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.
Was making an official mod statement about the correct way to post about luigi really necessary?
It's also not entirely clear to me if posting about Luigi is still banned on c/cth or not
It was never banned the statement was about lionizing him
Moritorium on Luigi posting
Sounds like a ban to me. Is this still in effect? Which also leads me to ask if this was a wider decision by the mod team or if one mod is allowed to ban posting they don't like
oh i thought you meant on the site, that looks like a cth mod decision. I can ask if that is still what they want but luigi posting is not banned on hexbear
I was hoping the moratorium was because every single one of the luigiposts was terminally cringe
I think the question is still worth answering: Was it really necessary?
From my perspective it was not an issue that needed to be addressed given the political makeup of the site, and ultimately what it did was cool conversation across the board because it made what was acceptable posting (or upvoting due to the timing) ambiguous, and ultimately just wasted good will by infantilizing users