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.
My issue has always mainly been that the self-flagellation kinda ends up being performative because time and time again when it came time to shut up and actually listen to genuine viewpoints from marginalized people, the self-flagellators almost always end disappointing because of unexamined, internalised -ism brainworms.
To get back to OP's point, I think that the site's culture has shifted quite a bit from the Chapo day's and that maybe we're gonna have to let go of the ironic detachment dirtbag leftism that characterized where we came from, in favour of something more sincere.
We don’t have to do anything.
Site culture can and will change organically, we don’t have to influence it through modding decisions, nor should we.
If someone wants to be an ironic detached dirtbag I honestly do not give a shit.
Oh I meant "we" as in the user's, I'm not asking for the mods/admins to take action, just that it seems more productive to let go of the previous culture.