In what world is saying "pure retinal aids" toxic? Its a dumb post and doesn't add anything to the discussion, but it's certainly not hurting anyone. Stuff like that happens all the time in discord, just read Pig's post above.
Good for you for being part of your own perceived problem, that's a great attitude to have.
A.) I've been on TYM Discord from close to the start when it was dead as shit, I'm a mod of the server and have advertised and done more to grow it than probably anyone aside from Tay himself. Pig has been on there ONCE. He had a great chat with us all there, but his opinion on what happens there "all the time" does not in any way trump my own lol, and I can guarantee you there has been like one or two people on there ever who have brought that TYM attitude of shitting on people's opinions derisively instead of joining the discussion, and they have been told to stop,e. Regardless, my post is not referring to the TYM discord, I'm referring to individual character communities, e.g. what this thread is about.
B.) I didn't say its a problem. I'm simply saying it's the kind of posts that make other people prefer places like Discord, and whether you don't mind it doesn't change the fact that others do and have taken their content with them, lol. At the same time the relaxed moderation is what makes TYM how it is, and as I explained earlier I'm not advocating for change, I enjoy it for what it is, I'm just saying you aren't going to bring back people who are looking for something that you aren't (and have found it) WITHOUT changing what you are. You might not think responding to someones opinion with "omg eye cancer, insert big meme about please stop posting" toxic, but pretty much every other forum would, and a lot of people avoiding that sort of posts do, and thats the point. If it WAS changed to suit the people who left it wouldn't change it to some "safe space" (ironic coming from someone who just called me out for using buzz words when this is practically the definition of it), the only change that those people will want is somewhere that promotes discussion and conflict of opinions instead of the name calling, flaming, mockery and posts that contribute nothing other than driving people away that many "conflicts" currently consist of on here lol. Regardless I'm not advocating for change and I've outright said so I think FIVE times now. So it's ironic that you mention other people relying on a strawman fallacy as you clearly know what you are doing right now, right?
C.) you are saying that posts like that aren't a problem and aren't toxic at all (somehow) but still in the same post arguing with me for saying I have just behaved the same way as everyone else, as is allowed in the rules and as you just defended. I feel like you just want to argue with me lol so you can have it