Our accounts will continue to post for Pride Month, but purely in support of the charitable initiatives that we have already made a commitment to helping. With our sincere regrets, SaveOFMD Crew

We are taking this as a signal that it's time for us to step back before we make any further missteps.

We recognize and sincerely apologize for the harm that we have caused in the fandom, especially to the fanfic artists in our community. It absolutely does not reflect our values and it was an unacceptable message to put out into the fandom.

Understanding why and how this happened is in no way an excuse for it having happened at all. However, this analysis is essential so that we can hold ourselves accountable.

We have been trying to do too much—and as a consequence, we disregarded the rules we set for ourselves when our group was founded.

We know the root cause: we have been overworking and overreaching for some time, focusing on too many projects, at a time when some very active people in our server have had to step back due to various health and personal issues.

Past these commitments, we will be evaluating the future of our SOFMD community, and will also be working to identify exactly where and when we went wrong with this poorly conceived and executed plan.

For the remainder of June, we will be focused on doing right by the charitable efforts we have committed to support: the Fiber Arts Brigade and their auction for SAGE USA, as well as the separate SAGE USA ThriveAsACrew fundraiser.

We at SaveOFMD Crew are canceling the remainder of our Pride month campaign. We have taken down the week 2 CTAs and will not be moving forward with weeks 3 or 4 either.

The post was out for less than an hour, so we would like to reassure fic writers and podfic creators as much as possible that it is unlikely that our negligence resulted in any real action. No one at SaveOFMD Crew sent out any emails, neither with nor without attachments.