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Is Hexbear dying? (hexbear.net)

It feels like it's dying. Just anecdotally it seems like there have been less threads lately, less quality threads, and less discussion overall. More anecdotally I feel like the last couple of federation / defederation slap fights ended with many users leaving as well. I can think of a few who left because we were federating, some who left because we then subsequently defederated from lots of the fediverse, and then even a few who said they would leave if we didn't defederate and then left anyway when we did.

I feel like mostly overall I have seen very few new posters, and have seen less and less of some certain power posters.

Is this just a illusion or is this really what's happening. What is to be done?

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[-] Gorb@hexbear.net 22 points 3 months ago
[-] Aquilae@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago

Billions must become libs

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 21 points 3 months ago

Sorry I didn't mean to shit up the site, mb.

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Unfortunately, UlyssesT left to go touch grass and isn't likely to return for some time, if at all.

But I think the site's fine. We got that one new power user, demoncracy (whose apparently gone now lmao), hanging around now. Probably some others I don't recognize as easily because their avatar doesn't stand out so much.

[-] kristina@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago

He should keep touching grass, it killed Kissinger

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[-] Gorillatactics@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago

I thought so to but they're all hiding in the news and bulletins mega.

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[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's because our "Xibucks" got reallocated to prioritize developing "new quality productive forces". So people don't have as much time to post.

[-] copandballtorture@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago

I feel you. I hate scrolling through page after page of threads that are just a news article link with no commentary, no posts.

A lot of our content is essentially "hexbear reacts to [current event]" and then "[current event] meta posts", and current events are in a lull or we've exhausted all there is to say about Trump, Biden, Palestine, climate change, etc.

At some point, hexbear probably will die. Think of how many forums you've posted on before here, how many are still around? I don't want it to, I have nowhere else I want to post, but it'll happen. And then we'll logout and do something else

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 21 points 3 months ago

"Current event"

I'm not really posting much because there isn't really anything funny happening, there isn't anything left to say about most of the major geopolitical problems, we've scraped the bottom of the barrel for novel expressions of horror and irony poisoning, and i'm not doing anything local to be angry about.

[-] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago

I’ve been posting less, thats why it appears that way

[-] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

Also use the Megathread more

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago

The megathread is entirely too overwhelming for me, I have tried a few times but I just get lost

[-] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago

Sort by new and just post what you feel like, it’s okay to be lost sometimes, no one’s read every post on here.

Except maybe fedposting

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[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago

I've always preferred commenting to posting but I'm trying to change. I think i noticed a drop from other instances defedding and users blocking, (i suspect astrotrurfers have done this purposefully) and as a separate issue i recall a few effort posters left around the same time.

I have accts elsewhere besides here so i can connect with the libs who are so terrified of us anyway, and come back here to recharge my batteries with my homies.

I like this spot and where it's at

[-] CantaloupeAss@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago
[-] LGOrcStreetSamurai@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago
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[-] yuritopia@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago

Unironically it's just the post sorting algorithm. It was way better before federation, although I can't put my finger on why exactly. (Not to criticize our admins and tech people who work on that stuff behind the scenes, I've also seen a ton of improvements and stuff too).

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[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago

You'll cowards need to post more

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago

This thing coasts. I haven’t seen much change

We also all tend to turn over accounts for opsec so it could be a lot of those regulars are still around (except BMF come back we miss you bby)

[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

I assumed this was a joke post

Ive been here the whole while, and currently it feels quite healthy actually, to me at least, compared to where it's been at difficult times

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