[Vote] Should we defederate hexbear?

Yes you should. This instance should not have been federated at all and I regret having voted in favor. You're a bunch of racist fucks.

Isn't it funny how this poll was started by the person who moderates the community with the racist banner? Apparently their opinion counts for something over here 🤔

Hexbearian here, please defederate, thank you

Defederate. Y'all racist as fuck.

Vote yes you coward-ass racist losers

Aye

yes, i vote you run away because youre scared.

Is off the charts!!!

Yes.

I’m sensitive to racial issues but the way they go about discussing them devalues them in the same way that I used to devalue them, and reliving my mistakes in every comment section is killing me. Also, everything turns into twitch chat after they arrive.

Nay.

My beliefs aren"t so fragile that they're threatened by opposing viewpoints, even those that may not be put forth in good faith.

And I can simply block (the relatively small (?) proportion of) users that don't engage in good faith.

Aye

Nay,

I really wish people that hate hexbear would take a step back and look at their own behavior. Most hateful comments I see on the subject seem to be aimed at them and not coming from them.

aye, their posting power is simply too great

Aye. Hexbear is never going to stop being uncivil to bigots.

I find it so funny that the only thing you fucks can agree with us on, is our mutual hatred of each other

Yes, SJW is for concentrated Reddit Brains only and anyone who doesn't "Bazinga" the dumbest shit ever and/or has ever read a book in it that didn't contain magic or dragons is going to destroy that wonderful sense of hyper-Reddit culture and "intellectualism" that I need to feel like I'm in a group of my peers. Most of us are here because we're too big of losers for even Reddit and only came here because our favorite apps were removed that made it harder to manage my 4 "throwaway" accounts I needed because even with complete anonymity I'm still (rightfully) ashamed to be known as myself.

Aye. If I want to see their content I can read it on a hexbear amount. They just flood my feed with memes and only barely tangentially related comments that are trying to bait people into saying something that they think gives them the high ground. They're like the arch Linux users of identity politics.

Aye.

I knew that the toxicity of reddit was affecting me, but I didn't realize just how much until the move to Lemmy back in June. Everything was just so nice, people just happily chatted in comments, most disagreements were talked through or an "agree to disagree" arrangement was reached. Seeing the rude, angry people and the trolls creep back in was so disappointing (though I do realize it's inevitable. I used to mod forums back in the day.) Having a good chunk of those negative types on one instances is a positive thing, though. With the tools at hand, we can nip it in the bud by just blocking the lot of them.

Something I think people forget in all these many posts about blocking instances is that blocking is not a permanent thing. The mods aren't hitting the big red button and nuking the instance from existence forever. It can be undone. Times change, people change, forums/subreddits/instances change as they age. If it looks like things may have improved in a blocked instance, the ban can be lifted.

Nay I like them they're very handsome guys and funny

Aye.

I was going to vote against it on principle, but I'm just really tired of their shit.

Aye y'all are transphobes that need reeducation

not sure if my vote is counted since I made the thread

Nay (for now)

I like messing with hexbear users, they have no idea how anything works, they can't downvote, they're easy to ban, and they are so damn fun to troll. Buuut they are also very annoying, so I can totally understand the yes.

This is dumb drama shit.

Why can't you dorks just stay in your own lanes. Read the instance you're on and don't deliberately be a dickwad against some viewpoint you don't fully understand

Nay.

Provided the moderators on sh.itjust.works feel capable of dealing with any outright hate speech or harassment from that community, I think most of us are big enough people we can deal with hearing differing view points. If someone has a big enough problem with a single user or community, there is always a user-side block as well. My only reservation would be if the degree of spam/harassment is over taxing our community moderators. I recall how many of us in sh.itjust.works were offended when Beehaw defederated us -- for the same sort of reasons (too much spam, too much harassment, the wrong kind of people, etc etc etc).

Yes

aye, get the fuck away from us you miserable bigoted assholes

Aye

Aye

Aye.

They're obviously here just to troll and brigade. The offer nothing of value, while making this instance more annoying.

aye

Yes

Yeah fuck those guys, theyre liberals

Aye. They're more or less another Exploding Heads: an echo chamber with a potent and very precise set of opinions which they smear all over any wall they can find.

yes

Nay

aye

Can someone please explain to me what is wrong with them? Generally curious.

Nay, I don't really see any problem woth their content or posts. Not that I agree with what they say and some of their communities, but for example their games community has interesting content.

yes

I'm not a shitjustworks user, but No. Allow individual people to block Hexbear if they wish to, but also keep it federated so those who want to talk to hexbear users can.

aye

aye

Aye

Aye.

Please silo yourselves.

Aye

Yes

Aye

Aye

Aye

Check back when we can whitelist individual members who have proven their ability to post in good faith on other instances. Or in ten years to see if Hexbear's culture isn't toxic anymore.

Aye

Yes.