I did a similar post on Slops community, asking for feedback regarding how specifically their comm is moderated, I did not ask for their overall sentiments of Hexbear at large. “Slop” is not a clear demographic though.

This comm is different though, as the demographic is clearer. From your perspective as people who are more covid/health aware, what are your concerns with not only how this comm is moderated, but the site in general?

  • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    4 days ago

    I agree with you completely, but I’m afraid I’ve also reached the ‘pick and choose my battles’ stage of the game. If I were to go after every silent, but obvious anti-mask post I’d be spending all day/every day doing it. There are so many posts every day where folks are very obviously doing shit in large crowds, indoors, without a mask. I’m already at a point where I’m questioning why I come here, if I acknowledge every last one of them aloud (in type, whatever) I don’t think I could keep coming back.

    Honestly, part of my mental survival nowadays is actively ignoring that the general population doesn’t give a shit about the health and safety of each other when I interact with them. IRL, there’s a whole list of shit in my head that’s like “this is all the shit this person is ignoring and will cut ties with me if I mention it too often” and covid is right there at the top because it’s (or should i say the lack of it is) all over their face. pain Speaking of, prop to this guy’s daughter in becoming the face of CC and clean air advocacy despite her parents not masking. catgirl-salute

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      I completely get the pick and choose your battles line. I’ve had to pull back from a lot of the Palestine discussion for the very same reason. As to why you come back, this is part of my point - where else are you going to go? There really aren’t any leftist discussion spaces online at this point, and those of them that are still out there, are even worse than this place when it comes to covid. So why not try to work with what we’ve got, however shitty it might be, in an effort to improve our community?

      You’re lucky you have people left to interact with at this point.