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Mutual_Aid discussion post (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 days ago by CARCOSA@hexbear.net to c/hexbear@hexbear.net

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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

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[–] trinicorn@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I actually agree about just about all of that but if you have knowledge that a request is illegitimate why should the site ban you from sharing that info? that just feels wrong. its not like there's a huge history of constant fights over metaposting and stuff (they are rarely actually made, 1 this month), and anything over the line gets removed by mods. I can see how it could turn into a slapfight I guess, but it's been allowed for the past however many months or more and it hasn't been much of an issue in my view.

[–] D61@hexbear.net 1 points 40 minutes ago

As I said, no perfect solutions here.

Use a gentle hand when vetting requests and firmer one when dealing with the comments about the requests to allow people in the future to ask for help without feeling they will be attacked.

Or a firm hand with the requests and take a more relaxed moderation stance towards the comments negative of the request or the person making the request and make it a more hostile place to try to ask for help.