~~Return the site’s moderation practice to it’s former, libs-banned-on-site glory.~~ Move forward to a new, glorious form of banning theory inspired by TC69 thought, while learning from it’s mistakes, and listening to neurodivergent comrades
Reinvigorate the heart of this site’s community, c/furry
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[–] Walk_On@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Critical support for TC69. It sounds like she made some mistakes while going through a rough patch. While I think alienating members of c/neurodiverse was a bad move, it seems like some people in this thread have an ax to grind and are using the opportunity bash her. I think she did a lot of good for the site and things would be very different if she didn't step in.

[–] WithoutFurtherDelay@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I agree but I do think their axes to grind seem somewhat justifiable.

On the other hand, she’s the only reason it’s the site was ever a safe space for trans people. A complete commitment to dunking on bigots is essential. That doesn’t mean that people don’t have valid criticisms of how she moderated, just that there was some merit to it

[–] Walk_On@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

And you maybe right, but I don't know. There are have been other occasions where I've seen people write negative things about her and it's always rubbed me the wrong way. I'm willing to accept good faith criticisms of her actions like the one I mentioned before, but certain comments in this thread don't sit right with me. Attempts at revisionism perhaps? I don't know.

[–] BadTakesHaver@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ok maybe im living up to my username here but to me TC69 is like the Stalin of mods

valid to criticize for stuff like recriminalizing homosexually (or ableism), invalid to criticize bc of red scare shit (or transphobia). they both did a lot of good overall

[–] WithoutFurtherDelay@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think that, historically, people criticizing TC69 were always transphobic pieces of shit so I don’t think you’re wrong to feel that way

Something definitely did happen with the c/furry mod team, though , which means some aspect of these criticisms have to be correct. I’m not sure what, though, and it may not have even been TC69’s fault.

[–] a_blanqui_slate@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TC69's vision for the site was entirely orthogonal to it's original purpose. Better for some people? Absolutely. Other's hated it, because it was taking the sub away from it's /r/cth roots, and so obviously the people that wanted to stay true to that style of posting are going to be bitter about her and her tenure.

[–] WithoutFurtherDelay@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

honestly, the original CTH was really irony poisoned and I’m unsure if it was really worth sticking strictly to it exactly

[–] a_blanqui_slate@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

That's exactly why we should stick to exactly that.

[–] ajorge@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

TC69 was one of the only admin voices that tried to help bring down the vegan circlejerk migration struggle session

miss her for that