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Was is “just” an enthusiast forum? Or were enthusiasts discussing certain topics that could imply support for the recent events? I’m not going to trust a pro-2A

Was is “just” an enthusiast forum? Or were enthusiasts discussing certain topics that could imply support for the recent events? I’m not going to trust a pro-2A website called “The Truth About Guns” to be unbiased about this topic. Given the recent events, I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s part of GoDaddy’s reasoning.

SV_BubbleTime 6y ago
Arfcom is/was the largest gun forum on the internet excluding Reddit. It’s not uncommon if you are searching around on their to find posts back to the early 2000s, it’s pretty much kept the same format the whole time. There are industry maintained forums, niche, antique, and tons of etc. It goes WELL beyond ar15 platform firearms. FWIW... TTAG is relatively awful and I know no gun people that trust them.
Alupis 6y ago
It's a gun enthusiast forum, where people discuss everything from guns to politics to things that make them laugh. Just like all forums, you'll find people from all backgrounds there - even people with disagreeing political viewpoints.
idlewords 6y ago
How is this forum's "bias" of lack thereof in any way relevant here?
- colejohnson66 6y ago
  Because the article tries to make it seem like there’s “no reason” for the deplatforming. Given the events of the past few days, I’m inclined to believe the reason isn’t the subject matter of the site, but the content. I’ve never been on ar15.com, so I don’t know if that’s true or not.
  - idlewords 6y ago
    So you're deducing a rationale for banning a forum you know nothing about from first principles?
    - colejohnson66 6y ago
      No. I’m questioning whether this article is being truthful in its reporting.
ardit33 6y ago
Looks like the usual troll type of forum. I don't see any shocking content. I wonder why godaddy decided to throw the. under the bus: https://www.ar15-backup.com/forums/General/8000-Make-Friends-Patriots-Lovers-of-Freedom-and-the-USA-Welcome-FJB-/5-2043663/?page=6789 https://www.ar15-backup.com/forums/General/8000-Make-Friends... Backup page: https://www.ar15-backup.com/ https://www.ar15-backup.com/

SV_BubbleTime 6y ago

Arfcom is/was the largest gun forum on the internet excluding Reddit. It’s not uncommon if you are searching around on their to find posts back to the early 2000s, it’s pretty much kept the same format the whole time. There are industry maintained forums, niche, antique, and tons of etc. It goes WELL beyond ar15 platform firearms. FWIW... TTAG is relatively awful and I know no gun people that trust them.

Alupis 6y ago

It's a gun enthusiast forum, where people discuss everything from guns to politics to things that make them laugh. Just like all forums, you'll find people from all backgrounds there - even people with disagreeing political viewpoints.

idlewords 6y ago

How is this forum's "bias" of lack thereof in any way relevant here?

colejohnson66 6y ago
Because the article tries to make it seem like there’s “no reason” for the deplatforming. Given the events of the past few days, I’m inclined to believe the reason isn’t the subject matter of the site, but the content. I’ve never been on ar15.com, so I don’t know if that’s true or not.
- idlewords 6y ago
  So you're deducing a rationale for banning a forum you know nothing about from first principles?
  - colejohnson66 6y ago
    No. I’m questioning whether this article is being truthful in its reporting.

ardit33 6y ago

Looks like the usual troll type of forum. I don't see any shocking content. I wonder why godaddy decided to throw the. under the bus: https://www.ar15-backup.com/forums/General/8000-Make-Friends-Patriots-Lovers-of-Freedom-and-the-USA-Welcome-FJB-/5-2043663/?page=6789 https://www.ar15-backup.com/forums/General/8000-Make-Friends... Backup page: https://www.ar15-backup.com/ https://www.ar15-backup.com/