FR, the mod icons are a pretty straightforward system. Anan I never said that you were wrong, I said it was reductive, as I imagine necessitated by it not being the main point of this thread, which is why I suggested branching off to focus on it (because I genuinely believe it to be a worthwhile discussion). But of course you don't have to, because I am not a mod :)

Obviously Makin has only happened to build his 'brand' around Homestuck social spaces by just starting them early enough and maintaining them. It was funny seeing advertising on the forums he did day 1-2 for the discord lol, and seeing him always promoting them if he sees an in, as previously mentioned in this thread.

Since you seem to be regular users of the discord (and i presume reddit), what do you think about Makin deleting/heavily pruning the reddit to lean more towards Gio's blog posts? It's pretty clear he has a... very particular perspective.