piggychan on 26 October 2017
On Wednesday night a group of former GAF users launched ResetEra, a clean new message board with sections for discussing video games and other topics (“EtcetEra”). As of Thursday morning they already have more than 7,100 users, according to one moderator. And the site is already full of threads that resemble NeoGAF before last week’s implosion.
NeoGAF has been collapsing since its owner Tyler Malka was accused last week of entering a woman’s shower against her will, an accusation that he has since denied. The allegation also resurfaced older controversial incidents involving Malka’s behavior both in real life and on the forums. After the majority of the site’s moderation staff quit, NeoGAF went down for roughly the entire weekend before returning on Monday night with a message from Malka, who said he would be removing political discussions from the site. As he and his staff deleted the bulk of NeoGAF threads discussing what had happened, a flood of users requested bans, often in colorful ways.
https://kotaku.com/thousands-of-neogaf-users-flock-to-new-website-1819871316
