Quote:LulzKiller wrote:I was mostly asking because the actions of late are under the assumption of "surely they've jettisoned the toxic behaviors", which doesn't really happen in my experiences. Miraheze is on the cusp of "will they decide toxicity isn't worth not permabanning" or "we've decided that fostering a proper community is worth the potential damage of telling someone to leave", and it's looking like the decision is for the former rather than the latter. Thankfully I actually have no dog in the fight here; I don't have an account on Miraheze, and that's in part because I'm really reluctant these days to create accounts anywhere, particularly places like forums and blogs; I've walked away from several enthusiast forums because I witnessed trolls turning on people for not doing the right actions, and the mods did nothing to shut it down.
@JFeri. His known previous experience was at the practical predecessor of Miraheze, Orain, that got hacked/shutdown of course, I believe John left before that happened but other users here would be able to tell you more because I was never at Orain or even aware of it during it's existence..
And regarding such, can we please no longer put scare quotes around gender? It's a dickish way of showing one's dislike when we already have plenty of better ways to do so, and I'm pretty sure any trans folk passing through here would take one look and decide this forum isn't for them because it would read, on it's face, like deliberately misgendering a potential trans person just because you disagree with her actions. This is not to say Amanda is potentially trans and discovered it via a potential deception, but I'm going to give her at least that benefit of the doubt, the rest of her actions are still to be considered suspect, including the potential maintaining of two identities trying to be admins.
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