QAnon Connection to "Company of Men"

[nynakedtop]

From what I hear, more and more people are routinely getting banned from that so-called Company of Men site.

It seems as though the only people who can survive the constant purges of the cabal-in-charge are the people who constantly post QAnon conspiracy claims and insult anyone who dares to push back.

Logical minds need not work too hard to detect a connection between organized right wingers and this site which at one time discussed male escorts and masseurs.

I remain open to be proven to be wrong. But unlikely.

 

[Lucky]

@nynakedtop What is/was your handle there? Did you get banned?

[nynakedtop]

I was banned a long time ago after aggressively calling out BOZO for his horribleness...

Since then, my friends "Leon Trotsky", "AroiDee", and one or two others were banned - they do not know why. Also a hunky Latin friend of mine who was organizing a boycott of the Politics forum was banned.

Never an explanation. Just pissed off the mods, I guess, who seem to think they are way more valuable to the world than they actually are.

[Lucky]

@nynakedtop Thanks for the reply. I am still curious about what you say is a QAnon connection.

[TotallyOz]

On 1/23/2023 at 1:51 AM, nynakedtop said:

From what I hear, more and more people are routinely getting banned from that so-called Company of Men site.

What is the Company of Men site? I have not heard of this.

[Lucky]

4 hours ago, TotallyOz said:

What is the Company of Men site? I have not heard of this.

Really? It is the new version of the old Hooboy/Daddy site.

companyofmen.org

(and yes, Bozo is still there!)

[TotallyOz]

52 minutes ago, Lucky said:

Really? It is the new version of the old Hooboy/Daddy site.

companyofmen.org

(and yes, Bozo is still there!)

Yes, sorry, I didn't know the name or that it was changed. Or, if I did, I didn't remember.  I knew someone took it over but didn't know the full details.

BTW: don't be surprised that I don't keep up with it or other sites. I have enough time on the ones I work with. Heck, there are sites in Thailand that I visit maybe once per year just to see design and what is happening. I know I need to keep up with things more often but the older I get, the less interest I have in anything other than this site. The one thing I would do is check to see the Palm Springs event if I were ever in the USA for a long stretch.

 

 

[nynakedtop]

On 1/24/2023 at 9:10 AM, Lucky said:

@nynakedtop Thanks for the reply. I am still curious about what you say is a QAnon connection.

The only views that are allowed to flourish on the Politics forum are those that are wholly compliant with QAnon dogma. Other views are censored  and/or the member is banned. 

Company of Men used to be a site of some value for those of us interested in commercial sex. Now it has become a mouthpiece for the unrestrained views of the QAnon/Radical Right. The mods seem to have no problem with this. I know I am not alone thinking that a site dedicated for discussion of male escorts becoming a home for some crazy right wing is a bizarre turn of events.

If it looks like a duck.... quacks like a duck...

[TotallyOz]

4 hours ago, nynakedtop said:

The only views that are allowed to flourish on the Politics forum are those that are wholly compliant with QAnon dogma. Other views are censored  and/or the member is banned. 

Company of Men used to be a site of some value for those of us interested in commercial sex. Now it has become a mouthpiece for the unrestrained views of the QAnon/Radical Right. The mods seem to have no problem with this. I know I am not alone thinking that a site dedicated for discussion of male escorts becoming a home for some crazy right wing is a bizarre turn of events.

If it looks like a duck.... quacks like a duck...

We welcome all here. But, I swing more to the left. However, I don't often get into politics other than to say I don't understand why any gay man in USA would vote for a Republican.

[Lucky]

On 1/25/2023 at 12:23 PM, nynakedtop said:

The only views that are allowed to flourish on the Politics forum are those that are wholly compliant with QAnon dogma. Other views are censored  and/or the member is banned. 

Company of Men used to be a site of some value for those of us interested in commercial sex. Now it has become a mouthpiece for the unrestrained views of the QAnon/Radical Right. The mods seem to have no problem with this. I know I am not alone thinking that a site dedicated for discussion of male escorts becoming a home for some crazy right wing is a bizarre turn of events.

If it looks like a duck.... quacks like a duck...

My take on this is different. For me, the reason that conservative posters thrive in the Politics forum is because their views are more in sync. When non-conservatives come there, they come from a larger variety of view points. The conservative posters always argue with the less conservative posters, who seem to think they can persuade the conservatives. That's highly unlikely and I wonder why they bother. If the simply ignored the conservatives, it would take away some of their fire.

[Mavica]

On 1/24/2023 at 5:19 PM, TotallyOz said:

What is the Company of Men site? I have not heard of this.

I'd never heard of it, until now.  I looked at the forums there and see the cross-posting of some people here, there.  I'm not interested.  I'm fine here.  Thanks.

[nynakedtop]

On 1/24/2023 at 9:10 AM, Lucky said:

@nynakedtop Thanks for the reply. I am still curious about what you say is a QAnon connection.

Avoiding the site is probably the smart choice. The forum has degenerate into a place where a few guys compulsively post.... and some really strange ultra-right wingers troll non-stop, desperately looking for someone to engage with them so they can provoke people into an argument and get them banned.

Trouble with a capital T

[Latbear4blk]

2 hours ago, nynakedtop said:

Avoiding the site is probably the smart choice. The forum has degenerate into a place where a few guys compulsively post.... and some really strange ultra-right wingers troll non-stop, desperately looking for someone to engage with them so they can provoke people into an argument and get them banned.

Trouble with a capital T

I happened to disagree, and I think you are just mirroring their sick obsessions.

The Politics forum over there is just one forum, and only a deep intolerant mindset can be blind to the majority of non Conservative posters of all kinds.

However, the Politics forum is just one forum.

In the same way that I consistently encourage everyone there to come here, because Gayguides is the best resource to share information about international gay traveling and sex-traveling, I would encourage everyone here to join there if you are interested in USA escorts, masseurs, and strippers. Each of these two forums is unmatched on its specialization. 

If you do not have a thick skin or are too intolerant to deal with the crazies, just stay away from the Politics forum. But if you are looking for information on USA sex & related stuff, there is no better resource than Company of Men. 

[floridarob]

5 hours ago, nynakedtop said:

and some really strange ultra-right wingers troll non-stop

I've never been on that site, nor knew about it....I'm going to search for it....curious if @gayinpattaya is there 😆

[Latbear4blk]

54 minutes ago, floridarob said:

I've never been on that site, nor knew about it....I'm going to search for it....curious if @gayinpattaya is there 😆

You did not know about Daddy's Reviews and the M4M forums? This is the continuation after Daddy's death.

[floridarob]

4 hours ago, Latbear4blk said:

You did not know about Daddy's Reviews and the M4M forums? This is the continuation after Daddy's death.

I've narrowed down what I read online....this is sufficient

[forrestreid]

On 1/27/2023 at 9:21 PM, Latbear4blk said:

I happened to disagree, and I think you are just mirroring their sick obsessions.

The Politics forum over there is just one forum, and only a deep intolerant mindset can be blind to the majority of non Conservative posters of all kinds.

However, the Politics forum is just one forum.

In the same way that I consistently encourage everyone there to come here, because Gayguides is the best resource to share information about international gay traveling and sex-traveling, I would encourage everyone here to join there if you are interested in USA escorts, masseurs, and strippers. Each of these two forums is unmatched on its specialization. 

If you do not have a thick skin or are too intolerant to deal with the crazies, just stay away from the Politics forum. But if you are looking for information on USA sex & related stuff, there is no better resource than Company of Men. 

 

I agree with LatBear4Bblk

Like many boards "The Company of Men"  has strengths and weaknesses. Since back when Daddy was running it as "Daddy's Reviews", the politics forum on it has always been dominated by Right Wing NutJobs (rather strange for a gay board I always thought, but there you go...).

However, you don’t have to check the politics forum to get useful information on other forums on the site.

I don’t check it that often because the areas where it has strengths (such as reviews of US and Canadian strip clubs and reviews of meet-ups with the type of escorts you find on Rentmen) are not areas I have a strong interest in.

But for those who are based in North America, it can be a very useful board. And the loony politics section doesn’t really bleed into the other sections, in fact despite checking it out out once a month or so, I had completely forgot that the politics was so weird until nynakedtops post reminded me, and i foolishly went and had a look.

So if you if you’re interested in those sections, I think it can often provide very useful to you.

 

 

[nynakedtop]

And I actually agree with just about everything everyone has written here - but I will point that out that I have detected a certain seepage of the venom from the politics board into the others forums. there are some truly nasty people on that site who will take advantage of any situation to be really mean to other people.

I stopped visiting the site totally though after I realized it was the home for people spewing the truly incredible theory that the assault on Paul Pelosi was the result of a gay hook up gone bad. At first I thought it was a joke until I saw with what energy the idiots putting that out there attacked anyone and anything who questioned their sanity.

also: some of my favorite posters have been banned from the site while the most obnoxious remain. call in coincidence if you will, but i will not.,

[Pete1111]

I got blocked from posting in the Politics room on CompanyofMen last Fall.   I had pushed back on particular QAnon/Kremlin talking points and got blamed by others for making it too personal.  

Fine, I was burning up too much time there anyway.  I keep in touch with individual members off site.  I hope to see them in PS this April.

I found other sites where I spend more time and enjoy more commeraderie.

  

 

[caeron]

 

I left those forums years ago because it had such frequent bouts of nastiness. Life is too short to hang out with venomous jerks.

[nynakedtop]

9 hours ago, Pete1111 said:

I got blocked from posting in the Politics room on CompanyofMen last Fall.   I had pushed back on particular QAnon/Kremlin talking points and got blamed by others for making it too personal.  

Fine, I was burning up too much time there anyway.  I keep in touch with individual members off site.  I hope to see them in PS this April.

I found other sites where I spend more time and enjoy more commeraderie.

  

 

My point exactly - the site is "penetrated" by people (who generally seem not even to be members of our community) who are there for no reason other than to provoke good people in endless and meaningless virtual fistfights while "management" looks on and picks and chooses who they will dole out punishment to

Our community can do (and needs to do) much better

[Lucky]

58 minutes ago, nynakedtop said:

My point exactly - the site is "penetrated" by people (who generally seem not even to be members of our community) who are there for no reason other than to provoke good people in endless and meaningless virtual fistfights while "management" looks on and picks and chooses who they will dole out punishment to

Our community can do (and needs to do) much better

Once again, if people didn't engage the right-wing posters they would have no one to argue with.

[nynakedtop]

2 minutes ago, Lucky said:

Once again, if people didn't engage the right-wing posters they would have no one to ague with.

Totally agree with you - but my experience was that I could not stand by quietly in the face of such harmful and hateful behaviors - I have been a social justice activist all my life and in every phase of my life, so i take full responsibility for not being able to keep my mouth shut, but i have also spoken up in a mindful (if at times strident) manner

you now that car crash on the highway that you just can't look away from?

[Mavica]

3 hours ago, Lucky said:

Once again, if people didn't engage the right-wing posters they would have no one to argue with.

It's the same with participants who troll.  I suspect some of what appears in the Politics forum of the other web forum are trolling and provoking others to respond.  Don't feed the trolls / provocateurs and we deny them what fuels them to continue the behavior.  I know that's easier said than done, but the fewer responses the better.  Also, what is the readership of some of the offensive discussions / comments? In the grand scheme of things; viewership is miniscule.

[unicorn]

And now that site has banned any political discussion whatsoever. I guess I'll be spending more time here. I guess their moderators don't know how to function?