I hope this isn’t too spicy a topic for the, what, 7th post on this community? But I see that we already have /c/Zoophilia on the instance and it already has an impressive 80 subscribers. Even as a zoo myself, though, I made the decision to block it as I’m firm in my belief that animals can’t consent. What are everyone’s thoughts on the instance growing other communities about other paraphilias? I know we have a lot of lolicons/shotacons/etc. here, so a community for pedophilia/minor attraction would be really cool and I think fit right in. I’ve always wanted a community for that in a reddit-esque style. (They exist as forums, chat-rooms, and mastodon instances, though!) But if it follows in the footsteps of the zoophilia community and everyone there seems to believe kids can consent, I’d have to block it too. And then I’ll be back at zero when it comes to having a reddit-like community of MAPs! 🥲
What do you think about the prospect of more paraphilia communities? Awesome or scary? Good for the instance or bad for it? I’m also interested in hearing everyone’s opinion on creating alternate paraphilia communities exclusively for anti-contact discussions. (If one like that for zoophilia existed I would happily join!)
Not siding with anyone, to be clear, we never had a vote. Right now, the decision is entirely based around the huge moderation task we’d be undertaking. I was saying that in the future if ever we could handle this type of community moderation wise we might open up discussion about it and potentially have a vote. But currently, as things stand, I would heavily discourage the creation of this sort of community.
Though, to be clear, I think it’s obvious that if a situation did come up where we had a vote, we’d obviously side with the community who are currently contributing and making this place what it is.