting said actors. I've already begun posting and shit-posting in many of the current R&P threads, and the best thing is, no one can ban me for it. I'm posting on Dissenter, so I don't have to agree to any of the Escapist rules. The best part is, once they realize there's people having discussions over their heads, they are going to lose their shit when they can't ban those conversations. Half of them are so OCD over there, they won't be able to stop themselves from checking in on what we're saying.

Dissenter works as both a browser extension, as well as a website. I'm finding the site to be as good as the browser app, because you can just copy/paste the URL you want to comment to the website. Some things change the URL, so if you're not careful, you may comment on the wrong page without any discussions while using the app. You can also view the likes and replies easily from the site.

So, here you say you've been commenting on multiple R&P Threads, which made me curious, maybe I'd get a laugh out of your posts? Imagine my surprise when I couldn't find any on the Top 10 Threads. So, does this Add-On even work or do I have to actually sign up for this Shit to see anything?

 

[Ogoid]

Sounds like a good laugh... but does it give The Escapist page views, though? Because that would be a big no-no for me.

 

[Monoochrom]

Sounds like a good laugh... but does it give The Escapist page views, though? Because that would be a big no-no for me.

In the same way that visiting any site will, yeah.

 

[Houseman]

So, here you say you've been commenting on multiple R&P Threads, which made me curious, maybe I'd get a laugh out of your posts? Imagine my surprise when I couldn't find any on the Top 10 Threads. So, does this Add-On even work or do I have to actually sign up for this Shit to see anything?

Actually, yeah, I remember that there were some comments in the latest "orange man bad" thread over there, a few days ago, but I can't find them now.

@Signa, can you still see your old posts?

 

[Ogoid]

In the same way that visiting any site will, yeah.

Guess I'm out then... bummer.

 

[Monoochrom]

Guess I'm out then... bummer.

But why are you concerned with PageViews? If you have a AdBlocker running, the higher the PageViews the better because it would hurt how much a ad is worth on the space.

 

[Vendor-Lazarus]

Guess I'm out then... bummer.

You could use https://unv.is/ and deny them that pageview. Though the odds of many others doing the same AND use Dissenter is very low.

 

[Signa]

So, here you say you've been commenting on multiple R&P Threads, which made me curious, maybe I'd get a laugh out of your posts? Imagine my surprise when I couldn't find any on the Top 10 Threads. So, does this Add-On even work or do I have to actually sign up for this Shit to see anything?

I wasn't being very systematic about it. Just whatever topic I wanted to comment on. Addendum Forthcoming has expressed some very.... cold... views on the value of human life recently. I certainly replied to those posts.

 

[Monoochrom]

I wasn't being very systematic about it. Just whatever topic I wanted to comment on. Addendum Forthcoming has expressed some very.... cold... views on the value of human life recently. I certainly replied to those posts.

Honestly, many of them have. I can't think of one of them that posts prominently and hasn't either posted abhorrent shit with a entirely straight face or at the very least have questionible motives. But I mostly just laugh my ass off. I got a good laugh out of ObsidianJones claiming that people like LilDevilsX are logical. Yeah, the lady that thinks we could totally live both entirely sustainible AND with higher standards of living but are being held back by the rich, for literally no reason, is logical. The lady that doesn't understand that the Culture she stems from is irrelevant for a reason when she once again shares their "virtues". ertheking is a never been kissed Virgin who will glady tell you about how you should treat women. He also hangs out on BDSM Forums despite the whole "not having ANY experience" thing....and as we all know, Virgins in their late 20s that are into BDSM are only ever interested in being Subs, by no means is there even remotely anything rapey about this guy, nope nothing at all.

I could go on. The overtly politically active Escapists only really come in 2 flavors Dumb/Naive/ignorant or Massive Chip on my Shoulder wannabe murderous Revolutionary. Everything else is pretty much just window dressing. I mean, these people are so far gone that they think the Escapist was taken over by Right-Wingers despite how the escapist has never even been close to being right wing xD

 

[Ogoid]

I mean, these people are so far gone that they think the Escapist was taken over by Right-Wingers despite how the escapist has never even been close to being right wing xD

People were, at one point, able to express opinions there that weren't 100% in line with the SOCJUS orthodoxy; quod erat demonstrandum, they were all Nazis, and their sheer presence made the place a far-right hellhole.

...Seriousy, though, I won't say "this is what they actually believe" because the thing that annoys me the most about those types is their adamant belief in their own ability to read minds... but I'll be damned if that's not how it comes across.