State of the Yogs
First off I want to say, huge fucking props to Lewis, Jesus this overworked man is putting in work and I feel bad. Hes in the office 6 days a week streaming or recording, now dealing with this so holy crap.
But, theres a lot that needs brought up. The side of Tumblr here that talks about this stuff is mostly dead- for good reason to be fair, a lot of them were toxic and drove the rest of the fandom out. But at the end of the day it leaves very few people to talk about whats going on so being one of the few guys who isnt wholly art-centric, or fan fic-centric, or AU centric, just, The Theory Man TM, I want to at least put this out here. And Im putting it in the main tag because YogDrama is dead for good reason like I said.
Whats going on?
To put it simply: A lot.
Caffcast was outed by his Moderation team, who had been approached by several female members of his community with evidence of sexual harassment and manipulation. This was taken up to Hannah and others, and the result is Caff is currently being scrubbed from the Yogs community and works.
Lewis encouraged anyone who had similar claims to come forwards and Email him about it, any issues with Yogs at all, and they did. Turps had several claims against him, which prompted Lewis is hire an outside HR Group to look into it all with an unbiased eye. It was determined that Turps had indeed been flirting with and (potentially) asking fans for nudes. He stepped down as CEO today (July 17th, 2019) in response.
Lewis has stated that the HR Group is going to be looking into old allegations against Sjin as well to be wholly certain on that front as well. One way or the other, this will settle the Sjincident once and for all. I’m scared, but honestly happy with whats happening.
Again I just want to say huge thanks and respect to Lewis. Hes an overworked mess as it is, and all of this has to be horribly stressful and exhausting. Show him some love please, and try to keep positivity up while the garden gets its weeds pulled.
And don’t jump on any bandwagons yet- an outside, unbiased group with actual know-how and access to the evidence is looking into it. We need to leave it to them. Let opinions sit, and let them handle it.
Love you Yognau(ght)s -FandomFiction/YogscastFiction/Conflee
