Seanan McGuire was a member of the Pillowfort for a while. I’m also pretty sure that VASpider was as well, but that could just be a rumor from back in the day.

she was literally the reason it existed it was part of the extended “saddest people in the entire universe” cult of non-personality around her

and yeah spider was absolutely part of it

Meanwhile, my pillow-fort is here for cuddles, lewds, lewd-cuddles, planning shenanigans with cool people, and not attacking people, just whining about folks who are mean.

Based.

Whether Spider was or wasn’t a member, they certainly took the blueprint and ran with it in later years.

There were rumors that it was often used for fairly nefarious means, like orchestrating attacks on disliked players, large scale ostracism of certain players from games, and “invasions” (in quotes because most of my information on that is from people who experienced it, rather than people who participated in this) of games where a sphere would suddenly be made up entirely of Pillowfort players, which understandably pushed other players out. Seanan McGuire was a member of the Pillowfort for a while. I’m also pretty sure that VASpider was as well, but that could just be a rumor from back in the day.