this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2025
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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] unexpectedpineapple@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't consider this acceptable simply because it happens randomly.

[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 5 points 1 month ago

If you have enough energy to convince the devs; (they admin the lemmy.ml and lemmygrad). Than go ahead and try. https://github.com/LemmyNet/joinlemmy-site

From few interactions I had with them it's not worth it and it's better to make more useful features like better moderation than fight politics.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago
[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Honestly crying about hexbear is more a problem than them

[–] unexpectedpineapple@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't follow, can you clarify please?

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean that I feel more people complain about how bad hexbear is than I ever encounter. Either I’m in the wrong subs or they’re tamer than people believe.

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

You think it's a good thing that new people looking to join Lemmy are directed towards Hexbear (or Lemmygrad or even ML)?

Be honest.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

Curious as well

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As another user stated it’s random.

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 4 points 1 month ago

Okay bud, I’ve given two answers. Byeee

[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just don't find hexbear as a whole to be that objectionable. They defederated from everyone for a while during their whole DNS debacle, and I missed them! It's a very active instance that posts a lot of news and memes.

And if we're basing this on which instances have more annoying users, well I have a lot more users from discuss.tchncs.de blocked than hexbear. Not to call them out either, but I think it's... intolerant to act like a whole instance is poison because their standards and rules allow for types of people I don't want to interact with. Obviously stuff like CSAM or Nazi shit is a red line, but if some users having objectionable politics is grounds for ostracizing an instance, how has lemmy.world survived this long?

[–] KarfiolosHus@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Objectionable politics

"Anybody who's more moderate than a Marxist-Leninist is a liberal and deserves to be shot"

Hexbear is as bad as 4chan, but with tankies instead of alt-right, normalising radical political views

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

99% of online Tankies promote fascist positions, but pretend to be "left" so as to present as more palatable to left-leaning "normies" dissatisfied with the state of democracy.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

I don't think hexbear in itself is that bad, i do think its a bad starting point for beginners though.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

Honeypot thread - admins take note