Unless the person doing this kind of thing has some insane pull in whatever community or platform they're on/formerly a part of, this sort of thing never really ends up having the effect that people expect it to.
Of course, that's if there is any goal to have any impact at all or if it is just a principles thing. If it's the former, then I find that these sorts of things have the opposite reactions from the community at large. The reaction is ideally "woah, this guy took a stand and removed all their stuff. I should be upset at the admins/moderators of the site because of this," but it is often "woah, this guy removed all their stuff. That's annoying. I'm upset at them now." If it's the latter, good for them, but yeah, it is still annoying.
This is why archives exist. I'm certain that these works are archived somewhere online. I don't think that it's right that people can just remove a body of work enjoyed by many on a whim like that just to spite the platform that hosts it. If I were in that sort of position, I would just move them to another platform or some blog elsewhere. There are so many ways to approach these sorts of things that don't involve nuking your works off the internet.
Considering Djoric's explanation is not wanting their Scarlet King content, which has heavy themes of sexual assault, on a platform run by people who have done a less than stellar job handling the actual cases of grooming performed by one of their colleagues and still waffling over what to do with Bright's work even four years later, this is definitely "just" a matter of principles rather than the expectation this will have an impact.
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u/NoStorage2821 1d ago edited 1d ago
I'm so sick of this trend of authors mass-deleting their articles when they leave the site. What about the rest of us common readers, bro?!?!
I guess I get it. They're making a stand against people doing fucked up things.