Editing 2024 Hack Club Confessions Controversy (section)

== Incident ==
The situation began with a surge of confessions that were critical Hack Club HQ team, alongside counter-confessions defending it. This led to a chaotic atmosphere that, according to subsequent statements from the community team, negatively affected the mental well-being of several community members and volunteers, with some considering leaving the community altogether. In response, on April 13, a member of the community team instructed the Confessions Review Team (CRT) in a private channel to begin censoring all anti-HQ confessions. This instruction was soon revealed publicly by a CRT member, who also announced their intention to resign.

A vote was subsequently held within the CRT on a new policy to formally disallow confessions criticizing HQ. The vote saw low participation, with three members in favor and one against. Shortly after, the community team announced the policy change publicly in the #confessions channel, stating it had been approved by a "majority" of the CRT. This claim was immediately contested by other CRT members, who argued the process was undemocratic due to the short voting window and the low number of affirmative votes, which did not constitute a majority of the entire team.