ATS

But as soon as foreigners bought it, it went down sharp. A few years ago, the website was bought by some other owners and got registered through London. Since then a lot of weird stuff has happened, and no one really knows who the owners are now. There are owners, and the website keeps getting paid for, and has some support and financing, that's obvious. It's just all in the dark and no is telling the readers.

The site is now pretty much at its last breath. No one can register for new accounts and there are two to three new threads per day only. Everyone that remains is either a paid propagandist, or a dunce.

Other reviewers mention Don't Tread On Me (DToM). I 100% believe he or she is a paid worker and knows exactly who the owners are. May even be a part of the team that bought the site, whoever they are. Or is employed by them. The one constant through all of this, the one person that's had admin privileges and is always around to ban people that step out of line, or don't fit in wholly. Even on a dying website and no new accounts, this person still does the work of the owners and eliminates opposing voices. Keeps it clean for the ownership and their agenda. You don't do that day after day, unless you are part of ownership, or are getting a check for it.

This website is full of Glavset, Russian paid trolls. You can see them working off each other, helping each other out promoting eastern propaganda.

There are a handful of Americans and Brits that also write here, aside from the Russians, but all of them are traitors, constantly talking crap about their own countries and defending Russia. If they are not also Russians, they are treasonous dip$#*!s.

This website is like an experiment to see how many traitors you can get in one place, for what reason, I don't know. Maybe to keep an eye on all of them in one place. That would make it easier.

Very, very alt-right, fascist, pro-Russian website. Many posters are openly Russian and spew propaganda that is anti-west and pro-east. They do not like Americans very much and are very anti-USA and anti-Britain. The Russian posters do daily Russian propaganda about how great Putin is, what makes Russian culture better than other cultures, Russian science and innovation and so on. They don't actually speak Russian on the website, their English is very good, but it's obvious what they are all trying to do. Others pretend to be Americans or Westerners, but just continue with the same pro-Russian sentiment. Very fake website that censors any ideas that do not fall in line, and they will ban Western or more liberal posters if they are not adequately anti-West.

20 years ago Above Top Secret used to be an interesting place where you could go to talk about a variety of unconventional subjects. But it has deteriorated into a fascist echo chamber of idiots and Stormfront transplants. Its like an outdated version of Truth social now. The few times I've popped in over the years to see what was up made me glad I left in the first place. I heard through the grapevine the place is about to go down for good in a couple weeks and honestly, the collective IQ points of the internet will probably increase as a result.

Horrible website. Claims to be a conspiracy theory site yet it is ran by CIA, freemasons and Muslims. Kinda odd don't you think? A conspiracy theory site where discussing grass roots conspiracy theories get you banned.

They also claim ownership of all material posted. They will ban you and you'll see your original concepts in books and videos 2 years later. This is more than political dialogue these sites are gathering, they are milking people to see what they know about the real world above politics, then dumping them off the deck before the topics can gain any momentum or resolution.

Apparently, their staff members can heckle and shout expletives at you when they disagree with your posts in a subsequent conversation, but when you bring it to the other staffs attention, they will silence you with a ban instead of addressing the issue from the onset.

If you're looking for an alternative news site, this is not the place to be. Their rules and regulations are arbitrary, this has apparently become a more and more open and accepted thing in their circle. No responsibility or self respect.

This site is anti Trans and Gay people. It is also against any certain religious communities, including Islam and Reform Paganism. It is anti LGBTQ and anti Black Americans. They have none of the above as members. I have seen members try, but they are ganged up on and bullied; banned if they retaliate.

Over the years I have watched this site constantly bully diversity. They are barbaric the way they treat any members who are psychologically diverse.

It is a far right, white site. It has been reported to human rights organizations for bullying and banning anyone of a different political outlook.

Date of experience: 31 October 2023

Don't listen to the other reviews by the left wing dimwits complaining about the members being mean to the gays or $#*!s that post, most of them deserve the ridicule they receive based on their stupid posts, or they claim that Its some right wing storm front alternative. None of that is true, The real problem with ATS is the super moderator called Donttreadonme (DTOM). This is a woman who was given absolute power over the website and wields her power like you'd expect a corrupt woman to do. She bans almost all accounts if you even dare question her or her lackey's methods or insult her golden children. The dumbest post drifting idiots on there go by the name of Quintessentone (sillyolme) sookiechacha(some fat abortion ghoul) and excalibur259, or whatever he goes by now. I suspect these accounts are actually her so she can ban people with glee for her dopamine hit. The threads are so heavily moderated entire pages will be full of warnings, post bans, and deleted comments by moderator that you can barely make out what's going on. If the owners were to get rid of her and the 6 or so idiots that disrupt it, the site would be leagues better

It was a better place back in 2010-2014. After that it became way way too right-wing, partisan and political. It's still better than Godlike Productions, I give it that, but it's way worse than it used to be in the past. It was my go-to resource for things like nature, space exploration news, mysteries, UFO sightings, cryptozoology, dreams, history discussions, lost civilizations, etc. cool stuff.
Now it's drowning in Political/agenda topics, it's so boring. At least one can only visit specific sub-forums, which however are less active than before. Might be worth checking from time to time but it's no longer worth it to have a registration and post IMO. It was funny for a while with threads about the cleavage of that Colleen Thomas lady but lately it's too negative. If it was 2010-2013 I would give it 3 or even 4 stars, but nowadays it deserves 2.5 at most.

ATS use to be a quirky & fun, but now it is a haven for unstable right wing nuts.
The FBI needs to make ATS one of their targets. Im all for free speech, but ATS is filled with members posting about violence & terror that should come to those who are not Alt Right or crazy like them.
It's a QAnon hive that has mods that encourage & look past all Alt Right garbage as they persecute reason on all fronts.
I would not be surprised if the alphabet agencies dont have extensive files on ATS members.
On a side note, once all the boomers die off there won't be many members left on ATS.
If rednecks, idiots, extremists, radicals & baby boomers are your fix, then AboveTopSecret is for you?
Or just troll the site until it is bogged down to the cesspool of right wing MAGA nuts it is.
Stay far away from ATS, because it causes brain damage

Might as well visit MSNBC, CNN, Facebook, etc. for the same censorship -- and they play favorites by only censoring people who dare (even politely) insult their favorite, long time members (that are also probably the moderators).
Very cliquey, biased website deceptively pretending to be an alternative to the typically biased websites you hoped to avoid. Instead, they're worse; AVOID THEM TOO.

I like this forum because naturally, I'm a curious person. I'm open to learning new things about the world, or the afterlife. This forum is based on terrorism, paranormal events, government cover ups, conspiracies such as the New World Order and much more.

It is a very active community, with around 800 new threads each week. Customer Service is fine - they responded to my email within 48hrs and it addressed my concern on the response.

However - at a social level on the forum, many come across as very paranoid and make a post about something before they did research about it. However - I have managed to find some decent posts, and many being helpful.

Like the newspaper - this forum can be depressing. In other words - don't over use this site. Don't take all the information in a serious way. Half of the information that spreads through these forums are either false or someone being over dramatic.

ATS used to be awesome, back in the early 2000s when it was mostly about ufo/alien and government conspiracies. Now it has turned into mostly a political site and instead of promoting civil discourse and decorum, moderators allow long term members to name call and bully newer members on the political threads which is almost every thread now on the site. These long term members (I say members because few have been visiting the site since the very early 2000s and very few are even interested in the site except for as a repository for political rhetoric) will use ad hominem against newer members for expressing the same viewpoint longer term members have expressed in the same thread, but they don't name-call those longer term members.

It is like a clubhouse where if you are a newer member, the good ol boys are allowed to try and chase you away from the site through bullying. It works.

Also those long term members who participate in the bullying are the always the first to name-call, but once they have repeatedly used ad hominem against you to try and bait you into calling them names, they are the first to report you for even the mildest retort to their constant bullying. I should change the title of this review to a few snowflakes spoil the bunch.

Rex. A must be one of their $#*!es. DontTreadOnMe is a B--- on steroids and bans everyone including long term members. Operatives CIA Djardums is as bad as her and the rest. It's a sad dimmy day when they take your donations an ban you when U say things they dae like about their Masonic Worship Garbage. Or cuz of some other stupid reason. Most of these Operators are hateful an the 3 or 4 good ones stand by while the buttholes wreck it for everyone. NOT AN HONEST OR ENJOYABLE WEBSITE. A GIANT DISAPPOINTMENT!

There is a toxic culture of doubt and cynicism flowing all through ATS. The majority of the daily topics are political in nature and most of the members have a very conspiratorial bias to the point of asinine delusion. There is much gaslighting, and many of the viewpoints sound like they are coming from jerk introverts that don't travel and just watch the news.

A little research into the more popular contributors reveals that many post on ATS for 12 or more hours a day in predominately politically charged forums. A look into the content of these posts reveals little substance, and the majority of the time they are goading and prodding those with different views. Many of these members are using multiple computers and sock puppet accounts to further boost their neon green stars and reinforce their opinions.

There was a time when it was a different landscape, but that time is gone. What's left of the paranormal forums is the same old people seeing phenomena in dust particles lit up by the flash on a handheld camera. The UFO well has practically dried up. Hundreds of millions of cellphones with video capability+ the new arrival of consumer drones and still nothing.

That leaves politics. And it has ravished ATS and revealed a lot about its members. Quality contributors are a thing of the past, and when they appear, it's still all about politics. Divisive rhetoric is king.

After several years of reading the site on and off through a couple of presidential campaigns and bogus UFO disclosures, I've learned that ATS is mostly morons, some pseudo intellectuals, a whole bumper crop of social justice warriors, a LOT of old men, and a few real psychopaths, many of them seem incredibly lonely, and use the site as an echo chamber.

It was announced recently that the site is potentially going under. It's no wonder why.

Good riddance.