A Farewell to SpaceHey

I don't think this really needs and special layout or crazy intro, I think that would be a little stupid in this situation haha. Like the title says, I'm leaving SpaceHey. Everyone that's been active on the site recently can probably guess why. This is more of an address to my friends rather than an actual blog. Skip this one if you don't know me (which most people on this site don't), I think the "I'm leaving SpaceHey" delivers the general gist of this blog pretty well.

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I won't make like an internet baking recipe author and give you my whole life story as preamble, but I do think some context as to why I joined SpaceHey in the first place is necessary. I've always struggled socially, this probably isn't very surprising to you guys considering how reluctant I've always been to reach out lol. I was recommended SpaceHey as a way to make friends by my best friend, Wren (who may or may not be real considering that I talk about her like some kind of entity). I never noticed until recently, but she's always tried to get me to make more friends. I know she isn't reading this, but thanks Wren, I appreciate you always thinking about my well-being. Considering that I've been extremely active on here for about a year and a half, her recommending me this site clearly worked.

To say that I've loved my time here would be an understatement. You guys are genuinely some of the coolest people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting and I've had a great time mucking about with all of you. I won't let the current situation spoil what SpaceHey used to be for me, but I'm also not going to look at the current SpaceHey with rose-tinted glasses.

I am not going to go into lots of detail for this next part, because as respectfully as possible, it is my business and my business alone, but a couple of months before joining SpaceHey, I had long-standing beef with a group of people on the internet that religiously engaged in extremely sickening activity. Now, I've seen my fair share of internet bullshittery and my reactions to shocking and disturbing material have always been extremely anesthetized by virtue of me being an autistic dolt, but that being said, one of these people once posted something so incredibly revolting that it made me throw up, so if I say it was bad, then you KNOW it was bad. That was the first and only time I have ever had a physical reaction to shocking content in my life. For those wondering, I am fine and I do not have any contact with these people. For better or worse, my horrendous social skills allow me to feel no remorse for and leave bad people to their own devices in a heartbeat. So, what do these sentient diaper pails have to do with SpaceHey? Well, knowing SpaceHey's moderation, these individuals would absolutely be allowed on here, and that disgusts me.

I think a lot of the alliegance to SpaceHey generally boils down to users not having seen any illegal content on here or believing that it does not personally affect them. This is a very dangerous line of thinking. I wish that would go without saying.

Just because you haven't seen shocking content on SpaceHey, that does not mean it doesn't exist. Just because you are an adult and child exploitation on SpaceHey does not affect you personally, it doesn't mean it's not a problem. I know Napo isn't perfect, but even if SpaceHey has a friendlier color scheme, is more familiar, and has more features at the moment, Napoleon doesn't let anything slide in the user safety department, and that is all that matters to me. Yes, aesthetics and site features are the easiest thing to latch onto because they at the forefront of a site and your first impression of it, but this isn't a matter of aesthetics, it's a matter of safety. Contrary to popular belief on the SpaceHey blogs tab, Napo does not exist to spite SpaceHey. It exists to protect the users that SpaceHey's moderation has failed and those it will inevitably fail in the future.

I can't tell you what to think about SpaceHey or Napoleon and I won't try to. I'm just poorly-written words on a screen, and internet babble has never been much good at convincing anyone of anything (Twitter users, take notes). I know where I stand, and maybe if you do a little research, you'll figure out where you do too. Being completely transparent, at first I used to brush off a lot of the top blogs discussing SpaceHey's issues as sensational just for the sake of it. As I thought about it more however, I came to realize that all of those blogs were genuine concerns and critiques coming from users that wholeheartedly cared about SpaceHey. Hell, I've seen SpaceHey rot firsthand and I began wanting to make a blog addressing my concerns too, but I was always too scared of getting banned just like everyone else had been. I guess I'm finally getting around to making that blog that I was too scared to make. I do not care if I get suspended for writing this. Y'know I may not even get suspended considering Vasilis has been demodded and An is only online for 10 minutes max every three days (thanks userscripts). Either way, I don't care. I don't want anything to do with this site anymore.

I can't say if I'll reply to any hypothetical comments here. If you're a random that's still reading this for whatever reason, if you insult my entire bloodline or tell me I have salad fingers (I don't) maybe I'll entertain the idea, but I'm okay with leaving it at this blog post. If I've made any spelling or grammar errors, meh, I guess that just makes it more authentic. I'm sure you guys can attest that I've made a ton of stupid errors in my bulletins before :^) (and I'll continue to make them on Napo).

Thank you guys for being my friends. As silly as it sounds, it genuinely means the world to me that out of the billions of people on Earth, we got a chance to meet. I actually put off leaving SpaceHey for awhile because I didn't want to lose contact with you guys, but I can't in good conscience continue to linger around a site that actively puts its users in danger. I hope you understand (God, that sounds corny lol). If I could change anything, the only thing I think I'd do differently is step outside of my comfort zone and chat with you guys more (oh, and prevent SpaceHey from becoming a moderation shitshow if I had the power to do that, but I digress). If I've gained the confidence to post a blog like this without fearing for my account, maybe that can translate into me being more talkative on Napoleon. I can't convince you to make a choice and switch, but I hope this isn't a goodbye, just a see you later. With all of that said and done, I hope you all have a lovely day and farewell!

https://napoleonite.space/Coop

I would put a funny drawing here, but I've got nothing lol,
Coop(er) ;D