Shinigami Eyes Is Failing the Community It Was Meant to Protect

Shinigami Eyes is not being “review bombed.” It is being rightfully called out for perpetuating transphobia, intersexism, and internalized community bias. This extension, once a helpful tool for flagging transphobic or unsafe spaces, is now actively contributing to the very harm it was created to prevent.

Let me be clear: I love and support trans women and transfeminine people. My critique is not rooted in misogyny or transmisogyny, but in a commitment to the safety and dignity of all gender-expansive people—including transmascs, nonbinary people (often dismissively labeled as “theyfabs”), intersex individuals, and our allies.

Too many voices in our community are being silenced by this tool. Transmascs, nonbinary people, and intersex folks are being marked red—“unsafe”—not for any transphobic or bigoted behavior, but simply for speaking out about our lived experiences with oppression and systemic sexism. Meanwhile, accounts that promote violence against transmascs and men, deny nonbinary or intersex identities, or spread hate are still being marked green—“safe.”

This isn’t just individual bias. It’s systemic harm. It’s the erasure of marginalized voices within an already marginalized community. And it defeats the entire purpose of Shinigami Eyes.

To the developers and moderators: you must do better. Learn to recognize transmisogyny (sexism against trans women), transmisandry (sexism against trans men), exorsexism (sexism against nonbinary people), and intersexism (sexism against intersex people). These are real, harmful forces in our community. They deserve to be flagged—not shielded.

Trans women are valid. Trans men are valid. Trans nonbinary people are valid. Trans intersex people are valid. If your plug-in claims to protect gender-expansive people, then it must protect all of us.

Until then, I recommend uninstalling Shinigami Eyes—or, at the very least, disregarding the red and green tags and manually correcting false reports. As it currently functions, it no longer serves the community it once aimed to defend.

apparently intersex people fucking existing is dangerous to trans people but terfs are just fine 💀💀💀💀💀

This extension works as intended! Transmascs who post transmisogynistic content and who are angry about being called out are review-bombing.

Transmisogynistic transmascs rlly hate when you point out they're being transmisogynistic! This extension is working as intended ^_^

I wish I wasn't having to write this review, but the recent trend in this extension's highlights is pretty clear. It's no longer reliable and frequently flags explicitly pro-LGBT sources/sites as red and notably TERF-y sources as green. Terrible loss for anyone who used it in years past.

Used to be a great tool, but now it's just used by the people who run it to flag people who disagree with what being trans "should" look like- such as targeting trans men who speak out about their experiences instead of shutting up and suffering in silence.

I personally think its fine despite the suspicious review bombing lol

This app was one I used to use all the time, Particularly on sites like YouTube and such where I didn't want to give advertising money to transphobes. However, this app is now being used as a weapon for lateral aggression by people who want to erase trans men and our experiences, and I can no longer support it in good conscience until something is fixed. Trans men get flagged red for talking about the transphobia we face as men, because people don't like it when marginalized people mention situations where intersectional struggles seem to erase (often conditional in these specific cases and that's why it is able to be taken away) privilege, and that isn't okay.

Really useful way to be warned about transphobes online. Most of the negative reviews are from people who'd rather review-bomb the extension than reflect on the way they treat trans women.

works fine. not foolproof, but broadly its perfectly functional. very rarely have i seen somebody marked red where they shouldn't be - the reverse IS more common though. I pay way more attention to red markings than green ones as a result. many negative reviews are because people forget it's possible to be trans and transphobic at the same time, and that you can contest false markings if you see fit.

I do not recommend. It marks outright TERFs and radfems as green, and transmascs/men, nonbinary people, and intersex people as red.