After discussing this with the people most often using the mutual aid community and feedback here we will be making a single change.
Meta posts will no longer be permitted in !mutual_aid@hexbear.net critical meta posts must not be about specific users and posted in !feedback@hexbear.net at risk of removal.
We will change the mutual aid sidebar to remove the clause permitting meta posts, we will also ask that users post once a day so that everyone's post's can be seen but this is not a hard rule as it is pretty clear that removing posts is a last resort in that community. This joins the other community recommendations that users include currency, how much is needed, updating when a user has received funds, or updating/locking the post when the need has been met.
This will be unfeatured in about 12 hours
~~Hello users of hexbear:
Due to recent meta posts in our mutual aid community we wanted to open up discussion about the community !mutual_aid@hexbear.net
We will never require explanation or justification from a user asking for aid in the community, and the mod and admin team continue to commit to not featuring an individual's mutual aid request to prevent unfair exposure.
In addition, we will maintain a strict "No critical comments or meta comments" on a mutual aid post.
This post is to discuss the mutual aid community's rule of allowing meta posts: mutual aid as a community, those making posts in it and those commenting on posts.
We are considering removing the exception allowing meta posts but wanted to involve the userbase before committing to a change.
Please comment with any thoughts, feelings, or suggestions regarding this change.
Thank you~~
As I said last time this all came up I have no problem with people spending donated money on whatever they want as long as they didn't lie to get it.
I don't care if people spend it on drugs or anything else, as long as they didn't say it was for something else.
Saying you need money for basic survival items, getting the money and then turning around and spending it on drugs is shitty, especially when it's surrounded by posts of other people also saying rhe need survival necessities.
I don't think I'm the only one who, given the option to donate limited resources to people starving in Gaza or facing eviction or having that same money go to somebody buying gard drugs, I'd rather it be used on the thing that is going to actually improve the situation.
Especially if you're then going to go on to say that other people are making outside observers less likely to donate.
That's before you get into the history of bragging about scamming people and calling people slurs when you get called on it.
what the fuck. $4,000? WHAT THE FUCK THAT COULDVE DONE SO MUCH GOOD.
Please tell me that at least that user was banned
Nah, still a regular here.
Fuck off
Just answering the question. I don't think they should be penalized for having needs.
Okay, sorry for telling you to fuck off, I thought you were with the others trying to keep these old things going, that really need to be let go and to stop being reactionary.
Hopefully. This is reactionary liberal bullshit. What's next, you gonna get mad someone on Mutal Aid has a smartphone?
Yeah fair. No investigation, no right to speak. I took that comment stating they asked for the money for a car then spent it all on drugs at face value and didn't investigate further. Now that I've seen the real story my comments are awful
Even if a person spent it all on drugs, who cares? Why are you joining the War on Drugs on the side of feds?
That's not what I said. The comment I was replying to (incorrectly) stated they had lied by requesting the money for car repairs then spent it on drugs.
My issue was with the lie itself (that didn't actually happen).
Shut the fuck up. She did not scam 4000$ If you're going to misrepresent the situation, how about you fuck off? You're the one being disgusting. I was the one who gave her 4,000$ and maybe read what I said here. https://hexbear.net/comment/6174872