Hi there! I’ve been considering this idea for some time, but I think we should begin this idea in earnest. The goal of this initiative is to bring more trans people to hexbear from spaces on reddit by posting /c/traa links to reddit. Why, you might ask? Well, let me break it down for you.

1. Reddit as an organization is transphobic and has a history of not banning harassers of trans people.

2. Hexbear is an extremely trans positive platform. I think Hexbear is a really unique place. It has more trans positive moderators and admins (20+ people contribute to banning transphobic content from /c/traa and hexbear at large) than any other similar space. Hexbear’s population is already disproportionately trans, our last poll of the site had ~33% of all users declare themselves as trans. Over 50% of moderators and admins are trans.

3. Trans people being harassed, doxxed, and attacked all the time on reddit is tiring at best. I think building a large space that is heavily moderated by many people is a rare opportunity for trans people on the internet. I am of the opinion that having such heavy moderation will help provide people with a good outlet to vent and avoid mental harm.

4. Transgender people are largely anti-capitalist. They will fit in great on Hexbear.

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Directions

To participate, create a link on /c/traa. Then, go to reddit and post the image from hexbear to a trans subreddit. After the post is published on reddit, link this thread in the comments.

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Targets

We will first post trans related memes to https://www.reddit.com/r/LateStageGenderBinary/. Later, I will create new direction posts to expand our reach, but I would like to do a trial on a smaller (largely dead) community so we can see how many people we can get participating in this.

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Scoreboard

As a fun little thing, the people who get the top 10 most upvotes on here and /r/LateStageGenderBinary combined will be listed here. It will also help us improve our metrics so we can reach more trans people

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Concerns

Yes, this is brigading. No, we don’t care. I believe we must protect the online trans community from harassers, and it is necessary to get people off reddit for that to happen.

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Registration

For trans users who found this post on reddit, note that we have a semi-closed registration due to spammers (to be fixed in a later patch of lemmy). Answer the questions as normal, and mention Fishing for Friends

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Now lets bring some more friends in