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.
Any users wanting to suggest a community to replace the tanks, may do so at !commrequest@hexbear.net current discussion is here https://hexbear.net/post/3858346 or submit a mod application to take a more active role in shaping the site.
You may also consider using !shitreactionariessay@lemmygrad.ml as a substitute for dunk/dredge tank posts as well
The mod statement can be found here: https://hexbear.net/comment/5613033
Application
What is your Hexbear username? Do you have any preferred pronouns? What are your thoughts on capitalism? What are your thoughts on imperialism? What are your thoughts on trans rights? What are your thoughts on racial justice? What do think about current and previous protests around the world? What are your thoughts on Veganism and Animal Liberation? Do you have any experience with other leftist online communities? What did those experiences teach you? What is your approach to moderation, and how do you work with teams? How do you deal with online drama and people who try to start things for the sake of it? What current comms would you be interested in moderating? Do you have any ideas for community engagement? What is your general time availability? (Time zone, amounts, common browsing times, etc)
I don't know for sure if the claim that has been bandied about their identity is 100% right (I have trouble with seeing the "posting style is the same" type claim, I guess it's like face blindness for textual speech cadence or something) but it's absolutely got to be someone who is a hexbear regular with an axe to grind.
No way some random reactionary would be so onside for the anti roasting faction that apparently exists on this site.
them specifically going after adjsf for being South African is also way too inside baseball for some random offsite shit stirrer to know
It was just shocking seeing a hexbear user just brazenly misgendering other users to their faces. Really disappointing to see
"I'm about to do a Hexbear poweruser move." - Me before I'm about to misgender trans people I'm angry at
some people really blow a fuse when disagreements happen, and say some real dumb shit. anger can be blinding to a lot of supposed principles. I'm not a fan of the 'go touch grass' type posts, but if any argument ever gets you to that level you need to just walk away because nothing can be worth that level of strain, embarasment, and social backlash
That sort of troll would've just started blasting pure unfiltered hate speech by their second account
I know there is a Zionist lemmy.club user who would pop up in the news mega whenever there's a setback in the Resistance. He would usually name his accounts like HexbearHatesJews. But from the other comments here, it seems like this account is just some regular from here.