it is, as i had just previously noted in our last post, not our responsibility to stay and hold staff accountable - especially when they give members very little ability / grace to do so. the person who was banned we have been discussing
did hold staff accountable, and he was singled out by the owner of the website publicly for doing so as it was done in a way that was misconstrued as harsher than it was, and he was then subsequently banned for what was deemed a tonal issue in response to this. i was directly referenced by the same owner for trying to point out that staff support of bigotry is support of bigotry no matter your own identity, as - once again - the point involved was misconstrued. Sharksleep had a post directly edited immediately for namedropping a staff member they held issue with. all points made regarding the banned user have been redirected to "Many of you are upset to see a friend banned
" after multiple statements from people who affirmed they were not close with him. et-cetera. et-cetera.
if the staff would genuinely like to move forward with the betterment of the forum, then they are welcome and encouraged to do so, but it is not on us to see them through in doing so when many attempts to present specific criticisms have fallen upon deaf ears thus far. the betterment of the forum should come because staff is willing to hold
each other accountable instead of forcing users to do it for them.
