Those megas should be taking up space, disabled, empoc, and trans comms should be occupying space on the front page
Like /u/ashinadash said the last time these megas (especially disabled and POC) were relegated to a tiny link it effectively killed engagement in these comms until they were restored. That was for the first fundraiser (and every mega was pinned which made it fair) but unpinning those threads sends a bad message to the communities that are being relegated to a link at the bottom of the 'general' megathread that remains. A lot of the empoc users have already expressed that they don't feel comfortable engaging outside of that comm.
Personally any complaints about these comms/megas that are mostly for marginalized people "taking too much space" is sus to me because it implies there's a real Hexbear that deserves to take up space on the front page and a non-real Hexbear that doesn't. I would be very put off by this if it was to pass.
I don't think it's a coincidence that those megas being pinned front and center - especially as safe spaces - has sent a message to people from those communities and drawn them to Hexbear. The action of removing them from the front page sends the same message in the opposite direction. Those pinned megas are what structurally differentiates Hexbear as an intersectional social media website - it's working, and I don't think saving a number of users from the labour of having to scroll past (or click "-/+") is worth it or a valid reason to change that.
Hexbear is better as a seamless hybrid of chatrooms (pinned megas, esp for marginalized people) and Lemmy algorithm driven posts and comms.
To anyone backing that proposal:
Those megas should be taking up space, disabled, empoc, and trans comms should be occupying space on the front page
Like /u/ashinadash said the last time these megas (especially disabled and POC) were relegated to a tiny link it effectively killed engagement in these comms until they were restored. That was for the first fundraiser (and every mega was pinned which made it fair) but unpinning those threads sends a bad message to the communities that are being relegated to a link at the bottom of the 'general' megathread that remains. A lot of the empoc users have already expressed that they don't feel comfortable engaging outside of that comm.
Personally any complaints about these comms/megas that are mostly for marginalized people "taking too much space" is sus to me because it implies there's a real Hexbear that deserves to take up space on the front page and a non-real Hexbear that doesn't. I would be very put off by this if it was to pass.
I don't think it's a coincidence that those megas being pinned front and center - especially as safe spaces - has sent a message to people from those communities and drawn them to Hexbear. The action of removing them from the front page sends the same message in the opposite direction. Those pinned megas are what structurally differentiates Hexbear as an intersectional social media website - it's working, and I don't think saving a number of users from the labour of having to scroll past (or click "-/+") is worth it or a valid reason to change that.
Hexbear is better as a seamless hybrid of chatrooms (pinned megas, esp for marginalized people) and Lemmy algorithm driven posts and comms.