Imagine the legendary powerposter we could become over there if hexbear shared one account

    • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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      2 days ago

      Has anyone told us not to break out of Hexbear ? I think we are doing it because we all just browse Local but maybe we should share the fun with .ml and lemmygrad

      • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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        2 days ago

        We haven't been strictly told not to, but if we start replying to ourselves, they're going to ban us as spam without context. Especially at our current posting speed and power. Unless every post is serious business.

        • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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          2 days ago

          We need to come to consensus on a few points of order before we break containment. Some I would say are:

          1. no commenting to ourselves
          2. before you press post, check if we have posted in the thread
          • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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            2 days ago

            It would the best if it seemed like a normal account with a strangely high level of activity. People would then check the account profile, and discover the bit. Maybe even once or twice it would break the facade, so to speak, and comment twice on a post.

            • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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              2 days ago

              We need a bot to manage the rules. A Bot could check if a top level comment has been made before letting us post another one. and could stop us from accidently posting on ourselves. As we said further up we could also have a proxy IP that all comments are routed through so we could spread to other social media.

              Then we need rules on invites I say nobody outside of hexbear. We also need a new user to hide the evidence and maybe even disband bureaucrat.

              • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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                2 days ago

                Yeah right now we give the password to all who ask, but we should really check before we give it to a 6 day old account again

                • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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                  2 days ago

                  i looked at the 6 day old account and he seemed completely fine to me ( i looked at some of the posts and comments ). I'm one of those that has been giving the password to people and I always first take a look at the accounts that ask just to be safe. Maybe I could start to do a more in depth search if we feel it would be necessary.

                    • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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                      2 days ago

                      I was browsing their "top of the week" posts and comments, maybe i should actually do the opposite to see if there is something bad hidden for the next people that ask. Because obviously we don't upbear bad takes usually

                      • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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                        2 days ago

                        We can make a post where wanna-be Bureaucrat ask for the password and a committee decides on the matter (3 thumbs up and we send the password), unless it's an old account

                        • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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                          2 days ago

                          doggirl-thumbsup you got my vote

                          EDIT: i'm not sure how we would check if it's 3 different people leaving a thumps up but we can figure that out as we go ? Maybe you have to send a DM from your non Bureaucrat account ?

                          • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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                            2 days ago

                            EDIT: i'm not sure how we would check if it's 3 different people leaving a thumps up but we can figure that out as we go ?

                            We need a distributed ledger, blockchain! (I'm just saying words)

                        • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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                          2 days ago

                          Like a real bureaucracy. We're supposed to keep the comm locked though and only allow mod posts, meaning us

                          • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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                            2 days ago

                            Like a real bureaucracy we should be open during frustrating hours and our schedule is incomprehensible

                              • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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                                2 days ago

                                Except on holidays when we are closed unless it's a religious holiday in which case we are closed unless it's on a leap year in which case our most local department is open. Local to what? Sorry we're closed

                          • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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                            2 days ago

                            yes, only we can post, but no one said anything about comments did they ?
                            I think people can comment on a specific Megathread

                • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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                  2 days ago

                  Whichever bureaucrat is looking at the messages should check the post history for sure. Just to make sure they're not a new spam account or someone banned 12 times already.

          • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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            2 days ago

            but commenting to ourselves is the funny bit doggirl-gloom

            Edit: we can also communicate with ourselves via edits

            and some of us is thinking about constructing a monster poster that exists in every social media platform and has posting power like nobody in the world!

          • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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            2 days ago

            Maybe we can add a number at the end of our comments when we go outside of hexbear.

            Like i could end my comment with #bureaucrat1111 so then, if someone replies, they use a different identification code. Obviously this should only be done outside of hexbear... but maybe not because if we have multiple signatures that might lift the jig.

  • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
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    2 days ago

    this reminds me of my favorite bit of lore from between the sub getting banned and the formation of chapochat btw

    we pulled this shit 4.5 years ago to a t, the lifeboat discord made an acct called u/chapotrapzone and went on a rampage telling all the big political subs to post hog

    (i subbed it to r/thewestwing for the record btw lmao)

    it lasted for at most 30 minutes but it was some of the most fun i had that year