That’s it. Our instance requires us to stop responding if you explicitly ask us to. It’s right here buried in our Code of Conduct
Any discussions may be opted out of by disengaging.
In the past, this rule has only applied to the specific user you say it to. I’d like to suggest going forward that if someone on another instance uses it, we treat it as applying to all of us.
Unfortunately this rule wasn’t communicated clearly before, so I’m making this post for visibility.
Edit: As the comments clarify, this has to be done in good faith, typically just a one word “disengage” comment. If you add more stuff to the discussion and then say “disengage” at the end, you’re not disengaging, it’s a way to put a stop to a toxic argument not to get the last word in.
Yes! Great note for our new federated friends!
Additionally, the admins have clarified that this is not a free “get the last word” trick either though, so it doesn’t count if you go “hey I want to disengage and also here’s why you’re a doodoo head”
Frankly, most people on other instances have seemed either content to ignore us (and optionally make inaccurate complaints behind our backs), or just as eager to get into a slapfight as our users, so idk if it will make a huge difference, but this will get us to leave you alone if you are in that scenario, and if it doesn’t can be reported to our mods/admins
You do have to actually disengage though, to be clear. No “I disengage, but also [fuck you, x,y,z, trying to get the last word]”. If you’re disengaging, it has to be mutually respected.
Type “disengage” and then just posting a continuation of the rant on a different person’s post entirely as a bit.
That’s not what that means - it means if you don’t want to argue with us, just stop arguing with us.
No, you can say “disengage” and then further replies are against the rules.
Can I just DM you, and you can forward it to the relevant mods? Kind of a buddy program for new bears and old bears?
Sorry, but the first couple times you actually have to send a copy of your posts to the appropriate embassy, through fax.
some of you really don’t get it
you can use multiple slurp juices on a single ape
So you see, ape holders can use multiple slurp juices on a single ape. So if you have 1 astro ape and 3 slurp juices you can create 3 new apes. Tonight’s slurp juice mint event is essentially a minting event for both Lab Monkes and Special Forces.
This came up as an alternative to blocking when we lacked a block feature. Since everybody has a block feature now, it probably just makes sense to use that, though there are cases where it is preferable to just tell someone to drop it instead of blocking them. Anyway, it is still the rule.
tbh if you blocked everyone that was ever annoying on hexbear this site would be a ghost town lmao
