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sunaurus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

This type of thread does not work. There are too many misunderstandings and wrong assumptions between users, people treat each other as enemies and the thread just devolves into a flame war. I expect this thread will need to be locked very soon.

I am 100% convinced that the negative image many Lemmy users have of Hexbear is completely wrong. These “hexbear discussion” posts are just a constant escalation, where more and more users mutually attack each other, and these attacks pull in further “neutral” users into the conflict, forcing them to “choose sides”. It’s completely unnecessary and in fact counterproductive - I am sure that in fact most of us want the same things, such as good living conditions for all humans globally, sustainable use of the planet’s resources, etc.

I really hate seeing users get harassed on Lemmy, regardless of what instance they are registered on. I don’t really know how to solve this constant drama and internet fighting (other than simply isolating users through defederation, which I’m not interested in doing), so if anybody has any ideas, please let me know.


Side-note: over the past few weeks, I have received several DMs from users directly attacking me for not defederating Hexbear. I am not responding to these DMs directly, but I will write a generic response here:

  1. Lemmy allows you to block users and communities
  2. Lemmy will soon also allow you to block instances
  3. You always have the option to switch to another instance with a different approach to federation, or start your own

This instance is provided through volunteer effort, I am not planning to respond to feedback in the form of demands or attacks.

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