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Spacehey ranttt

Yooo I came from Spacehey to here bc I saw someone on there talk about Friendrewind and I wanted to check it out bc imo Spacehey fell off. 

Let’s start with just signing in to Spacehey TwT I’m not js talking about the age thing in certain countries and the fact you need a VPN to get in (which is weird ig but whatever), I’m talking about the stupid waitlist thing. The waitlist idea is so useless to me, like I’ve tried to apply for it many times and monthssssss pass only for me to get nothing in my emails. I can understand there are probably tons of ppl on that waitlist but still.. why?? What purpose does it serve? Maybe it’s to not make so many people make an account at once? I’m not sure. I had to go to an old account to make myself an invite, and even so when I did ppl js talk about how they’re currently leaving or about to leave Spacehey. 

Then there is moderation (like the gore and pedos stuff). I personally didn’t encounter any of these things whenever I went to the website (then again unlike other ppl I never dug too deep) even when I was a minor (bc I turned 18 like this month) for a few years I never got any weird older people talk to me. The people who tried to add me were always significantly younger people. The only weirdos I’ve spoken to came from discord but that’s not much of a surprise is it? But it is true there is a LOT of younger people there (mostly 14yo I see) which idk if it’s a good thing or not. And I’ve never seen gore but I heard many people complain about it for sure and still do to this day.

Some people I heard blame TikTok or Pinterest for Spacehey falling off bc it became “too mainstream” which ok but at the same time I feel like that happens with absolutely everything. There is always a bad side to an app or website sadly, but it’s the job of the moderators to make it a safer place for regular ppl who just want to enjoy the site/app. I’m not gonna say safe for children bc sometimes children shouldn’t even be in some of these things (speaking from experience as I got unrestricted access to the internet lol). Spacehey isn’t like a paradise that needs to be protected from invaders or smth, it has its pros and cons. I think it’s cool more people found it and chose to stay yk, but it’s mostly the pedos, pro shippers and gore ppl they needed to get rid of, which idk if they did, but probably not bc I also see many blogs of people calling out other people for their bad behavior all the time. Thanks to those ppl fr.

Also doesn’t Spacehey have merch and a donation thing? With what they earn they can get moderation right? Honestly maybe the moderation thing did get better without me noticing ? I’m not sure bc I as of recently saw people complain about all those things I mentioned. If it’s recent then yeah no probably no proper moderation. 

Anyways it’s js to say I hope it’s better here TwT idk I just arrived lol whoever wants to still use Spacehey they can but now it’s just meh compared to a few years ago imo. You can’t make any website perfect ofc but it’s kinda telling if many people complain about these things and it doesn’t get addressed.. ANYWAYS I’m yapping too much to say so little so that’s it for today lmao

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i have similar thoughts as yours; for the moderation part i didn't encounter any gore/pedos in here, but that's also because i didn't went too deep compared to the others complaining about it


and personally, i do think tiktok and pinterest are to blame for making spacehey becoming mainstream, because the toxicity from spacehey is similar to the toxicity from pinterest and tiktok (or possibly twitter/x) from what i've seen from my perspective

and yes, the moderation is currently being automated according to the creator's latest blog, much to most users' dismay... hence the reason you'd see a decent amount of blogs flaming the current moderation; i dont know if the creator would ever hire actual human moderators in the future.


p.s I joined spacehey last year way before they became invite only and there was a huge amount of drama regarding proships around last december iirc lmao

still though, even till this day spacehey still has drama but from what i've seen it's most likely some online friendship issues, that's why i use spacehey less bcos of the neverending awful stuff that happens :confused: