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Vaush posts go in the_dunk_tank

Dunk posts in general go in the_dunk_tank, not here

Don't post low-hanging fruit here after it gets removed from the_dunk_tank

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We've seen an uptick in people posting dunks in here that belong in dunk_tank, as well as low-hanging fruit that gets removed from or isn't allowed in dunk_tank anymore. For context, rule 8 of dunk_tank:

Rule 8: The subject of a post cannot be low hanging fruit, that is comments/posts made by a private person that have low amount of upvotes/likes/views. Comments/Posts made on other instances that are accessible from hexbear are an exception to this.

There's a reason that dunks are cordoned off to their own comm, some users rightfully don't want to see reactionary nonsense all the time, even if we're making fun of the person who said it. /c/cth is a general-purpose comm but it's NOT for posting some random nobody asshole twitter user's bad takes, the absolute best course of action to take when you see that stuff out in the wild is to either directly shit on them yourself, or ignore them and don't give them more attention.

From this point on I'm going to be more stringent about moderating this. I get it, it's fun to dunk on the libs and the blue checks and the frothingfash and that's why we have a whole dedicated comm for that. Any post that's obviously meant to be "hey look at this piece of shit, let's laugh at how bad their opinions are, upbears to the left and emojis in chat" belongs in the_dunk_tank. And any super low-hanging fruit doesn't belong on this site, period (see TDT rule 8 above). We have better things to do with our time than give unearned attention, time and energy to low-follower-count nobodies yelling into the void.

Thanks for your discretion comrades, stay sicko sicko-jammin

edit: as others have pointed out, /c/shitreactionariessay@lemmygrad.ml is a good place for any and all dunking content not allowed here. Post that ragebait to our comrades at the 'grad, they'll make good use of it. Also, per rule 9 of TFT dunking on fediverse users is still explicitly allowed so it's still open season on those in our own backyard.

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[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

"I saw this and now you have to see this too" is not a good reason for posting. People don't need to see every bad take on the internet.

[–] Greenleaf@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the cousin of that one: “I got into an argument with a lib on Reddit so here’s our chain of single upvote comments, please tell I won the argument”

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

Exactly! That's the type of thing that should be clear is banned.

There's gonna be a middle ground between there and "moderately famous poster" that's gonna take some figuring out, but even just trimming that and things like 15-like YouTube comments from someone with a couple of subscribers, random anonymous racists arguing in the comments of a local newspaper article, things like that.

[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

"I saw this, thought it was a funny bad take, and am now sharing with other people who will laugh at this fool" is usually my thought. I imagine the same is true for other dunk tank posters?

now you have to see this too

No one actually has to view the dunk tank. They can block it, scroll by, whatever. I scroll past a lot of posts. Hextube gets pinned all the time, but is of no relevance to me. Other comms I've blocked all together 🤷

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's why there was a whole comm for it

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] booty@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So a popular type of post many hexbear users like is no longer allowed on Hexbear at all? Why?

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

A coalition of site mods and the admins came to a consensus. It's no longer considered permitted content on the site.

It's a done deal, there's no point in crying over spilled milk.

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a done deal, there's no point in crying over spilled milk.

its power seems inescapable — but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in posting.

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You're writing this in response to a moderately rude answer from a mod. Get a grip, this isn't a revolution, it's a rule change on a webforum

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So are we no longer allowed to disagree with rule changes now?

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] booty@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

A done deal can be undone, especially one which has effects on the site as a whole and was made without input from the site's community as a whole.

[–] HexBroke@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a done deal, there's no point in crying over spilled milk.

I think all the discussion on this is dumb but also this is pretty silly, a rule change on a web forum is not irreversible

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not irreversible. We're just not going to reverse it. We decided to trim back on one of the most unhealthy things on the site over a month ago and most users seem to be in agreement with the change. We don't plan on reversing course over a handful of people who are frankly overreacting about the severity of a rule change on a small shitposting forum and calling the messenger a nazi.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Well, I'll subscribe to that too, but lemmygrad posters are more serious, less fun and that comm is drastically less active than TDT

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

not a good reason for posting

i didn't need a reason to keep posting