iie

@iie@hexbear.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a way to block hexbear⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  that’s stupid, then, why would you bother to make a comment like that. Who gives a shit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a way to block hexbear⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  hexbears are abrasive because experience has taught us to expect 90% of liberals to respond in bad faith, to not listen to us and to dismiss us as bots or paid propagandists or stupid, evil sycophants with no moral compass or justifications for anything we believe and no sincere interest in improving the world, and to tune out when we attempt to argue otherwise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a way to block hexbear⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  what the fuck does that even mean, “left wing version of /r/TheDonald”

  like the donald but believing the exact opposite things?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a way to block hexbear⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a different answer than blakeus12

  the two factors are

  1. An ambient sense of how unreceptive the instance is toward us. If the distribution of responses we get is skewed too far toward “I don’t give a fuck what you have to say, I’m not reading that, fuck you you disgusting tankie,” that’s a reason to not federate. And I mean… I’ll be the first one to admit hexbears can be annoying and too eager to dunk on people, but on the flip side I also think our views are often misrepresented and demonized, and it’s frustrating when people won’t even bother to understand what we actually think or why.

  2. If any of our users feel harrassed or unsafe, even if the culprits are a small minority of the instance, we are liable to defederate. And this shouldn’t be taken personally! We all know lemmy still has limited mod tools. But we prioritize each other over federation, we’re a close-knit community who have been together for years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey, new federated user from Hexbear here⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  when a majority white community mocks a chinese man by comparing his appearance to a yellow bear, it’s a little weird