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”

        • Foghorn [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
          3·
          28 days ago

          And I am just leveraging the critique of how the disengage rule is sometimes used as a way to get the last word, as was also discussed in the meta post.

          • MLRL_Commie [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
            2·
            28 days ago

            I’m pretty agnostic on this situation and how disengage works, but didn’t want you or the passerby who doesn’t care about the meta to see a new form of “disengage” and think that was a reason to be suspicious. But you were aware, that’s good.

            • Foghorn [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
              2·
              28 days ago

              I was actually not aware the disengage rule had been changed to that you now had to say “I’m disengaging”. I just saw the critique and then I noticed Lyudmila do this and felt like it fit. If the rule is that that’s what you have to say, then I’m gonna delete my initial comment, thanks for informing me

              • MLRL_Commie [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
                4·
                28 days ago

                Idk if it has been changed officially yet or something, but this usage was correct according to my reading of the proposed rule. I believe the argument is basically that “I’m disengaging” is not the command form, which some interpreted as specifically talking down to the person you want to leave the conversation, while this form announces the intention of yourself to actively leave it. I think this one is better when using it among upset comrades, and that the command form should be used against someone who is clearly being inflamatory (which should also be coupled with a report). But these nuances are harder, so I’m not trying to make it harder on the mods by creating 2 forms to distinguish

                • booty [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
                  2·
                  28 days ago

                  Personally I kind of agree with the side of the discussion that said if you want to disengage you should just disengage, you don’t need to say anything. 99% of the time, if you’re in an argument, you can instantly end that argument by just not saying anything. It has been a very long time since I saw anyone continue to pester someone who stopped responding to an argument here, and even if they did do that you should just report them because that’s obviously not cool.