The ChatGum Hub

The ChatGum Hub was an all-purpose Discord server that once existed in the ChatGum community.

General
The ChatGum Hub was a ChatGum super server that was created by Gabriel with the intent of making a lenient, large, ChatGum server. The idea was that no user could get banned for generic tasks, and only things that would risk the server being deleted by Discord.

Many ChatGum servers at the time of its creation were small and very strict, which made the server very popular during the brief period that it existed. Alongside this, it was advertised heavily by both Gabriel and the staff members of the server.

The server would eventually get shut down due to false allegations, and though an attempt to recreate the server has been attempted, it did not succeed.

History
The ChatGum Hub was inspired by a server which existed in 2020 known as "The Hub" which was an almost rule-free server based on Ram Ranch. Though The Hub shut down in 2020, Gabriel decided to create a ChatGum version alongside Lenore for the community.

Though the server was mostly unpopular for the first week, it quickly became popular when several popular ChatGum users from the Roleplay, Furry and America communities joined and helped to advertise the project. As well as ChatGum users, many users who weren't from ChatGum also joined at this time.

The lack of rules was the most attractive part to most, being a place where one could say whatever they want, when they wanted no matter how offensive. Though originally an all-purpose server, the majority of active users became trolls by two weeks into the creation of the server.

The server would remain very popular and remain active until late February, where both a raid and false allegations would occur which would end of shutting down the server.

Raid, Allegations and Controversy
In late February of 2021 the ChatGum Hub was accused of having sexualized content of minors. Alongside this, it was discovered that the ChatGum Hub had a secret blacklist of users who were never allowed to join the server despite the "no rules" gimmick the server had.

The Raid
An unnamed user was angered by their unjust placement on the blacklist and requested a friend of theirs who was currently in moderation to leak many personal server details. These details included all blacklisted users, along with moderators being hostile towards users both in and out of the server. They organized a large group raid and managed to get the server closed temporarily before all the griefers were banned.

CP Allegations
The ChatGum Hub was accused of CP around the same time as the raid, though this was unconnected to the raid. Four users who will remain unnamed were accused of posting CP in the NSFW section of the Discord Server. Screenshots were provided of this claims and quickly the entire server became collapsing and coverage was being made all over ChatGum.

The ChatGum Hub was shut down shortly after as the accusations were considered truthful at the time. The NSFW was rarely checked or even moderated by staff members.

Much later, it was discovered that the entire thing was a hoax that got out of control. The boyfriend of a user who will remain unnamed had created several fake screenshots depicting CP. The boyfriend did not want the user in that server, and wanted to use the fake screenshots to scare them into leaving. This backfired when the girlfriend of the screenshot maker gave the screenshots to several of her personal friends. These friends would then send them to their friends which would result in large groups getting access to these screenshots.

Eventually, the boyfriend would admit the screenshots were faked and the entire thing was dropped or forgotten without a month.

Controversy
The ChatGum Hub was often judged by both people wanting it to be lenient and those wanting it to be more strict. Many users wanted the blacklist to be lifted entirely stating it was unfair that a couple users were banned from joining a server as popular as the ChatGum Hub was during its time. Some also believed the rules should be raised, stating the server's laidback nature will only lead to a raid or a deletion by Discord.

No changes could be made before the server was deleted, though it served as an example to future servers on how to be managed.

Legacy
The ChatGum Hub serves as a reminder to all ChatGum server creators on the dangers of creating a super server. Though the dangers of making a public advertised server were known, the ChatGum Hub was a really nasty example of it. The larger a server is and the more you advertise it, the larger of a target it will become. And having a lenient server can get you in trouble from people who are more sensitive. Since the ChatGum Hub was shut down, many more advanced servers have popped in 2021 and are doing quite successfully.