Hello users of Hexbear, we are excited to start our next mod drive!

Below will be a list of communities in need of moderators, however if you are interested in moderating a community not on that list please reach out or send an application with the communities you would like to moderate.

Please comment to show interest or go ahead and begin the application process.

Create an Element account and send the following application to @carc0sa:chapo.chat

The answers will be reviewed by the admin team, and applications will not be copied into unencrypted communication without your permission.

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 Black Lives Matter and the recent protests?

What do those protests tell you?

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?

Do you have an account with Reddit, Discord, or Twitter? If so, may we review them?

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)

Priority Communities

!antifascism@hexbear.net

!art@hexbear.net

!canada@hexbear.net

!electoralism@hexbear.net

!effort@hexbear.net

!earth@hexbear.net

!vegan@hexbear.net

!furry@hexbear.net

!europe@hexbear.net

!em_poc@hexbear.net

!islam@hexbear.net

!menby@hexbear.net

!mentalhealth@hexbear.net

!oceania@hexbear.net

!podcasts@hexbear.net

!recovery@hexbear.net

!sino@hexbear.net

!tactics@hexbear.net

!sports@hexbear.net

!womenby@hexbear.net

!writing@hexbear.net

Element information

Element is a messanging app that lets you talk to people over the Matrix protocol.

To get started, check out this link, where you can choose to either download Element for your platform or, if on a computer, open it in a browser ("Launch Element Web").

The instructions that follow are for the desktop application and the web application, but the process is similar on all apps:

  • Press "Create Account"
  • We host our own Matrix server, so if you want you can change matrix.org to chapo.chat. This is completely optional; users who sign up with a matrix.org username can still talk to people with chapo.chat username. (Note: It is chapo.chat, not hexbear.net. Also, registrations aren't always open on chapo.chat; if they're not, just create an account on matrix.org)
  • Fill in a username and password
  • Hit register, and you're done!

If you are interested in contributing to the dev side of Hexbear please refer to this post:

https://hexbear.net/post/159221

  • AncomCosmonaut [he/him,any]
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    3 years ago

    If one of us say, maybe has multiple usernames, how would we best answer the first question? Is it better to list them out, or only give the "main" nym we use?

    I have considered for quite a while suggesting a c/drugs, and applying to moderate it if the idea was accepted. I realize I'm not the only one either. I am also aware of the potentially... sticky situations that might develop from a poorly-moderated, or even ill-defined drug comm. In my mind, it would be a comm specifically for harm reduction and real education on the matter, (and of course absolutely not for sourcing - something to be made clear from the get-go). But let's face it, drugs are a major part of many chapos, er, hexbearer's lives, and I think a community dedicated to the topic and coming from a compassionate, materialist perspective, could not only fit well here, but may be a real benefit to some users here.

    Edit: @Marijuana420 you around?