Dickdazzler
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Apparently the face reveal trend attracted a troll brigade. To deter the invasion, our Mods turned off all attachments. Wrong move. This is our space. Outsiders should never influence what we do in here. Yet, that is precisely what happened. By extinguishing all non-textual posts, bullies bound our freedom and inflicted mass-muzzling upon our domain. Why give them this power? The world is designed to deprive our peace to Be. We must not deprive ourselves in the spaces that we designed for us.The inability to share images, links or videos stifles the exchange of information and personal expression. Meanwhile, the face reveals promote self-acceptance (at least for me). For the first time, I see people do what I do in photos, make my facial expressions, have a similar look in their eyes, and normalize the unconventional. I have never felt less alone in my traits, more among my own kind, and more inspired to own my oddities, than by looking through these faces. My misfit wife is also feeling affirmed to see women like her. Moreover, humanizing the usernames fosters kinship. We get to meet our community members in a way that doesn’t overwhelm—an online Autism convention! I haven’t a clue whether anyone feels similarly, though the turnout speaks to its positivity.
Mods, I implore you not to let trolls oppress us through the proxy of this decision. Don’t let bullies push us into hiding. DO NOT LET THEM WIN.
P.S. The reason that I didn’t join the face reveals, is my physical state. Once I emerge from severe burnout, I will post a comparison of burned out vs. recovered me—that is, if this sub chooses to defy rather than defer to trolls.
