{"id":391,"date":"2026-03-10T09:11:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squidge.org\/blog\/?p=391"},"modified":"2026-03-10T09:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:11:59","slug":"omg-youre-a-fascist-and-other-adventures-in-modding-squidgeworld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.squidge.org\/blog\/archives\/391","title":{"rendered":"“OMG YOU’RE A FASCIST” and other adventures in modding SquidgeWorld"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because this is going around Tumblr, I thought I would address the issue.<\/p>\n

An assertion by an individual on Tumblr is going around calling me\/Squidge\/SquidgeWorld a fascist organization that deletes works with no cares or such. That we’re power hungry, etc..<\/p>\n

Is there truth in this? If you know BOTH sides and not just the individual that’s accusing us of this, you’ll understand. I’ve gotten half a dozen trouble-tickets asking me to clarify, and so that’s the impetus of posting this. Please make YOUR OWN INFORMED DECISION.<\/p>\n

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I’ve taken down exactly 2 works (works, not comments. Comments get deleted if they are commission spammers.). And the reasons are:<\/div>\n
1) Person imported a work into SqWA from AO3. They didn’t bother to clean it up at all – they left in all of the icons, kudos from AO3, etc. The formatting was a complete mess, and I got a couple of trouble tickets on it. I hid the work and was in the process of contacting the author when they emailed me, cussing me out, etc. At that point, I deleted the work because they decided “YOU’RE A FASCIST” and other lovely comments about my personage.<\/div>\n
2) Person created one fandom work, and then the next day left 4 comments in 38 seconds (the Tumblr post I made for SqWA spam) saying they really connected with the 4 works they read in under a second. They attempted to commission spam, and as a result, we deleted their account. Including the one story that they posted.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Two works. With compelling reasons to have said works deleted, or at least hidden – but that is my opinion. And if you agree, that’s fine. If you don’t agree and want to call our organization a fascist organization for being respectful of archive users, well that’s something for you to decide. \u00a0All I know is, the “hair on fire” screamers out there are really making it hard to want to continue giving to the community.<\/div>\n
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EDIT: About 18 months back or so, we had a transphobe who shit on trans people and wanted to force christianity on everyone – including SqWA users – and took every chance they could to stir up shit for the sake of drama. After 3 warnings and approval from the Squidge Board, they were banned, and all of their works were deleted. So it’s actually more than 2 works if you could this douchebag that was banned.<\/div>\n
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Questions? Comment on this post or log a ticket<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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