Hello users of hexbear after some discussion we mainly wanted to get your thoughts on the two pinned megathreads, one general and one news.
We’ve noticed that the news mega has basically become the general mega and the general mega has kinda slowed. Some are thinking that it might be time to tell people to stop posting random shit to the news mega because some appreciate the ever so slightly more serious, focused tone of the news mega
As of now there is not much of a standard for comments however we wanted to discuss with you regarding making a change. Where the news megathread is for discussion on current events and their history/implications for future while the general megathread is for commenting on one’s life, interests, or for shit-posting.
This would result in the news megathread being more heavily moderated to actively remove comments that are a better fit for the general megathread or off topic.
Please comment with any thoughts, opinions, comments, questions, or concerns.
I think things are close to how they should be. Current events are consuming more of our attention and posting has shifted accordingly. Posts are mostly on topic, with the occasional person getting lost. I suppose when we escape the weeks where decades happen and return to the decades where weeks happen, the general megathread will return to normal activity.
As for tone, I like the topical memes in the news mega, but I support removing them if they become stale / reposts to reduce the noise a little.
Much like the reason we used when we first federated, i also find that the newsmega has a sub-culture unique to it, compared to the rest of the site. The humor is, understandbly, a bit darker than what’s typically posted, and the bits much more obscure. The regulars also seem to double down on the “reply, don’t just upvote” behaviour, which is why it’s so active. There’s very little offtopic posting, as even the most shitposty comment is generally related to news.
All to say, i do agree that once we get back to kherson, and everything grinds to a halt, people will migrate back to the regular mega and things will stabilize again. But for now,