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Deferated from hexbear.net (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Shadow@lemmy.ca to c/main@lemmy.ca
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Sorry (๐Ÿ) we did this without making a post, but after receiving several complaints we defederated from hexbear.net yesterday.

Here's a few quick examples of poor conduct by hexbear users:

They warned their users to behave themselves, but that didn't work: https://hexbear.net/post/280770?scrollToComments=false

Please read and respect the rules of the community instance in which you are posting/commenting. Please try to keep the dirtbag lib-dunking to hexbear itself. Do not follow the Chapo Rules of Posting, instead try to engage utilizing informed rhetoric with sources to dismantle western propaganda. Posting the western atrocity propaganda and pig poop balls is hilarious but will pretty quickly get you banned and if enough of us do it defederated. Realize that you are a representative of the hexbear instance when you post on other instances.

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[โ€“] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

This seems like it could have been solved at the instance level by banning some emojis... So I guess I'm confused?

I still don't agree with censoring political views that we disagree with. It's a slippery slope, especially when these are REAL people that DO exist. They deserve to have their voice heard, even if it's so they can be shit on.

Edit: is there no way to block individual users without defederation? It sounds like taking the nuclear option against a few bad actors. We should want to have our worldview challenged since that's a core component of democracy.

[โ€“] MapleEngineer@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago

The great thing about the fediverse is that you can vote with your feet. If you're really dedicated to their nonsense you can create an account there and read and participate as much as you like. The reason no one is leaving to go there is that we all know that they produce nothing of any value.

[โ€“] amio@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

I don't think massive trolling that happens to use an emoji would be solved by blocking that specific emoji.

[โ€“] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not about political views. There are plenty of comrades around here who just don't ask for killing of fellow Canadians or parrot obvious Russian propaganda. I have quite enjoyed some thought provoking or educational comments from Hexbears but we have to pay for those with enduring the rest of the low effort vomit.