~~Return the site’s moderation practice to it’s former, libs-banned-on-site glory.~~ Move forward to a new, glorious form of banning theory inspired by TC69 thought, while learning from it’s mistakes, and listening to neurodivergent comrades
Reinvigorate the heart of this site’s community, c/furry
Remove r*ddit karma

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[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

What is TC69?

I'm modding as hard as I can here. Please report any liberalism in this comm and it shall be swiftly adressed.

[–] JohannaChittarra@hexbear.net 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You are best mod, thank you for what you do. trans-heart

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago

Aw shucks meow-hug

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

@TransComrade69@hexbear.net a former mod/admin I forgot which, stopped posting not sure why

[–] WoofWoof91@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

she was one of the original admins

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago

Ah, thanks. Forgot which.

[+] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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[–] Finger@hexbear.net 52 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

the attitude of "ban anything that even remotely sniffs of liberalism" did lead to an incident where TC69 banned a user for a small misunderstanding, then doubled down and re-banned the user with no explaination after the other admins unbanned them, and then basically the entire c/neurodiverse mod team quit the site because or that.

hugely problematic behavior from a site admin. an unapologetic "everyone with a bad take or who ever upsets a frequent user deserves to be banned" is lazy moderating and hurts ND people

edit: fuck i posted from the bit account by accident

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

No more half measures Walter

[–] Finger@hexbear.net 36 points 2 years ago

indeed

[–] WithoutFurtherDelay@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Oh, that’s what happened. Holy shit, I’ve been confused about what happened to the mod team for literally years. Were some of the c/furry mods part of that exodus? I remember some of them leaving

No: more half measures Walter

[–] BadTakesHaver@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Some of them were definitely on the c/furry mod team. Reason that mod team kinda just dissapeared without saying anything is because the incident was about "im leaving" callout posts, which led to the ban of "im leaving" posts in general, and the modteam (if i can recall) was too alienated and sad to really fight anymore about it. Hoping for a revival of that comm soon

[–] WithoutFurtherDelay@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I always felt the ban of those was weird. The opposition to “drama” felt like a knee jerk attempt to avoid having to actually process issues as a community.

[–] SkibidiToiletFanAcct@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago (4 children)

it was because the admins themselves were making "I'm leaving" posts in a really abusive way, which included not actually leaving.

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[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Actually banning I'm leaving posts is good, because they're only ever shit stirring

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[–] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

Now rewrite that comment using Finger's speaking mannerisms.

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[–] milistanaccount09@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago (8 children)

You can check her pronouns right there through the link. There's no excuse to misgender hir.

[–] Cummunism@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

isnt "they" is what people use when they don't know the gender? I use it all the time in help desk tickets since many names i couldn't guess the gender. ive been on this site too much and never seen someone be miffed about using "they."

[–] YearOfTheCommieDesktop@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

yeah but it also becomes the liberal's version of misgendering for people who don't 100% pass or who a lib just wants to be shitty to. It's simply misgendering but with plausible deniability in many cases, so people on here (where basically everyone has pronouns listed) get a little touchy about it since there's kinda no excuse at that point

[–] Cummunism@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

yes, how dare that person(who commented above) not click the profile link and check out what a long inactive and once problematic admin preferred, instead of defaulting to "i don't know." What an egregious crime.

Let's not be a parody of ourselves. It's important to read a persons intent and not just their words.(which sounds like me being a lib, but it's the internet. youre reading words without any tone or emotion so you have to process it differently)

[–] YearOfTheCommieDesktop@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Good thing I didn't say that shrug-outta-hecks

I'm not saying crucify them, geez, I'm just explaining why it's sometimes touchy despite generally being "the default when you don't know". That user is talking about how they were around at the time and knew her/were driven away by her, so idk, it's not 100% unreasonable, esp considering gender figures heavily in her username, but it's also almost certainly a misunderstanding. Still, no reason to be hostile to a minor correction either. It's fine.

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[–] raven@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

The addition of the "and once problematic" bit makes it sound like you're suggesting that she deserves to be misgendered some amount because you don't respect her. I don't expect that's what you meant but you might want to change that wording.

[–] D61@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Its just a gender neutral pronoun. Its fine.

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[–] WithoutFurtherDelay@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

Thank you for your service

Yeah I support the troops rat-salute-2

[–] Walk_On@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Critical support for TC69. It sounds like she made some mistakes while going through a rough patch. While I think alienating members of c/neurodiverse was a bad move, it seems like some people in this thread have an ax to grind and are using the opportunity bash her. I think she did a lot of good for the site and things would be very different if she didn't step in.

[–] WithoutFurtherDelay@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I agree but I do think their axes to grind seem somewhat justifiable.

On the other hand, she’s the only reason it’s the site was ever a safe space for trans people. A complete commitment to dunking on bigots is essential. That doesn’t mean that people don’t have valid criticisms of how she moderated, just that there was some merit to it

[–] Walk_On@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

And you maybe right, but I don't know. There are have been other occasions where I've seen people write negative things about her and it's always rubbed me the wrong way. I'm willing to accept good faith criticisms of her actions like the one I mentioned before, but certain comments in this thread don't sit right with me. Attempts at revisionism perhaps? I don't know.

[–] BadTakesHaver@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ok maybe im living up to my username here but to me TC69 is like the Stalin of mods

valid to criticize for stuff like recriminalizing homosexually (or ableism), invalid to criticize bc of red scare shit (or transphobia). they both did a lot of good overall

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[–] WithoutFurtherDelay@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think that, historically, people criticizing TC69 were always transphobic pieces of shit so I don’t think you’re wrong to feel that way

Something definitely did happen with the c/furry mod team, though , which means some aspect of these criticisms have to be correct. I’m not sure what, though, and it may not have even been TC69’s fault.

[–] a_blanqui_slate@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

TC69's vision for the site was entirely orthogonal to it's original purpose. Better for some people? Absolutely. Other's hated it, because it was taking the sub away from it's /r/cth roots, and so obviously the people that wanted to stay true to that style of posting are going to be bitter about her and her tenure.

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[–] ajorge@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

TC69 was one of the only admin voices that tried to help bring down the vegan circlejerk migration struggle session

miss her for that

[–] YearOfTheCommieDesktop@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Remove r*ddit karma

what does this even mean

[–] WithoutFurtherDelay@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

::: spoiler remove Reddit karma 4head I don’t know

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[–] proletarian_girlboss@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I support the removal of up/downvotes. I believe it makes posting feel too competitive.

[–] Comp4@hexbear.net 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are no downvotes on hexbear

[–] WithoutFurtherDelay@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

There is no war in Hex Sing Se

[–] Finger@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

no more half measures walter

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 years ago

But, the important thing to know is if any other fractional or decimal measures are allowed.

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