Hello users of Hexbear, we wanted to inform you that we are going to be locking the_dunk_tank and dredge_tank communities. We have created two new communities /c/gossip and /c/counterpropaganda to serve a similar but clearly distinct purpose than the dunk/dredge tanks.
Not only is the dunk tank a term that has racist origins, but also many posts there were almost no effort and often times requiring later edits to show how they weren't reactionary, not useful with regard to developing rhetoric and furthering dialectical analysis of that which we dunk upon.
To that end, we wish posts of reactionaries to be placed in !counterpropaganda@hexbear.net along with an accompanying explanation (as simple or complex as desired) with the intent of countering the reactionary propaganda in the post body, as of now comments are not subject to the same rhetorical rigor rule.
For the posts that are not "low-hanging fruit' of notable people we ask that you use !gossip@hexbear.net .
These changes are mainly part of a continued effort to remove the racist and misogynistic elements from our community and grow.
Any moderators of the dunk tank or dredge tank that want to be a mod in the new communities let me know.
Any users with questions or comments please use this post, this change was made at the behest of the entire Hexbear mod and admin team. We will be looking for more moderators in an organized volunteer drive shortly, if you wish to submit an application you may send it to me via hexbear or matrix direct messages.
Use this post as a place for discussion to these changes. We will keep things as they are for 2 weeks and then reflect on the feedback, including this post: https://hexbear.net/post/3858346
As a personal addendum I am sorry if the closing of the tanks these changes removes a beloved space on the site and if you want to suggest a community to replace them you may do so at !commrequest@hexbear.net or submit a mod application to take a more active role in shaping the site.
Sitewide or community changes come from proposals put forth from the mod team, discussed, and voted on by the mod team.
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The name change is fine (although gossip isnt really a great comm name tbh) but please please pleaaaaaaase reconsider honestly this just feels so dour and depressing. I dont care if it doesnt develop rhetoric or whatever it was at least a place that was a much welcomed sanity check against an increasingly hostile and terrifying world, something that i honestly feel is going to be even more important in the coming years
It’s literally just a name change
Previously there was a no effort required celeb mocking comm and a no effort required non-celeb mocking comm.
Now there is a no effort celeb mocking comm and an effort required non-celeb mocking comm.
That's not just a name change.
If it was just a name change the post would be "dunk tank content goes in X sub and dredge tank content goes in Y sub from now on."
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Did you just learn this concept today? This is the second time you deploy it. It's honestly a weird and shitty way to engage with others. You're being very dismissive towards comrades.
I had to Google what this was and apparently it's some kind of marketing thing? I have no idea what you mean by it, but your earlier statement that it's just a name change was wrong.
It’s from a fucking movie lmao
I saw your post. Half-heartedly doing a reference to a decade-old movie when you don't have anything better to say isn't really a bit and it's not very avantgarde either, it's just being bad at having a conversation. You might want to work on being funny if you're gonna do bits
I don’t think it’s worth getting into useless debates over a popular comm shutting down but essentially it’s just a name change, you can still post the dunks it just won’t be on the regular comm. I don’t know why you’re being overly serious about this and my method of disengaging is by doing a dumb bit and I really don’t care if you don’t find it funny or not. Case in point, this post has hundreds of comments, I’ve been here since the chapo days, same issue occurred, it really is not that serious and if anything I feel it’s a good move away from perpetually raging on people for no good reason, the comm is now split into separate comms serving a far better purpose than just one comm altogether where the amalgamation of one gets tiring, the old formula of “dunking” on the same useless libs on twitter or Reddit just to feel good about your own ideology which ultimately boils down to “I’m right you’re wrong and you’re stupid for being wrong.”