After discussing this with the people most often using the mutual aid community and feedback here we will be making a single change.

Meta posts will no longer be permitted in !mutual_aid@hexbear.net critical meta posts must not be about specific users and posted in !feedback@hexbear.net at risk of removal.

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.

This will be unfeatured in about 12 hours

~~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~~

  • abc [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Mutual aid shouldn’t have any strings attached to it, nor should asking for it have any limits.

    I personally think meta posts are fine. If someone is adamant that another is ‘scamming’ - go ahead and post that shit in a separate post from their mutual aid request.

    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

    dumb

    do you think there should be a weekly limit on amount requested?

    • no there shouldn’t be any sort of limits or conditions on mutual aid.

    do you think there should be a weekly limit on amount of posts?

    • no there shouldn’t be any sort of limits or conditions on mutual aid.

    do you think mods should keep track of amounts received via user reports after donating?

    • no there shouldn’t be any sort of limits or conditions on mutual aid.

    do you think we change the name from mutual_aid to emergency aid?

    • no there shouldn’t be any sort of limits or conditions on mutual aid.

    do you think we should allow meta posts?

    • yes, if someone wants to cry about another user - let them. I don’t understand what the point of this post/discussion is even about other than the ‘X poster is living in his relative’s driveway!!’ post from a few days ago.

    didn’t we LITERALLY have this same discussion half a year ago when the same thing happened and decided to let meta posts be a thing but not let those people comment on the actual mutual aid post itself???