Thinking bout that AskReddit post about detransitioners that got removed
VENT Submitted Oct. 18, 2021, 2:13 a.m. by scoutydoutyI was just casually re reading my own comments (as one does at 3am) and ended up going back about a year ago. I saw my own comment on that infamous AskReddit post that was along the lines of "Has anyone ever regretted being transgender?" where I happened to be the 2nd top comment.
I spent over an hour writing a carefully constructed summary of me and my detrans story. It received 8 awards and 5k upvotes before the moderators shadowbanned the entire thread.
And I know it's old news by now, and that the OP was able to re post and his new thread got even more attention than the first, but to this day I am still so dismayed that Reddit decided to silence that thread. I have seen it mentioned both here and in WatchRedditDie, and most people seem to think that thread was extremely eye opening, thought provoking, and insightful. "So rare to see a Reddit thread be this open and respectful to multiple sides of a coin."
Anyways I'm still mad that it got taken down. I'll probably die mad about it, but... just once. Just ONCE it felt good to be seen by people from all over Reddit. Not that I don't love this sub and the support it offers, but sometimes I wish we were more able to reach others with our experiences. A lot of people don't even think we exist, especially the people who I think need to hear what we have to say the most. Just sad.
Reddit still has a bit of an illusion of being old reddit, but it is fundamentally different, and has been probably since around the time it became a corporation.
Before it was like "did you doxx somebody". And now it's like..."did you say something that did not have a disclaimer that trans is a real phenomenon, and that all trans people are valid? Because really that is essentially violence against trans people and that's banned."
That really sucks about your post. But it is definitely unsurprising.
I've heard rumours that some of the Reddit management are themselves transgender. Would explain a lot. Freedom of speech, unless it has anything to do with transsexuality.
They're not rumors it's true
The Amy Challenor shitshow was proof of this, although I'd say it was covered up in equal parts for not wanting to give transgender people bad press and reddit not wanting to admit they'd hired a child predator in general.
Out of the loops, who is Amy Challenor?
Basic deal from what I recall was Reddit hired a trans activist who caused some chaos and ended up being a pedo supporter and child predator. She hired her dad to her political campaign team. Her dad was a convicted pedo who was convicted of raping and torturing a 10 year old. She herself appeared to have posted tweets to her partner's twitter account about fantasies of raping children, but she claimed those tweets were a result of being hacked.
Reddit hired her, she started trying to ban/block/harass people, the subreddits realized who she was, what she was doing, and the whole pedophile thing and uproar commenced. Reddit apologized for not vetting properly and fired her.
I remember that thread. Reddit really upped their censorship in 2020.
Is it archived anywhere?
I get where you're coming from. I love this community, the support, and the ability to help people who come here with questions and worries. I really love being able to maybe help someone figure out which path they want to take when it comes to their identity. I wish I had the same support when I was transitioning/questioning.
I also struggle with wanting to share my experience in other spaces (like AskReddit) when I see it come up but I often stop myself because I know there is a high chance of getting downvotes and negative responses. While it shouldn't matter, these things still affect my self esteem and I can't do that to myself. I even saw a comment the other day where someone had brought up it is possible for trans people to change their mind on transitioning and someone else was arguing that no one would go through the process of being trans willingly and then just stop. I really wanted to say something but it wasn't worth it to try to enlighten this one stranger even a little.
It sucks that this is the way it is for us. And I'm sure so many of us have other mental health issues that we need to prioritize over attempting to be heard. But I just know that as time goes on and more people are exploring their identity it will get easier for us to share our stories and experiences and bring some change to both the process of identifying as transgender and destigmatizing detransition.
Just remember when you think about how good it felt to share your story with the 5k people who upvoted you, so many more thousands still read what you wrote and just didn't upvote for whatever reason they decided. You still reached thousands of people and could have helped changed someone's path. It sucks it's not still up but an impact has been made. You've done much more than I have and possibly many of us on this sub. Be proud and look out for the next time you can do the same thing
I didn't know about that post, that is so sad... and unsurprinsing.
I remebered this chilean detrans group that tried to talk about their expiriences online and only recieved hate and death threats, it was awful.
Link to OP's comment in r/AskReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/h9ctho/serious_are_there_people_within_the_trans/fuwghxk/