The slop comm is very quickly becoming "the square hole"
"The Square Hole" - the viral tiktok where a guy inserts all the different shaped objects into the square hole on a game intended to sort shapes into the correct shaped holes. My analogy is that slop is the square hole because people are dumping things that are more appropriate for other comms into slop.
Slop is for what the old dredge_tank was like. Roast anonymous reactionaries to your heart's content!
Gossip for an informal discussion regarding people with power / notable / tools of power
Counterprop for a formalized discussion regarding reactionary people no matter how powerful/notable.
The side bar of the slop comm says "For posting all the anonymous reactionary bullshit that you can't post anywhere else."
In the past week, I have seen many posts in the slop comm which are either from the white house, Donald Trump, or the democratic party. It feels like users are using the comm for all things bad, which is too broad because so many things are happening.
The White House is a public figure. Trump is a public figure. The Democratic Party is a public figure.
Donald Trump announcing a new tariff is not "slop". That is a material action. This would qualify as news or politics or at worst go into the chapotraphouse comm.
Slop is democrat voters and republican voters. Slop is the voting base. Slop is the things that american citizens say. This is what I interpret anonymous to mean. IE not the leaders of the party.
The Democratic Party and Republican Party are not slop. The non-famous people who support those parties are the slop, the hogs.
Slop is people who have no power, who say stupid and problematic things.
My concerns and reasons for typing this post is that:
Posting everything into the slop comm devalues the purpose of the slop comm. I like the slop comm for being able to see insight into the mind of the average hog. (non-famous reactionary people)
Posting news stories into the slop comm trivializes the impact of the news stories. When Trump creates a new tariff, that represent real material harm, unlike things said by random reactionaries.
Posting reactionary material actions done by Public Figures into the slop comm, creates a precedent that the other comms are not allowed to observe the real world. Trump is the President, one of the most powerful people in the world. If observing his actions are quarantined to 1 comm, we are denying the reality that his speech and actions have impact on everyone's lives.
I am not saying that Donald Trump, Democratic, Republicans are not bad. Those things are bad but they aren't slop. Slop has no power. Those things have material power.
Thank you for considering my concerns.
dead [he/him] - 8mon
TLDR; I agree with the CARCOSA definition and I feel like it is not being enforced.
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D61 [any] - 8mon
I agree, the slop should be sorted appropriately in the correct troughs.
This thread in the slop comm shows the US secretary of state announcing an official US policy discriminating against activists who support Palestine. The OP writes in the post title that it is an official government policy. This violates rule 8 of the slop comm.
What is slop? Slop is what is fed to pigs. Slop is low quality content. An official government policy is not content. Treating an official government policy as content/slop trivializes the impact of the impact of the government action. It creates a detachment from reality.
Placing a news story about the US government doing material harm to anti-Zionists in a community labeled as "low quality content" is disrespectful to the victims who are being targeted by the US government. Imagine saying that to the face of the victim, that their visa being denied is "slop". Absurd.
Not every bad thing is slop. Bad thing which have real world material impact are not slop.
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The slop comm is very quickly becoming "the square hole"
"The Square Hole" - the viral tiktok where a guy inserts all the different shaped objects into the square hole on a game intended to sort shapes into the correct shaped holes. My analogy is that slop is the square hole because people are dumping things that are more appropriate for other comms into slop.
In the CARCOSA definition of slop, slop is for roasting anonymous reactionaries. Emphasis on anonymous. https://hexbear.net/comment/5630534
The side bar of the slop comm says "For posting all the anonymous reactionary bullshit that you can't post anywhere else."
In the past week, I have seen many posts in the slop comm which are either from the white house, Donald Trump, or the democratic party. It feels like users are using the comm for all things bad, which is too broad because so many things are happening.
The White House is a public figure. Trump is a public figure. The Democratic Party is a public figure.
Donald Trump announcing a new tariff is not "slop". That is a material action. This would qualify as news or politics or at worst go into the chapotraphouse comm.
Slop is democrat voters and republican voters. Slop is the voting base. Slop is the things that american citizens say. This is what I interpret anonymous to mean. IE not the leaders of the party.
The Democratic Party and Republican Party are not slop. The non-famous people who support those parties are the slop, the hogs.
Slop is people who have no power, who say stupid and problematic things.
My concerns and reasons for typing this post is that:
I am not saying that Donald Trump, Democratic, Republicans are not bad. Those things are bad but they aren't slop. Slop has no power. Those things have material power.
Thank you for considering my concerns.
TLDR; I agree with the CARCOSA definition and I feel like it is not being enforced.
I agree, the slop should be sorted appropriately in the correct troughs.
https://hexbear.net/post/5092377
This thread in the slop comm shows the US secretary of state announcing an official US policy discriminating against activists who support Palestine. The OP writes in the post title that it is an official government policy. This violates rule 8 of the slop comm.
What is slop? Slop is what is fed to pigs. Slop is low quality content. An official government policy is not content. Treating an official government policy as content/slop trivializes the impact of the impact of the government action. It creates a detachment from reality.
Placing a news story about the US government doing material harm to anti-Zionists in a community labeled as "low quality content" is disrespectful to the victims who are being targeted by the US government. Imagine saying that to the face of the victim, that their visa being denied is "slop". Absurd.
Not every bad thing is slop. Bad thing which have real world material impact are not slop.