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tech.lgbt will be defederating from woem.men in two weeks time, on 15 January 2025.

While we have many connections of accounts between servers, we have received multiple credible reports of misconduct from the instance, including grooming and predation.

The scope goes beyond a single admin, and we feel that it is in the best interest of our members to block the entire instance, as opposed to a few individual accounts.

Followup: We have published a post concerning the upcoming defed from woem.men.

Basically: we've noticed a pattern of behavior, been alerted to specific posts, and have overall determined that the reactions by admins have made us determine that it would be safer for our community to defed.

info.tech.lgbt/2025/01/12/defe

Tech.LGBT · The choice to defederate from woem.menThe choice to defederate from woem.men was not made lightly nor was it made based on information from one source. We understand that those who were unaware of the ongoing situation may see this as sudden or an overreaction. Defederation is a last resort option. We don’t want anyone to lose connections and we are highly connected with the instance. However, after considering all available information, including statements from woem.men, we felt this action was necessary for the safety of our community.
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@mods For anyone stumbling upon this, I recommend reading my thread response to someone [antabaka.me], where I debunk a lot of the accusations and actually explain what happened, and also sugar's post [sylveon.social] about the situation, where, other than debunking a certain document, fae correctly identifies what woem.men (and specifically ashten) is going through as exactly what's on The Abuser's Guide to Transmisogyny [www.auramgold.com], specifically the "Slow Burn / Whisper Networks" section.

It's also important to note that, while tech.lgbt mods told woem.men moderation that they were going to talk to them about this defederation, they have refused to do so.

As I also said on a different reply to the mods of tech.lgbt (which was ignored), I have enough evidence to back up all my claims (including over 2GBs of DM exports that are not public).

Anta Baka?!mochi 🌸 (@mochi@antabaka.me)Content warning: re: very long. cw: ashten, woem.men, grooming. results of my investigation, explanation of events, and final thoughts from an instance admin and system protector
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@mods I guess it was fun, while it lasted…

If you threaten a major transfem platform with defederation over dubious claims and then double down on it with the justification that they dared to present their side of the story, I don’t feel particularly comfortable here. It’s a bit of a shame, because a lot of my early transition happened here, but I guess it’s time to move on… 😞

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@mods Oh rip i had like 2 followers from there, but i trust your judgement keep up the good work

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