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His relationship to the community was also complicated. I stopped visiting SA 10 years ago, but even back then he'd do something unpopular like ban someone for
by kalleboo 5y ago
His relationship to the community was also complicated.
I stopped visiting SA 10 years ago, but even back then he'd do something unpopular like ban someone for something petty, then when people called him out on it he'd rage-quit the forums saying they were a cesspit, and focus on the front page articles for a while.
Famously his rules regarding moderation of anime content caused the creation of 4chan(!).
I don't know what's happened in the intervening 10 years but reading some of the comments in the linked thread it seems like everything he did every time he returned was unpopular with the community, like deleting one of the most popular subforums, and justifying it with a blatant lie.
So it's not too odd for the community he created to turn on him this violently if you add in how he treated the community in addition the problems in his personal life.
- aseipp 5y agoBasically every ex-SA user I know of describes it as simply as "He's treated like a piece of dirt, because that's what he is." In their words SA largely became successful in spite of Lowtax, not because of him, and this is very easy to miss to anyone who wasn't there from what I can tell.
- busterarm 5y ago> In their words SA largely became successful in spite of Lowtax, not because of him, and this is very easy to miss to anyone who wasn't there from what I can tell. And I think this is still wrong. Having been there from the beginning, SA certainly became successful because of his posts and sense of humor. He is directly responsible for some of the earliest viral content and memes. _Staying_ successful, on the other hand, is CERTAINLY in spite of him.