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Yesterday was intense for everyone. Some quick updates as of last night:

  • A large amount of the sitemod team has stepped away from the project. Other comrades from the community have volunteered to pitch in and been modded.
  • Some core devs also stepped away from the project. For the time being, you should not expect any further development of new features or bug fixes as we reassess our capacity.
  • Main has been locked. No immediate plans to unlock.
  • Registration is closed and will remain so for the time being.

We 100% understand and support everyone who left yesterday and are also looking forward to the next stage of Hexbear.

We're probably not going to be making any additional announcements or formal communication until after the weekend at the earliest. Thanks.

  • liberal [none/use name]A59•3 years ago

    feels like we’ve reverted to the arguments you’d see in a middle school, not someplace that’s meant to be thoughtful and kind

    Agreed. It was a fucking mess.

    I read the rest of your comment, I just don't have a lot bandwidth. Thanks for writing something long that wasn't the equivalent of hatemail.

    • Hexagon [she/her]43•3 years ago

      I appreciate all the work that the admins here do, I know that moderating a community like this is difficult, especially one that has always been rather prone to splitting and tearing itself apart. I have a lot of issues with the way that moderation is done here sometimes (like how people have mentioned the mod log needs to be more detailed), but I'm also trying to fight back against the hostility that some of the users are bringing up with it. I critiqued that one dude who was like "Admins do better challenge" for being too passive aggressive, but at the end of the day I know I can't control anyone. It feels like a losing battle to try to keep civil discussions up.

      I loved this site early on for having challenging discussions that made me double back and think "huh, maybe I was being shitty with those things". I'm trying to work on stuff like my internalized fatphobia, and calling things "dumb" or "stupid" as a go-to insult that I don't think I would have challenged myself on if people here weren't nice and kind over it and willing to have discussions. But that magic is fading, and I don't know if it will ever come back.