We will change the mutual aid sidebar to remove the clause permitting meta posts, we will also ask that users post once a day so that everyone's post's can be seen but this is not a hard rule as it is pretty clear that removing posts is a last resort in that community. This joins the other community recommendations that users include currency, how much is needed, updating when a user has received funds, or updating/locking the post when the need has been met.
Wanted to update what the considered changes to the community are in summary:
users can post 3 times a week, asks no more than 100$ each post
display name is changed to "emergency aid"
users communicate if they are open to non monetary resources (local aid groups, etc.)
user requests aid, amount requested in title using [$0/$x] format
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
user updates title with amount received and the thread is locked when the goal is met
meta posts are no longer permitted
We will do a follow up post where voting on keeping the community as is or changing it will occur.
If you want to propose changes to this summary please answer in a comment below this one.
do you think there should be a weekly limit on amount requested?
do you think there should be a weekly limit on amount of posts?
you think mods should keep track of amounts received via user reports after donating?
do you think we change the name from mutual_aid to emergency aid?
do you think we should allow meta posts?
Other than the sidebar and a community featured post we don't have much options for increasing awareness but I'll loom into solutions for this. Thank you
We could community feature (pin/sticky) a meta discussion post in the mutual aid community and seems to be a good compromise between what the current rule is and what the proposed change is
Having accusations directly sent to the mod team shifts responsibility from the user wanting to donate to the moderator team, which at this point violates the spirit of the community in so far as we as a mod try not to influence individual fundraising efforts.
We already ask that posters include if they have had their request met to help communicate who has been helped already.
Having moderators decide who is or isn't a scammer shifts responsibility from the user wanting to donate to the moderator team which at this point violates the spirit of the community in so far as we as a mod try not to influence individual fundraising efforts.
What is being brushed aside? The disengage comment was edited to be in accordance with the disengage rule and mods ought to remove disengage violations when reported.
Users that have abused the disengage rule in the past by using it to get the last word in have also received bans
the user who disengaged edited his comment to reflect the spirit of the rule which is by making a comment with "disengage" or a short sentence to that effect, like "Disengage now, I don't wanna continue a conversation with you."
the user who disengaged edited his comment to reflect the spirit of the rule which is by making a comment with "disengage" or a short sentence to that effect, like "Disengage now, I don't wanna continue a conversation with you."
Outside of the specific user who was banned I wanted to address meta communities.
The previous attempts at a meta community or even a ban appeal pinned post have caused more drama in each new post as new discussions of the mod actions occur..
Often times restarting contentious discussion where folks are talking past each other and assuming bad faith.
We are available on matrix for people who wish to discuss their ban but ultimately it is very easy to make a hexbear account and as a result very easy to get banned.
This core aspect of site administration has been here since the start and if it wasn't for the handful of spammers I deny each day I would remove the application entirely.
I'm open to a hexbear user discussion on a meta community but a local user in good standing must apply to be a moderator if a meta community is to be made.
We have been using !feedback@hexbear.net and !hexbear@hexbear.net as meta communities in addition to the Matrix space mentioned in the site sidebar for the past year or so.
Pretty sure @WhyEssEff@hexbear.net made it if not it was either an admin or dev that is likely no longer a part of the project, gave permission to use, and does not want credit for opsec reasons
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With this proposed system people who say they sent funds and don't will first be warned and then sitebanned.