I've noticed a lot of :morshupls: and :debatebro-l: from carnists going unmoderated in this community even after being reported and was wondering why. I decided to have a look at the list of mods to find out, and discovered the following:

  • @ella has not made a post or comment on Hexbear since December 2021.
  • @DashEightMate has not made a post or comment on Hexbear since May 2021.
  • @Dirtbag has never made a post or comment on Hexbear.
  • @Kanna posts or comments on a fairly regular basis - once a week or so - but this clearly isn't enough for the only active mod of this community.

If c/vegan is going to be in any sense useable as a place for vegans to discuss our ideas in a friendly environment, rather than yet another platform on which we must battle carnists at every turn, we're going to need some new blood on the mod team.

  • OliCromwellOfficial [he/him]
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    1 年前

    I am one of the users in that list!! Fwiw I don't want to mod it properly because last time the shit people were throwing at me basically made me want to kill myself, I got completely disillusioned with leftism in general for a while

    But maybe someone stronger than me can come along and take it 😎 I am admittedly not a very stable person

    • Lord_ofThe_FLIES [he/him]
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      1 年前

      I'm an ex mod as well. If the admins aren't willing to do something about reactionary vegans site-wide, some more comm mods won't do a thing.

      I hope you're doing better now comrade

      • OliCromwellOfficial [he/him]
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        1 年前
        Insane rambling DO NOT READ

        They do ban the bad ones now, check modlog, but fuck this is why I got so disillusioned, they are everywhere, I don't think there's much they or anyone can do, which is why I only use this site with dumb bit accounts like this one and have stopped trying to maintain any coherent identity here, or anywhere leftist online -- to be clear this isn't a Hexbear issue, it's an Online Left issue. I just don't have it in me to care anymore, fuck, knowing people here would probably kill me or at least completely socially ostracise me in person because I'm not white and a principled vegan made me lose all hope :sadness-abysmal:

        Talk about treat defenders. I just have no hope in a left movement when criticism of something somebody enjoys leads them to say the shit they say, or throw my whole identity as somebody who is non-white into doubt because "Vegans Are Just Dumb Westeners" or "The Gringos Are Wild For This One 🤣🤣🤣"

        Insane rambling over. Need to talk about this in therapy istg.

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          1 年前

          to be clear this isn’t a Hexbear issue, it’s an Online Left issue.

          A lot of self-described leftists are fair-weather friends and will become reactionary assholes if someone makes them feel bad about a product they consume. :doomer:

        • Lord_ofThe_FLIES [he/him]
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          1 年前

          They banned us instead of the anti vegan wreckers when vcj tried to migrate here. That was the big moment where they could have changed both hb and vcj for the better

            • Lord_ofThe_FLIES [he/him]
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              1 年前

              Oh no the new team is great but the years of shitty site culture don't change that fast

                • Lord_ofThe_FLIES [he/him]
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                  1 年前

                  Just a month ago the mere mention of veganism made dozens of reactionary assholes jump out the woodwork calling all vegans racist. I gave up on this site too tbh, but we have a nice vegan theory club on discord if you want to join

                  • StellarTabi [none/use name]
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                    1 年前

                    woodwork calling all vegans racist

                    I think I know what you're talking about (saw it somewhere other than hb), holy shit, it's such a bad argument, carnies should feel bad for even trying it.