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I'm going through all the comms I moderate and asking for feedback from the different demographic groups.

I personally feel like we do a good job moderating hexbear in terms of blatant transphobia, there is a reason why the majority of our userbase is some flavor of gender-queer, and from a moderator perspective: this is the easiest comm to mod as it never seems to have any issues.

However, I would still like your feedback. Is there anything you feel like as a trans person that we could do better in regards to moderating both this community specifically, and hexbear in general?

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[–] Demifriend@hexbear.net 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Copying and pasting a segment from my comment on your covid comm feedback post here since it's relevant to this community as well:

As for the rest of the website, I would like to see covid denialism be taken more seriously, even more casual forms of it. It’s very frustrating that there are so many people on this website, and on the left in general, who have obviously given up on masking (or taking any precautions at all) and think that they are still my comrades. For instance, I used to post in the trans megathread regularly, but have avoided it for a long time now because it is obvious from the posts many people make about their lives in there that they aren’t masking, and that lack of solidarity makes it clear that people like me aren’t welcome. It says to me that trans lives only matter if they aren’t immunocompromised or otherwise at risk, or if they can delude themselves into believing covid won’t harm them or the others around them. It says to me that a eugenicist mentality is acceptable here as long as you are passive about it. I single out /c/trans because it’s the community I cared the most about and feel the most betrayed by because of it, but this feeling extends to the rest of the site’s community as well. I pretty much only use this site now because it’s just about the only place to talk about video games on the internet that doesn’t tolerate nazis, otherwise I would have just left completely by now.

The normalization of ignoring covid and allowing everyone to be repeatedly infected, and the widespread death and disability resulting from it, is one of the most devastating forms of class warfare we face currently. To ignore it shows a complete lack of principles among the communists here, and I know they know better. I cannot take anyone seriously who tells me “a better world is possible” while languidly allowing this behavior to slide, when being cautious and protecting ourselves and each other is so much easier than any revolution will be.

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for bringing up the concern here, as it does spread awareness. I’m not sure how actionable from a moderator position this is however. We can encourage people to take further precautions, but its a responsibility that falls onto everybody.

[–] Demifriend@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I get it, I agree that this is unfortunately outside the scope of moderation. I’m more bringing it up here in hopes that some users will take it to heart, and since it seems like an appropriate chance to criticize the community. I appreciate you taking the time to organize this stuff and hear me out regardless.