This thread is the top post on Hexbear when sorting by Hot and All (rather than local). Our own threads in that position regularly get hundreds, sometimes over 1000, comments. The fact that a small handful of Hexbear users offering (mostly) very restrained, respectful comments is frequently referred to as “bridgading” demonstrates how frequently the vague accusations leveled at our (and other) instance(s) are made in bad faith as a mere reflex.