I think that definitely played a role (they already had that one gross dragon bio of theirs wiped two times for being transphobic, so this could have been a third strike situation). But I think they may have also gotten in trouble for using oriental to describe one of their dragons. Their Jules and ShalntBeCalled dragons have their bios still intact, but ‘censored’ black bars over certain words (that I’m guessing staff did)? I’m going off of a comment I saw on a SMR post as I didn’t actually see it myself before it was censored, but I do know they used the word in one of their tabs a while back and had to change it.
It looks a lot like they probably got warnings to stop doing this stuff and just ignored them, and staff finally put their foot down.
Ah, I thought the "Shalnt" dragon with the censor bars was a passive-aggressive double-down after people voiced discomfort with the word in Jule's bio. (Like when Teshima's bio was wiped the second time and got the passive-aggressive scroll bio thing)
Which I suppose also could've done it. Regardless of whether they were using the word itself or being passive aggressive about a moderation decision, both could've been a last straw after a bunch of warnings.
Oh no, you’re right - Wayback has it like that for a couple of weeks, so I guess they just wanted to be petty about the tab name change. I’m surprised staff didn’t clear the bio. I just skimmed and it definitely sounds like they’re bitter lol.
Also, this isn’t really super relevant to the current situation and is probably a little petty, but they have a video on their YouTube of them dramatically reading a DRR post about people using light fonts on light backgrounds or something, and it being ableist. Like, they’re clearly mocking the original post and while the average DRR post is pretty mockable, this seems like a weird one to do this to since it’s a valid complaint. If it were anyone else I’d just shrug it off, but given they don’t seem to treat certain groups with respect, it comes off as awfully insensitive, considering their history.
AYRT I think 'Oriental' is a warning worthy but not ban worthy offense for staff. Maybe it's the cherry on top of the shit cake of their other offenses though? Iirc，RK themselves is East Asian, specifically Chinese.
For sure and it’s well within their rights to use it if they want - but staff has made it abundantly clear they don’t want the word used on their site (in this context at least). I assume they already received a warning when they cleared the word from their tab the first time.
But since it wasn’t actually staff that had added the censor bars, it’s probably mostly the rampant and repeated transphobia and inappropriate bios they were banned for.
my thoughts exactly, i have a feeling this was an "RK got too many strikes" deal, rather than one specific event causing their lock (assuming that their account was locked rather than banned)
i'd guess so. staff have been pretty harsh on bigotry lately which i appreciate. they banned someone i reported for homophobia, and it was much less overt than this.
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Re: RubieKanary
(Anonymous) 2023-04-06 05:41 am (UTC)(link)Re: RubieKanary
(Anonymous) 2023-04-06 05:47 am (UTC)(link)Re: RubieKanary
(Anonymous) 2023-04-06 05:58 am (UTC)(link)It looks a lot like they probably got warnings to stop doing this stuff and just ignored them, and staff finally put their foot down.
Re: RubieKanary
(Anonymous) 2023-04-06 06:09 am (UTC)(link)Ah, I thought the "Shalnt" dragon with the censor bars was a passive-aggressive double-down after people voiced discomfort with the word in Jule's bio. (Like when Teshima's bio was wiped the second time and got the passive-aggressive scroll bio thing)
Which I suppose also could've done it. Regardless of whether they were using the word itself or being passive aggressive about a moderation decision, both could've been a last straw after a bunch of warnings.
Re: RubieKanary
(Anonymous) 2023-04-06 06:18 am (UTC)(link)Oh no, you’re right - Wayback has it like that for a couple of weeks, so I guess they just wanted to be petty about the tab name change. I’m surprised staff didn’t clear the bio. I just skimmed and it definitely sounds like they’re bitter lol.
Either way, good riddance to them.
Re: RubieKanary
(Anonymous) 2023-04-06 06:20 am (UTC)(link)Re: RubieKanary
(Anonymous) 2023-04-06 06:10 am (UTC)(link)Also, this isn’t really super relevant to the current situation and is probably a little petty, but they have a video on their YouTube of them dramatically reading a DRR post about people using light fonts on light backgrounds or something, and it being ableist. Like, they’re clearly mocking the original post and while the average DRR post is pretty mockable, this seems like a weird one to do this to since it’s a valid complaint. If it were anyone else I’d just shrug it off, but given they don’t seem to treat certain groups with respect, it comes off as awfully insensitive, considering their history.
DA
(Anonymous) 2023-04-06 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)This one has been awful too long. Kind of think they should have acted sooner. It feels like this was ongoing for months.
Re: RubieKanary
(Anonymous) 2023-04-06 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)I think 'Oriental' is a warning worthy but not ban worthy offense for staff. Maybe it's the cherry on top of the shit cake of their other offenses though? Iirc，RK themselves is East Asian, specifically Chinese.
Re: RubieKanary
(Anonymous) 2023-04-06 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)But since it wasn’t actually staff that had added the censor bars, it’s probably mostly the rampant and repeated transphobia and inappropriate bios they were banned for.
Re: RubieKanary
(Anonymous) 2023-04-06 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)my thoughts exactly, i have a feeling this was an "RK got too many strikes" deal, rather than one specific event causing their lock (assuming that their account was locked rather than banned)
Re: RubieKanary
(Anonymous) 2023-04-06 08:22 am (UTC)(link)