Hello users of Hexbear, there have been many changes and some drama the past few months.
The recent changes we've been making have been an attempt to create a more safe and welcoming environment for many demographics that have been overlooked in the past.
For any of our comrades that have been unintentionally hurt in this process, we apologise and hope to find a solution that accommodates as many people as possible while still meeting the needs of the marginalised groups who need a space like this the most.
The intent of this post is to provide a space for all users to air grievances with regard to the site. As well as provide suggestions for specific things that could be changed to address your grievance. Comments insulting the mod team or those without a specific means to address your problem may be removed. No commenter will be sitebanned, unless it clearly breaks the code of conduct.
Some users have been concerned about the new moderator onboarding process, I've detailed it on other threads but will repeat it here:
There are two ways for a user to become a mod:
An existing mod in good-standing vouches for the mod and promotes the user, the mod that does so is then responsible and held to account for any actions a mod they've vouched for takes.
The second and by far most common way is to send an application.
The community creation process includes a request for mod-application and account age / previous mod actions are taken into consideration for this as well.
We wanted to try and encourage users to get involved with community creation or moderating an existing one but also set a level of vetting that wasn't prohibitive.