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.
The ironic thing is I actually agree that some of those comms should be hidden by default, but you honestly could have done without the passive aggressive psychoanalysis. We get it, fun isn’t cool and interests have a use by date. Throw away old and consume new thing now. I … don’t exactly know what you were trying to say other than to be dick about other peoples harmless interests. Honestly just comes across as ageist and maybe even a little ableist.
From what I understand you want Hexbear to be the Mutual Aid comm only, which is odd, because it’s never been just that. I like the Mutual Aid comm, I think it’s something Hexbear should be proud of, but we have many comms. I for one would like to see more effort posts, but I’m not about to get shitty with people just because they’re not posting the way I want. Also I don’t think a completely serious atmosphere would actually bring more people in. The slop comm in particular is an odd thing to hide because dunking on reactionaries brings people in.
Like I said, I actually agree that the badposting comm should be hidden by default. But also by the looks of the edit you left at the first sign of push back so maybe you weren’t really invested to begin with.