By ignoring the issue?
Huh. Bold strategy.
Was the evidence collected that no one is allowed to see found in the less than a half hour between her message being posted and her banning or in the days of silence while she sat banned with a banner that effectively has caused hate sites to renew their doxxing campaigns against me?
Not banning everyone who questions your decisions shouldn't need to come with an attempt to pat your own back.
You know forget Free Ketkat, why would she even want to come back after this bullshit
Thinking this may be one of my last posts here
I also want to add to the staff message, from the perspective of a mod who's been here a while, and is somewhat detached from this issue while being part of the Discord channel in question.
As one of the mods who was a part of the initial mod team, I have seen mods come and go, often due to the pressure of doing this job. I have seen my fellow mods be doxxed. I have been privy to the stories of mods receiving threatening tweets on their private accounts, and even threatening phone calls at their jobs. And I want to stress that I'm not expecting sympathy here. We understood this was a risk when we signed up, and I also know that a lot of you understand all too well what it's like to be targeted in this way online. I'm only mentioning this to make the point that, when it comes to the privacy of our designated safe spaces, we value it as much as anybody else. Most of you are members of community Discords that have private channels that function in a similar way. And while I don't expect this to take away the anger and frustration of Ketkat being banned, I sincerely hope that it will allow some of you to consider how important this is to a lot of us.
The mod chat that was violated is not a harbor of the nefarious. It isn't a place where we retreat to say all the evil stuff that would be ban-worthy if any of you said it, or unveil our "true selves." This channel is where we go to share mundane aspects of our lives. Where we gripe about our jobs, share our frustrations about our partners (or...lack of partners), post pictures of our pets, and ask the dumbest fucking questions. It's a place where we go to question ourselves, or uplift each other - about any number of things. It is where go to share things that, while mundane, are personal, and private, and shared under a blanket of trust. We don't stop being Black, or Queer, or Trans, or Women, or NB when we become mods.
And again, many of you are members of community Discords that have private channels for similar purposes. The idea that somebody would violate that and dissect our lives is unforgivable to me. We are not the law. We are not elected officials. We are not paid with tax payer dollars. We are not paid at all. Our status as Resetera Mods does not extend to our real lives when we log off. We leave our computers, and our phones, and our tablets, to live the same lives that you do. We do not owe you our lives in order for you to trust us. We are not undeserving of privacy in order for you to trust us. If that's what it takes for you to trust us, then you weren't ever going to trust us at all.
I didn't really have a relationship with Ketkat, but I respected her. But when she crossed that line, she crossed the line. Banning Ket was not easy and it was not secretive. It was discussed, and in all of my time here, among a team more diverse than any group of people I've worked with in real life, I have never seen a decision with broader support.
We hope you continue to hold us accountable as mods. We hope more threads on trans issues will be created in the future, and we hope to continue to absorb your feedback to be better in addressing and handling trans issues. But Ketkat, unrelated to any of the above, is banned. And that is final.
Your lives aren't being dissected. Stop being so disingenuous. It's not dissection to call out blatant bigotry that was available for a lot of people to see.The idea that somebody would violate that and dissect our lives is unforgivable to me.
Once again, in the Trans Awareness Week thread. "We ERA staff people have it so hard!"I also want to add to the staff message, from the perspective of a mod who's been here a while, and is somewhat detached from this issue while being part of the Discord channel in question.
As one of the mods who was a part of the initial mod team, I have seen mods come and go, often due to the pressure of doing this job. I have seen my fellow mods be doxxed. I have been privy to the stories of mods receiving threatening tweets on their private accounts, and even threatening phone calls at their jobs. And I want to stress that I'm not expecting sympathy here. We understood this was a risk when we signed up, and I also know that a lot of you understand all too well what it's like to be targeted in this way online. I'm only mentioning this to make the point that, when it comes to the privacy of our designated safe spaces, we value it as much as anybody else. Most of you are members of community Discords that have private channels that function in a similar way. And while I don't expect this to take away the anger and frustration of Ketkat being banned, I sincerely hope that it will allow some of you to consider how important this is to a lot of us.
The mod chat that was violated is not a harbor of the nefarious. It isn't a place where we retreat to say all the evil stuff that would be ban-worthy if any of you said it, or unveil our "true selves." This channel is where we go to share mundane aspects of our lives. Where we gripe about our jobs, share our frustrations about our partners (or...lack of partners), post pictures of our pets, and ask the dumbest fucking questions. It's a place where we go to question ourselves, or uplift each other - about any number of things. It is where go to share things that, while mundane, are personal, and private, and shared under a blanket of trust. We don't stop being Black, or Queer, or Trans, or Women, or NB when we become mods.
And again, many of you are members of community Discords that have private channels for similar purposes. The idea that somebody would violate that and dissect our lives is unforgivable to me. We are not the law. We are not elected officials. We are not paid with tax payer dollars. We are not paid at all. Our status as Resetera Mods does not extend to our real lives when we log off. We leave our computers, and our phones, and our tablets, to live the same lives that you do. We do not owe you our lives in order for you to trust us. We are not undeserving of privacy in order for you to trust us. If that's what it takes for you to trust us, then you weren't ever going to trust us at all.
I didn't really have a relationship with Ketkat, but I respected her. But when she crossed that line, she crossed the line. Banning Ket was not easy and it was not secretive. It was discussed, and in all of my time here, among a team more diverse than any group of people I've worked with in real life, I have never seen a decision with broader support.
We hope you continue to hold us accountable as mods. We hope more threads on trans issues will be created in the future, and we hope to continue to absorb your feedback to be better in addressing and handling trans issues. But Ketkat, unrelated to any of the above, is banned. And that is final.
There was that one transphobic post by a moderator that when posted by anyone else would have been a month ban, but in this case, they were just talked to and allowed to stay on the team. When evidence was presented of how they had said these things throughout their time on GAF before this, it was dismissed and considered resolved. There are also chats that have been shown to people about a moderator on the staff talking in the discord about how Asexuals should not be a part of the LGBT+ community and instead of any challenging or talking through, was essentially told that people could see where they were coming from, to not feel bad, and then dropped.
You know forget Free Ketkat, why would she even want to come back after this bullshit
Thinking this may be one of my last posts here
We hope more threads on trans issues will be created in the future, and we hope to continue to absorb your feedback to be better in addressing and handling trans issues
Basically ^Your lives aren't being dissected. Stop being so disingenuous. It's not dissection to call out blatant bigotry that was available for a lot of people to see.
Get the fuck over yourselves. All anyone wanted was for ResetEra to crack down on transphobia, not least by removing any mods with problematic pasts. But instead the "leadership" here has shown their collective asses and doubled down on mistakes.
Maybe read and re-read this until how it looks to everyone else, becomes evident to the ERA staff at large...?Official Staff CommunicationThis is being posted on behalf of the team:
Ketkat has been banned for violating a safe space for minorities in a private channel on a staff server, a channel that has very limited access and the expectation of privacy. We have investigated this thoroughly over the past few days, and that she did this is not in dispute. In fact, it confirms a pattern that had been suspected for a long time.
There is no question that Ketkat understood the importance of privacy in safe spaces, as she has championed this herself, a fact that makes this breach all the more frustrating and sad.
The entire staff was given an opportunity to weigh in on this case over the past few days. In light of the violation of their privacy, many expressed that they would not feel comfortable or safe volunteering here if such intrusions were tolerated. For this reason, the ban has been made permanent. This decision was not and could not have been made without careful consideration and large consensus.
Fighting transphobia is an entirely separate issue that we care about deeply. We spend a lot of time and energy on this and are always working to improve our moderation on this subject, including through sincere feedback from our community. This is something that will never change. We would like to thank the many of you in the trans community who have reached out to offer your understanding and support.
Certain individuals have been persistently trying to hijack this thread to fight a ban. Despite the pain it has caused our volunteers, we have been more than patient with the animosity in some of those posts. The decision is now final and it's time to move on. Not everyone is going to be happy with that, and that's okay. Excessive vitriol, however, will be moderated.
Please return to the important topic of trans awareness week.
The admin team is fairly diverse, and includes LGBTQ people and PoCs, so please don't make assumptions. Admins also prioritize minority staff for those topics, and have plans to promote more minority admins in the near future.Can you address my question about the diversity of the admin staff
Doing what? Being transparent?
You asked for it, so I ask you: why is it ok for Kwt to hack our chats to get private information?
You asked for it, so I ask you: why is it ok for Kwt to hack our chats to get private information?
You asked for it, so I ask you: why is it ok for Kwt to hack our chats to get private information?
This isn't hacking. Ketkat didn't log into her partner's discord or something to try and dig up information. And I really don't think it is fair to associate with it abuse either - which implies there was some nefarious intent or plan on Ketkat's part in her relationship with her partner which is absolutely not the case. Really, they just love each other, and I'm sure ResetEra came up as part of normal conversations in a relationship. I know when I'm on the phone around my partner, we often talk about what we're browsing or doing - particularly when that job is something that is high stress and takes up a lot of a person's free time. It makes me sad to see a great relationship between two of my friends characterized in such a way.
I don't know what I'm allowed to talk about without catching a ban but Ket's my girlfriend and I did not divulge any personal information from the discords I had access to during my tenure as a mod.
I haven't received any substantial proof that Ket did or did not access my discord account during that time without my consent so I'm naturally choosing to believe my girlfriend, if that clears anything up.
I still have many friends on the mod staff and I find this all rather uncomfortable. It's been fun seeing my credibility ripped to shreds overnight.
Doing what? Being transparent?
You asked for it, so I ask you: why is it ok for Kwt to hack our chats to get private information?
You guys have produced 0 receipts that Ket ever hacked anything. After all the transparently-disingenuous behavior by ERA staff over just the last few days, why should we believe you have any at all anywhere?Doing what? Being transparent?
You asked for it, so I ask you: why is it ok for Kwt to hack our chats to get private information?
Fucking this. Cut out the one-sided bullshit.You guys have produced 0 receipts that Ket ever hacked anything. After all the transparently-disingenuous behavior by ERA staff over just the last few days, why should we believe you have any at all anywhere?
Produce the receipts. Put up or shut up, instead of libeling one of the most brightly-shining beacons on this site.
but they said that in a safe space you seeThere is apparently an acephobic staff member who is getting away with being trash and all we get is being told to shut up and move on from cis mods.
This means less than nothing unless this "diversity" puts intersectionality into practice. For example, I used to belong to an alleged "LGBTQIA+ Support" forum, the administration of which opted to ban a whole bunch of trans members (myself included) for being "troublemakers", because we (legitimately) took issue with a number of suspicious new members, later exposed as merely posing as trans, sending unwelcome and sexually-solicitative DM's to other trans members on the site, making a number of us feel unsafe. The "diverse" administration team (which, tellingly, still contained no trans members at all), sure had our best interests at heart by destroying the forum's strong trans base, though, huh?The admin team is fairly diverse, and includes LGBTQ people and PoCs, so please don't make assumptions.
100% sure that's sarcasm.
There is absolutely no acephobic mod among staff, and the mod post is on behalf of the entire team.There is apparently an acephobic staff member who is getting away with being trash and all we get is being told to shut up and move on from cis mods.
If there isn't a mod who said acephobic things among staff, why was Ketkat banned for "hacking" or "violating privacy" or whatever else instead of for lying about staff? Would have saved you a big headache, really.There is absolutely no acephobic mod among staff, and the mod post is on behalf of the entire team.
So KetKat was banned for no reason?There is absolutely no acephobic mod among staff, and the mod post is on behalf of the entire team.
There is absolutely no acephobic mod among staff, and the mod post is on behalf of the entire team.