SBM/SBC Feud: Difference between revisions

The '''SBM/SBC Feud''' refers to two different periods of tensions between [[SpongeBuddy Mania]] and [[The SpongeBob Community]]. The first began on February 20, 2010, and lasted into the deeper end of 2012, before ultimately subsiding. The second began in the latter half of 2018 as a result of decisions made by the SBM staff in the wake of the [[Third SBC Renaissance]], and passed a point of no return in December 2018, when many SBC members were banned from SBM.

When it became apparent that the SpongeBob boards on TV.com were no longer quality forums with [[Site Incidents|corrupt moderators banning and suspending several members for no reason]], SpongeBuddy Mania was thought to be the obvious alternative. It was one of the large, active SpongeBob forums on the internet. However, the creation of the TV.com Refuge by [[that70sguy92]] signified the community's need to be independent. The SpongeBob Community was created by [[terminoob]] on August 15, 2009 with the intention of serving banned TV.com members. On February 20, 2010, [[tvguy347]] created a topic advertising SBC (while simultaneously bashing SBM). The topic was quickly discarded and replaced with a topic created by PhilipB, where reactions to SBC were negative.

The topic remained dormant until November 25, 2010, when an explosive fight ensued after more advertising efforts from tvguy. PhilipB attempted to create a treaty between SBC and SBM, but with no staff involvement, the treaty did little. The conflict was compared to a previous SBM incident, in which SBM was attacked by an Avatar site. The following day, SBC was ravaged by an attack that resulted in 136 spam posts across the forum. The aftermath of the attack included more flaming on SBM, with SBC being criticized for its use of Forumotion. Another large fight occurred on SBC in the days after the attack. The identity of the hack team remained a secret until several years later, when the team was revealed to be comprised of Mothra, MDPP, Face, and several other SBM members. However, no SBM staff members were involved as initially thought.

Towards the end of July 2011, [[Site Incidents|SBC was attacked by a hacker]]. Immediately, SBM became a suspect. Instead of fights, SBM cooperated with SBC and helped in searching for their hacker by searching SBM's entire member database of 3,000+ members. Towards the end of 2011, small fights broke out on SBM when member JCM labeled SBM as "dead." The feud effectively ended in early 2012 when both SBC and SBM underwent renovations in terms of activity, infrastructure, and design.  

After the [[Third SBC Renaissance]], [[Third SBC Renaissance#SBM fallout|tensions between the two sites were rekindled]] in the latter half of [[2018]], beginning with ssj's actions and comments relating to the incident. The new divide between the two sites was made permanent on December 15th, 2018, when more than a dozen members (among them [[Homie]], [[Aya]], [[Halibut]], [[HawkbitAlpha]], [[BenPaz]], [[RDSP]], and [[Wintermelon43]]) were banned from SBM for blasting ssj's decision to partially unban [[MDPP]] on the forum.

After four years of tension, the second feud was officially brought to a close in February 2023. This was instigated by the arrival of SBM regular [[Meko1432]] to SBC, whose mentions of the divide between the sites led Hawkbit to open a new talk of negotiations with ssj in January. This conference resulted in most of the members banned during the December 2018 purge now being allowed to return to SBM. While many long-time members of SBC have moved on, and the connection between the two sites may never fully recover as a result, the gap between the two has begun to shrink, with several members choosing to make appearances on SBM.