#syscords

[tales-from-syscord]

Got banned from a syscord server before i could join in any capacity because the verification had a bunch of really odd, specific... syscourse-y? esqu questions???

Only one i remeber clearly cause i was freaked out about it was along the lines of "can littles be in sexual relationships" or something. I gave an answer like "probably shouldn't for mental health reasons but they're not bodily children so i suppose you can't really stop them. I dont know enough about this topic" as i didn't know what answer they were looking for and then they sent me a "leave the server within 24 hours or you're banned" dm while having already banned me from it the moment the verification went through

There were other odd specific questions so maybe i answered other stuff wrong? but I think I or someone else panicked at the ban message and deleted the dm so we didn't have to look at it so I can't go back and find it

But long story short i do not understand the verification system on a lot of these servers and they scare me. Why would i be thinking of these things in any capacity in the first place i just got here

Some syscords are, in the nicest way possible, way too involved with online discourse.

[tales-from-syscord]

Had someone ask about what an endo was and get banned so being in a yapping mood I went into their DMs and explained it (from a medical standpoint as well as explaining each ‘side’ of the issue like a proper intro to a subject should be) they go “oh okay so your stance would be grounds to be banned too?” I said no cause I don’t support endos?? I was just explaining it to th-

They reported me to staff out of context and I got banned 💀 on top of that a mod had broken my “ask to dm” request to harass me in DMs a few weeks prior for giving me a character they didn’t want and then being mad I didn’t keep said character and the owner said “no it’s fine cause they were telling you their terms of service”… she didn’t make the character, want/care about the character, or specify I wasn’t allowed to get rid of the character after it was given to me and than broke my boundary roles to scream at me in DMs about being a shitty person. Said “okay well I don’t usually talk in this chat so ima block this mod you have a 15+ person team and so it shouldn’t be too big of an issue especially since they made us uncomforta-“ I got muted for ‘harassing staff members’

And so the ban was actually “this mod didn’t like you and were just gonna say this is evidence to ban you when really this is just a personal attack”

..yikes. That mod sounds pretty entitled.

[tales-from-syscord]

one time someone got mad at one of my alters and so they threatened that one of their alters would syshop to my headspace/innerworld and beat up my alter 😭😭😭

I'm gonna.. SYSHOP 👿 into your HEADSPACE 👿👿 and BEAT YOU UP!!! 👿👿👿 how DARE YOU!! DISAGREE WITH ME!! 👿👿

(this is satire.)

[tales-from-syscord]

Almost every "endo neutral / discourse unaligned" server I've been in has always secretly pro endo. They'd allow anti endos in the servers, but would talk sooooo much shit about them, even if sys course was against the rules, but if an anti started saying anything about endos, it was always "make sure to be respectful of others guys!! Syscourse isn't allowed!!". Naturally

Yikes.

[tales-from-syscord]

for some reason most of our wildest syscord tales have to do with the closed culture stuff. i respect that some cultural practices and names may legitimately be closed, but the way people are acting and the things people are claiming are 'closed' is getting ridiculous.

had a syscord mod tell me the name john was from a closed culture and nobody should use it. had a DIFFERENT MOD from a DIFFERENT SERVER tell me the # symbol was closed. the. the fucking hashtag. im so serious.

had ANOTHER DIFFERENT MOD IN ANOTHER SERVER tell our little to stop using the name tallulah because its from native american culture. WE ARE NATIVE.

JOHN.. CLOSED CULTURE.. you gotta be fucking with me..

[tales-from-syscord]

Not really a syscord but it had a section for systems. One of the people in the server turned out to be a groomer or something I can't really remember was a while ago and they were talking to me, asking all sorts of questions and I only found out weeks later because I never checked the server thankfully I hadn't interacted with them besides that one time because wow. Looking back on it, they were definitely attempting to prey on me.

That's fucking creepy. Glad you're safe anon

[tales-from-syscord]

once had an acquaintance (who was single + a system) giving dating advice to a friend (also a system but with very different presentation) telling them that having a partner system where specific alters date and pair off (as opposed to every alter is dating every other alter i guess??) was a red flag and unhealthy/borderline abusive because it would worsen dissociation??? my partner and i of several years are both systems and have alters pairing off, acquaintance knew this, we both tried to be like “uh yknow that’s not always the case we’re very happy actually” and they got SO condescending?? like sorry some of us are lesbians and don’t want to date men?? sorry some of us just want friends or have in-sys partners already??? truly bizarre 💀💀💀

For some systems, it can absolutely be harmful. But for other systems, it can be healthy and fulfilling. Every system is different.

[tales-from-syscord]

I am...genuinely so fucking scared of syscords finding out who I'm a factive of - I don't advertise it (because he was a predator and awful person that everyone from my source's larger fandom has rightfully shunned), but someone could definitely connect the dots. I feel like i have to carry a big old (metaphorical) picket sign saying "I AM NOT [source name] AND DO NOT SUPPORT HIS PREDATORY BEHAVIOR" everywhere I go.

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Say it with me folks: introjects aren't source