so in summary
The Media Create problem is basically that the MC thread has had a troll problem for months/years, and it was always framed in a way that was deniable to moderation standards, so reporting usually didn’t do much
The OP of the MC threads had been getting less patient with the situation for the past few months, and that came to a head when he disagreed with a mod (who, it appears, may have been making fun of Chris behind his back—and the rest of the MC thread, too—on Discord)
Chris ate a one day ban, new rules were set up that didn’t address the problem that regulars had been seeing for months, and now a bunch of MC regulars, including Chris, are peacing out