We know it's been a long while coming, but we finally have prepared our response in regards to thebad.space situation from last month. It is a long read, and we'd advise taking your time in going through the details thoroughly. Thank you for your patience with us on this matter.
https://info.tech.lgbt/2023/10/13/thebadspace-situation.html
@mods Thanks for the post, and especially the diligence. There's a couple things that I'd like to point out that to me were important, but weren't mentioned or addressed in the post:
1) the "goodspace" post was one of the big escalation points against TBS in my opinion, and in retrospect it feels like it was an op. Shouldn't it be referred to in timeline?
2) there was also a lot of actual transphobia being lobbed around, and that's important context in my opinion. stuff like blaming white trans women specifically as the main drivers of racism in the fediverse. White people in general are the main drivers of racism here too, and to single out trans women is transmisogyny.
@mods on this note, i remember you were trying to find a black person to include in the moderation team and bring their perspective too. did you manage to do it?