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For posting all the anonymous reactionary bullshit that you can't post anywhere else.
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Okay, I agree with banning contrapoinst posts because it's been just too much, but this is absolutely NOT what the whole site agreed to after several struggle sessions over this very issue. Please don't just arbitrarily change the purpose of the entire comm over a couple of annoying posts without talking to the userbase, because that's the exact behavior that has led to a lot of arguments in the past.
That's what it says on the side bar but you're right i didn't intend to change the rules entirely sorry I'll amend
I'm referring to this. Specifically the word anonymous
Okay, well, there's a post making fun of JD Vance for lecturing the Pope at the top of the comm, and I'd hope that you wouldn't ban posts like that.
I suppose an argument could be made that it belongs in politics but again i don't feel as strongly about that idk
Look, we had a ton of arguments about this, and I think the consensus reached by the userbase is that we all want one com for making fun of reactionaries generally, and their posts.
Again, not at all arguing against banning contrapoints posts at all. (Unless she does something REALLY funny, but I doubt that she will)
I was there for the arguments, for the record. As I recall the spilt between slop and pop culture was exactly so you could dunk on celebrities in one comm and dunk on everyone else in another.
What is your recollection of the purpose of the pop culture comm?
I forgot the pop culture comm existed
Let's say hypothetically I wanted to post this video to make fun of it:
https://xcancel.com/unusual_whales/status/2045910547296595994
This person is an elected official, so he's not an anonymous reactionary. But this clearly doesn't belong in "pop culture" because it's not pop culture at all. Where should I post this
I didn't realize gossip got merged and thought it was pop culture. Sorry
I didn't realize gossip got merged and thought it was pop culture i literally thought i was enforcing, not changing. Sorry
https://hexbear.net/post/6588911
I'd argue it's not about this place being designed for one specific type of post. The point is not every community should necessarily be filled with hecklers. This place is to heckle. Even if the stuff we're heckling could possibly also be posted somewhere else, it makes sense to have a sanctioned point and laugh zone so there's at least room for more serious discussion (y'know, in theory)
edit: to be clear I'm fine with banning contrapoints posts, or really anyone who happens to be clogging up the feed at any given time. could always temporarily pin a quarantine post or something to contain it
I like this distinction
Oh
I wouldn't, hmmmmmmm
Something to think about