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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

~~Hey all, hope this post finds you well. I know the last few days have been upsetting and confusing, but I want your feedback on something that's been discussed by quite a number of users: removing the community c/fakenews. Given the poor communication that's been such a problem lately, I'm calling a vote.~~

~~Let's just make this super simple:~~

~~Please vote by way of upbearing the emojis pinned below.~~

~~monkey-typewriter Keep c/fakenews~~

~~frog-no-pretext Remove c/fakenews~~

~~Votes will be counted 48 hours after this post was made.~~

Edit: Sorry, I jumped the gun on this one, gang. Gonna give the previous struggle session more breathing room before we litigate anything else, okay?

We'll be back later this week to discuss further.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 days ago

frog-no-pretext Remove c/fakenews

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Can people just take a fucking week off and STOP MESSING WITH THE SITE PLEASE

Like why do we need to have this vote right at this moment? Can we push this off for a bit?

What the fuck.

I have badposting and fakenews blocked but like can we just not do this right now. I don't want to have another big fight.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago

monkey-typewriter Keep c/fakenews

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago

monkey-typewriter

fakenews is one of the only comms i have blocked lol. but since i have it blocked, i don't mind others who do enjoy it.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago

c/fakenews should announce its removal and be removed based on whether people think they’re serious or not

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago

frankly i understand banning beluga if they were the one creating the alts, which i have a hard time believing, but i really dislike the concept of going for a layup like deleting fakenews to regain some kind of credibility with the userbase. it's lateral to the point, does nothing to solve the actual issues being discussed, and shutters a comm that was harmless fun for a majority of the people contributing content to it. i spent probably 2 or 3 hours total writing content, creating actual satire, and to see it unceremoniously swept away as a peacekeeping move honestly makes me upset and think that everyone on a higher level has absolutely no idea what they can actually do to fix the situation

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I thought y'all were gonna take it easy?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

monkey-typewriter I don't think there is any need. Users can block the comm if they want.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

frog-no-pretext FakeNews is just Effort-BadPosting

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

Mostly neutral. The bits are mostly lame. But a lot of ND comrades really don't like it so frog-no-pretext

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

frog-no-pretext

I feel the best case for a c/fakenews post is a mildly humorous gotcha. The worst case is causing an anxiety episode for a comrade. The median is just an unfunny post clogging up the timeline. The good posts that comes from c/fakenews can still stick around, just post in c/chapotraphouse and link to a rickroll or something.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

I don’t see how this fixes the issue you have stated.
Wouldn’t it cause more anxiety to have the post in a more “legit” comm with posts that are actually “real”?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

frog-no-pretext badposting is better

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What’s the rationale for removing it?
That people see it and can think it’s real news?? It has fakenews next to all the posts

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

idk about you but I usually read the title of the post before the comm

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

I do too and then I see it is from the fake news comm.
kind of the mechanics of the entire bit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Fakenews still exists?

frog-no-pretext because if I don't notice it's here, I won't notice it's gone.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

frog-no-pretext

Literally the worst comm in existence.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

monkey-typewriter I feel like it hasn't been much of a problem lately, even unblocked

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

rat-salute I think this is a good way of doing things.

Thanks for your patience and effort these past few days.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

monkey-typewriter Keep Fake News!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

I actually enjoyed the comm after it was opened up to everyone but I'm not going to lose any sleep if it was removed

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm a centrist

monkey-typewriter frog-no-pretext

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

frog-no-pretext

But if you come for badposting next I'm gonna send the beanis crew at you

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I mean I had it blocked on my old account and when I made this new account one of the first things I did was block it, so I ain't gonna miss it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I actually like the ones that manage to bamboozle me

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

frog-no-pretext it's always been a terrible comm, don't understand why it was protected so long.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

frog-no-pretext Remove c/fakenews

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I think it can be fun, and it can always be blocked, just like badposting. It can move beyond where it started, it doesn't have to carry the baggage of a user.

Either way, completely understand if it gets removed. People could always start putting fake news in badposting, since it's bad.