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I never said I wouldn't moderate harassment. I removed the part of the TOS that says "Is intended to harass, scare or upset anyone." I mean come on, I can't ban every instance of someone upsetting other people, can I? If that text was left as written, then it could very easily be interpreted in such a way that users think they can report everything they don't like. But I also removed the part that says "competes with the business of Retrospring." Am I expected to ban people every time they mention Frag or Neospring? It's undeniable that the TOS as written needed adjusting.

And this is where the problem started. It didn't start with me egging things on, nor did it start with the impression I made on them. I do not deny that I exacerbated the problem: I'm learning to deal with an extremely passionate culture that I am not a member of. But I know what happened and when things turned. It was because I changed the TOS. At that point, the smear campaign began and they started doxxing me, calling me a nazi, etc. And I said that oh-so-bad "n word" because I had a bunch of people in a group chat screaming at me "SAY THE N WORD! SAY THE N WORD!" Okay, the joke didn't land.

But I am merely stating a fact: When they left, so did the harassment. That's it. Once the Rentry people were gone, the reports dropped to 0 (except for the "shipper" community reporting Rentry users coming in demanding they leave the site). After they left, there was no more racism, transphobia, or any sort of cyber bullying.

As for harassment, that has a definition in US law. I'm not a free speech extremist. I don't support harassment. But I'm not going to encourage reporting of users simply because they say something another user doesn't like. If you think that's a bad take... well, I support your right to say so! But if it crosses the line and becomes something that could be a legal problem, it will result in a ban. That has always been the case and I have banned users for death threats and telling people to kill themselves from day 1.

But the community only highlighted the negative side of things. Nobody gave me any credit for the obviously positive work.