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Requesting c/twoXchromosomes as the mods are inactive (slrpnk.net)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/meta@slrpnk.net
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A month ago, I made a post asking that c/twoXchromosomes be removed from the instance due to known concerns with the name in regards to trans people, and the mods' stated intention not to compromise on the name. Since then, the community's mods have gone inactive. u/Justincase_2008@lemmy.world has only two posts on the website, and the most recent one is 2 months ago. u/GreatWhiteBuffalo41 has not commented on the site in 22 days, and has not been active on c/twoXchromosomes for 2 months. There have been 4 posts to the community in the time since my post about the community name a month ago. The modlog shows no mod activity in 2 months.

I would like to appeal to the admins that I may take over the community, set it to restricted mode, and make the only post on the community a sticky explaining the problems with the name and redirecting to other feminist communities across the Fediverse.

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

@HardlightCereal pointed it already out, but I think its worth mentioning in top level comment.

In the original discussion on this topic (here and here) it felt good faith and folks atleast tried to be trans inclusive from my perspective. Also the moderation at that moment took a pretty transinclusive stance, see their FAQ.

When I look at the current discussion on !twoxchromosomes@slrpnk.net it does not seem to be the same spirit. I think multiple upvoted comments are trans exclusionary and/or transphobic. None of those comments come from users that are from slrpnk.net btw

While I think this sample size is to small to judge a community with 800+ users, it still shows atleast a tendency.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago

    A month ago, I told people that it would take constant effort from the mods to remove the transphobia a name like this attracts. It's been a month, the mods put in zero effort, and the transphobes are running rampant. Thank you for seeing this.

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