Improper vetting and oversight of mods/admins is bad news when there has been doxxers, fakes, and sociopaths from the beginning. Because of the way the internet works however, this will never be able to be done perfectly. The culture of the site has to protect against stuff like this, it can't be one or two people. Having a culture that encourages posts that piss off half the userbase will always end in disaster. This isn't one person's fault, and part of it is the design of the site its self. I agree with the others who have said that badposting and fake news were always more harmful than the dunk tank. Those comms specifically are used to push lines and piss people off and have been since their inception. Just my 2c I'm staying out of this one from here on.
edit: I see some people trying to pretend like there isn't a culture of pushing lines with racism / misogyny etc, and that is really not helpful. The week of federation was a shitshow.
literally the same wreckers it always has been, rachel melina beluga and their army of alts - I know because they still harass me on accounts that have nothing to do with hexbear. same person who got beatnik and dabs. question is how do we actually work through the trust issues to figure out who is and isn't an alt. I have no idea, but good luck to anyone earnestly trying to make this a better place.