Honestly I haven't really seen the transphobia on the website at this point but mostly because I haven't been looking for it, but I do feel like there was more trans specific content that showed up higher on the old subreddit. I'm subscribed to multiple trans boards on here but I almost never see content unless I go to the board itself and since it's usually just a quick scroll on the first page or two for me most of the time, I really don't get too deep.
I do know though that I had one of the most hostile experiences on the old sub the winter of 2019-2020. I got into a severe argument with some asshole that refused to acknowledge that Howie Hawkins had a transphobic faux pas misgendering Chelsea Manning. They were beating up on some other person in the comments that had posted not too long before that they were in a vulnerable mental position. They personally attacked me and refused to budge an inch and starting out I got downvoted pretty heavily. Pretty much sent me into my own spiral for a few days after it. I had checked at the time and know they were a heavy chapo user and not some outside person since they were posting stuff and commenting on the sub for over a year as well. People like that came along to the new site I'd imagine. Eventually the mods did react to the actual personal attacks the person was doing, but they weren't really ever banned from the sub since a few weeks later they were still posting there.
I suppose my conclusion is that since the community shrank since the subreddit days, power users like that did come along and brought their asshole ways with them. I do remember though that the subreddit was the only other subreddit where I felt 'at home' on reddit outside of trans communities since I didn't usually have to worry about blatant transphobia. I think the thing that sold me on the subreddit relatively early on was the weekly trans cutie threads, even if I didn't post in them, I felt like there was a place for me.
Honestly I haven't really seen the transphobia on the website at this point but mostly because I haven't been looking for it, but I do feel like there was more trans specific content that showed up higher on the old subreddit. I'm subscribed to multiple trans boards on here but I almost never see content unless I go to the board itself and since it's usually just a quick scroll on the first page or two for me most of the time, I really don't get too deep.
I do know though that I had one of the most hostile experiences on the old sub the winter of 2019-2020. I got into a severe argument with some asshole that refused to acknowledge that Howie Hawkins had a transphobic faux pas misgendering Chelsea Manning. They were beating up on some other person in the comments that had posted not too long before that they were in a vulnerable mental position. They personally attacked me and refused to budge an inch and starting out I got downvoted pretty heavily. Pretty much sent me into my own spiral for a few days after it. I had checked at the time and know they were a heavy chapo user and not some outside person since they were posting stuff and commenting on the sub for over a year as well. People like that came along to the new site I'd imagine. Eventually the mods did react to the actual personal attacks the person was doing, but they weren't really ever banned from the sub since a few weeks later they were still posting there.
I suppose my conclusion is that since the community shrank since the subreddit days, power users like that did come along and brought their asshole ways with them. I do remember though that the subreddit was the only other subreddit where I felt 'at home' on reddit outside of trans communities since I didn't usually have to worry about blatant transphobia. I think the thing that sold me on the subreddit relatively early on was the weekly trans cutie threads, even if I didn't post in them, I felt like there was a place for me.