The cool people now leaving were happy in the old sub but not here. Why?

Btw "meta" posts should go here or in userunion?

  • a_blanqui_slate [none/use name, any]
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    4 years ago

    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.