They have a fairly good thing going there in terms of general energy and number of people on board but Reddit and lib mods could ruin it very fast. It also seems like we have a fair bit of exchange with them, even if a lot of us get banned. Do we want to make a liferaft comm /c/antiwork for the dual purpose of growing hexbear and providing a space where a sane and correct model of antiwork with leftist foundations can grow?
Weigh in with pros and cons below.
It is a lot of work. It will require an organizing initiative which can recruit at least a dozen volunteers to deal with the underlying infrastructure and maintenance, not including community moderators and the street team. But that's what it takes. That's what it took to make this place.
While we (and Lemmygrad) can certainly accommodate some refugees, we're talking about an 800,000 user forum here. We simply don't have the volunteers or resources to accommodate that kind of influx. On the other hand, within a community of that size, the expertise and the labor power is certainly present. We should take the Maoist approach of organizing them into a self-sufficient revolutionary unit, channeling that expertise and power. At least, that's my take. I'm just some guy.