Per the discussion in these two posts:
https://hexbear.net/post/6569239
https://hexbear.net/comment/6630485
As mod on that (gossip) comm I agree. To be honest, I also think it’s unnecessary to have two separate dunking comms based on whether someone is a public figure or a random person. A lot of times that distinction can be quite blurry, and I don’t blame people for choosing to post in Slop instead, as that is the more active comm.
Reunite El Chisme and Slop to a single comm, and remove slop’s rule #8. “Do not post public figures, these should be posted to c/gossip”
Yes. “Public figure” is a meaninglessly nebulous term in the context of online fame/infamy.
JD Vance said Hasan shocked Hasan’s dog. Does This information get posted in slop, or, gossip? Now that JD Vance, the Vice President of the United States, has talked about Hasan, do we now file posts about Hasan under Gossip or is he a Slop? How many subscribers should someone need to be a Gossip post?
Clearly that post is about Hasan’s dog, who isn’t a public figure, not about Hasan or JD Vance, both of whom are public figures (because they both have Wikipedia pages and more than 100k followers).