Unusual new behavior, what's up with r/gendercynical?

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Has anyone noticed how many threads are being taken down from r/gendercynical?

I first noticed that they were quieter than usual. Then a thread doing more complaining about r/detrans got a LOT of traction but disappeared.

It still shows up with the direct link, but it's not listed on the subreddit anymore, not even removed posts (Edit: it actually does show up as a removed post now, but when I first noticed, it did not, it was just missing altogether). How do they even do that? This one:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GenderCynical/comments/hzcvk8/allegedly_transphobic_mod_steps_down_from_detrans/

But you can also look at the removed posts and there are a lot, including one asking why there are no new posts, which had a comment from someone else saying their post got removed.

My hunch is that they're trying to cover their tracks and not look like they're a subreddit that targets other, non-TRA-compliant subreddits. Targeting detrans and gay subs is not a good look (assholes) and the news that they do this is rightly spreading.

Maybe I'm not correct in my assumption, but they are doing something differently. And I bet they're being more careful because people are paying more attention and they want to keep looking like the poor victim trans not the harrassing-detrans-and-gaybros trans.

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[–]Bitchcraft 39 insightful - 2 fun39 insightful - 1 fun40 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

My hunch is that they're trying to cover their track

100%. I think the temporary banning of r/detrans has peaked more people than they anticipated.

[–][deleted] 31 insightful - 2 fun31 insightful - 1 fun32 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That temp ban on detrans--AND their continued whining about detrans when it was unbanned-- did WONDERS. Edit to add: and actually gencyn has always just looked like a walking ad for gendercritical. I'm guessing it has already peaked people just by posting and complaining about logic and reality.

Brigading has probably been a problem too and they need to cover their asses. Some of the posts removed are practically invitations to target other subs for wrongthink. "Guys helppp, this group doesn't wuv us!"

[–][deleted] 35 insightful - 5 fun35 insightful - 4 fun36 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

They managed to destroy a bunch of spaces for lesbians, celebrated it, and now that their reputation is being hit for trying to go after "harder" targets they're quieting down? Cowardice and misogyny at its finest.

[–]FuriousPenguin 18 insightful - 2 fun18 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I've never been on the sub so I wouldn't know but the banning of GC and Detrans peaked a lot of people I know IRL. Who weren't even aware of the issues with TRAs. They're probably surprised at how many people it turned and not in the direction they wante

[–]WinoRhino 12 insightful - 11 fun12 insightful - 10 fun13 insightful - 11 fun -  (0 children)

"Has anyone noticed how many threads are being taken down from r/gendercynical?"

No, because I haven't been to reddit in about three weeks.

[–]ascom 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This gives more information about what has happened and is happening over at r/detrans

https://twitter.com/lacroicsz/status/1288947357393059840

(are we allowed to post twitter addresses here?)

[–]WrongToy[M] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No problem with twitter addresses unless the admin has a problem, which we have not heard of at the mo.

[–]Binah17 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

These guys are such cowards, notice how they didn't go after the Joe Rogan Experience reddit. They're trying it with gay male reddits but they're too cowardly to try a hostile takeover. They know they can't silence and intimidate "cis" men for alleged transphobia.