@Lisboeta
@I Literally Dont Care What You Want
Speaking just as a lurker during last night’s kerfuffle, I think that’s the big thing to establish here; it has not been reenacted. There’s been a whole lot of overreaction -
understandable overreaction, but overreaction none the less. Borrowing from the single other post I’ve made on the topic:
Charitably, Blossom’s big post on the topic last night seems like an effort to make things clearer that somewhat backfired - and while the thread moved far, far too quickly for most to catch it or take it to heart, the
replies which
followed answering
questions made a few things clear:
At the moment, the rules are unchanged from where they were a ways back. They are not reinstating the initial changes related to BLM that spurred this whole thing, nor are they banning all Nazi imagery nor all communist imagery nor all jokes nor satire nor references, nor are they banning users (except for one particular drama llama who got the ban hammer dropped on him for doxxing). They are
explicitly trying
not making big rules changes without community input, but they will be trying to more actively and consistently enforce the rules they already have regarding this. The fetish porn is safe, as is Commie Glimmer and Aryanne. They will be more consistent in enforcing Rule 0 regarding things that are blatantly hateful, but that was a rule already in place. They will
also be more clearly enforcing Rule 4 - which is to say, if it’s not blatantly hateful, people can filter it.
Edit: And yes, that still leaves open questions about the details, but that’s why they’re opening it to discussion.