is shekel farms dead in the water
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I'd rather if this forum at least outlasts Onion Farms, tbh. Can't even post there anymore because Kengle is a spastic who bans anyone using a proxy or VPN.
We're not going anywhere.
In other news, Skibidi Farms appears to have given up the ghost after 6 months.
Here's a bit more detail on the Skibidi Farms situation. The domain does not resolve to an IP anymore:
The domain registration was last updated on October 27, a few days ago. I assume the update was to remove the A record that connects the domain to the server IP address:
So my takeaway: It's not just down, it's been deliberately taken offline by the ownership.
Here's a few of my thoughts regarding the lack of uptake of Lounge 96:
Stiction: People don't want to change. They don't want to make the jump from OF because it's more effort than simply staying on OF.
Shit lovers: They like OF and will defend Kengle and his antics to the bitter end. These people also exist on KF.
Boredom: There's not a lot going on here, so why bother/keep coming back? Actually, there are a lot of people lurking here as guests and most registered users pop in at least every once in a while. I can understand why this place isn't appealing though.
Lack of audience: The active userbase isn't yet big and diverse enough to support intelligent conversation of non-lolcow topics, unlike KF. OF also suffers from this problem, which is why the majority of posts are either infighting, or centered around KF and Josh.
Problematic people are banned: There are a few users who represent a significant part of OF's forum activity, and without them OF might be even more dead then we are. They make it look lively in the same way that leaving a television turned on in your house while you're on vacation makes it look like somebody is home. I see these problematic people as cencer and detrimental to the forum's wellbeing. But by banning them we might have suffered some reputational damage due to them running back to OF, telling a bunch of lies and successfully playing the victim.
This isn't a hugbox: Some people don't want to be here because I won't block huge swaths of potential users just because these snowflakes don't like them, and some of these same people are very alarmist about problems that don't yet exist and may very well never exist.
Retards talk shit about us: There are a few butthurt individuals who will say things about this forum that aren't true, or that are designed to get people to pass us up. A lot of people aren't going to take the time to see if the retards are telling the truth or not.
We are unknown: If people don't know this forum exists, they'll obviously not come here. I don't really have a good way of bringing this to more peoples' attention. I personally don't have it in me to sock up and effortpost on KF long enough to get out of probation, and I've noticed that a lot of the better kiwis, at least the ones I remember from about a year ago, aren't there anymore or have moved on.
Lolcows are old news: We're well past peak lolcow, but this site doesn't really offer something else of interest. I've seen a few different sites that supposedly grew out of KF (maybe I got this wrong), that focus on their own thing, like anime, vtubers, or specific lolcows like DSP.
I'm a Jew: Some people don't want to use a forum run by a Jew, a homosexual, a (former) furry, somebody who disagrees with them, whatever. I can't please everybody.
The Onion hasn't yet been sunset: If OF ceased to exist, we'd become the new OF overnight. However I'm not convinced it would impact our numbers significantly because the spammers who are largely responsible for OF's daily post count aren't welcome here because they're problematic retards.
Josh is well-supported: A lot of people are brainwashed into thinking that Josh is the lord and savior of the Internet, that he can do no wrong, and that KF is the only place they can safely freeze their peaches. Certainly if KF went away we'd be in a good position to fill the void, assuming enough people knew we existed. However some of these people would have their heads so far up their ass that they'd never accept anybody other than Josh as their leader.
Stiction: People don't want to change. They don't want to make the jump from OF because it's more effort than simply staying on OF.
Shit lovers: They like OF and will defend Kengle and his antics to the bitter end. These people also exist on KF.
Boredom: There's not a lot going on here, so why bother/keep coming back? Actually, there are a lot of people lurking here as guests and most registered users pop in at least every once in a while. I can understand why this place isn't appealing though.
Lack of audience: The active userbase isn't yet big and diverse enough to support intelligent conversation of non-lolcow topics, unlike KF. OF also suffers from this problem, which is why the majority of posts are either infighting, or centered around KF and Josh.
Problematic people are banned: There are a few users who represent a significant part of OF's forum activity, and without them OF might be even more dead then we are. They make it look lively in the same way that leaving a television turned on in your house while you're on vacation makes it look like somebody is home. I see these problematic people as cencer and detrimental to the forum's wellbeing. But by banning them we might have suffered some reputational damage due to them running back to OF, telling a bunch of lies and successfully playing the victim.
This isn't a hugbox: Some people don't want to be here because I won't block huge swaths of potential users just because these snowflakes don't like them, and some of these same people are very alarmist about problems that don't yet exist and may very well never exist.
Retards talk shit about us: There are a few butthurt individuals who will say things about this forum that aren't true, or that are designed to get people to pass us up. A lot of people aren't going to take the time to see if the retards are telling the truth or not.
We are unknown: If people don't know this forum exists, they'll obviously not come here. I don't really have a good way of bringing this to more peoples' attention. I personally don't have it in me to sock up and effortpost on KF long enough to get out of probation, and I've noticed that a lot of the better kiwis, at least the ones I remember from about a year ago, aren't there anymore or have moved on.
Lolcows are old news: We're well past peak lolcow, but this site doesn't really offer something else of interest. I've seen a few different sites that supposedly grew out of KF (maybe I got this wrong), that focus on their own thing, like anime, vtubers, or specific lolcows like DSP.
I'm a Jew: Some people don't want to use a forum run by a Jew, a homosexual, a (former) furry, somebody who disagrees with them, whatever. I can't please everybody.
The Onion hasn't yet been sunset: If OF ceased to exist, we'd become the new OF overnight. However I'm not convinced it would impact our numbers significantly because the spammers who are largely responsible for OF's daily post count aren't welcome here because they're problematic retards.
Josh is well-supported: A lot of people are brainwashed into thinking that Josh is the lord and savior of the Internet, that he can do no wrong, and that KF is the only place they can safely freeze their peaches. Certainly if KF went away we'd be in a good position to fill the void, assuming enough people knew we existed. However some of these people would have their heads so far up their ass that they'd never accept anybody other than Josh as their leader.
Dogisaga-fag
Active member
Continue to act as a viable splinter, competition is healthy and good for business.
There's no reason why nool/KF should hold a monopoly on lolcow discussion, as long as you guys don't powertrip like the guys on previous Splinters this should be a fun place to post.
Last thing a name based on a cow or cows in general should help with SEO allowing new people to find this place.
There's no reason why nool/KF should hold a monopoly on lolcow discussion, as long as you guys don't powertrip like the guys on previous Splinters this should be a fun place to post.
Last thing a name based on a cow or cows in general should help with SEO allowing new people to find this place.
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I made an account on Kiwi Farms a couple months ago and there was no probation. The only problem I remember is that they had some of the stickers locked for several days. It went surprisingly well, actually. Until Anominous came sperging into a thread and started arguing with me, about a dumb topic. Then I had second thoughts after that and dumped the account. The point is, it's not that hard to make an account there unless Josh locks registrations. But the site really isn't fun to use, and I can count the times I've laughed out loud at "lolcows" in the past 2 years of lurking the site on one hand.
I don't think you'd be allowed to shill your forum there, outside of maybe theoretically resorting to DMs spam for awhile.
He's awful, and anyone financially supporting him is a lowlife that most likely will never join here nor Onion Farms. Even if Kiwi Farms went down forever.
Hello Im sorry Im still intending on posting I just went off on a mega tangent of research and a few other things irl just stopped me form putting as much effort in but I want to make more lolcow threads. I've been trying to find other people who would want to shit talk josh as well and direct them here
Zephyr
Member
A big part of it is that my activity on both OF and here is linked directly with Lidl/Null/Dyn's behavior as lolcows, and usually OF has the more lively discussion.
I've been occupied by other things lately too. I think people with lives are better than the terminally online types.
I get it, It's only natural to go where the conversation is happening.
I'm reluctant to copy/paste shit from OF threads, but I have no problem if other people do it. Or better yet, the people posting there could cross post. It could cause more people to move over at least in theory. A lot of this stuff is more interesting to you guys than it is to me anyway. Lounge 96 is supposed to be a less shitty alternative, so make it into what you want it to be.
Dogisaga-fag
Active member
No give it time.
Dogisaga-fag
Active member
Do you guys play video games? I like FPS games and Co-op games, lets play together.
No fish
None at all
I think I am more of a casual gamer. Like, gaming gets really boring if I pour a certain amount of time into it. Mostly just Minecraft and tower defense
Unyuns
Active member
unyuns phasmophobia