Per @CARCOSA@hexbear.net's suggestion in the thread announcing the closure of the tank comms I am suggesting a replacement comm
The concept of the comm is that it would be exactly the same as the_dunk_tank but without the unfortunate racist connotations of the name. Also, the name actually describes the content that is intended for it. Not sure why we made it any more complicated than that in the first place. Also, you can post things like articles from The Atlantic, which are also notable, and not just stuff about famous people.
Also, we should just go ahead and unlock Dredge_Tank
i like my slop, i will be eternally mad at the powers that be taking it away from me, no this is not sarcasm. i am upset
And so castles made of sand
Melt into the sea, eventually
dope-ass guitar
There hasn't been any clarification on why this change was made and whether it reflects the desires of the mod team, the admins, or something else. That hasn't helped to quash rumors and give people a sense of what's going on with the site.
Just unlock the dredge tank and let the slop flow through there.
I honestly thought UlyssesT made the Dredge tank just for Drej jokes. I forget that we have sidebars all the time and didn't realize it had different rules.
Nah he just had a compulsive urge to drive certain emotes/gifs into the ground and then keep beating that horse months after it's dessicated remains were ground to dust.
Much like the planet earth after it was subjected to the Drej super-weapon!
I can't find the gif and that makes me very sad. : (
Remember when the internet worked?
https://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/36700000/Titan-AE-image-titan-ae-36734782-250-141.gif
I suggest to change whatever the new main Dredge/Dunk tank replacement is to
- /c/pit
or
- /c/Barbara_Pit
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(work in progress 🚧)Locking these comms was a mistake, and trying to ban "low effort" posts will kill the site long term. We're a shitposting social media site descended from a shitposting subreddit. Shitposting is part of our culture--a big part. If you ban low-effort posts, you're not going to get more effort posts--you're just going to get fewer posts. A lot of people come here in part because they can post some essay or take by an esteemed Elder Statesman or Media Thinker and say "look at this dumb shit." Not only is that important to site culture and participation itself, lots of deeper engagement comes along with that activity.
Reopen dredge, and change the name of the other one.
The wording of the announcement has been changed several times. I don't think it specifically mentions low effort posting now but it wasn't very clear before it was edited and it isn't very clear now.
There hasn't been any real explanation of what the problem was that merited this change. Afaik only one Dunk tank mod commented on the reasoning and their comment was patronizing, unhelpful, and suggested more of a disconnect between the mod team and the users than an actual problem.
If that's not the reason, then I'm totally puzzled by what the argument even is. I'm all for changing the name, but if we're not worried about post quality, why exactly are we closing the comms?
Oooh can we suggest names? I've got one or two ideas
These are all freebies, I got more
c/log_out_or_hog_out_and_i_am_all_out_of_logs
c/the_dunk_court
c/the_hog_pen
c/its_always_sunny_on_hexbear
c/the_hornet_nest
c/point_and_laugh
c/the_debateatorium
c/the_dunkatorium
c/the_rhetoriticians hideout
c/europe
c/the_dredge_tank
c/the_slop_canister
c/the_trough
c/slop_fields
c/the_idiot_store
c/liberalism
c/the_Hillary_Clinton_fanclub
c/occasional_sectarianism
c/the_burn_ward
c/lenins_rejects
c/30_to_50_feral_hogs
c/posts_from_stupid_idiots
c/come_in_here_if_you_are_a_liberal_and_wanna_get_bullied
c/death_to_liberals
c/death_to_america
c/we_love_cars_please_come_in_here_and_join_us_if_you_love_cars c/politics
c/theory (for low effort dunks)
c/low_effort_dunks (for theory)
c/redditor_safe_space
c/redditor_containment_ward
c/the_wedgie_zone
c/the_bone_zone
c/the_dogtank
c/the_sharktank
c/the_tank_full_of_animals_in_an_supervillain_lair
c/piranha_river
c/three_possums_in_a_suit
c/just_a_bunch_of_alligators c/the_nutsack
c/the_asscrack
c/the_pussycrack
c/the_dingdong_corner
c/oops_you_posted_something_stupid_and_now_commies_and_anarchists_are_united_in_laughing_at_you_and_they_won't_even_say_why
c/oops_you_posted_something_stupid_and_now_commies_and_anarchists_are_united_in_laughing_at_you_and_they_will_gladly_say_why
c/c/main (not to be confused with c/main)
c/slop
c/your_house
c/dirt_owls_house
c/racism_is_bad_and_so_is_your_take
c/citations_needed
c/the_deep_state
c/infowars
c/the_DNC
c/ppb_central
c/i_topped_ur_dad
c/top_my_dad
c/shits_full_of_liberals
c/the_insane_asylumc/the_trough is a good one. I love the idea of having a place for all us hogs to get our slop.
I feel like that would also have some bad connotations. Something to do with mass graves or something
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_pit
Sorry for the natopedia link but it is a reference to an actual US/NATO environmental atrocity of throwing all refuse into pits and burning them. Unlike “burn ward” where you heal people of their burns, the burn pit is a place where you actually burn what you want to get rid of but the burning of such refuse is also poisoning the one who burns it. So it also acknowledges the latent toxicity that I think forms part of the reason of this current proposal.
or just c/ullysesT in honor of a top tier hater (of people who deserved to be dunked on)
How about intead of Dunk we use Slam? In baseball they have the same meaning and we get a little farther away from the racist meaning
But no one says "Get slammed on son" or "You got fucking slammed on!", if we're going with Slam it has to be Space Jam themed.
I said this in the other thread, but I'm in favor of point_and_laugh. Just a straightforward description of what the com is and what it's for.
we should call it pal, and have discussions about 50 hz transmission superiority
What about the Shit Court then. Because "get shit on" works and people will be posting shit.
Septic tank (shortened to seppo) is also Aussie slang for an American, so it works on that level too
Synthesis: Dunkleosteus Tank and all shitposting has to be about the ocean.
I agree, dunk should probably be removed entirely. Kinda like the_slam_zone tbh
what if we call it c/www.yourethemannowdog.com and we just have that clip going in the background forever
/c/the_slam_tank for famous people and /c/the_jam_tank for rando nobodies
I fully support this. The changes are weird and pointless and will lead to fragmentation.
So little followup about the reasoning for the removal and so on. Not trying to stir up a shitstorm, but I am personally still a little bit confused about the reasoning and so on. One of the users that were dismissive and hostile about the concerns of closing down the two coms, turned out to be a moderator of the dunk tank. I guess I should have thought to check beforehand, but I'm lazy like that. Anyway his comments in the thread and his attitude about the dunk tank and his vibe towards those that liked it gives me a bit of a better idea of what the whole line of thought was for shutting down the comms
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Very cool to have someone mod a community they don't like, fantastic
I also like that the solution was to shut down the comm entirely rather than seeking new mods that actually like the content of the comm
I think it gives a hell a lot of context to the Stack Overflow-esque application of Rule 8, if nothing else
I honestly don't mind the dunk tank rename, we will rise again.
I will say I think the conceptual idea in separating dunk/dredge makes sense in terms of punching up vs sideways (i.e. posts from David Brooks vs ransoms from the Internet), but I also never minded the conflation so
What if we made a rule that says the have to be labelled as either uppercut or haymaker, then we totally ignored that rule and got all our posts removed like I do whenever main is unlocked?>
I suggest c/atharsis seeing as many people have made the very good argument that it’s good for their mental health to see other people bullying horrid status quo takes
I fully support this but I am biased because I suggested the name in the other thread
Dunk Court is now in session
