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Just wanted to pop in to also show some support for Ketkat.I have said it before and will happily say it again. She is an extremely valued member to this community. I have so much respect for all the selfless work Ketkat has done for the trans community of resetera as well as for us in Mental health era. It would be very disheartening to continue to see our community without such an important and loving person.
Just came in to spread the love for Patrick Klepek’s review at VICE. I thought that it was exceptionally well-written and very fair. The language was familiar in such a way that anyone with a family in similar situations could relate. Loved it.
Nope, and it’s a trash post, just like all their posts are trash no matter the topic, serious or not, I almost can’t even get too upset it’s almost expected, but then I think career shitposters just shitpost everywhere and skate on by while Ket is banned, showing even more how fucked up the system can be.
I've got no issue with ketkat and people seem to like and respect her so it would be great if she can come back to the community.I'm just responding to the people pointing to the fact that the ban duration is still pending, or that mods won't discuss it, as being signs of "shady" activity towards her. This is pretty normal which if anything, should be reassuring to people. That's all
QuoteWow, now I feel less safe here. A lot of us are. Probably most, tbh. I no longer trust this place to be safe.
Wow, now I feel less safe here.
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The only way to access the site's Discord/rulebook was through deepthroat, sure.
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User banned (permanent): Violating a safe space for minority staff members
OFFICIAL STAFF COMMUNICATIONThis is being posted on behalf of the team:Ketkat has been banned for violating a safe space for minorities in a private channel on a staff server, a channel that has very limited access and the expectation of privacy. We have investigated this thoroughly over the past few days, and that she did this is not in dispute. In fact, it confirms a pattern that had been suspected for a long time.There is no question that Ketkat understood the importance of privacy in safe spaces, as she has championed this herself, a fact that makes this breach all the more frustrating and sad.The entire staff was given an opportunity to weigh in on this case over the past few days. In light of the violation of their privacy, many expressed that they would not feel comfortable or safe volunteering here if such intrusions were tolerated. For this reason, the ban has been made permanent. This decision was not and could not have been made without careful consideration and large consensus.Fighting transphobia is an entirely separate issue that we care about deeply. We spend a lot of time and energy on this and are always working to improve our moderation on this subject, including through sincere feedback from our community. This is something that will never change. We would like to thank the many of you in the trans community who have reached out to offer your understanding and support.Certain individuals have been persistently trying to hijack this thread to fight a ban. Despite the pain it has caused our volunteers, we have been more than patient with the animosity in some of those posts. The decision is now final and it's time to move on. Not everyone is going to be happy with that, and that's okay. Excessive vitriol, however, will be moderated.Please return to the important topic of trans awareness week.
You realize what you're doing with this statement, right?You just told trans folx, in a thread specifically about listening to trans folx, what YOU think we should focus on.
^ Trans Awareness Week casually hijacked into ERA Staff Awareness Week.Fucking. Bullshit. 👎
Why did the investigation not include talking to KetKat?
Hijacking the thread? It's our fucking thread.
" Please return to the important topic of trans awareness week."??Lmfao go fuck yourselves.
Did you ever even talk to Ketkat? Maybe get Ket's version of events?you don't have to answer, I already know the answer is that you cowards didn't.
Lol, so basically telling us to know our place. Nice message.
I've heard directly from her that she was not approached by the staff or asked any questions (we share a Discord).
Wow terrible response.
Not banning everyone who questions your decisions shouldn't need to come with an attempt to pat your own back.
That last line sounds like fucking sarcasm.
Quote from: Morrigan, https://www.resetera.com/threads/its-trans-awareness-week-nov-13th-19th.153146/post-26598419OFFICIAL STAFF COMMUNICATIONThis is being posted on behalf of the team:Ketkat has been banned for violating a safe space for minorities in a private channel on a staff server, a channel that has very limited access and the expectation of privacy. We have investigated this thoroughly over the past few days, and that she did this is not in dispute. In fact, it confirms a pattern that had been suspected for a long time.There is no question that Ketkat understood the importance of privacy in safe spaces, as she has championed this herself, a fact that makes this breach all the more frustrating and sad.The entire staff was given an opportunity to weigh in on this case over the past few days. In light of the violation of their privacy, many expressed that they would not feel comfortable or safe volunteering here if such intrusions were tolerated. For this reason, the ban has been made permanent. This decision was not and could not have been made without careful consideration and large consensus.Fighting transphobia is an entirely separate issue that we care about deeply. We spend a lot of time and energy on this and are always working to improve our moderation on this subject, including through sincere feedback from our community. This is something that will never change. We would like to thank the many of you in the trans community who have reached out to offer your understanding and support.Certain individuals have been persistently trying to hijack this thread to fight a ban. Despite the pain it has caused our volunteers, we have been more than patient with the animosity in some of those posts. The decision is now final and it's time to move on. Not everyone is going to be happy with that, and that's okay. Excessive vitriol, however, will be moderated.Please return to the important topic of trans awareness week.
YOU ARE ORDERED TO LEAVE THE BRONX
I don't think the staff response here will reduce any animosity, regardless of how real or imagined it might be.
Was the evidence collected (that no one is allowed to see) found in the less than a half hour between her message being posted and her banning or in the days of silence while she sat banned with a banner that effectively has caused hate sites to renew their doxxing campaigns against me?This is why I quit.
this website is tearing itself apart impressively fast
out of all the awful responses, that's the most awful
Quote from: sabrinaout of all the awful responses, that's the most awful
You know forget Free Ketkat, why would she even want to come back after this bullshitThinking this may be one of my last posts here
Yeah, a ban 10 minutes after KetKat's post is a really quick investigation. Maybe a suspension while things got worked out would have been, you know, more reasonable and just?Likewise, was the mod that loathes KetKat part of the decision to ban her?
Has Morrigan been banned yet for dismissing concerns of transphobia?
I also want to add to the staff message, from the perspective of a mod who's been here a while, and is somewhat detached from this issue while being part of the Discord channel in question.As one of the mods who was a part of the initial mod team, I have seen mods come and go, often due to the pressure of doing this job. I have seen my fellow mods be doxxed. I have been privy to the stories of mods receiving threatening tweets on their private accounts, and even threatening phone calls at their jobs. And I want to stress that I'm not expecting sympathy here. We understood this was a risk when we signed up, and I also know that a lot of you understand all too well what it's like to be targeted in this way online. I'm only mentioning this to make the point that, when it comes to the privacy of our designated safe spaces, we value it as much as anybody else. Most of you are members of community Discords that have private channels that function in a similar way. And while I don't expect this to take away the anger and frustration of Ketkat being banned, I sincerely hope that it will allow some of you to consider how important this is to a lot of us.The mod chat that was violated is not a harbor of the nefarious. It isn't a place where we retreat to say all the evil stuff that would be ban-worthy if any of you said it, or unveil our "true selves." This channel is where we go to share mundane aspects of our lives. Where we gripe about our jobs, share our frustrations about our partners (or...lack of partners), post pictures of our pets, and ask the dumbest fucking questions. It's a place where we go to question ourselves, or uplift each other - about any number of things. It is where go to share things that, while mundane, are personal, and private, and shared under a blanket of trust. We don't stop being Black, or Queer, or Trans, or Women, or NB when we become mods.And again, many of you are members of community Discords that have private channels for similar purposes. The idea that somebody would violate that and dissect our lives is unforgivable to me. We are not the law. We are not elected officials. We are not paid with tax payer dollars. We are not paid at all. Our status as Resetera Mods does not extend to our real lives when we log off. We leave our computers, and our phones, and our tablets, to live the same lives that you do. We do not owe you our lives in order for you to trust us. We are not undeserving of privacy in order for you to trust us. If that's what it takes for you to trust us, then you weren't ever going to trust us at all.I didn't really have a relationship with Ketkat, but I respected her. But when she crossed that line, she crossed the line. Banning Ket was not easy and it was not secretive. It was discussed, and in all of my time here, among a team more diverse than any group of people I've worked with in real life, I have never seen a decision with broader support.We hope you continue to hold us accountable as mods. We hope more threads on trans issues will be created in the future, and we hope to continue to absorb your feedback to be better in addressing and handling trans issues. But Ketkat, unrelated to any of the above, is banned. And that is final.
We hope you continue to hold us accountable as mods.
This isn't about you.Did the staff forget the entire thing about listening to trans voices and maybe for once not centering things on yourselves?
Your lives aren't being dissected. Stop being so disingenuous. It's not dissection to call out blatant bigotry that was available for a lot of people to see.Get the fuck over yourselves. All anyone wanted was for ResetEra to crack down on transphobia, not least by removing any mods with problematic pasts. But instead the "leadership" here has shown their collective asses and doubled down on mistakes.
Once again, in the Trans Awareness Week thread. "We ERA staff people have it so hard!"You guys are doing this on purpose, aren't you?
Can you address my question about the diversity of the admin staff
They could solve all of this if they just banned the ten or twenty people who keep making everything a problem.
Doing what? Being transparent?You asked for it, so I ask you: why is it ok for Kwt to hack our chats to get private information?
