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

  • Spiderman [any]
    ·
    3 years ago

    Hexbear is a dictatorship of the mod proletariat, not a democracy. Most of their reforms have not been popular, hell I don’t even think most people wanted to change the name.

    • Anarchist [they/them]
      ·
      3 years ago

      It's a website and not a state, of course it's being run by the people running it lol

      Mods can come out of the gate a little strong sometimes, but are really receptive to feedback.

      Name change was good. Chapochat was stupid.

      :hexbear-logo:

      • Spiderman [any]
        ·
        3 years ago

        Tbh it was a dying meme that was just still noticeable in the subreddit before it got shut down, the name is random and fails to fulfill its stated purpose of moving the community away from chapo’s legacy. Frankly I’ve never been satisfied by this site but thankfully I’m less terminally online than I used to be and mostly just lurk now so who cares.

        • Anarchist [they/them]
          ·
          3 years ago

          Frankly I’ve never been satisfied by this site

          Kinda seems weird to keep coming back here then, but you do you.