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dsemy@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I didn’t have any direct interactions with “hexbearians” but I do see a lot of posts and comments by them.

Honestly, people from Hexbear do comment a lot more, and seem more ready to defend their position (which can sometimes lead to petty arguments), but I don’t really care - I can always just skip a few comments.

Your politics also don’t align with mine at all, but I still find a lot of posts on Hexbear communities interesting or funny, so I don’t see what the big deal is there either. I think people with differing political opinions only benefit by discussing and sharing knowledge.

I don’t see why people who want to block hexbear.net don’t just block some communities they don’t like and users they see commenting a lot.

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Florn@hexbear.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Part of the reason we’re more willing to defend our stances is the removal of our down vote button. We can’t just downvote and move on, we can only speak up.

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Spzi@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I don’t see why people who want to block hexbear.net don’t just block some communities they don’t like and users they see commenting a lot.

Since I recently joined this group of people who want to block hb, I reply. First, I’m not subscribed to any hb community, as far as I’m aware. So this option is unavailable to me. The issues I have happen in communities hosted on other instances, with hb users participating.

What bothers me is the way in which this participation happens. Sometimes the content (offensive, vulgar, dishonest), but mostly the way (edgy). I feel this negatively impacts the non-hb communities I’d like to participate in. Blocking specific users makes me not see them anymore, but it does not undo the damage they do to what I like. It’s like looking away when a classmate is being bulied. Feels wrong.

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