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If you are wondering why I "didn't reach out directly" or why I originally posted this on lock, it's because I have spoken up about it in the past. I did directly reach out. I used to financially contribute to early development of the Bad Space. I've worked on multiple sites building moderation tools, and even a couple on the fediverse over the past decade. I love seeing thoughtful work go into these and want to support their development.

My fairly soft criticism and that of others was met with immediate dismissal as being complicity racist. A lot of times this would end in mass ostracization, addition to the list, and dog piling for what I think are fairly benign and thoughtful critiques.

But it's hard. I do understand needing to have strong boundaries especially in hostile spaces.

I do think it's now at the point that we need to say "hey, there are some pernicious aspects of this, and driving trans women from the table for bringing criticism probably isn't the answer".