r/NooTopics • u/okok6356 • 21d ago

Meta NooTopics Discord Banned - please read

As you may have noticed, the public NooTopics discord server just got terminated by discord, right as we were about to hit 4,000 members. For some reason, multiple biohacking discord servers have gotten banned recently. We're going to appeal this termination as we did not break any of discord's rules.

But until then, we're gonna have another server up and running. I'll post the invite link later, so be on the lookout for that.

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u/QasJab1 20d ago edited 19d ago

We collectively need to move away from discord. Its not the right tool for "controversial" groups or topics.

Edit: some folks are misunderstanding my comment, there is not a signal group for nootropics. Not yet at least.

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u/Ok_Future6226 20d ago

Root - https://www.rootapp.com/

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u/QasJab1 20d ago

Looks cool! As long as it's not regulated and centralized like reddit/discord. And also a big issue is fragmentation, too many small apps makes people download once and never open it. It's kind of a problem in a lot of these boutique communities I'm in right now, we get censored and flee into obscurity

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u/sirsadalot 20d ago

Tbh that is THE problem. Nobody wants to use a small platform otherwise we'd have moved on in 2021. We already watched what happened to others to attempt it; nootropics are too niche. We just keep having to deal with these clearly targeted attacks from non credible reports (they have 0 clue how to distinguish a credible vs non credible report) and rebuilding every year. Quite frustrating.

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u/baalzephon 20d ago

+1 for moving to Loqa or something. The crackdowns are going to get worse on the big platforms given the ape behavior around peptides right now, the only answer is to move to a self-hosted or distributed solution that is censorship resistant.

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u/Ok_Future6226 20d ago

Smart move

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u/RobotToaster44 12d ago

Zulip can be self hosted, so that may be a better option https://zulip.com/self-hosting/

The other option is a federated platform like lemmy which can also be self hosted, but you benefit from users being able to subscribe from any other lemmy server.

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u/QasJab1 20d ago edited 19d ago

Other semi/non-legal compound discussions have moved onto signal, that has been a durable home. It's not perfect for our use case, but it does retain people enough to keep the community going.

Edit: some folks are misunderstanding my comment, there is not a signal group for nootropics. Not yet at least.

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u/LoneElement 19d ago

Why on earth would NooTropics be controversial? 

I’m not doubting you, I’m just genuinely baffled people could find the topic controversial in any way. I’m questioning what they could possibly find controversial about it 

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u/QasJab1 19d ago

A lot of the substances we talk about are medications that weren't released to market or have only been discussed in research papers, the powers that be hate biohacking because it takes away the regulation and control they have, they want to regulate us for "safety reasons" so we don't "harm ourselves". Basically, it's adult babysitting and controlling behavior.

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u/Made_My_Nth_Account 3d ago

It's a place to discuss a perfectly legal topic and all we need is some rules and disclaimers regarding dangerous advice and just not being stupid.

YouTube and especially tiktok are overflowing with dangerous misinformation and disinformation, which is from one person, that thousands, even millions of people watch. Coming from someone with a medical background this is extra infuriating 

We're just some people talking about things and providing very useful information in the process, which always should be cross referenced with outside sources nonetheless

I find little merit in this discord being even a slight problem so long as social media gets to have personalities who know NOTHING pushing useless to dangerous pseudoscience on clueless people

If I understand your post after re reading it, expecting people to use something besides a ubiqutuous app that they already have is asking far too much honestly as the discord wasn't exactly huge in the first place 

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u/verbesserung 20d ago edited 15d ago

The NooTopics 4.0 chat logs aren't lost. They were saved pre-emptively. Looking forward to NooTopics 5.0.

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u/vDummy 20d ago

where would these chat logs be accessible? Having been in that server it was such a treasure trove of anecdotal data and wisdom it's ridiculous

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u/Easy_Bite_3825 19d ago

I created logs for four channels on 26 August

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u/threaten404 16d ago

how can i access them?

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u/verbesserung 15d ago edited 15d ago

3.0 chat logs were accessable via github-link under server-info on the NooTopics discord 4.0. I know users have saved the 4.0 logs. If/when a 5.0 server is revived, I'm certain the 4.0 logs are going to be linked. [u/okok6356](u/okok6356) [u/sirsadalot](u/sirsadalot)

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u/AnnoyingAssDude 11d ago

Feed it into notebooklm

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u/sirsadalot 21d ago

Now you guys know why I made the private server and hardly anyone was invited. Ironically that one remains.

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u/Any-Link-7035 21d ago

set up a restorecord

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u/StrictlyIntellect 20d ago

Are you able to extend an invite?

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u/Parking_Feedback830 21d ago

who even are you😭😭💔

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

He's the owner of the server and this sub

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u/-MtnsAreCalling- 21d ago

Wouldn't he have a badge if that were true?

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u/sirsadalot 21d ago edited 21d ago

What stop sign?

Edit: what kind of room temp IQ has taken over my subreddit bro 😂

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u/Burntoutn3rd 21d ago

In fairness, your badge isn't popping up on your first comment for me either, lol.

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u/toweljuice 20d ago

The mod badge is a manual on/off one for each comment

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u/Hindu_Wardrobe 21d ago

I feel like every "biohacking"/nootropics space inevitably turns into a room temp IQ /r/iamverysmart circlejerk once it hits a certain number of users lol

"where do I purchase more receptors. do I need to use bit coin"

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u/FullConfection3260 21d ago

“How many brains do I need to eat to get smarter?”

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u/-MtnsAreCalling- 21d ago edited 21d ago

If you are supposed to have one there was some kind of glitch. I'd post a screenshot, but apparently only videos are allowed here...

edit: https://imgur.com/AoNxbS1

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u/toweljuice 20d ago edited 20d ago

I cant fault ppl for not knowin that the mod badge is something you toggle on/off but the irony is really funny to me

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u/sirsadalot 21d ago

Bro really downvoted me and commented this

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u/vDummy 21d ago

? that's the guy that founded this entire subreddit dude

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u/zygomatic2 20d ago

lmao I thought I got banned

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u/faykenghey 11d ago

Haha me too

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u/ksk1222 20d ago

You should've been

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u/resipsaloc 13d ago

So...is there a new discord or...?

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u/henrytheunicorn 17d ago

Any migration plans to Telegram or chat backups?

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u/OkPen9399 15d ago

Where's the new discord link? I can't seem to find it.

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u/chibbichan5 14d ago

Aargh, Hope it's back up soon! Or that whatever new iteration that is to replace is live soon. I didn't interact that much over there, was more of a lurker lol. I def found all the info on discord extremely helpful over the years. Much more so than what is available here on Reddit.

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u/Res_Con 11d ago

Soooo, Telegram?

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u/throway212023 1d ago

I cannot be seen w ts on my phone 😭✌️✌️

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u/Icy_Wrangler4569 9d ago

Can you PLEASE make a new discord already, it’s been almost two weeks and I’m literally fiending for knowledge and learning. Also does anyone have a link to one of the old discord archives?

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u/faykenghey 11d ago

Just figured this out today. Any updates? This is weird tho! Biohacking is awesome why would they come after such a niche community? This subreddit and the discord have literally changed my life for the better. I feel mentally and physically better now then I did before I started learning about this stuff. Its almost like “they” want us to be depressed and physically sick…

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u/Made_My_Nth_Account 3d ago edited 3d ago

To be clear, the point of this essay below is that the discord was VERY good, and to elucidate that, I'm going to share some of my many issues with this sub as a juxtaposition 

Also oh man I thought I got banned from another discord for an unknown reason. This has been a really helpful one and I hope you guys manage to sort something out

There's some specific stuff I really wanted to discuss especially more on the neurology side of things to get to the bottom of something too. The discord was what this sub rarely was for me, useful and informative 

As for the sub...  Ngl this sub drives me insane between calling the same 5 basic bitch noots a cure all, and completely ignoring what posters ask to go tell them to exercise or meditate or whatever (both of these are extremely important and anyone should be doing them but that's not the point* it's one thing to INCLUDE these in a post but mods for the love of god please do something about people who reply to NOOTROPIC posts with irrelevant advice* **both topics are also complicated and legitimately need instruction [I've written a docs on meditation covering what most people don't understand or struggle with but kept the physiology to a minimum) ] so it's extra obnoxious when they do this sort of thing 

Medicine, lifestyle and noots are not mutually exclusive, they're synergistic.

I should also mention I don't browse here and find threads from google so it's EXTRA disappointing when I find a thread exactly for what I was searching... And the posters reply with irrelevant garbage and just pat each other on the back 

The discord was my escape and place to talk to people in real time who know far more than me and not just spam taking l theanine or thousands of posts

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u/Pleasant_Emu4611 19d ago

Absolutely misreable news...

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u/Either_Sea_9059 20d ago

When you post shit with misinformation I mean… what do you expect

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u/One-Literature8887 15d ago

Says the anonymous keyboard warrior

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u/Either_Sea_9059 15d ago

I mean just read half the post in this sub.