Summary by LithyLightcore
I'll do a quick summary.
Jai is going down the same path as other websites before it.
It started off as NSFW, then the money started to run out, he wanted to attract a payment processors, ads suddenly disappeared and we never got a paid version. Everyone was asking who's giving him money if they are so broke all the damn time?
Side 1 from a bystander POV:
NSFW pictures removed, then multiple guideline changes. Guidelines went from clear to vague. Report button seemed stupid, since CSAM never seemed to be removed or stayed up too long. Too little moderators and too many reports. Bots that adhered to guidelines, but were later removed, even after they proved to be within guidelines, still removed. Several small creators had suspicions that larger creators could get away with things and the rules didn't apply the same way. Later on, shep proved it was a popularity contest. He started verifying people on “vibes” alone, showing that if shep liked you, he would verify you.
Side 2:
Moderators posted on the ex mod discord all the evidence that proved creators with over a certain amount of followers were exempt from certain rules and they weren't immediately banned for ban worthy content, just having the bot removed was sufficient. Ex moderators posted screen shots of shep knowing about CSAM and ignoring it, screen shots of people alerting shep about others posted CSAM and he ignored it. People posting real life photos of CSAM and the bot staying on the site for months without action from Shep.
Moderators posted proof of shep's favoritism, intent to ignore complaints, proof of shep purposely misleading and miscommunicating with the public and the moderators.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/JanitorAI_Refuges/s/W4WNbHKPf2

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