Editing Whenthe Timeline (section)

=== [[The Report Crisis]]  — 04/01/2022 -  — 12/01/2022 ===
Many Irony servers were suddenly reported by supposedly cas. Of course whenthe wasn't safe, it was reported for "discriminating / dehumanizing content" the server was in chaos and temporarily closed. A new Whentwo server was also made as a place to go if the main server would ever get deleted. Fortunately, pastor successfuly appealed. and the server was safe.

<code>Hello, Discord. I am the owner of the account The Pastor#4868. Recently, it has come to our attention from a bot message that our server came into conflict with the TOS and my account as well as the entire WhenThe server is at risk of deletion. The server has been passed down for 3 years, and a lot has changed on the server. However, I wish to address what I and the rest of the staff have percieved this, and a potential solution to this. We recently witnessed a "sister server" get deleted over being reported for discriminatory and dehumanizing content as well. After seeing this, we increased moderation against slurs and other discriminatory content via bots that will detect and delete these terms as well as any attempts to bypass the term. We are to believe that we, as well as the aforementioned sister server, have been mass reported by angry ex-members as many other members have mentioned. We have tried our best to keep our chat safe and friendly, even implementing a mod mail bot where users can report bad behavior to us, to which we respond to quickly. We have tried to put every precaution possible to keep the server from being targeted and reported, yet here we are. We 100% want to cooperate with these server reports, however, the warnings received regarding the reports are too vague; and result in the staff team being confused as to what we need to do to "fix" the situation without deleting all 3 years of the servers history to flashbang all previous actions taken by 3 years worth of people. As previously stated, we try our best to keep the server fun and safe for everyone. Our server has 17,000 members with an average if 15,000 messages daily. While we as staff try to keep an eye on chat and moderate it appropriately, we simply cannot have eyes on every single member in every channel at any given moment. We have recently been working to fix this with new moderators on the way, so we have more eyes on the chat. Additionally, since the warning, we have been deleting potentially problematic parts of our server. Back to the topic of the content in which we were reported for, as previously stated, we implemented bots capable of censorship as well as a way for members to contact staff in regards to any discriminatory content or harassment that occur in the server. Bots can only do so much, and if members fail to utilize contacting staff regarding issues, then there is not much we can do. We have a punishment logging channel as well, in which there are plenty of instances where we punished for toxic behavior, harassment, and use of derogatory language. Recently, we banned one of our Ex-Mods for Transphobic remarks. We banned someone accused of grooming and predation today as well with haste. Please, Discord Trust and Safety. We have been trying here, but we have no idea what it is specifically we can do unless you assist us. We fear that with the loss of WhenThe, there will become a power vaccuum that leads to the creation to newer and less professionally moderated communities that are not as hard as we are in terms of Anti-Discrimination. We take Anti-Discrimination with utmost importance and seriousness, and we work to make a welcoming, diverse, and populous environment in which everybody can get along in. I myself am known to be very against forms of discrimination and the active members universally support my behavior as an owner of the server in my ability to reasonably work with people. I want to work this out with Discord Trust and Safety, and I will cooperate with Discord Trust and Safety, and will go down with the server that I love and put so much care into after I inherited the server in April. I strongly feel that this can be worked out, even if I am unsure what it is that I have done wrong, but I am open to work with Discord in creating the environment in which it wants us to create. We hope this appeal reaches a human that can read this with some amount of sympathy, especially when years of server history, as well as - more importantly - staff accounts, are on the line over this situation. We understand the severity of the situation, and wish to solve the problem so that we may keep our community together. We need a bit more help from Discord staff in regards to what specifically we need to "fix", as well as how we should appropriately go about this. Thank you.</code>