I did a similar post on Slops community, asking for feedback regarding how specifically their comm is moderated, I did not ask for their overall sentiments of Hexbear at large. “Slop” is not a clear demographic though.
This comm is different though, as the demographic is clearer. From your perspective as people who are more covid/health aware, what are your concerns with not only how this comm is moderated, but the site in general?
I don’t know if there’s anything that can get through to people outside this sub about taking covid seriously. Health authorities said return to normal, so everyone did. It’s still killing people, but in numbers people can ignore. It’s still degrading everyone’s health, but it a mostly subtle way that doesn’t draw attention to itself. People aren’t seeing the damage it’s doing, and meanwhile everyone else is back to normal, so there’s not much we can do to change that.
Trying to convince people that it’s still a danger feels like trying to sell people on some quack supplement cure at worst, or like telling a smoker that smoking is killing them and expecting them to stop. People just don’t respond to it, and probably won’t unless covid fucks them up, or fucks up someone they care about, in a way that they can’t blame on something else.
Best I think we can do is to keep covid deniers out of here and make sure this sub stays a source of good information.