Hello users of hexbear:

Due to recent meta posts in our mutual aid community we wanted to open up discussion about the community !mutual_aid@hexbear.net

We will never require explanation or justification from a user asking for aid in the community, and the mod and admin team continue to commit to not featuring an individual’s mutual aid request to prevent unfair exposure.

In addition, we will maintain a strict “No critical comments or meta comments” on a mutual aid post.

This post is to discuss the mutual aid community’s rule of allowing meta posts: mutual aid as a community, those making posts in it and those commenting on posts.

We are considering removing the exception allowing meta posts but wanted to involve the userbase before committing to a change.

Please comment with any thoughts, feelings, or suggestions regarding this change.

Thank you

  • Aradino [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    11·
    14 hours ago

    This is my reply to the dm, which I’m also going to post here.

    Are you happy with the community as it currently is?

    No. It isn’t very effective at getting aid.

    users can post 3 times a week, asks no more than 100$ each post

    3 times a week is too few and $100 ain’t shit. If there’s to be a money limit, it needs to be much higher.

    display name is changed to “emergency aid”

    No opinion.

    users communicate if they are open to non monetary resources (local aid groups, etc.)

    Good idea. Only if the user communicates it. No unsolicited offers, because 9 times out of 10 they probably won’t help.

    user requests aid, amount requested in title using [$0/$x] format

    I usually do this anyway. I think it’s a good idea.

    users donate and report the post with the amount donated, mods note it or report it with a message indicating they donated so a mod can comment

    Potentially good idea, but unless they provide receipts I don’t think this would work out. What’s to stop someone claiming to have donated to make others think the need is already met when it hasn’t been?

    user updates title with amount received and the thread is locked when the goal is met

    Good idea.

    meta posts are no longer permitted

    Bad idea. There needs to be mechanisms for community discussion.

    Just woke up, might have more thoughts later.