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So, I didn’t know the story - turns out Lowtax passed - but in searching I found a bemusing internet history of how Lowtax’s “banning of hentai on SA [was] ‘T

• jsheard 2y ago
  The short version of events as I recall is that Lowtax was basically admin in absentia for years, only occasionally showing up to beg for money while the volunteer staff actually ran the show, until he was accused of domestic abuse by his then-partner which followed a pattern of similar accusations by his two previous partners. That led to a revolt by the users and other staff, which pressured Lowtax into selling the site to one of the other long time admins and parting ways. The new owner revealed that the site was in fact financially stable, contrary to Lowtaxes fearmongering, probably because he had been skimming donations for personal expenses. Then Lowtax killed himself a year later.
• johnnyanmac 2y ago
  reading that wonderful history lesson reminded me 1. Once again why no other site tried the "one time entry" fee to limit spam. Doesn't even have to be 10 bux; I think 1 dollar would go a long way to filter out 90+% of low effort trolls. And if they make sockpuppets: cool. money and easy banning. 2. A tale as old as time, but never let your personal biases interfere with moderation. If you really don't like something, codify it immediately before it offshoots into new competition. 3. damn, even before industry caught up anime-goers were persistent.
  • TiredOfLife 2y ago
    Twitter. Most spam is by paying users