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Mendel
Senior Member.
You succeeded, welcome!
Metabunk uses a webforum software called "Xenforo". Any basic tutorials or help you can find on that probably apply here, with occasional small differences.
For an overview, use the "Forums" link on the site menu; this'll give you an idea what the site is about, and help you find areas of interest. It's probably a good idea to look at the pinned topics in the subforums that interest you.
Use the site search at the right if you have something specific in mind. A google search for it with the word "metabunk" added is often helpful, as well.
If you plan to post, take a look at the site policies under the "Info" tab in the site menu. The link policy is especially unique to Metabunk, and requires you to quote the relevant bits from any sources you cite. For new topics, remember to have one claim of evidence per topic. ("Topic" and "thread" means the same.)
That should get you (and anyone else who reads this) started! Good luck!
Robinson
New Member
Hello again. Ten years later, lol. I mostly read, but I have questions, need some advice/discussion on a matter that needs debunking. Been a skeptic/debunker since about 2002. Looking for the right topic.
Totally out of my comfort zone, but in no hurry. It's pretty much the same topic I originally came here for.
UnduguOjibwe
New Member
Hi!
Been a fan of Mick's for a couple of years now since I came across his gimbal and bokeh analyses. I have a weakness for UAP videos and stories, and have dipped my toes into some of the standard Reddits and Discords.
The recent MH370 videos have made my brain bleed with infuriating frustration. I don't chat online much, but like to peruse UAP talk (is there a Metabunk Discord??). However, I really want to be around more skeptically-minded people who can tell when a simple stock effect clearly matches a frame and debunks a video.
My favourite sighting is the Phoenix Lights because it definitely happened. I've seen no persuasive evidence that NHI have visited Earth.
But yeah, would love to know if there's a Metabunk Discord.
Been a fan of Mick's for a couple of years now since I came across his gimbal and bokeh analyses. I have a weakness for UAP videos and stories, and have dipped my toes into some of the standard Reddits and Discords.
The recent MH370 videos have made my brain bleed with infuriating frustration. I don't chat online much, but like to peruse UAP talk (is there a Metabunk Discord??). However, I really want to be around more skeptically-minded people who can tell when a simple stock effect clearly matches a frame and debunks a video.
My favourite sighting is the Phoenix Lights because it definitely happened. I've seen no persuasive evidence that NHI have visited Earth.
But yeah, would love to know if there's a Metabunk Discord.
Mendel
Senior Member.
Would you like me to set one up?
UnduguOjibwe
New Member
Not on my account, I just got here, happy to keep feeling things out. Love the forum content so far. Thank you, though.
FatPhil
Senior Member.
Metabunk is well within the remit of Libera.Chat's policies, so they could just host chat for us on their well-established distributed IRC network.
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I feel this is up to Mick.
Hello.
I am really bad at introducing myself, because I don’t know what’s relevant and what’s just unnecessary noise.
I am an immigrant to United States, making English a second language for me. I have served in the United States Army for almost 20 years as an enlisted infantryman, and I will be retiring soon, moving on to civilian life.
I started following Mick West after his video on parallax for explaining the go fast video. I am very skeptical about absolutely everything in life, and Mick West’s argument seemed to me far more likely than the claim of alien visitation. While in the military I have seen many AUPs, but they are all perfectly explainable as misunderstood new technology, physical phenomena, or videos taken at the maximum range of that equipment, thus resulting in a low quality image whose interpretation depends on the viewer.
I see the UFO/AUP phenomena as very similar to stolen valor, where people make claims of military service and belonging to elite units, but the difference is we can make FOIA requests of their DD214 thus exposing their lies and embellishments, while with AUP stories their is usually no official records to investigate.
I understand many people that claim to have seen UFOs are not necessarily lying, merely misunderstanding what they saw, therefore I am very interested in the psychological aspect of AUP interpretation.
Thank you.
I am really bad at introducing myself, because I don’t know what’s relevant and what’s just unnecessary noise.
I am an immigrant to United States, making English a second language for me. I have served in the United States Army for almost 20 years as an enlisted infantryman, and I will be retiring soon, moving on to civilian life.
I started following Mick West after his video on parallax for explaining the go fast video. I am very skeptical about absolutely everything in life, and Mick West’s argument seemed to me far more likely than the claim of alien visitation. While in the military I have seen many AUPs, but they are all perfectly explainable as misunderstood new technology, physical phenomena, or videos taken at the maximum range of that equipment, thus resulting in a low quality image whose interpretation depends on the viewer.
I see the UFO/AUP phenomena as very similar to stolen valor, where people make claims of military service and belonging to elite units, but the difference is we can make FOIA requests of their DD214 thus exposing their lies and embellishments, while with AUP stories their is usually no official records to investigate.
I understand many people that claim to have seen UFOs are not necessarily lying, merely misunderstanding what they saw, therefore I am very interested in the psychological aspect of AUP interpretation.
Thank you.
I signed onto Metabunk back in July but just stumbled across this thread. Better late than never.
As for my past and pathway here, I grew up in the heyday of the space program and was interested in anything space-related, including news reports of UFOs. In my early teens I explored all the woo du jour: ESP, ancient astronauts, bigfoot, alien encounters, etc. Reading books by Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov when I was in high school clarified my thinking on a lot of popular ideas. I discovered books by Randi, Gardner, and later, Shermer, Klass, Shaeffer, et al. Aside from my library of science and skeptical literature, since the 1980s I've been collecting UFO books, magazines, pulps, and comics with flying saucer covers. The more garish the better!
As for my past and pathway here, I grew up in the heyday of the space program and was interested in anything space-related, including news reports of UFOs. In my early teens I explored all the woo du jour: ESP, ancient astronauts, bigfoot, alien encounters, etc. Reading books by Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov when I was in high school clarified my thinking on a lot of popular ideas. I discovered books by Randi, Gardner, and later, Shermer, Klass, Shaeffer, et al. Aside from my library of science and skeptical literature, since the 1980s I've been collecting UFO books, magazines, pulps, and comics with flying saucer covers. The more garish the better!
Kickflip
New Member
Hey all! Found my way here after becoming interested in the UFO topic following the Grusch hearing. I generally align with the highly-skeptical end of the spectrum, interested in the social psychology of cultlike thinking in pseudoscience communities. I want to grow as an empathetic and effective communicator to those down the rabbit hole.
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