So I can make up stories about how I understood the nature of the universe while staring at a plant. And by this I mean posting Hegel quotes.

  • cosecantphi [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    12·
    2 years ago

    I’ve asked about opening a general comm for recreational drugs before, but the consensus seemed to be that the mod and admin team weren’t up for the extra workload keeping such a space safe would require. Not to mention the chance of catching law enforcement attention, giving pigs a much loved opportunity to send a bunch of communists, LGBTQ people, racial minorities, and neurodiverse people to prison on bullshit drug charges. I’m not sure how founded that concern is, but the people running this site probably have a better idea than me about how vulnerable it is from that kind of attack.

    However, it was very early on in the site’s history last I asked. I think the admin and mod team might be different enough now that it’s worth asking again. You should probably go to the comm request community and make a post about it there.

      • sharkfucker420 [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        7·
        2 years ago

        Yeah I can see that, I just have so many niche fandoms I’m a part of that I’d like a community for but unfortunately they do not exist.

        However I get the feeling this is not the place for those niche fandoms anyway, perhaps it is best to stay on topic.

        • silent_water [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
          7·
          2 years ago

          it’s also the size of the userbase. there’s something like 2k active users per month - when you’re talking about niche fandoms, you might get 20 users per month, or worse 2 users per month, and people just give up on the comm without active work from the mods to cultivate a userbase. federation helps a little but ultimately, hexbear’s politics makes things harder.

          all that said, if you have a plan, make a post in /c/commrequest explaining your plan - admins will want a mod application to go along with it, mainly to make sure they’re not modding a fascist or the like.

          • McCainRBGcreampie [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
            5·
            2 years ago

            Hexbear is sorely lacking communities for every individual model of car, every Anglophone town with a population over 20k, and every esoteric combination of dietary restrictions (e.g. VeganKetoLowFODMAPIntermittentFastingGainIt)