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Comm request: the_dunk_court (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net to c/commrequest@hexbear.net

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Per @CARCOSA@hexbear.net's suggestion in the thread announcing the closure of the tank comms I am suggesting a replacement comm

The concept of the comm is that it would be exactly the same as the_dunk_tank but without the unfortunate racist connotations of the name. Also, the name actually describes the content that is intended for it. Not sure why we made it any more complicated than that in the first place. Also, you can post things like articles from The Atlantic, which are also notable, and not just stuff about famous people.

Also, we should just go ahead and unlock Dredge_Tank

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[–] REgon@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

So little followup about the reasoning for the removal and so on. Not trying to stir up a shitstorm, but I am personally still a little bit confused about the reasoning and so on. One of the users that were dismissive and hostile about the concerns of closing down the two coms, turned out to be a moderator of the dunk tank. I guess I should have thought to check beforehand, but I'm lazy like that. Anyway his comments in the thread and his attitude about the dunk tank and his vibe towards those that liked it gives me a bit of a better idea of what the whole line of thought was for shutting down the comms

[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Very cool to have someone mod a community they don't like, fantastic

I also like that the solution was to shut down the comm entirely rather than seeking new mods that actually like the content of the comm

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

I think it gives a hell a lot of context to the Stack Overflow-esque application of Rule 8, if nothing else

[–] REgon@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

I really don't get it

[–] ChestRockwell@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I honestly don't mind the dunk tank rename, we will rise again.

I will say I think the conceptual idea in separating dunk/dredge makes sense in terms of punching up vs sideways (i.e. posts from David Brooks vs ransoms from the Internet), but I also never minded the conflation so shrug-outta-hecks

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

What if we made a rule that says the have to be labelled as either uppercut or haymaker, then we totally ignored that rule and got all our posts removed like I do whenever main is unlocked?>

[–] REgon@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

Hey me neither, there's many good names