I know it was originally a spin off of the chapotraphouse subreddit but I don't know much else. Is it it still affiliated with the podcast? How has it grown etc? Why was the subreddit closed etc.

Give me the lore, baby

  • Lester_Peterson [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    For around its first year of existence (when it was still called chapo.chat) this site was a bit of a dumpster fire, despite having mostly great admins and users. Constant struggle sessions, user drama, some actual wreckers, and heavy-handed moding (some of it justified, some not as much) made for an often toxic environment that bled users. Capped off by one of the founders getting doxed and falsely accused by a rightist op.

    Thankfully things have calmed down alot since then, and we've gone from regular exoduses of users to stable (if small) growth, with a considerably kinder and chiller community.

    Even still I try to avoid dramaposts or struggle sessions just cause I remember how bad things can be when they dominate discussions.

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      11 months ago

      Hold on let's be real here, the subreddit was also a dumster fire. Chapo.Chat continued what was basically exactly the same thing that had been occurring on the subreddit.

      The modding was actually significantly worse on the subreddit you had several mods that would just do shit because it was funny, which was great in its own way but in no way could you call it professionally run. The subreddit was "dirtbag" in every single way.

      • Teapot [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        The subreddit never had the struggle sessions. It was mostly shitposting at the subreddit. The people who came to discord and Chapo chat were the too online types who took things too seriously. The atmosphere has been a lot better the last year and since TC69 left tbh

        • Awoo [she/her]
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          11 months ago

          The subreddit most definitely had the struggle sessions they just didn't get voted up to the Hot section. They lived and died in /new/. Every 12 hours there was a new dprk one. TC69's work was a huge part of the atmosphere improving.

        • usa_suxxx [they/them]
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          11 months ago

          Chapotraphouse sub was too online. I think the big difference was that the site no longer had access to a cheap infinite supply of outsiders to clown on.

          • BagOfBugs [he/him]
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            11 months ago

            How can a website be too online you want 100% uptime baby you can't get any higher

        • BagOfBugs [he/him]
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          11 months ago

          Lol no kidding. Who was the one who invited all the r/vegancirclejerkmods