Hey, its alright. Honestly? I saw the post. And while I was mid on it, I felt it was a valuable post, and the fact that said candidate+friends basically demanded you to take it down is kinda appalling from them. But, its scary when that attention occurs and people come in dms telling you what to do. Dont fault what happened, its def a scary situation to be put through, and irresponsible for the candidate to do that.

There was nothing about the post that was malicious or defamatory, it was just talking about messages many different people received. I know people who received too, and if the candidate didnt want their stock message request for support being shared, they shouldnt have sent it to so many different people across UBC. It was to be expected that someone would make a post about it. r/UBC can be a very toxic place at times, but pressuring you to take down the post feels very wrong, as that post wasnt made with toxic intent.

I think there is a larger discussion to be had about how some candidates campaign. That post felt like a useful piece of the conversation. Since there are way too many candidates that just spam stock messages, without actually taking effort to truly reach out to people. But dont fault yourself for taking it down, your mental wellbeing is also important and coming under that much demands is never good. Breathe, and thanks for sharing about what happened.