be me
terrible at greentexting
searching for hexbear lulz
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type "why" in the searchbar
look through results
all posts/comments from 6-12 months ago
over 300 upbears on each post, 50-100 upbears easily on each comment
more usernames
recent posts rarely top 70 upbears, never manage to get over 200
very clear that this website has become more inactive
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mods/admin have less of a hassle, they do their good work for free on an experimental and what I imagine to be fiddly system, exhausting to troubleshoot software bugs and to ban slimy chuds
devs can relax too, since there is less incoming traffic so no need for upgrades or to discuss all the suggestions for "improving" the website
we already have more users than volunteer admins, no need to overload, there needs to be a massive overhaul in terms of administration procedures and software if this site were to grow larger, the internet is a hostile environment for leftism
community seems to be going well too, no subversion by reactionary tendencies as of yet
no big projects/praxis as of yet (to my knowledge), but plenty of disgruntled users with a bit of free time, promising
hidden archives of forbidden knowledge buried within the site's history, for instance, the xenofeminist manifesto
total site death is unlikely within the next year
lack of ongoing vision for the site means that if it were to die quietly, then there would be no harm done
maybe winter has to pass before spring can arrive
or maybe to slowly fade into history isn't so bad after all, more grass shall be touched irl
either way, we all can only look forward to the future of this site
Sometimes I forget most of y'all are baby posters that never experienced the old internet. This community has enough mass to continue for a long while.
I've seen IRC channels with 15 users go on for years
I know of a Minecraft medieval roleplaying community that's been going since like 2011 and probably 9 purges / mass schisms over the dumbest shit.
A while back I visited an old forum I posted on 10 years ago and it still has an active community, despite being about the size hex bear is now at its peak back then.
Also I don't think there will be any more mass exoduses like November-April, for better or worse all the people who are stuck around through the big struggle sessions are those most "loyal" to the community
well... where else could I post owls and shitposts in the same place?
Now that I’m an admin I can’t imagine moderating through the early struggle sessions, they were chaos! I think we’ve all learned a lot as both a site and a mod team.
I think if we can keep getting the watermarked memes out there we'll be good. It will keep getting us some new visitors
Honestly I feel like the site keeps getting better and better idk why I see the doomer posts about it dying. I think the smaller numbers mess with people's heads but the larger social media sites have more people because they suck at moderation and try to appeal to everyone. This is a pretty far left site, we're a niche
There’s been a couple posts in the last week that hit over 200. Our site’s algorithm also moves content a little faster than reddit’s, although I’ve been told by older members of the community that it’s an improvement over the slower one that was there at launch.
Hexbear has a consistent userbase and good content most days. I hope we keep growing either way because this is one of the most unique sites on the net right now.
Lol yeah the sorting at launch was very slow. It left posts up for a while so they could accumulate a lot of upbears, but at the same time whenever you visited there'd be no new posts on your feed. This new system is much much better even though posts are rarely at the top for more than 6 hours or so.
we've just settled into some stability after the rounds of purges in the struggle session era. Engagement seems to be just fine as far as I can tell. it's definitely not dying lol
It's much like a friend that you just don't see as often as you used to, you stop in once in a while, not much happened with them, but they're doing okay
Agreed. I would like a bit more shitposting, but when you guys are on you are on. The horse medicine has been a boon for this, really.
recent posts rarely top 70 upbears, never manage to get over 200
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sad but also damn i hit 70 once lol guess thats an accomplishment?
I dont know how to explain but four sites i used are dying. :/
