Hello users of Hexbear, we wanted to inform you that we are going to be locking the_dunk_tank and dredge_tank communities. We have created two new communities /c/gossip and /c/counterpropaganda to serve a similar but clearly distinct purpose than the dunk/dredge tanks.
Not only is the dunk tank a term that has racist origins, but also many posts there were almost no effort and often times requiring later edits to show how they weren't reactionary, ~~not useful with regard to developing rhetoric and furthering dialectical analysis of that which we dunk upon~~.
To that end, we wish posts of reactionaries to be placed in [email protected] along with an accompanying explanation (as simple or complex as desired) with the intent of countering the reactionary propaganda in the post body, as of now comments are not subject to the same ~~rhetorical rigor~~ rule.
For the posts ~~that are not "low-hanging fruit'~~ of notable people we ask that you use [email protected] .
These changes are mainly part of a continued effort to remove the racist and misogynistic elements from our community and grow.
Any moderators of the dunk tank or dredge tank that want to be a mod in the new communities let me know.
Any users with questions or comments please use this post, this change was made at the behest of the entire Hexbear mod and admin team. We will be looking for more moderators in an organized volunteer drive shortly, if you wish to submit an application you may send it to me via hexbear or matrix direct messages.
Use this post as a place for discussion to these changes. We will keep things as they are for 2 weeks and then reflect on the feedback, including this post: https://hexbear.net/post/3858346
As a personal addendum I am sorry if ~~the closing of the tanks~~ these changes removes a beloved space on the site and if you want to suggest a community to replace them you may do so at [email protected] or submit a mod application to take a more active role in shaping the site.
Sitewide or community changes come from proposals put forth from the mod team, discussed, and voted on by the mod team.
Any users wanting to suggest a community to replace the tanks, may do so at [email protected] current discussion is here https://hexbear.net/post/3858346 or submit a mod application to take a more active role in shaping the site.
You may also consider using [email protected] as a substitute for dunk/dredge tank posts as well
The mod statement can be found here: https://hexbear.net/comment/5613033
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I've played far too much MTG in my youth, and now I can't write rules without them turning into IF, ELSE, THEN statements fully nested to the core of the earth.
Same here, which is why it makes sense to me
If it's obvious to you the person is a nobody, they go in the dunk tank. If you are in doubt, then it's not obvious, therefore dunk tank.
Really need better names then [email protected] and [email protected] I love my comrades here, but these names have the energy of a rock.
These are all freebies, I got more
c/The_dunk_court
c/The_hog_pen
c/The_hornet_nest
c/Point_and_laugh
c/The_debateatorium
c/the_dunkatorium
c/the_rhetoriticians hideout
c/europe
c/The_dredge_tank
c/The_slop_canister
c/The_trough
c/slop_fields
c/The idiot store
c/Liberalism
c/the Hillary Clinton fanclub
c/the burn ward
c/lenins rejects
c/30 to 50 feral hogs
c/posts from stupid idiots
c/come in here if you wanna get bullied
c/death to liberals
c/death to america
c/politics
c/theory (for low effort dunks)
c/low effort dunks (for theory)
c/redditor safe space
c/redditor containment ward
c/the wedgie zone
c/the bone zone
c/the dogtank
c/the sharktank
c/the tank full of animals in an supervillain lair
c/piranha river
c/the nutsack
c/the asscrack
c/the pussycrack
c/the dingdong corner
c/oops you posted something stupid and now commies and anarchists are united in laughing at you and they won't even say why
c/oops you posted something stupid and now commies and anarchists are united in laughing at you and they'll gladly say why
c/main
c/slop
c/your house
c/dirt_owls house
c/racism is bad and so is your take
c/citationsneeded
c/the_deep_state
c/infowars
c/the_DNC
c/ppb_central
oh fuck, oh shit, thats the one!
Also looks like there's a thread talkin about names: https://hexbear.net/post/3858346
Citations needed is actually very good lol. It works on so many levels!
yeah it's a great inside joke which would be fun to have formalized (even more)