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Now that the old Hexbear fork has been officially abandoned, this community will be used as a space for meta-discussion on the site itself.

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Dumb question from an old: When people use “[none/use name]”, do they actually mean it? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by davel@lemmy.ml to c/hexbear@hexbear.net
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I’ve never actually heard or seen someone honor such a request online or IRL, and it would sound ridiculously stilted if they did. Where is Rumpelstiltskin's coat? Rumpelstiltskin must have left it at the bar. Will someone please text Rumpelstiltskin and let Rumpelstiltskin know?

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[–] Jenniferr@hexbear.net 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's the default so I think it's way overrepresented here

[–] YearOfTheCommieDesktop@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

used to be you had to pick bu i think this is the case now yeah

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Should go back to that. Leave none as an option, but don't leave a default.

[–] YearOfTheCommieDesktop@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

agreed, it was just a dev oversight

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

It pissed off people with brainworms and made wreckers so much more obvious before federation happened. GOOD feature