I ended up talking to CCA over dms and cleared up some misconceptions - turns out he's my dad. Really weird twist for this drama to take.Anyways, him adding my friends wasn't a big deal and I apologize for jumping to conclusions so quickly.
CvG is not a clique, we allow anyone to join openly
administration and the users who are able to stay around without getting banned make something a clique.
Removing problem users who break the rules make it a clique? I think that's silly logic.
by administration i also mean the lack of administration specifically present here because users who would be banned anywhere else are allowed to group together
Do you have specific examples?
ide and cca
I haven't seen them break the rules of the discord? Allowing them to stay in the discord if they haven't broken any of the rules doesn't make it a clique.
that is my point. because they are allowed on the discord and are such polarizing characters it is inevitable that users who would rather avoid interaction with them would leave and users who are neutral on it or supportive of them would stay, creating a group of like minded users
So what do you suggest, they ban people that the administration team subjectively deem to be problem users even if they don't break the rules? That would sure speed up the creation of a clique, great idea!