I’m posting because originally when I was looking to create a Lemmy account I came across Hexbear. I read the code of conduct and TOS and to me it seemed like a great fit for me. However, after creating an account there, it seems pretty defederated.
Anyway I was curious on the happenings over there, because they have some cute custom emojis over there… but if there’s a reason they’re so defederated, I might just pretend i never made an account there
EDIT: omg I just found out this instance has cute blob emojis too :3
They are tankies. They like China and Russia because they’re supposedly communist and ignore all the human rights violations.
Literally no one thinks post-1991 Russia is communist. Show me a single example.
True but I’ve also seen quite a few ml users defend russia invading ukraine and calling ukrainians vermin etc
Edit: That is to say, it’s easy to think they think russia is communist when they celebrate them killing civilians as some sort of victory against imperialism
Lemmy.ml, lemmygrad, and hexbear are the 3 most well known instances to house pro CCP and Putin loyalists
I’d recommend just blocking those 3 as you’ll generally have a better time on the fediverse.
If you check [email protected] you’ll find that the moderators themselves are the reasons why those instances are toxic
Also [email protected]
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Lemmy instances are all independent and all have their own rules for posting and commenting. You will find that some communities allow things you find offensive, you will find that some communities ban things you find benign, this is decentralization in action.
If you consider yourself to be a leftist, you will find friends on the “tankie instances” (I can’t speak to lemmygrad, I’ve never interacted with them).
There are also instances that have defederated with .world, because they find it to be offensive.
Blahaj is one of the instances I generally find to be enjoyable personally.
Edit: Just wanted to add, I’ve had comments modded on hexbear and on .world, remember the rules of the instance you’re visiting.
So basically they’re just reaaallllyyy far left? Here’s the thing, I call myself a lefty, liberal, and progressive almost interchangeably. I don’t think I’d fit in there because obviously tiananmen square happened, and obviously what’s happening with Uyghur people is a goddamn travesty.
On top of that, while I think on paper communism sounds nice, in practice that’s not really the case.
Also, one of the things that bummed me out was losing access to cute custom emojis but I’ve since learned that blahaj has some
That’s not really the issue. The issue is that hexbear allows and condones harassment and bullying. They also have a lot of “tankies” which are people who defend dictatorships and genocide.
because obviously tiananmen square happened, and obviously what’s happening with Uyghur people is a goddamn travesty.
That one sentence would get removed and likely a comm ban on any of the Tankie Triad. .ml would remove it under their catchall “Rule 1: Bigotry”
Yep. They’re pretty much far left.
p.s.: nevermind, the picture below confirms otherwise.
