Safe Space
Some context for this one: The recent anti-homophobia comic I posted just over a week ago was removed by Instagram for being “hateful”. My appeal was promptly denied and the post was permanently deleted. My account is now restricted and I’ve been losing followers steadily since the removal. Reach and engagement have also plummeted. Word has it that a shadowban like this will time out after two weeks, or a month, but there is no official statements from Instagram about these bans.
So I have pretty much no idea what actually happened. The comic might have offended someone of the LGBT community who only saw the first two panels (regretful if that was the case. They should’ve read the rest of the comic), or my comic may have been mass reported by homophobes. Either way they won this round.
So I made this comic, which I’m not entirely sure I will post to Instagram at all. Worst case scenario, if the homophobe army decides to mass report me again my account may be permanently deleted. What do you people think?
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That really sucks, man. Unfortunately, I think this might be a bad side effect of the individual panels thing. I hope everything works out for you.
People who are too dumb to expand a comic to read the whole thing should be banned. You’re awesome: you know it, we know it.
Ah yes, the “You hurt my feelings/you are saying something I am uncomfortable with” crowd that wants web wide censorship.
If anything I think these people are setting back any kind of dialogue with the LGB crowd (note that I don’t mention transgender, quite some LGB people who feel trans has nothing to do with sexual interest).
In the past I had a “live and let live” attitude, now when I see something like that comic that made me a chuckle the first thing I think “Okay who is going to find this offensive and wants the artist to be banned.”
Looking at the comments under the homophobia comic I suspect it’s both: dumb people misunderstood it for being homophobic (when it’s the contrary) and assholes took offence at the real message. Both could have flagged you on instagram.
Sorry to hear this has happened to you; not sure there’s anything you can do. People will be dumb and assholes will be assholes. Of course the status quo on social media platforms doesn’t help a tiny bit.
Once again: no good deed goes unpunished.
Maren Van Wier (notice I leave the T out because the T obviously does not belong) engaging in a bit of trans exclusion up here. Love how someone who claims to “get it” actually does not.
Whatever
Not that it’s much consolation, but I prefer my comics on RSS feeds anyway…
Det er synd uansett, håper det løser seg!
I dislike the supervising of the web communities. It seems to be shear robotic acts on claims, which isn’t set to handle defends by the accused hence the offended always gets his right anyhow the rightfullness :-|
I guess an editor is planned to step in by defends, but the community have proven not to crash due to unrightfullness hence the paycheck was spared hence the state as said!
I dropped instantly out of Quora after a (must bee) youngster without rather deep tecnical insight flamed me for a correction and got my post deleted even though i argued deep for my claim in a defence. I realised the robot can’t percieve right or wrong in tech cases hence the offended got his right and Quora readers gets only half stories like his. Because i decided it wasnt the effort worth suplying a community with free knowledge if it can be deemed down such easy!
I’d say, welcome to group of (not)tolerant people, this is why Trump won 2016 and is reason why 2020 is secured
Play insane games, win insane prizes.
I’m guessing the message was confused. Even the caring people don’t always get a joke, even a well intentioned one. Keep doing what you’re doing the way you want to do it. It makes the world a better place.