• smollittlefrog@lemdro.id
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    The issue with Hexbear is that their users tend to talk in a very demeaning and insulting manner. About half of the popular posts on Hexbear are about making fun of people or communities. Their political views are less of an issue; it’s more about their toxic behaviour.

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      I mean, that’s most people inside the more mainstream American Overton window of mid right to far right, but nobody bats an eye at that because they’re upholding the status quo. 🤷

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        Do you see instances who’s main purpose is to represent “people inside the more mainstream American Overton window of mid right to far right” that are even nearly as popular as Hexbear?

        If you’re browsing all you frequently see posts from Hexbear users. I’m yet to come across a noticable amount of posts from users from an instance which represent the group you mentioned.

        (I couldn’t even name a single instance that fits that description, because if they exist, they’re not nearly as active as Hexbear.)

        Toxic people exist on all public instances. But on some they’re more common than on others.

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          Yeah, it’s called most of the internet. 🤷

          What you’re saying then is it’s OK to stereotype users and bully them for their beliefs and opinions, then use any response other than quiet submission as proof that they’re bad.

          Cause all the posts I’ve seen from it is mundane, and the only times I’ve ever seen it’s users act a fool is in response to everyone screeching at them for not adhering to popular opinion (usually with no coherent point other than “tankie bad durr” whatever a tankie is, I’m assuming a slur for leftists.)

          Can I punch you then run around telling everyone what a violent cunt you are when you punch me back? Cause that’s what it looks like to me, I’ve been getting alot of wild claims about hexbear but nobody has any point of reference to back it up though.

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      their users tend to talk in a very demeaning and insulting manner.

      About half of the popular posts on Hexbear are about making fun of people or communities

      it’s more about their toxic behaviour

      This can be interpreted as bad faith if you don’t mention towards whom this behavior is directed at.

      Their political views are less of an issue

      Thank you for admitting it’s about the optics (which is not a concern for us)

    • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      And who exactly do we talk in a demeaning and insulting manner to? What is that the people we respond to that way say?

      No one who posts this kind of civilty or optics concerns about our behaviour ever mentions that.

      If you’re more offended by our responses than the things we push back against you deserve to be offended