Please upvote the post so others can see it and give their thoughts o7

If you think this post is dorky, theres a comment you can upbear to tell me how dorky and bad you think my post is, but still upvote the post for visibility knifecat

I think our posting is too powerful, simply by posting as we always would, or even at a lower intensity, we overwhelm people with replies to the point that can feel like a coordinated dogpile.

I think we should be conscious not to reply *if another hexbear has already said basically what you were going to"

I don't wanna see a lib take, and then scroll down to see the same 3 lines 10 times that I knew would be there before I looked like we're redditors

Now, if theres a Nazi I expect to see a thousand "fuck off and die nazi scum", but if its a liberal giving a lukewarm liberal take, we should consciously not pile on. And if you just have to add something, take a second to make it digestible for other instances, if you're not posting on Hexbear.

This isn't a tone policing thing, I'm not wagging my finger at you for being rude, I just think its simply unwise to proceed as we have been, tactically. We will alienate people we don't need to, for example any left-leaning liberal who happens to be neurodivergent and say something libbish, we're just absolutely annihilating them.

I also think its important to tone down the PPB, for everyone not in hexbear, seeing a PPB should be like seeing officer-down , announcing the fall of a nazi or fucko. People should see it and smile and say "ahh, they got another one" not "oh these fuckin people"

TLDR: If its been said don't say it again, if you're gonna say it, make sure its understandable and proportionate.

Thoughts?

  • neo [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I think spamming people with ppb or our numerous excellent emojis doesn't help Hexbear's reputation or the Lemmy Fediverse more broadly since it gives people just cause to defederate when we are essentially spamming them (EVEN IF IT IS DESERVED). It's just low effort posting. It's more like an inside joke. It's funny here, but it doesn't really work "outside" the group, so to speak.

    I'm rather opposed to Hexbear users' behavior on other comms, especially for the following reason: most people read posts and threads without ever posting themselves. So if we want to argue a point, we really do need to do it in a way that informs a reader, even if that reader isn't the person being responded to. Hopefully the reader, even if they weren't posting, will come away with a better understanding of this hellworld we're in. Being a leftist ideally means you perceive a bit through the propaganda filter that we are all subjected to. It hopefully doesn't mean being boorish online toward others. Also, many of us came into our leftists beliefs gradually and over time. Others deserve the same chance.

    If someone really wants to dunk on something, it can just be a screenshot of someone being shitty in c/the_dunk_tank. If someone in another prominent instance/comm is being extremely shitty (racist/transphobic/misogynist), ppb on sight with extreme prejudice. However, if someone is trying to converse something with bad, propagandized talking points, then just dismantle the points.

    My 2c