If You Were Admin of the Entire Internet ...

[lonesome killer]

I agree with the Youtube thing. I absolutely hate all the "## of people don't know a good video" comment in every single damn video. I'd make 10,000 mods so they could help me keep it clean.

 

[Zanderinfal]

I would mess around at first, giving my friends weird messages like "Your computer got laid", or something random like that, before saying the truth...

I have no idea what I would do. Probably restart the servers for a couple games, and take down that one site selling terrorism mags or something like that.

Maybe ask Valve the question it cannot avoid and make it so that they HAVE to respond.

 

[SneeringCanuck]

-You've explained fuck all, all you've done is insult me and whine about piracy.
-I never said I pirated anything, I just have no problems with others doing so, I prefer to have physical copies of films and games, hence why I don't pirate.
-"Just because it's failed every time so far doesn't mean it won't work eventually!" is what I took from that.

... You're actually arguing that he needs to explain to you what's wrong with piracy in a society that runs on capital? .. you're.. i - ... really? Really?

Though it seems (I really hope) that you were just saying it to be difficult and not seriously lacking understanding on the issues with it.

Yes, I know the issues surrounding piracy, and I'm not trying to be difficult.

 

[sage42]

EDIT: sped through quoted post didn't agree after re-reading.

OT: Virus and phishing sits removed, facebook deleted; or at least shut down for an hour at a time, and have

Spoiler: this

be the code everyone on the internet lives by. Trolls are permabanned after first offense. Jokes about trolling are not, just those who start flame wars or who try to start a flame war.

 

[Supertegwyn]

1. So you say something, and then don't explain it? to top it off, you still try to make yourself sound smarter than me. lol.

What is there to explain, really? I've explained it all.

2. Insulting users over a non-serious thread is dignity? News to me.

Insulting a pirate who steals stuff ... just because he can? Or because ... what? That's dignity! There is no reason to pirate stuff. None at all. Especially since you don't seem to offer any kind of excuse for doing so.

3. You think that people won't find a way to get past any internet censor? Really? Do you have any idea how many times they've tried and failed?

That doesn't mean they one day can't. Actually, to be honest, I hope they just shut down the internet one day. I hasn't really done the world that much good, except help free-loading pirates (lets face it, that's what pirates are. Not meant to be insulting, just stating a basic fact) do their thing EASIER (there was piracy before, but it became easier in the digital age) and let people be idiots without fear of someone punching them in the face.

-You've explained fuck all, all you've done is insult me and whine about piracy.
-I never said I pirated anything, I just have no problems with others doing so, I prefer to have physical copies of films and games, hence why I don't pirate.
-"Just because it's failed every time so far doesn't mean it won't work eventually!" is what I took from that.

1. How has he been insulting you? I haven't seen any of the insults you are whining about
2. You profit from pirating by receiving games for free. How can you not see that? You give nothing, and yet you take a game, therefor you are profiting.
3. Whilst SOPA may not be impossible to bypass, don't you thinking needing to bypass it in the first place is a bad thing? SOPA is a reaction to piracy. If there was no piracy, there would be no SOPA. Simple.

 

[Brawndo]

As for me, I would go to YouTube and do some deep cleaning of the putrefaction that has accumulated there. From there, I would move on to 4Chan. Then, I would take down Origin, so that EA could remove that site and I could play Battlefield 3 without having to sign up for that spyware site. And then, the internet would be that much nicer of a place.

You mean it would be a "much nicer place" according to your definition of "nice". What it really comes down to is you would abuse your powers to impose your will on everyone else to create the kind of internet you think is best, which is basically what every dictator ever has tried to do.

 

[2fish]

1. SOPA ban all websites of SOPA supporters

2. Steal money

3. RANDOM PORN DAY each month for a random hour every link only leads to porn

4. Build an internet island nation

5. Populate Internet Island with internet people I like and internet food/drink.

6. Everyday change Susan's homepage to a new baby animal picture. (See I did one nice thing I am not a completely greedy prick)

 

[BathorysGraveland]

Nothing. The internet is the one place where we can all be anonymous and just go bat-shit crazy and insane. It'd be horrible to take that away from people.

 

[DanielBrown]

.... wat...
ALL PORN IS MINE!

No, I would probably troll a bit. Shut down important sites once in a while.
And steal money from rich douches.

Damn, power DOES corrupt.

 

[The Virgo]

Huh. Y'know I meant to come across as offended, right? Just making sure that's clear.

It did cross my mind. But that's fine. As long as you don't force your brony-ism upon me with avatars and the like, I have no problem with your liking of it.

What's there to get offended at?

This next person, on the other hand ...

*snip*

The internet is so full of bullshit. If you had ever existed without it, you would realize this. I didn't have the internet until 2009, so having lived many years, from the 1990's, into the 2000's without it, I can see it. Oh so clearly.

Also, this "knowledge" that you refer to is also knowledge that can easily, and without any real proof, be changed. False rumors can be spread easily and the masses will believe them. And this isn't on "message boards". Facebook. Twitter. YouTube. G+. MySpace. The Escapist Magazine. You name it. The internet has given the idiots and scum a place to speak out and have a voice. It has made piracy easier, and has given governments an easy way to keep track of the masses. You and me and everyone, thanks to the IP address.

If you want information, go to a library. If you want creativity, go to your local open mic night. Sometimes you can find a diamond in the rough there. I know this for a fact.

And no, I'm not going to argue with you about MLP. If you like it, like it and don't let me stop you from liking it. Just don't expect me to appreciate it when you post pony avatars and descriptions and have YouTube accounts with MLP videos and join brony clans to show to the world your love of MLP, then come on servers I'm playing on with names like "[brony]Fluttershy" and spray MLP sprays on the maps!

*deep breath* Whew ... sorry about that. Had to get that off my chest. <:-( But my point still stands.

-Because it wasn't important.

Um, that's partly what the whole point of this discussion is about. And partly because of your "fuck copyrights and whatnot, FREE STUFF FOR EVERYBODY" post, which, #1, you can copyright and then sell it for free (see where the piracy idea comes into play?) and #2, as a singer/songwriter, copyrights are extremely important and vital.

-And quite frankly, yes you are whining, I've yet to see any serious damage caused by piracy (last time I checked, the three biggest pirated industries, music, video gaming and films were still doing fine), opposing something on principle is one thing, acting like an ass (petty namecalling, 'merely stealing oxygen' etc) is another.

The music industry was losing money last time I checked, actually. Albums weren't making as much, thanks to $0.99 downloads and piracy. And calling someone who steals stuff over the internet a waste of oxygen is not being an ass. It's called the truth. Plus, they are cowards. At least shoplifters actually get off their asses and take risks out in the world.

But still, I can't shake the feeling that you seem to be defending piracy and/or those who pirate. You got angry when I called pirates "wastes of oxygen", why? That's what they are. There is no reason for piracy whatsoever and takes money away from people who actually had the balls to make something. And yes, it's all part of opposing something on principle.

Now, there's no point arguing with you if you refuse to see that piracy is bad. Other people want to enjoy this thread and post on topic, so there. It's over with. Good day, sir.

 

[The Virgo]

Nothing. The internet is the one place where we can all be anonymous and just go bat-shit crazy and insane. It'd be horrible to take that away from people.

First of all, ask anybody who knows anything about the internet. It is impossible to be 100% anonymous on the world wide web. And that is a fact.

And #2, I for one don't appreciate people just going bat shit insane and being able to have basically the freedom to do whatever, when, in real life, they would have gotten the shit kicked out of them by now.

Of course, that's just me ...

 

[Berenzen]

*snip*

The internet is so full of bullshit. If you had ever existed without it, you would realize this. I didn't have the internet until 2009, so having lived many years, from the 1990's, into the 2000's without it, I can see it. Oh so clearly.

Also, this "knowledge" that you refer to is also knowledge that can easily, and without any real proof, be changed. False rumors can be spread easily and the masses will believe them. And this isn't on "message boards". Facebook. Twitter. YouTube. G+. MySpace. The Escapist Magazine. You name it. The internet has given the idiots and scum a place to speak out and have a voice. It has made piracy easier, and has given governments an easy way to keep track of the masses. You and me and everyone, thanks to the IP address.

I'm not talking about facebook, twitter, Youtube, etc. Those are social networking sites, and anyone using them for information without sourcing is not learning anything, though it may allow them to exchange ideas, which is what those particular sites are about. I'm talking about sites like Google Scholar, PsychINFO, PhysORG and other similar sites. Where scientific journals can be shared and spread around easily and quickly. You don't have to go find yourself a physical scientific journal that you may or may not be subscribed to, or that your library may not have. You don't have to search around for that journal from 1999 that has information that you want to source. Furthermore, governments have always been able to keep track of you, it is called a census, and it is illegal to not take part in it every year, and is much much better at keeping track of you than an IP address, which can be changed.

I would say the vast majority of us live in democratic countries, so why shouldn't all people be allowed to have a voice. Simply because one can speak, does not mean that people will automatically listen to them. I can present a follower of WBC with massive amounts of scientific evidence that evolution exists, but they most likely still won't believe me. People are entitled to their own opinion, no matter what that opinion is. It might be factually wrong, but they are still entitled to it.

You say that the internet has made piracy easier, and there's no doubt about it. Yet while it hurts those industries, the industries are still going strong. Piracy should be combated, I don't disagree with you there. But censoring or removing the internet would be a great blow to the exchange of information. At no other place in time would I have been able to have a debate with someone from England, Russia and Brazil at the same time, while still sitting in my living room. And if I just went to open mic nights, I probably wouldn't have ever heard of The Joy Formidable, one of my favorite band, who happen to be from Great Britain. And I rather not have to stay through a vast majority of garbage just to listen to one band, when I can find one that is much better in less time on the internet.

Oh by the way, I consider Facebook, Twitter, G+, The Escapist Magazine forums all a type of message board. They are places where people exchange information through the posting of certain messages.

 

[Sehnsucht Engel]

Down with all the commercial and exchange it with brony propaganda. I wouldn't do anything with 4chan to change it. Remove some people I don't like from using the internet. Delete facebook completely. Start my own website, with better chats for our group and also roleplays.

 

[The Virgo]

Last one of these long replies I'm doing. Then, I'm leaving people to post here in peace.

Who gives a crap who the target audience is? They like it, let them like it. And you wouldn't know if they were a brony then, would you? Because if your standards are so low for fandom, you're never going to be able to tell! Your standard definition for a brony seems to be someone who is flamboyant, what about the the people who like the show but aren't?

I don't mind the ones who aren't flamboyant. I mind the ones who are, which I specifically said in my post.

See above, you're not going to know because if they're mature you're not even going to think they're below 15 in the first place! I know plenty of people OVER 18 who talk like that, grief and are generally annoying up the arse, and have been in damn clans with younger people more mature than the senior members.

Then again, I dislike kids to begin with, so I guess, either way, it doesn't matter.

Correct, and I was expressing the opinion that I don't like him.

On a related note, do you think sheep have opinion? I wonder...

And you know what? That's cool. I personally like MovieBob because he is an independent filmmaker and, as such, qualifies him to extent, in my eye, to review movies. If you ask me, only people who have made games should review games (Yahtzee made a series of Monkey Island-style point-and-click adventure games), only people who have made music and recorded albums should review music (Randy Jackson is a bassist/record producer and Steven Tyler sang for Aerosmith, making their verdicts on singers mean something more than an opinion. Even though Quentin Tarantino being a guest judge on one episode of "AI" was cool, he's not a musician and therefore didn't belong there) and people who have made movies should review movies.

As for sheep having opinions, I doubt it.

I like that if I don't like MovieBob, there's something wrong, but if someone likes 4chan, they're scum. You realise 4chan is more than just /b/, right?

I don't care, actually. /b/, /v/, /whatever/ it's all the same to me.

And sure, the guy sticks up for piracy. Oh shit, another alternate opinion! Better call him a dumb-ass rather than being mature and making valid points.

I have tried to, and he keeps ignoring them. And if it was just an opinion, it would be different. Piracy isn't an opinion. And he won't even tell me why he has no problem with it.

He hates this site but is a member, that's CLEARLY a massive infringement on your personal rights to... do something.

It's not an infringment, it just makes no sense at all. If you were in a room full of things you didn't like and, right next to you, was a door that lead out of there, wouldn't it be the logical thing to leave and not come back?

That's my point.

Look mate, you shouldn't just insult people because they disagree with you.

I was going to make a reply to that. But is was going to be ... a bit long. So, let's just say that I used to be like that and I used to relish a good discussion, but now I don't care. Sad, really. All in the course of around 6 months. My, it is strange how the events of one's life can change one so drastically.

 

[Death Carr]

I would shut the entire internet down for just 1 week then, I would sit back and enjoy the anarchy. then after that week I would put it back up but i would limit speeds to 1 byte per second. Then after about 2 months I would restore the internet back to normal.

 

[OldNewNewOld]

I didn't know there where so many 11yo kidos on the Escapist...

Anyways, I would leave the internet as it is, work only on some serious crimes (like child pornography). And probably ban OP.

No one is the right one to decide which site to ban and which to let be.
The OP has obviously never been on 4chan. Helping around the world, creating a shitload of epic meme, jokes, stories, having a HUGE positive impact on the whole internet. It's actually one of the few sites on the internet with real freedom of speech.

/b/ would be the only bad part of 4chat, jet it has it's nice sides. Like when they organized sending birthday presents and cards to some WW2 veteran who didn't have any living family.

The anonymity has it's bad sides, but also it's good sides. And it was used a lot for some good things. There will always be idiots.

And some other people where also posting some really idiotic ideas.
Random porn day? Really? You probably have never seen a naked girl/boy IRL whatever you like.

Forbid facebook to change? Because people are to retarded to adapt to a new situation?

Ban MLP? Why? Because you fucking manliness was under attack? You saw MLP on youtube and you couldn't do anything else than fap to it? Oh God, BAN IT NOA!!!!111oneoneeleven
Just because you don't like it doesn't mean no one else does. Ignore it if you don't like it.