That's right folks the year is drawing to a close so it's time to rehash last year's bit, nominate, and vote for your 2024 Hexies! These are the Hexbears you think exemplify what it means to be a real Hexbear hexbear-retro

Here's how it works:

  1. Pick from the below categories

  2. Nominate someone for that category by tagging them

  3. If you are nominated respond to the nomination to accept it

  4. Most upbeared accepted nomination in each category wins!

What do you win? The esteem of your fellow Hexbearian comrades of course. What more could you want?

The categories for this year's 2024 Hexie awards are:

  1. Best Effortposter of 2024

  2. Most likely to be called a tankie on a blocked instance

  3. Most comradely Hexbear

This year we have a special bonus category to commemorate some of the new comms we added:

  1. Best bad poster (this is not the worst poster, this is the best poster that is bad at posting)

We got a lot of new posters this year and have a lot of great comrades visiting from federated instances, feel free to participate too! We love all of our great posters, don't we folks?

Alright comrades that's it from me, be sure and do your democratic duty and vote for your 2024 Hexie winners and congrats in advance to the winners of this highly coveted and prestigious award!

And for one small trip down memory lane, here's last year's Hexies! https://hexbear.net/post/1477104

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This bit was fun last year so I hope folks enjoy doing this bit again this year too, as a bit though

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  • Infamousblt [any]
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    6 days ago

    It's just a fun silly thing, it's not official. I just made it up. Last years was a wholesome trip down memory lane and this year is looking to be much the same. Nobody actually wins anything this is just a silly format based on something like the Emmys for a end of the year recap post where we call each other out and remember the fun we had together on Hexbear this year. That's all! I'm sorry it makes you feel the ick though that's definitely not the intention.

    • glans [it/its]
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      6 days ago

      I'm sorry it makes you feel the ick though that's definitely not the intention.

      Well I appreciate that and I have no reason to think this was created in anything other than a loving capacity. This rly isn't about anyone in particular. If just one person made the thread it would be of no bother. Like I guess I am not so surprised that a person would make a thread like this, so much as that everyone would be participating.

      something like the Emmys

      Don't a lot of people hate awards shows like that? I know some of them are more respected than others. But aren't there always lots of complaints and gripes and resentments around those things?

      Maybe I'm just not the target audience. In some circles it seems to be normal for people to just be giving each other awards and certificates and trophies all the time. Academia and media are the 2 that come to mind. If you look at a CV for someone who's established in either of those industries they have all kinds of accolades. Aside from those, I have rarely heard of anyone I know getting any work-based prize. Except those which are directly governed by the employer ala "employee of the month" which is transparently a trick to control people. And not what is going on here.

      Instead of the Emmys, maybe a better comparison would be an amateur athletics league? But it's like, we've all been watching each other doing ribbon gymnastics and doing collective coaching, then are asked to remember who was the best batton thrower over the past year.

      If that's what everyone wants to do