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What’s your favorite type of weird guy on Hexbear?
Removed by modYou know, the ones that aren’t trolls, but still wind up banned for being awful to be around
You know, the ones that aren’t trolls, but still wind up banned for being awful to be around
I saw a poster recently argue that pigpoopballs was unsettling because they had IBS and seeing shit running down the balls of a pig was uncomfortable, and everyone dogpiled them and told them to chill.
It seems to me that there is no standard. Is the standard "whatever I can get people to agree with and if they don't, oh well guess I have to look at stuff that upsets me because nobody had my back"?
This is just social construction theory. Yes, this is how it works. If a particular kind of content is triggering for a large enough portion of users in a space who feel like they can voice their concerns, they’ll do so and that rule can be codified to accommodate those people.
That threshold can vary from issue to issue and group to group and doesn’t have to involve a majority of people of even a particularly large minority. So, for example, transphobia is not required to be CWed on this site because a large enough percentage of us have a common basis for figuring out what kinds of transphobia are acceptable to discuss openly vs which should be spoilered
I guess the seemingly arbitrary nature confuses me sometimes. I'm not advocating for a change to the rule, I just have my own opinions about it
That’s fair. I struggle with that as well sometimes. But usually the devil’s in the details and you can find explanations for specific rules if you ask around. Either that or no one can explain it and the rule can disappear
For me, it's easy enough to just not engage if I feel like there's a weird grey area. On the other hand, I think it can be worthwhile to challenge norms by at least bringing it up. It's real easy to not be an asshole. It is a little hard to keep up with the rule changes if you're not a power user on hexbear. I have so much stuff flying around in my head at any given time.
I mean, yeah? Do you think it'd be better to have an objective set of rules? Imo it's pretty subjective what needs it and what doesn't, so I think that handling it socially makes sense.
Putting a CW on PPB would directly interfere with the point of PPB as a shock image to hit wreckers with, and it sounds like it was really just one person. It's unfortunate for them, but I agree with that judgement call, personally.
I guess the arbitrarity(?) of it confuses me. I don't have any particular triggers, and I understand people that do. I sympathize with them, and want to make the world a better place. PPB being "shocking" and used as a tool to bully others is a weird concept when we try to accommodate and make everyone welcome, or swiftly give them the boot.
Personally, I'm pro bullying. This site has conflicting views on bullying. I got a post removed because I didn't sympathize with a crypto-bro who allegedly lost all of his money. Then, I see a bunch of screengrabs of people crying about the same thing and people on here dunking on them..
The lesson I learned I guess was " it's ok to be an asshole behind people's backs, but once they set foot on hexbear, we can't. Even if they're here in bad faith".
I wasn't trying to start a struggle sesh, and I hope you and I can be cool. I just think there are a lot of polarizing opinions here that are hard to navigate sometimes.
Yeah I mean I agree, that's kinda an inherent contradiction in the whole "dirtbag left" concept. On the one hand, we want to be inclusive, but on the other hand we want to bully the libs. I think there's bound to be edge cases and mistakes and such while trying to square the two.
It's hard to know where the line is sometimes. My post was removed because "we shouldn't kick fellow proles when they're down". I agree we shouldn't kick comrades at all, but I don't think anyone who bought into crypto is on the same page as the rest of us. I get being desperate, but destroying the planet for digital beanie babies is not leftist.