https://ponepaste.org/9926

A paste for discussing the current drama happening in regards to FimFetch.

>BRIEFED VERSION
-FimFetch, a site for archiving MLP fanfics, starts cracking down on foalcon and rape. It is lead by DataBytes.
-On April 1st, he publishes a report known as the "Foalcon Advisory" (known as "The List" colloquially), which details all their findings. To quote:
>All of the users listed in this document are either involved in some way with the consumption, creation, promotion, and/or distribution of material that sexualizes children, or have shown in some capacity to not be safe to have in a server with minors.
-The methodology used in the report is deeply flawed, essentially equating to a witch hunt.
-Posts started being made on 4chan about it. Discussion also happens on KiwiFarms and FimFiction.
-A thread is made on 4chan just for discussing the drama.
-The existence of a server for moderators of popular MLP-related Discord servers, known as the Pony Community Leaders, or PCL for short, is leaked. It is stated that DataBytes got his info from the reports on it, and the users who did the most reports were revealed (see at near the end of the paste).
-More leaks prop up, showing DataBytes's hypocrisy and more of how the PCL operates.
-The entire chat log of the PCL is leaked.
-PhoenixFire, the current owner of the PCL, comes to the thread to defend himself. It does not go well.
-It is proposed that the actual mastermind behind all this is DaringShephard, one of the members of the PCL, and that DataBytes was merely a scapegoat.
-DataBytes is doxxed.
-4chan mods start censoring the drama by getting the initial drama thread archived and another one outright deleted.
-Discussion moves over to /mlpol/, though a 4chan thread still remains.
-Derpibooru admins and posters from FimFiction denounce The List.
-PhoenixFire is doxxed.
-In order to archive the archive, a new site gets created by Floorb, https://foalfetch.net/
-Pizza gets sent to DataBytes via the dox.
-A complaint is filled against /mlpol/ for the doxxing, causing said aspect of the drama to be relocated to another website, possibly KiwiFarms.
-Another complaint is filled, which confirms that DataBytes got the pizza.
-Anon on the 4chan thread claims that the list created by the PCL is different then the one of DataBytes. Chat logs are used as evidence. 
-The PCL's report methods get misinterpreted, causing people to briefly believe that they also had a list (they did not).
-It is reported that the server of the PCL is no more.
-A list gets made by the anons of 4chan on the ones most complicit in the drama from the PCL's side and those who abide by DataBytes's list. (see at the end of the paste)
-4chan thread reaches bump limit.

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>SUMMARISED CHRONOLOGY OF THE CURRENT SITUATION:
>BEFORE THE DRAMA
-A discord server, known as Pony Community Leaders (PCL for short), is founded. It is claimed that it's founder was Allyster Black.
-At an unknown date, leadership falls from the founder to another member, presumably PhoenixFire.
-One of its channels was dedicated to discussing reports, another for publishing them.
-DataBytes, the owner of the MLP fanfiction archive FimFetch, compiles a report, "Foalcon Advisory", about the prevelance of foalcon in the fandom. He likely had help from other members of the PCL, with the most commonly associated ones being DaringShephard and PhoenixFire. This list also likely incorporates aspects of the report and report discussion channels, along with personal reaserch.
-The data of the is found to be often pulling at straws and, in a substantial amount of cases, outright false. This will later lead to the report being considered an absolute joke, and getting on it would give praise. Minors and dead people were among the names mentioned in the list.
-As late as Jan 22, probably earlier, crackdowns on foalcon and rape stories begin on FimFetch, and only escalate further as time goes on.
-The report of all the data, dubbed as "The List" by onlookers, gets published on FimFetch at https://fimfetch.net/foalcon-advisory. This link is initially posted only to the PCL, meant for private use, but, somehow...
-[04/01/24(Mon)06:19:41 UTC] First post about the happening is made on the Fimfiction Thread https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/40947219#q40956152
-There is initially doubt whether this is an April fools joke of some kind, but, very quickly, the anons of the thread come to the conclusion that it is indeed genuine.
-The line has finally been crossed. People had enough.
>EARLY DRAMA
-[04/01/24(Mon)07:58:35 UTC] Another post gets made on the Fan Site Alternative thread https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/40910778#q40956453
-Work on archiving FimFetch begins near-immediately, start of FoalFetch by Floorb
-Some debate on the happening
-[04/01/24(Mon)12:30:22 UTC] New thread gets made for the drama https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/40956919
-Said thread becomes the main discussion place for the drama
-KiwiFarms start talking about the happening.
-Thread gets posted on FimFiction's clopfic group about the happening. An interesting discussion about unpublished stories being in the list follows: https://www.fimfiction.net/group/12/clopfics/thread/536499/fimfetch-owner-declares-jihad-on-foalcon-doxes-hundreds-of-users 
>LEAKS AND PCL INVOLVEMENT
-At 04/02/24(Tue)02:40:34 UTC, someone claiming from the server leaks the usernames of the most actively reporting members of the PCL.
-More leaks start to pop up, including exports of discord chat logs and some captures from it.
-The captures mainly show Astro, PhoenixFire, and some other members as well. However, both 4chan and the PCL can agree to blame DataBytes the most.
-PhoenixFire shows up to defend himself for a bit, doesn't work out well.
-Bump limit reached; new thread created.
>NEW THREAD SIDE-ADVENTURES
-New thread formed incredibly hastily, doesn't even link the list, dies very soon https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/40960573/
-Another new thread formed slightly less hastily, new anons coming in without understanding what it is about
-Discussion of getting other sites and boards involved
-Someone offers to draw Aryanne art if the drama escalates further
-Someone doxxes DataBytes's real name, address, phone number, and a bunch of links as well. At that point, there was uncertainty on the validity of these leaks.
-Either because of the dox or for violating rule 3 of the board, the thread gets removed.
>BACK TO THE MAIN THREAD
-Discussion about the previous thread, planning for the next
-More instances of hypocrisy shown, but otherwise nothing major.
-Theories of DaringShepherd being the main one to blame for all of this, though no definitive proof exists.
-New thread gets created.
-Posts on it start getting mass-deleted.
-Talks of moving to /mlpol/ or some other site.
-It happens: main discussion goes to /mlpol/, with an additional backup thread on /mlpg/.
-New posts start appearing with no content in the titles or description. It is suspected these were made to get the initial drama thread archived as soon as possible. Many other threads were also bumped at the time.
-Initial drama thread gets archived.
>ON /mlpol/
-No longer bound by the regulations of 4chan, doxxing resumes, this time extending not only to DataBytes, but other members of the PCL as well, including PhoenixFire.
-Mass-deletion on the new 4chan thread stops.
-Leaks from Derpibooru's discord published ITT, confirming that they (or at least a part of their staff) do not support DataByte and his List.
-Nebbie, a staff member of Derpibooru, comes to the thread, confirming that Derpibooru does not support The List.
-New Fimfiction story gets published about the current events: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/554712/who-publishes-a-list-like-that-on-april-fools-day-anyway
-PhoenixFire changes his steam account's description to "Fuck Off".
-FoalFetch is now public! https://foalfetch.net/
-An anon orders cheese pizza (possibly with chicken and some things written on the box) to DataBytes with his leaked information.
-DaringShephard starts deleting/privating things related to him.
-A complaint is filled to /mlpol/'s server host about the constant doxxing, along with a demand to censor it out and prevent further cases. This has the unintended side-effect of proving the doxxed info as legitimate.
-Discussion with Nebbie ITT about their and their site's hypocrisy (possibly ongoing)
-Talks about changing server host of /mlpol/ or posting the dox elsewhere, like KiwiFarms. (ongoing)
-DataBytes gets the pizza, files more complaints to /mlpol/. 
>BACK TO 4CHAN
-An anon shows up to the 4chan thread, arguing the PCL has a list which is different from the one held by DataBytes, and that we are confusing the two, using the chatlogs as his source. It was also claimed that the server's main purpose was never to gather info about people partaking in foalcon, but rather to deal with scammers, trolls, ect.
-For a brief Timeframe, some people believed him, splitting into three camps:
1. Their list had no info on foalcon;
2. Their list had little info on foalcon, but said info was used in DataBytes's report;
3. The list of the PCL and the list of DataBytes are one and the same.
-It is reported that the PCL's discord server has collapsed and has been shut down.
-Back on /mlpol/, someone claiming to be from the PCL explains how the PCL had no list, only the report and report discussion channels.
-New design proposal for FoalFetch's logo published, still work in progress.
-Another anon actually reads the chatlogs, and confirms this.
-People start going through the chat logs, especially the part where the Foalcon Advisory is linked.
-Three ideas prevail on the PCL:
1. They are completely innocent;
2. They are all complicit in this drama, and should all be punished;
3. They should be handled case-by-case, and a list of our own should be formed against them.
-Idea 3 goes through, a list gets made (see at the paste's end).
-Thread reaches bump limit. (we are here)

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>LINKS

>PLACES OF DISCUSSION
/mlpol/ thread: https://mlpol.net/sp/23545
Current drama thread on 4chan: https://boards.4chan.org/mlp/thread/40961148
Fan Site Alternative Thread: https://boards.4chan.org/mlp/thread/40910778 (for development of FoalFetch)
4chan thread about FimFiction, in which the link to the report was first posted (at least on 4chan): https://boards.4chan.org/mlp/thread/40947219
FimFiction thread: https://www.fimfiction.net/group/12/clopfics/thread/536499/fimfetch-owner-declares-jihad-on-foalcon-doxes-hundreds-of-users
KiwiFarms thread for bronies (recent drama starts at page 298): https://kiwifarms.st/threads/my-little-brony-ii-the-cloppening.6186/page-298
Backup thread in /mlpg/: https://mlpg.co/ot/res/2082.html

>ARCHIVES
/mlpol/ before the complaints and censorship: https://archive.is/xgcjy
Initial drama thread: https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/40956919
Short-lasted side-adventure: https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/40960604/
Even shorter-lasted side-adventure: https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/40960573/


>EXPORTS OF THE DISCORD CHAT LOGS
https://files.catbox.moe/i7icq0.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/059bib.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/zmuils.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/18ujmp.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/6lvhsk.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/vieaiv.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/fgcver.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/hg4csp.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/nlespw.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/b7nd7g.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/vy7pov.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/jjvmw2.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/ipxnan.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/4zc0py.txt
https://files.catbox.moe/nyj6ng.txt

>OTHER RELAVENT LINKS
Foalcon Advisory, AKA "The List": https://fimfetch.net/foalcon-advisory


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>MISCELENCIOUS

>PICTURE EXAMPLES OF HYPOCRISY AND MISCONDUCT
>posting spongebob copypasta is enough to get you on the list
https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/mlp/image/1712/04/1712045420891.png
>hyporite.png (he likes Scootaloo)
https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/mlp/image/1712/03/1712039401735.png
>try to not defend mandopeado challenge (impossible for DataBytes, apparently)
https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/mlp/image/1712/03/1712039717202.png
https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/mlp/image/1712/03/1712039787082.png
>calls Shino a lolicon artist, puts him in the list, STILL FOLLOWS HIM ON DEVIANTART
https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/mlp/image/1712/02/1712028501996.png

>The ones who contributed most to the list (according to the first post of the initial leaker)
databytebrony - BronyTales
frostflare - Ponyville Plaza
latent_logic - Everfree Northwest
emperor_sombra - Ponies React!/Confetti's Bat Cave
astrolazuli - Ponyville Plaza
stormshadow_cote - Ponies React!
daringshepard - BronyTales
gabrizzy - RandomPlace
phoenixfire42 - Equestria Daily
comradesparkle - Equestria Daily

>Other members of note
Zatillas - MLP G5: Chatter of Ponies discord
Marsh - owner MLP G5: Chatter of Ponies discord

>OUR LIST
DataBytes
DaringShephard
PhoenixFire
genryu
romulus4444
stormshadow_cote
mehanought
onyxdash
Zatillias
MarshMarlowe