Posts by Gommeh

Please Note: The TotalFreedom Forum has now been put into a read-only mode. Total Freedom has now closed down and will not be returning in any way, shape or form. It has been a pleasure to lead this community and I wish you all the best for your futures.

  • Create a cosmetic role for former admins

    Quote from Luke

    imo it’s crucial we don’t allow staff vacations

    I wasnt talking about staff vacations, if they're temporary. But if they left voluntarily (e.g. had stuff going on IRL where they no longer had time to administrate on TF or something similar) or were just inactive and decided to come back then they should have some recognition is all

    Quote from quack95

    Vouch - this should only be given to admins who didn't get removed on bad terms like getting LBR'd

    this is what I meant 100%

  • The UYScutix Revolution

    Quote from Indica

    Ah, the good old days. I remember being a part of some these "dramatic situations."
    I also remember being the person that the voteoffs and drama threads were being made about.

    Got some juicy DMs between me and markbyron/Galahad/etc on the old forums for sure.

    Ah, the good old days.

    I didn't even know you were still a part of the tf community

  • What are your opinions on Microsoft

    Quote from declan
    Quote from quack95

    True you could do better videogamesm12 go make that essay 10x longer right NOW

    He could always ask ChatGPT if he can't be bothered

    I gotchu covered fam

    I harbor a significant degree of skepticism, verging on mistrust, towards Microsoft. Despite their previous promise that Windows 10 would mark the finale in their operating system lineup, a declaration captured by The Verge in 2015 (Warren, 2015), they reneged on that vow. Moreover, their decision to prematurely terminate support for functional hardware and to deliberately block updates for newer CPUs on Windows 7 and 8 was perceived by many as a push to strong-arm consumers into adopting Windows 10 (Hachman, 2017).

    Adding insult to injury, Microsoft jettisoned an internal testing team, a vital group that could have assiduously eliminated bugs and visual irregularities. Instead, they've opted for their "Insider Preview" system, essentially transforming end-users into beta testers, a shift publicly critiqued by tech commentators on platforms such as YouTube (TechLinked, 2023). Their invasive data tracking mechanisms have drawn sharp criticism, with 'eye-opening' levels of telemetry reported in Windows 11 (Cunningham, 2023). Furthermore, the release of an evidently undercooked version of Windows has proven a source of widespread discontent, much to Microsoft's chagrin.

    Their apparent plagiarism of design principles from MacOS and ChromeOS, particularly the controversial decision to centralize the taskbar, feels like a slap in the face to their loyal user base. After all, why tamper with a feature that has remained integral to your operating system for decades?

    In recent years, they've amplified the intrusive and disruptive tendencies of their operating system. In essence, they've started dictating how users interact with their own machines, precluding actions such as removing Microsoft Edge, utilizing a non-Microsoft web browser, customizing the title bar's color, modifying the taskbar position, deciding the timing of update restarts, and operating the system without the requirement of a Microsoft account.

    Perhaps most egregiously, they're assertively collecting user data and installing applications like Candy Crush Soda Saga without explicit consent. As an owner of a product, one should hold the liberty to dictate its utilization. If you wish to uninstall the preloaded web browser and use your preferred one instead, you should have the freedom to do so without unnecessary impediments.

    While I understand that some restrictions are implemented to prevent users from unintentionally damaging their systems, the overarching practices related to browser preferences, customization options, invasive tracking, and unsolicited software installations are simply indefensible. These decisions should fall within the purview of the user, not be decided unilaterally by Microsoft. Notably, the problematic UI inconsistencies in the new version of Windows have been meticulously documented by technology enthusiasts (NTDEV, 2023), further marring the user experience.

    Bibliography

    Cunningham, D. (2023, February 20). Is Windows 11 spying on you? New report details ‘eye-opening’ levels of telemetry. TechRadar. https://www.techradar.com/news/is-window…ls-of-telemetry

    Community User. (2023, April 1). Windows 11 Product Name in Registry. Microsoft Community. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/…ame-in-registry

    Hachman, M. (2017, April 13). Microsoft blocks Kaby Lake and Ryzen PCs from Windows 7, 8 updates. PCWorld. https://www.pcworld.com/article/406434…81-updates.html

    NTDEV. (2023, January 1). State of the Windows: How many layers of UI inconsistencies are in Windows 11? NTDOTDEV. https://ntdotdev.wordpress.com/2023/01/01/sta…-in-windows-11/

    TechLinked. (2023, July 5). Microsoft’s MASSIVE Mistake. [Video]. YouTube.

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    Warren, T. (2015, May 7). Why Microsoft is calling Windows 10 ‘the last version of Windows’. The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/7/85684…sion-of-windows

  • Open up the Senior Admin window full time

    If you need ChatGPT to propose a simple suggestion like this instead of writing it out yourself, to me it proves that you put zero thought into what you were writing. As those of us who are veterans on the server may recall from the days of Marco, using things like AI and macros for TF-related things is generally not good for the server as well, especially when it's this obvious.

    To be fair, if you'd written this out yourself without help from AI, I'd be more willing to at least hear you out.

    Object.

  • Indefinite Ban Request - Vipole

    Quote from videogamesm12

    I've also been told by someone with connections to Vipole that their Telegram channel also posts pictures of people's passports

    Do we have any proof of this? As in, do we have any pics such as censored versions of the passports? Or messages discussing them?

    He's already fucked because of the other illegal stuff he's been caught doing, but I feel like if we can verify that he's been posting stuff like this on his Telegram then we need to be sure the proper authorities are alerted. Not to mention, the people whose passports they are, so that they know their identity was stolen.