Let me be honest and say that this is due to @borschtisgarbo@lemmygrad.ml getting banned for a badly worded anti-Zionist post. I was hoping you'd may be publicly talk over it and reconcile
Original post that got him banned
Why should I give a shit about anti-Semitism?
The state that exists in your name committed a genocide, of course you're gonna be hated. Most Jews still support Israel, even if there is a vocal pro-Palestinian minority. Don't expect people to not make wide ranging generalisations. Jewish people are by no means oppressed, they have been fully integrated into "whiteness". They are the oppressors, not the oppressed. It's like if your primary concern was whether or not Germans would get pogrom'ed after they did the Holocaust. Completely nonsensical. This constant victim mentality drives me fucking nuts, man. You're not gonna be genocided, so stop acting like it.
Note: welp I think I came off the wrong way with this post, well I'll get out of your hair
Outside of the specific user who was banned I wanted to address meta communities.
The previous attempts at a meta community or even a ban appeal pinned post have caused more drama in each new post as new discussions of the mod actions occur…
Often times restarting contentious discussion where folks are talking past each other and assuming bad faith.
We are available on matrix for people who wish to discuss their ban but ultimately it is very easy to make a hexbear account and as a result very easy to get banned.
This core aspect of site administration has been here since the start and if it wasn’t for the handful of spammers I deny each day I would remove the application entirely.
I’m open to a hexbear user discussion on a meta community but a local user in good standing must apply to be a moderator if a meta community is to be made.
We have been using !feedback@hexbear.net and !hexbear@hexbear.net as meta communities in addition to the Matrix space mentioned in the site sidebar for the past year or so.
Just need to say that the People's Court theme immediately popped into my head when I read this. I think this could be a good idea but would probably need a lot of pretty strict ground rules on participation and such to prevent slapfights. I'd also think there would need to be pretty heavy moderation from people skilled at mediating