This is more of a guess than something I've confirmed actually exists, but I'm sure it's going around -- if you've ever had it please say so below.

There's a lot of people who seem to delete comments because they feel like making those comments was a mistake, or regret them.

I also believe there's a lot of people that type up entire responses and then delete them and don't respond. This one happens on reddit a lot but I think it happens more here.

What's causing these and how can we go about alleviating them so people aren't afraid of participating?

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EDIT: Getting the impression that just talking about this as a thing that exists might help some as there's not actually that much reason to worry. Participation is much better than non-participation!

I think one of the stronger aspects of Hexbear compared to reddit is a completely opposite philosophy on participation. On reddit votes and downvotes were intended to eliminate "fluff" commenting, attempting to encourage an environment where people only comment if they've got something valuable to add to the conversation and downvoting anyone that doesn't (this was the original culture and intention of their system). Here on the other hand we kinda have the opposite going and it's nicer, more human and more about actually chatting an interacting with other people.

  • eduardog3000 [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Worrying a comment will be misconstrued as reactionary/ban worthy.

    • HoChiMaxh [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Yep. The thing is one the dogpiling starts you really cannot talk to Chapos about cooling it. They get so angry at the way the poster is wrong they cannot just let them be wrong and move on. It's not good for a community for people to only ever post things they are certain will be accepted by the group.

      As for what to do about it, I think mods should use 24 hour bans for people who have been members in good standing.

      • DaringDarek [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        This is exactly why I surf logged out 99% of the time, and don't post in any situation where I disagree with someone.

        The idea of ban-happy mods and having to make / remember a new account sounds exhausting and I'd rather just not participate honestly.

        I'm tired and just want some news and laughs at the end of long days. The original sub was an absolute riot & that's what I yearn for

    • GottiGoFast [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Woah, that's literally me!

      😔

      I wish there was a way to show the reason why a banned user got banned, like a link next to their user name or something.

      • dead [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        You can see why a user was banned. You can search the username on the public modlog.

        https://hexbear.net/modlog

          • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
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            2 years ago

            /c/userunion exists for appeals, but tbh I don't think most of the people who get banned really care, since making another account isn't too hard lol

              • Abraxiel
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                2 years ago

                It doesn't really help that the mods routinely delete old posts in that thread and userunion after having been "resolved".

        • GottiGoFast [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          :D

          I wish I knew about that sooner. Leaving it on the homepage's sidebar could be useful as long as it doesn't somehow encourage further wrecking behavior.

          • dead [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            The log also shows removed comments or posts of the banned user. In some instances, the log shows what the comment said before it was removed. The log includes links to removed comments, even if the comment text is deleted. You can click the deleted comment link to see the context of the comment.

    • RonJeremyCorbyn [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Banning good faith posts, so much so that people worry about getting banned and so don't post, is good moderating, actually.