Dear members of abusesurvivor,

Tonight I was removed as a maintainer by quincunx and yogurtrifle was appointed as co-moderator in my place. This event was completely without warning and was not discussed with me, and it is my belief it came about because of an outside conflict with yogurtrifle.

As I cannot hope to send a proper message through to the community, here is my final message to the community. I hope it gets to some of you.

I've been a mod at abusesurvivor for many years now. I was appointed by the previous moderation and even maintained the community on my own for over a year until I found a sufficient person to co-mod it. It was often emotionally intense and difficult, but I took joy in the fact I was helping people with their struggles. I think it's important for people to have a safe place to discuss their abuse, and I was very dedicated to creating such a place.

I always expected that someday I would step down, but I was hoping that I would be surrendering this place of safety into good hands, with time to meditate the decision and properly say my goodbyes. Instead, I was ousted by the person I appointed, though I have maintained this community for years, because of personal drama completely outside of the community. I cannot say that abusesurvivor will continue to be a place of carefully maintained safety because of this.

I'm sorry it had to end like this. I would like to think only of the positives of my run as moderator, and the fact that I may have granted a safe space or given a few good words of advice once or twice in my time at abusesurvivor. Though it is not much, I hope I served all of you well.

As always, best of luck to you on your journey,
Liam (alienchrist)