Hello users of Hexbear, there have been many changes and some drama the past few months.
The recent changes we've been making have been an attempt to create a more safe and welcoming environment for many demographics that have been overlooked in the past.
For any of our comrades that have been unintentionally hurt in this process, we apologise and hope to find a solution that accommodates as many people as possible while still meeting the needs of the marginalised groups who need a space like this the most.
The intent of this post is to provide a space for all users to air grievances with regard to the site. As well as provide suggestions for specific things that could be changed to address your grievance. Comments insulting the mod team or those without a specific means to address your problem may be removed. No commenter will be sitebanned, unless it clearly breaks the code of conduct.
Wait was that a positive thing or a negative thing I got mentioned for?
Positive, i've seen you comment to add a tag/nsfw or get removed in some posts, at least it's a clear avenue to respond to responsible for removal mod (instead of nebulous "add a tag and it will be reinstated" in modlog), and one, who likely would be online
I don't assume mods recheck posts (and that sounds like meaningless work), but couple of times i added nsfw tag to deleted post, according to modlog, and then i don't know who to ping, and the post is not returned
thats something I should bring up with the other news mods. I think the kids do a good job but its always helpful to keep everyone on the same level
before I forget hey @carpoftruth@hexbear.net @Breath_Of_The_Snake@hexbear.net @context@hexbear.net @Infamousblt@hexbear.net @FALGSConaut@hexbear.net just want to make sure we're on the same page regarding the occasional report that drops in the snewze modbox that we actually drop a comment letting the poster know what's going on, what should be corrected, and giving them a point of contact to poke whenever they get around to fixing their post, maybe even letting them know there's a certain window of time to correct it before it get removed. That last part on actually removing things will be up to your discretion as usual.
I don't think we really have too much to work on besides the usual drudgery of trying to get the herd of cats to source their info and other such.
I need to be more on top of that, I appreciate the reminder!
Will do.
Joke suggestion: let’s repurpose the tracker bot to Reddit-style demand a source from top-level comments without a link and auto report since nobody else reports.
Yes sounds good, I've done that before
Oh I am definitely not doing this so thank you for the reminder. I will shape up!
tyblt
You are honestly an exemplary moderator and admin. No bit, no joke, if "being a moderator" was a college course, studying you would be required.