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pythonoob@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

That’s my main concern as well. I’ve asked a couple basic questions about their terminology and that is usually answered mostly straight, but with vocab that is so leftist and so foreign I don’t even understand it. And I think that’s the heart of the problem really. They have their own culture and own language over there and they come over here using it and antagonizing people who respond speaking essentially a different language. They claim to want to spread leftism but what I mostly see is them harassing people that were just doing their own thing before all this.

I’m fine with interacting with people of different ideologies and cultures, but I feel like the hexbears mostly just want to harass us “tankies”.

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MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
A lot of Hexbear users are well versed in political theory and philosophy and to some degree the instance serve as a big reading group (as well as fun, hobbies, and shitposting) so I can definitely see how that could be a bit intimidating to stumble into. But in general people are passionate about sharing information, books, articles etc so if you’re unsure of anything just ask for an explanation and you’ll find plenty of people eager to help.

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- pythonoob@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I appreciate that.
  
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  - MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    No problem. Hope to see you in the future!
    
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oregoncom@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
MODS MODS MODS A BRIGADER LOOK HE’S FROM PROGRAMMING.DEV

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- pythonoob@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yeah see, why the flame and anger? We’re here having a discussion. Case in point.
  
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  - 420blazeit69@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    You’re coming into a thread after it has 1000+ comments, which itself is subsequent to a lot of informal discussion. There’s context here.
    
    Part of that context is repeated accusations of Hexbear users brigading. The concept of brigading has its own issues, but to whatever degree it’s a real problem, users from other instances dropping in because a thread pops up in their feed (as you presumably did) is not brigading. Users from many instances have said they aren’t always sure where they are in every thread post-federation, and Hexbear users have said that, too.
    
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    pythonoob@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I haven’t said a thing about brigading, so I’m not sure why that’s relevant to me in particular. And I am one user from programming dev, a pretty neutral instance. That’s hardly brigading.
    
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    hypelightfly@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    The majority of those comments all come from one instance and mostly are derailing the thread and any attempt at discussion. Can you guess which one?
    
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  - oregoncom@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    
    Starts with an insult.
    
    gets insulted back
    
    “bro chill I’m having a discussion chill”
    
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GarbageShoot@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

but I feel like the hexbears mostly just want to harass us “tankies”.

Huh? Do you mean “liberals”? Hexbears are the ones liberals and leftcoms call “tankies”

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