This blog is going on indefinite hatius. What Mod Cinema had done is so entirely counter to how this blog is supposed to work, I couldn't believe they had done it at first. They should have controlled their impulses better.
Here is what happened, for the full situation:
A user has their (Pronouns switched for anonymity) post reblogged by Mod Kiko.
I respond to the ask to say that I will not take people sending direct hate to my staff, and mention that I had a seizure from the reblogged post's content. I did so with the intent of making it clear that real people are impacted by inaccessibility.
Some time later, I find that the user has screenshot all contact blogs of moderators to publicly shame them and claim harassment over one reblog, citing they feel publicly shamed. The user pedojackets me specifically, which is more of a problem to me than any other claims made aside from having been the one to escalate. I can be annoyed by the DID and RAMCOA ableism, but that's relatively small compared to pedojacketing often being a tactic to garner support for violence and harassment towards another.
I and my staff choose to take time to pause the queue and allow this to blow over. Our plan is to just let it pass and continue on as normal. I answer an ask to explain why we are going on hatius.
I spend the majority of the day offline due to a festival, and recieve threatening messages from another user. During this time, people have been interacting with the initial user on anon, and I am not aware of this or his repeated screenshotting of this account.
Mod Cinema, acting independently, tells me that they signed the user's email up for spam newsletters. I thought they were joking at first due to how obviously bad of an idea it is, and can't do anything due to poor reception and being offline for hours. When I get Mod Kiko telling me that someone had done the same, it clicks that they were not joking. I remove them from staff immediately and have them own up to their actions publicly. No one on staff even mentioned this at all in our plan due to it being harassment. It lead to our breakup on the same day.
What I will say is that the user is not to be solely to blame for Mod Cinema deleting their account. The initial harassment is one part, however, they did delete other private blogs we were aware of due to the breakup. They are still on tumblr and have cut all contact with me after breaking up. They run from the consequences of their actions often.
I'm the purple, Mod Cinema is the teal.
Reblogs and interacting once is not harassment like the user claims. However, what my ex did was harassment. It is entirely counter to what this blog was made for, and they know this. They have seen me work on this blog for months. I expected so much better of my ex because "Don't harass people" is the bare minimum I want from my staff.
Going forward, things will continue at a slower pace after the hatius. I can't trust people I bring on staff to not harass others, so I will have to do this alone despite how it impacts my health. I do hope Mod Kiko escapes this unscathed and is able to be safe and happy. Neither of us had any idea anyone on staff would do this.
