- Dark mode by default
- Emojis -- holy shit how has every other social media site fucked this up so badly?
- Some interesting/educational content
- Solid lefty memes/dunks
- Decent size, decent amount of activity
- Sometimes it's nice not to relitigate why capitalism is bad in every third comment
There's an old joke about New York City that I think applies here. "I hate New York City." "So why don't you move?" "But there's nowhere else to live!" Or something like that. Basically this site is a hellsite but where the fuck else are you going to go on the internet? So yeah love you folks. :stalin-heart:
Reddit is like a giant auditorium where at least 30% of the people are violent reactionaries, and even if you try and mingle in a spot with the normal people you're never really free of them. It's exhausting, and impossible to have any feeling of community cohesion. Hexbear is a much smaller room but it's full of people who actually share the same core values, even if we differ in other ways.
I don't have to be on edge that someone is going to spring full chud bullshit on me that I'm going to have to sift through.
I can post a mediocre take on here just for fun, and get constructive feedback on it that I may or may not end up agreeing with, rather than inside-out brained lib/chud bullshit. On Reddit or whatever, I'm only going to post well within my comfort zone and be ready to defend it.
The lack of reddit brain/debate bro mentality.
I've actually learned a lot from people here and generally it makes me feel better having interactions instead of other social media that's just shit slinging.
If you really think about it Sisyphus was the original advocate for "Dudes rock"
I liked cth and other unique subs/communities best when it was sub 10k and this has the same small community feel. I keep coming back because there's nothing better, echoing some of the sentiments others have said.
I've always had a soft spot for forums and internet communities too
Comrades here make me feel like I'm not going crazy and you're all really funny.
This is actually one of my only sources of news, and I like learning from other people here.
All of the civility
:stalin-heart:
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Also a dose of hexbear a day keeps the cognitive dissonance at bay.
It's literally the only space I can openly talk about my actual politics without fear of being immediately labeled as an extremist/"crazy"/stupid/historically illiterate (one of my favorites)/idealistic & naive (another hilarious one).
Granted, part of that is my fault for not being more involved in a real life org, but I'm moving soon and plan to get way more involved with comrades in real life ASAP.
Until then, it's nice to have a place that is (if only a little bit) outside of the constant assault of capitalist realism.
I know what you mean! I comment there very infrequently because I spend way too much time reading my posts to make sure it's not going to accidentally tick off some nerd, and half the time I end up just not posting anyway...
The vibe is usually fine. When its not, it doesn't take long to level out again.
