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.

  • Kanna [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    I'm sorry I haven't been properly modding the comm. Fwiw I'm active on other accounts currently and mostly use this for moderation.

    I've gone through phases of being open to discussing veganism on this site, but tbh each time ends in me ready to quit the site and genuinely hating the majority of carnists here (more than I already do 😎). That doesn't mean I should avoid moderation though, so I'll get back to it. Sorry for any shit that stayed up longer than it should.

    Anyway every vegan user on this site is beyond based and I appreciate you :avoheart:

    • ButtBidet [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      You are literally doing the most unpleasant job possible. You could be spending 1/10th the time on it that you're doing now, and I'd still kiss your shoes in thanks.

      Thanks so much for all you do.

      • Kanna [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        Haha I appreciate that. I'm going to make an effort to use it more though. When we were doing recipe weeks, shitposting, and efforting posting regularly here this comm was pretty great. It would be nice to see that again

    • BeamBrain [he/him]M
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      1 year ago

      Hey, glad to hear from you. I hope I didn't come off too negatively toward you. This wasn't meant to be a callout post - you shouldn't have to do all the modding in this community yourself!

      • DictatrshipOfTheseus [comrade/them, any]
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        1 year ago

        Same thing from me, @Kanna . Your work and dedication here, especially with all you have to put up with, it's very much appreciated, I hope that was clear from my comment. Also, I know it's locked, but your "Reminder:" post is :chefs-kiss:

        Edit: Also the same to other mods and former mods - I didn't mean to demean anybody by calling you place-holders. I just didn't see any activity, but I can completely understand the need to distance yourselves or even just give up and do something else. The shit you have to put up with I can only imagine is seriously taxing on mental health.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      You're fighting the good fight and you came through with the four most recent alt accounts of the most recent :frothingfash: that showed up here. :fidel-salute-big: