Hello,

Today the !covid@hexbear.net and !doomer@hexbear.net communities were created.

As of now they are not set to appear in the /all feed so in order to see posts here you have to subscribe.

They do appear in the /all feed and will require users not wanting to see these posts to ensure they subscribe to all communities they do want to see and then change their feed to subscribed only in their settings

Please post !covid@hexbear.net or !doomer@hexbear.net appropriate posts in their respective communities.

Going forward covid/doomer posts that are not in those communities may be crossposted there & removed.

Posts that are without a content warning and/or are titled in a sensational/excessive/clickbait way will be crossposted to one of these communities & removed from the community it was originally posted in, consider using the sourced article headline with a content warning to avoid having this occur.

I know this is an inconvenience and posts restricted to those communities may not get as much engagement but for now this change is intended to help.

If you see a post in another community that may be more appropriate for !covid@hexbear.net or !doomer@hexbear.net please report them.

This post intends to discuss this change so please comment any questions, comments, or concerns regarding this. Thank you

This change is a result of user concerns raised in: https://hexbear.net/post/166749
https://hexbear.net/post/166985

  • ElGosso [he/him]
    ·
    3 years ago

    If Hexbear dot Net is your only news intake you've got other problems

    • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
      ·
      3 years ago

      It's my source for leftist shit. I can listen to npr or whatever and cry about the landlord they have on but the reason I use this site is to get an additional perspective

      • ElGosso [he/him]
        ·
        3 years ago

        Well now you can subscribe to /c/COVID but don't call me a fucking lib while pushing a "handle your own shit" narrative

          • ElGosso [he/him]
            ·
            3 years ago

            Sorry, I took it a bit personally because I nearly had a panic attack yesterday and my post in Feedback was one of the key points for this decision.

            • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
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              3 years ago

              Health anxiety sucks shit, and I swear I know where you're coming from. I've spent 4 years of the last decade dealing with repercussions of it. Hypochondria before we all were

              I have issues with posts that look to gain traction from those fears, BUT covid also does exist and I find it upsetting for a community to want to hide conversations about an extant threat

              The opt out while putting it in main is a fine compromise to me, and I'm not calling those that wish to opt out libs or whatever.

              What I was attempting to communicate was a general policy of removing scary things as a problematic decision.

              Edit: communicate autocorrected into communism lol

            • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
              ·
              3 years ago

              No you're fine and your critique you had in your original post is spot on. That post that sent you spiraling fucking sucked.

      • PlantsRstillCool [des/pair]
        ·
        3 years ago

        Not sure if you're being sarcastic but yes this is the correct take.

        News under capitalism is a product. You pay for it with subscriptions or much more offen with your attention. It's trash made to keep you looking, it doesn't give a fuck if it's informative.

        Not consuming it is a good idea