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Hexbear Proposals chapo.chat matrix room.
This will be a place for site proposals and discussion before implementation on the site.
Every proposal will also be mirrored into a pinned post on the hexbear community.
Any other ideas for helping to integrate the two spaces are welcome to be commented here or messaged to me directly.
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Okay let me try again:
Regardless of what you call it, ranking people in mutual aid is going to result in worse outcomes for people who need mutual aid.
Guess what? People are going to disengage from the comm, Hexbear cannot solve homelessness, there are plenty of people here who are simply upset about having to see poverty in a digital space. And guess what? It's gonna get worse! It's going to reflect the fact that this is a space that is a durable source of survival resources and the fact that more and more people need those resources to survive as the economy gets worse. These are facts of life and a comm is not going to change them. Visible poverty is a natural collective punishment for living in an unjust society.
What's important is that people who need help do not disengage from the comm because of witch hunts and moralizing. Attempting to drive engagement of donators by catering to them is going to create worse outcomes for people who need money and for people who donate money.
We have no way of enforcing anything. It's very easy to scam people who think they're getting exactly what they want. That's why it's called a confidence trick.
All you're doing is giving people reasons to lie and inviting the community to air out all their vile thoughts about those who suffer poverty.
You should read thru this whole thread and see that there are comrades who, based on how everyone's shitty little thoughts have played out, do not feel comfortable even asking for help anymore. That is the harm here.
We can block comms now. We don't actually have to see poverty. That should instruct you on the limitations of webzones to both provide a safe harbor for the vulnerable and to punish the unjust.