i've noticed a number of accounts which were fairly active in this community suddenly go dark recently:
- @kivihiili@lemmy.blahaj.zone deleted their account about 6 days ago
- @katiecakes@lemmy.blahaj.zone deleted her account about 7 hours ago (less than a day after a friendly back-and-forth comment chain with me)
- @applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone deleted pretty much her entire post/comment history from the past six months at some point within the last 24 hours, consisting mostly of posts and comments here and on !trans_joy@lemmy.blahaj.zone.
- @erinmeow@piefed.blahaj.zone seems to have also wiped most of her comments and posts at some point in the last 6 days
these are only the ones i've noticed, perhaps there are even more?
i was willing to accept a possible coincidence with the first two, but three fairly active accounts going dark in a week, two of which on the same day, is setting off alarm bells. does anyone know if these people are alright, and what the heck is going on?
(if you'd rather not disclose it publicly, please shoot me a DM on lemmy or at @daporkchop:daporkchop.net on matrix)
UPDATE (2026.10.16 06:30 UTC): @applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone has confirmed that she's going through some shit but is still with us, her account purge appears to be unrelated to the others
UPDATE (2026.10.16 9:36 UTC): added #4 (@erinmeow@piefed.blahaj.zone)
previous version
i was redacting applebusch's account because it was still up, but in retrospect that only really makes it harder to know what's going on, especially now that there are multiple accounts which appear to have done that. for posterity, here is the old version of this post:
i've noticed a number of accounts which were fairly active in this community suddenly go dark recently:
- @kivihiili@lemmy.blahaj.zone deleted their account about 6 days ago
- @katiecakes@lemmy.blahaj.zone deleted her account about 7 hours ago (less than a day after a friendly back-and-forth comment chain with me)
- at some point in the last 24 hours, another formerly very active user deleted pretty much her entire post/comment history from the past six months, which was mostly posts and comments here and on !trans_joy@lemmy.blahaj.zone . (not tagging here because her account is still up, even if mostly blank, and i don't know her reason for quietly deleting everything)
EDIT: to be clear, i am NOT referring to Miisha, who has apparently also deleted her account within the past hour or so.
EDIT: the account in question is @applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone, she has revealed herself in the comments.
these are only the ones i've noticed, perhaps there are even more?
i was willing to accept a possible coincidence with the first two, but three fairly active accounts going dark in a week, two of which on the same day, is setting off alarm bells. does anyone know if these people are alright, and what the heck is going on?
(if you'd rather not disclose it publicly, please shoot me a DM on lemmy or at @daporkchop:daporkchop.net on matrix)
UPDATE (2026.10.16 06:30 UTC): @applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone has confirmed that she's going through some shit but is still with us, her account purge appears to be unrelated to the others