The cool people now leaving were happy in the old sub but not here.
I don't know if that's the case. The old sub was implicitly a safe-ish space for marginalized users, because terfs/nazis would get dunked and clowned on and either look incredibly dumb (and by extension, discredit their worldview) or stay away. This website is trying for a more explicitly safe space approach, which is also fine, but it's going to attract a somewhat different audience and drive away a segment of the old subs audience who do not like that approach.
I think 70% of so of the resultant drama could be eliminated if the purges weren't cloaked in the language of a moral crusade but instead took on the sterile and aseptic language of corporate downsizing. If the explicitly safe space approach hackles a user, that doesn't necessarily make them a TERF or a bad person, but it does make them a bad fit for the community the admins are intent on running, and they can be disinterestly shown the door.
I don't know if that's the case. The old sub was implicitly a safe-ish space for marginalized users, because terfs/nazis would get dunked and clowned on and either look incredibly dumb (and by extension, discredit their worldview) or stay away. This website is trying for a more explicitly safe space approach, which is also fine, but it's going to attract a somewhat different audience and drive away a segment of the old subs audience who do not like that approach.
I think 70% of so of the resultant drama could be eliminated if the purges weren't cloaked in the language of a moral crusade but instead took on the sterile and aseptic language of corporate downsizing. If the explicitly safe space approach hackles a user, that doesn't necessarily make them a TERF or a bad person, but it does make them a bad fit for the community the admins are intent on running, and they can be disinterestly shown the door.