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I still can't get past the fact that the admins lied to all of us about why they were doing the thing (which IMO was a BAD reason), then when they got caught there was zero contrition. Y'all are quick to apologize for the ban rampage and the chauvinistic brainworms, but this seems to be just slipping to the back of the conversation.
The admins/mods demonstrated that they think this is their site, not the users. That was only reinforced by the gleeful cruelty and ambivalence of the ban waves. I for one spent yesterday afternoon reliving the intensity of anxiety I felt when I was in an abusive living situation, because I felt compelled to speak out despite people catching bans literally just for being upset left and right.
None of the apologies coming from the people who did this are speaking to this, that I've seen. To me that means the status quo still stands. Decisions about the site are for making behind closed doors, a week before any of the users know about it, and can be lied about when the rollout happens. And by my measuring of the timeline, that's the point where the userbase went from sad to angry, so letting this fade into the background is just setting us up for another huge drama like this in the future.
- Thank you for saying this and I hope all of it isn't forgotten, because it seems like a narrative is forming that "it was all just a big overreaction" when no, actually it wasn't. I keep seeing people around the site say "really, this is all just over some comms getting renamed?" but NO, that's not what this was ever about.
  There have been a couple mod/admin resignations that were not called for and not helpful (one seems to have been walked back and I hope the other is too) and there has been an admin resignation along with account deletion that very much was the right move that I hope is not walked back. But the ultimate problem of mod and admin unaccountability to the much larger base of people who use this site and make it what it is, and the seeming disdain those mods and admins have for us, those more important problems still have yet to be addressed in any meaningful, lasting way. I'm losing hope that hexbear will emerge from this a better place and I'm fearing that the userbase will forget why everyone was so mad in the first place while the problems that led to this remain and the the toxic, negative peace status quo slides back into place. Wow does that ever sound familiar.
- The person who went on the ban rampage deleted their account rather than apologise
  
  Lmao classic tc69
  "Embrace TC69 thought" started as a bit that meant "ban people I don't like." and then people thought it was real and that we should do it.
  Live long enough to become the villain lol
  
  Like it’s fine to have internet acquaintances but can we not do cults of personality around users on our forum with like 100 active members lol.
  Maybe all accounts should be deleted at the end of every month and everyone has to start a new one
  
  I suggested this during the VCJ thing actually
  Ban all accounts when they have 500 bears
  
  I'm not smart enough to come up with usernames all the time
  
  It's tough. I'm just gonna go with RE:gon for my next and then RE:RE:gon and so on
  
  I was right
  
  About what?
  
  Sorry, I realise it's been a busy few days and it wasn't terribly funny the first time: https://lemmygrad.ml/comment/5413450
  
  Hahahaha ah that was you! It was funny the first time, I just didn't remember it is all <3

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