Edit - I changed the phrase "aggressive support to "unambiguous support", as there was some confusion over the intent behind my previous phrasing.

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[–] survive@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yes, but….I don’t even know what 196 is. It shows up on my feed and is sometimes funny. I’m just clueless, not a bigot.

[–] sapient_cogbag@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

196 is a random content community with the simple rule of "post before you leave", so its filled with memes ^.^

It's also a very trans friendly place. But there was a thread recently with a bunch of "just asking questions", and "trans people are just oversensitive", and "I'm not a bigot, but most trans woman have a chip on their shoulder so I am no longer friends with them" kinda stuff, on a post a (trans) mod made complaining about people reporting a pretty questionable comment.

Even if people disagreed over the original comment, the thread about it ended up being transphobic as fuck.

So presumably the admins of lemmy.blahaj.zone (a trans-run instance, who host this, main, c/196 community, on the promise it would be very trans supportive) noticed the lack of moderation of that transphobic thread and are doing something about it ^.^

[–] survive@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Appreciate the context! When I first started seeing the posts it seemed like something I liked but I was slightly afraid from not understanding the backstory. So glad to hear that it’s a wholesome place. I feel safe subscribing now.

[–] ssfckdt@mastodon.cloud 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a random memeposting group that happened to evolve into a trans
oriented memeposting group.

It started with /r/195, which closed or something, so sequels were created e.g. /r/196, /r/197... kind of like Oceans Twelve ig

[–] SourCreamAndGarlic@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

Mostly. r/197 wasn't really a sequel to r/195. It was mostly made up of people banned from r/196.

Source: I'm a former r/196 mod.

[–] Mic_Check_One_Two@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Long story short, some college roommates in room 195 started /r/195 on Reddit. The only rule was that you had to post a meme before leaving. Then the general public found it, and it grew as it started to hit /All.

But with that growth came the bigots, the racists, the nazis, etc… So eventually the /r/195 sub was quarantined. But people still liked the idea, so someone started 196 as a sort of sequel to the original. A little more moderation, and they let the bigots and racists stay on 195 so 196 could become the opposite of that. It was more heavily moderated with the hateful shit getting removed, so it quickly grew to be known as a trans-friendly sub.

And now this 196 is essentially a clone of that same idea. This announcement isn’t anything surprising once you know how 195 devolved, because the lack of moderation on 195 basically meant that the bigots were able to brigade anything that wasn’t also bigoted.