@everyone
It is unfortunate that I must bring heavy news to you all.
Something that the mod team has been dealing with for a very long time quietly, however it’s about time that it was announced publicly, considering recent events.
Months ago, we had an issue in which a user (an adult) who had sexual interactions with a minor. He at some point approached Char with his sob story and she took pity on him and allowed him to stay in the server. She did not inform the team.
After we found out, a few months back, we spent the time having serious discussion about this matter. She apologized several times, and was truly sorry for keeping this from us. As the user had approached her in a depressive state with a sad story, she did not want to hurt him worse, and therefore did not tell anyone. However she went on break shortly after, and we were unable to contact her for an extended period.
Eventually, she was contacted and convinced to resign ownership over this issue, which she did. She has now been removed from any form of moderation or staff role.
User safety is a thing we take very seriously. We would not allow her to stay in this server if she did “enable pedophilia”. She was, intentionally or not, manipulated into allowing a harmful user to stay in the server. She felt pressured in this situation. While we can not ignore her actions, we also cannot ignore that she was a victim in this as well.
I would like to clarify that all actions by this user happened in dms or another server long before he joined this one.
User safety is the most important thing to us. Especially the safety of minors. We have took very large measures to ensure safety of all our users.
I would like to end this with this statement. If you are being taking advantage of or groomed, or being manipulated in any other way, do not hesitate to contact us. The situation will be dealt with.