It’s actually ridiculous that HL still produces such a shitstorm.
It’s a tech instance, posted tech news about the game winning an award. People were defending the game, because it’s simply not by JKR. It’s based and licensed on her work, sure, but let’s be honest here - does anyone actually believe that she played a role in development of HL? She probably okayed licensing it after some manager recommendation.
You claim that your instance goal / instance admin goal is to provide a safe space for trans folk - that’s awesome. They brought tech news without any notion of supporting transphobia or JKR, and have been trying to not discuss JKR or being trans or not, simply because it’s off topic, not because of transphobia, but because it’s not relevant for them as a tech instance. Respect other instances goals and admins as well. Being an ally does not mean that they need to focus everything around being trans or not, but simply giving a neutral ground.
Calling the whole instance out as transphobe because of a single thread with hexbear troll involvement is childish, just as this defederation thread with 48 hours of a deadline. If you’re that triggered by the thread and the mention of hogwarts legacy, then at least be honest about it, play your instance admin card, and defederate. Doing it like this is constructing childish drama, and looking for confirmation. And you’re not even getting it by your own instance members.
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