Hello users of Hexbear, there have been many changes and some drama the past few months.

The recent changes we’ve been making have been an attempt to create a more safe and welcoming environment for many demographics that have been overlooked in the past.

For any of our comrades that have been unintentionally hurt in this process, we apologise and hope to find a solution that accommodates as many people as possible while still meeting the needs of the marginalised groups who need a space like this the most.

The intent of this post is to provide a space for all users to air grievances with regard to the site. As well as provide suggestions for specific things that could be changed to address your grievance. Comments insulting the mod team or those without a specific means to address your problem may be removed. No commenter will be sitebanned, unless it clearly breaks the code of conduct.

  • HarryLime [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    35·
    1 day ago

    Hexbear is not a place to therapy-dump (I’m looking at you powerposters).

    You know who I’m talking about, the KochHandLieutenants, DustVultures, etc. The power posters that sometimes post MULTIPLE THREADS PER DAY. And honestly, most of them are the low effort types of topics I posted about above in #2. I can’t help but think that they are suffering from some kind of social media “like” dopamine hit addiction and every time they post and get responses the cycle continues. And often these posts are super low effort beanis posts or posts about literal shit/farts. Or sometimes they are weird nostalgia-bait posts that are super specific: elder-millenials that are in a mid-life crisis and are looking for somebody to commiserate with. E.g. “Hey remember 2D Sonic from the 90s? GEX GEX GEX! (member berries, member berries, member berries) I’m living in the past as a way to cope and I’m using the hexbear community as my own personal therapy session!!” I get it, therapy is expensive, but this is not a place to get your dopamine hits and drown out mutual aid posts (which I have noticed an uptick of recently, indicating that people are really suffering out there). Also think about how this looks and reflects on us. There was a recent influx of BlueSky people and others. Do we really want to tell them “hey this is a great community, just ignore all those posts about farting in a car and how hot-boxing it is a great bit idea!” I think I’ve said enough about this particular topic.

    I’m sorry, but what you’re basically saying here is that a problem with the site are the posts that annoy you, personally.

    • REgon [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      10·
      14 hours ago

      what you’re basically saying here is that a problem with the site are the posts that annoy you, personally.

      The code of conduct should be replaced with a hotline to me where I can be asked wether or not I vibe with a certain post and if I don’t - straight to jail