Update: I got banned from hexbear and grad lmao

  • archonet@lemy.lol
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    1 month ago

    My experience on lemmy is vastly improved after blocking lemmygrad, lemmy.ml, hexbear, beehaw, and pawb. Wiped out vast swathes of degenerates from my feed.

    Sure, occasionally poking them with a stick can be funny, but if you don’t like your scrolling punctuated with muttering “oh fuck off” under your breath every few minutes – it’s nice.

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      I did say something controversial (apparently) on grad and simply asked what I said wrong and having an open mind showed that they can interact normally… But Hexbear is just straight up poisoning me lol

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      ??? (Mostly) Nothing wrong with Beehaw or pawb.social, most are good people around those parts

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        now I might not remember why I blocked beehaw but I know damn well the animal fetishists are not “good people”, thank you

        and just from your instance name… yeah that’s another one for the list

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            I think we have a relict from the mid-2000s in our midst, back when half the internet was in open war with furries.

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              Guy uses “degenerates” straight and is complaining about commies, progressives and furries. 90% they’re a cryptofash.

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                Hating on beehaw makes perfect sense, then. Fascists and an empathy-negating neurosis, generally due to early childhood trauma in that area, name a more iconic duo. All those other things (commies, progressives, furries) actually have their fascist versions but hippies? Forget it. Incompatible in principle.

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                  actually have their fascist versions but hippies? Forget it. Incompatible in principle.

                  Now it is 1984

                  Knock-knock at your front door

                  It’s the suede denim secret police

                  They have come for your uncool niece!

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              I know, it must be hard for kids to understand a time before they were born, but don’t worry, someday you’ll be explaining the facts of life to youngsters yourself.

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                Man, I was in the trenches of online forums at the time. I was PART of those times. I just eventually grew up past being an edgy preteen.

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                  so just to recap, you gained a newfound appreciation for animal fetishists, and you… think that’s a sign of maturity and growth?

                  okay then. I’ll just leave you to it then, champ, you have fun with that <3

          • natebluehooves@pawb.social
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            NGL I thought my instance had gone off the rails while I wasn’t looking for a second there. Getting lumped in with hexbear and .ml is pretty rough. Beehaw? Good company imho.

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          I don’t know, yiffit folks seem very nice. Not always safe for work, though.

          I think my instance already bans beehaw, though. I forget why, unfortunately.

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            Didn’t beehaw defederate from lemmy.world a year ago because they felt it had a bad influence on itself? Mb not theexact reason’ but something like that scratches my mind

            • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz
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              I mean seeing how negative and pissy some sects of the users are on lemmy.world, I can’t really blame them. The technology and gaming community on there are so unhelpful and the comments are just variations of “enshittification” or “modern gaming/tech sucks” which…yeah we know, we’re on Lemmy.

              At least Beehaw users, in my experience, actually read the articles and discuss the topics at hand. Even if there is a lower userbase to engage with, I end up learning something new or productive.

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        Beehaw and pawb are peculiar blocks but .ml can be a bit trying. Many users have been swept into, what they believe to be, militant communist zeitgeist. Their opinions exist within an echo-chamber surreptitiously safeguarded by their extremely banhappy admins. Mind that it would be acceptable if they were to openly offer their rule list, including “do not criticize communism, communists, communist countries, China, Russia, or the war in Ukraine” but they refuse to do so given how unpopular and weird that would be if it were visible to their users. If you care to verify, post a picture of tank man or suggest that Russia should leave Ukraine in one of their communities and enjoy your two week vacation from .ml.

        Users range from confused and corralled to militant and chronically angry and many don’t understand why. Frankly, most .ml users are fine but their communities are breeding grounds for frustration, delusions, and misinformation. The prime example of admin sanctioned crazy goes by the name of yogthos if you, once again, wish to verify.

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        They’re alright now, but they used to be pretty bad. No negativity allowed whatsoever.

        I remember there was some sort of thread asking disabled people if they like being disabled…

        and the people who said no were banned for being negative lol

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        I can’t remember why I blocked them exactly, to be honest, but I remember thinking they were almost as annoying as hexbear users, and I can’t be bothered to go have a second look now to see exactly why. Clearly, I was annoyed with them enough to block them, as the ones I listed above are the only instances I have blocked save for lemmynsfw (which is just because I don’t care for porn in my feed).

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          Beehaw’s primary identity as an instance is “to be nice to people” which you know what, that’s fine, but personally I think it’s super annoying lol. Also there are some users from that instance who were also outspoken and especially annoying but I don’t see them commenting as much these days.

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            Beehaw has been… difficult. If you disagree that something is *phobia or *phobic then it’s a quick way to get them mad at you.

            I remember somebody ( person A) getting especially angry because another person (person B) used the pronoun “them” to refer to person A. It was pointed out that not every client shows the pronouns beside the username and still it was considered *phobic.

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      Gladly most of them blocked us(ani.social), i only blocked Lemmy.world and Midwest.social one for spam and one because seahorse is a powertripping asshole.