chapotraphouse

Hexbear has fallen

Unfortunately, UlyssesT left to go touch grass and isn't likely to return for some time, if at all.

But I think the site's fine. We got that one new power user, demoncracy (whose apparently gone now lmao), hanging around now. Probably some others I don't recognize as easily because their avatar doesn't stand out so much.

It's because our "Xibucks" got reallocated to prioritize developing "new quality productive forces". So people don't have as much time to post.

I feel you. I hate scrolling through page after page of threads that are just a news article link with no commentary, no posts.

A lot of our content is essentially "hexbear reacts to [current event]" and then "[current event] meta posts", and current events are in a lull or we've exhausted all there is to say about Trump, Biden, Palestine, climate change, etc.

At some point, hexbear probably will die. Think of how many forums you've posted on before here, how many are still around? I don't want it to, I have nowhere else I want to post, but it'll happen. And then we'll and do something else

Sorry I didn't mean to shit up the site, mb.

I’ve been posting less, thats why it appears that way

I might make amends to the Dessalines and the mods at Lemmygrad now that the dust has settled, but I don't think this place is dying.

But it needs to promote itself more, otherwise the turnover can get bad and people leave.

More new faces spurs people to stay as well.

I thought so to but they're all hiding in the news and bulletins mega.

I've always preferred commenting to posting but I'm trying to change. I think i noticed a drop from other instances defedding and users blocking, (i suspect astrotrurfers have done this purposefully) and as a separate issue i recall a few effort posters left around the same time.

I have accts elsewhere besides here so i can connect with the libs who are so terrified of us anyway, and come back here to recharge my batteries with my homies.

I like this spot and where it's at

You'll cowards need to post more

This thing coasts. I haven’t seen much change

We also all tend to turn over accounts for opsec so it could be a lot of those regulars are still around (except BMF come back we miss you bby)

Unironically it's just the post sorting algorithm. It was way better before federation, although I can't put my finger on why exactly. (Not to criticize our admins and tech people who work on that stuff behind the scenes, I've also seen a ton of improvements and stuff too).

I like the website.

come back bmf, they don't appreciate you on the trueanon sub

I assumed this was a joke post

Ive been here the whole while, and currently it feels quite healthy actually, to me at least, compared to where it's been at difficult times

Yes and no. Hexbear as a political project is more or less dead. It's been that way since the first year or so. It's more or less just a club for commie shitposting now. I used to do organizing/theory on Hexbear, now I just use it for non-political posting.

Hexbear, barring some huge shift, will stay around this size for the next few years and experience a slow decline until shutdown. It is a site just past its peak experiencing a slow fall to obscurity that all things must go through eventually.