SMFC i thought i had you figured out until you requested to moderate this comm. this is the most inscrutable thing you could have done, and i've SEEN what you do with at least one of your alts

Cue us all in on the drama?

no drama here on fediverse. she just has a really weird dynamic with her selected audience in reddit, it's not exactly amicable. it's not the kind of thing I could see SMCF being this unironically interested in or committing this hard to the bit.

also, I love your username!

I know that the comics are controversial with some people. I never really figured out why. I just view the comics (via RSS mostly) and enjoy them. They're generally a 7/10. Good, but nothing brilliant.

How exactly does it get weird on the subreddit?

So she's basically at a level of reddit fame where anything she posts will reach the front page within an hour and stay at top/all for the whole week. you're right, it's solid 7/10 but on reddit a 7/10 comic depicting a woman by a woman is basically a hatecrime warranting a very strong emotional response.

which wouldn't matter but the part of her audience she engages with (replies to comments, makes meta comics in response to) are specifically the people who hate her. this is the correct move though, because the engagement of haters further accelerates her reach and therefore her patreon income. she's gaming the bad interaction feedback loop and winning. the subreddit r/bonehurtingjuice essentially was converted into her biggest hater community and posts the most parody or snark content about her over any other community.

she's not the only artist who made an okay bank doing this, but she kind of did it the best on reddit. also she's created a sort of meta community where she helps other artists follow the same process.

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So if there is no drama here why bring it here?

is that what I just did? sorry I was trying to sound impartial

I appreciated it! Thanks!

Thank you!