WAATGM sub is now set to Public again. WATGMA (r/WhereAllTheGoodMenAre), which was erroneously banned because of false reporting, has been unbanned but will remain private for a while longer.

All cross-posting is disabled for now and will be restored shortly. Please follow the submission rules and post censored screenshots as usual. Please keep your questions and discussions about the brigading to this thread alone.

Even though the sub is public now, all members are encouraged to register at our alternate forums here. It is our only official backup at this point and is fully archived at this moment. You can also find our content archive here, which would be the most up-to-date at any given moment since it is a dedicated archive and is not a forum. For those who can afford it, please consider contributing to either one (or both) so that alternate venues stay available. Let us clarify that we have nothing to do with these sites and stand no monetary benefit. Our intention in promoting them is to ensure the availability of other reliable, smaller venues that can serve as alternatives.

If we encounter brigading again, the subs will be set to Private again. While we apologize for the inconvenience this has caused last week and might cause in the future, please understand that this is a necessary measure and we might have to do it as necessary going forward.

Approved members can engage and participate in the subs as usual even if the sub is set to Private. We are only approving users with a comment/post history in the sub for now. This is because we cannot distinguish between lurkers, new users and brigaders and we want to minimize the harassment during a brigade. If you have already sent us a modmail and if we have not responded back to you yet, it is because we have not had the time to get to you yet. We will get to you as time permits.

If you find any rule-breaking comments or posts, please hit the report button and let us know. This can help us weed out trolls and brigaders early. We appreciate everyone who reached out to us in support. Thank you.

PS: You can read the comments here and here for more background about the brigading. There will be an announcement pretty soon with more details on the situation and our plan going forward.