Down with Molestia

Update: Pinkiepony has a radio show. Not that it really matters to this thread. Just wanted to point it at.
 
So this is still going on?

No, it’s not still going on. All it’s been for the last two weeks is things unrelated to DWM and people asking if it’s still going on.

@And Brother I Hurt People  
Injustice…

@The Smiling Pony
 
Ah. Thanks.
 
 
@SeraphimDawn
 
Eh, freedom of speech. shrug

@And Brother I Hurt People
 
Not freedom of speech, more like an abuse of freedom and the raping of speech, at least to my eyes and ears.

I think some people here subconsciously wish that it was still going on.  
Why else would anyone come back to this thread?

I regret reviving this thread in this post.
 
It was meant to be a bad joke.
 
But, I guess even if I didn’t make that post, someone else will inevitably make a necropost in this thread.

@PaskaNaakka
 
Some people just want to watch the world burn, and then go and scavenge for antiquities.

I’ve found that the general fanbase were quite unaware of the whole DWM stuff, FORTUNATELY. Mostly those who didn’t use Tumblr. So basically, this turdstorm is practically unknown to those who stayed out of that hugbox.

“What we see through social media is a generation of ignorant social activists. Young men and women all too willing to care about and defend something they don’t truly understand and refuse to educate themselves further on because they assume the limited information they receive has been vetted by someone more knowledgeable than themselves. This happens on both sides of the fence, with both conservatives and liberals.
 
I’ve seen arguably intelligent young men and women stand up at banquets and rallies, demanding answers about things like healthcare, DOMA, federal military actions. Asking questions about things they’ve seen on Facebook, on twitter, things that they’ve taken little to no time to research for themselves, and they look like fools. No matter their age, they paint themselves with a red mark that announces ‘I’m not mature enough to be here, to discuss these issues’.
 
But even so, it isn’t truly about age. It’s about social awareness. You are not discounted until you make a mistake. Say the wrong thing or quote the wrong statistic. Until then, your legitimacy remains intact.
 
Tumblr is like this.
 
I’ve seen people furious over gay rights legislation that doesn’t actually exist. Wars that haven’t happened. Most recently text posts with tens of thousands of notes alleging that China and Russia are going to go to war with the US over Syria.
 
Blogs relaying damaging misinformation written by individuals who can’t seem to be bothered to read a newspaper or use google properly. This is a crippling trend, and no one sees it.
 
These people get untold attention and affirmation until one person with a large enough follower count points out the flaw in their argument. Corrects the mistake, and shifts the tide. But this doesn’t fix the thousands of people who liked and reblogged the original post. The damage is done.
 
If there is one thing I’ve learned from working on political campaigns, very little is more damaging than an activist who argues only one side of the story without recognizing the existence of the other; because your opinion, no matter how solid and seemingly factually based, is invalid the second your audience realizes they know more than you.
 
And the result of all of this is a generation of young activists who don’t understand why they aren’t being taken seriously.”
 
— A recent conversation with a colleague regarding social media (via onawingandaswear)

Ah, Slacktivism. How would we be able to tell who idiots are without you?

@SeraphimDawn  
I wonder where are most of the general fanbase? I’m curious to see how many percents of the fanbase use each of the popular MLP websites, such as EqD, derpibooru, /mlp/, tumblr, dA,…

@SeraphimDawn  
Tumblr is the place where people rage at you for…existing. How is it a hugbox?

@Princess♠Molestia
 
Also, circlejerking.

@Princess♠Molestia  
It’s what I like to call a “selective hugbox”.

Does Bhaalspawn seem like a smug arse with a holier than thou attitude to anyone else, or is it just me?

It’s not just you. It’s really not just you.

@The Floor Kippers  
Never heard of this guy.

@The Smiling Pony  
Oh, well thank goodness for that.

@IrieMangaStudios
 
This.
 
All of it.

@ender1200  

 
never did i. so on what hilarious dwm attempt are we missing out this time?

@ender1200  
Smuggery  
Smuggery 2

@The Floor Kippers
 
I think someone needs to inform him his movement is dead. It died long ago.

@The Floor Kippers
 
So what he’s basically saying is that Molestia is “edgy”.
 
That’s cute.

@Princess♠Molestia  
I think someone needs to tell him he’s a bit of a tit.