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”

  • Bob_Odenkirk [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 days ago

    If users are upset about a post getting removed, maybe mods shouldn’t have removed it?

    This site had dreams of democratic moderation when we started, and I know that’s far easier said than done, but there’s still been too much paternalist, “its for your own good”-moderation since then that has always upset the user base. No one here is ever upset about racist/misogynist/wrecker/etc posts getting nuked, we’re only ever upset about mods being weird about stuff.