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Dunk posts in general go in the_dunk_tank, not here

Don't post low-hanging fruit here after it gets removed from the_dunk_tank

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We've seen an uptick in people posting dunks in here that belong in dunk_tank, as well as low-hanging fruit that gets removed from or isn't allowed in dunk_tank anymore. For context, rule 8 of dunk_tank:

Rule 8: The subject of a post cannot be low hanging fruit, that is comments/posts made by a private person that have low amount of upvotes/likes/views. Comments/Posts made on other instances that are accessible from hexbear are an exception to this.

There's a reason that dunks are cordoned off to their own comm, some users rightfully don't want to see reactionary nonsense all the time, even if we're making fun of the person who said it. /c/cth is a general-purpose comm but it's NOT for posting some random nobody asshole twitter user's bad takes, the absolute best course of action to take when you see that stuff out in the wild is to either directly shit on them yourself, or ignore them and don't give them more attention.

From this point on I'm going to be more stringent about moderating this. I get it, it's fun to dunk on the libs and the blue checks and the frothingfash and that's why we have a whole dedicated comm for that. Any post that's obviously meant to be "hey look at this piece of shit, let's laugh at how bad their opinions are, upbears to the left and emojis in chat" belongs in the_dunk_tank. And any super low-hanging fruit doesn't belong on this site, period (see TDT rule 8 above). We have better things to do with our time than give unearned attention, time and energy to low-follower-count nobodies yelling into the void.

Thanks for your discretion comrades, stay sicko sicko-jammin

edit: as others have pointed out, /c/shitreactionariessay@lemmygrad.ml is a good place for any and all dunking content not allowed here. Post that ragebait to our comrades at the 'grad, they'll make good use of it. Also, per rule 9 of TFT dunking on fediverse users is still explicitly allowed so it's still open season on those in our own backyard.

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[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 32 points 4 months ago (73 children)

This is an entirely predictable result of the addition of the bad rule 8 to the_dunk_tank

[–] booty@hexbear.net 29 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The purpose of this comm is literally to quarantine all of the "finding an idiot to get mad at" posts. This rule change is gonna make the rest of the site worse.

-ElGosso, 30 days ago on the dunk tank rule change post. Hm. Must be a psychic. Only explanation.

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I called it too and asked for a quarantine zone for those kinda posts but was denied. LET US HAVE OUR SLOP

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

This conviction the mods seem to have that "[dunking on] super low-hanging fruit doesn't belong on this site, period" is weird and bad

[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Also "low hanging fruit" are posts not a lot of people have seen, while I guess the "high effort dunks" are posting whatever garbage Elon and jk have been up to because they have more views. Seems backwards to me :shrug-outta-hecks:

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago (18 children)

"I saw this and now you have to see this too" is not a good reason for posting. People don't need to see every bad take on the internet.

[–] Greenleaf@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And the cousin of that one: “I got into an argument with a lib on Reddit so here’s our chain of single upvote comments, please tell I won the argument”

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago

Exactly! That's the type of thing that should be clear is banned.

There's gonna be a middle ground between there and "moderately famous poster" that's gonna take some figuring out, but even just trimming that and things like 15-like YouTube comments from someone with a couple of subscribers, random anonymous racists arguing in the comments of a local newspaper article, things like that.

[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago

"I saw this, thought it was a funny bad take, and am now sharing with other people who will laugh at this fool" is usually my thought. I imagine the same is true for other dunk tank posters?

now you have to see this too

No one actually has to view the dunk tank. They can block it, scroll by, whatever. I scroll past a lot of posts. Hextube gets pinned all the time, but is of no relevance to me. Other comms I've blocked all together 🤷

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[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago

Right. Seems kinda backwards if the criteria is "low hanging"

i-think-that the numbers below a post do not actually affect its dunkability.

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