NSFW, CW ableism/slurs against neurodivergents
They have very ableist images on their site, the user posting them isn't banned, nor is their comment deleted. At least some bit account calls them out on it. I will not directly link to the user's profile as it contains a flashing image useful to trigger epileptic attacks.
During only the thread in regards to the hexbear de-federation alone I encountered several -isms which would have gotten you banned on hexbear. This means that the lemmy dot world mods and part of its user base are "asshats" and couldn't be trusted in many hexbear communities.
Edit Since posting the link to the comment doesn't work anymore. I was on the edge whether to post it or not, but think in regards to the current federation / de-federation questions going on we ought to be quick at banning users if they reproduce hard ableism.
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Here is the mentioned user's profile https://lemmy.world/u/gsa32
It is obvious that they are not even following the "be friendly" dot world code of conduct and ableism is accepted on the instance.
Collection of infractions lemmy dot world doesn't fix CWs
User Aux with anticommunism, but more importantly also ableism:
/u/zombuey writes: these people really crossing the line between “ideology” and mental illness.
Bit Account: well said one step into their tankie cave and you can see how many are infected by the woke mind virus
Aux: As you know, I’m anti-defed. But in this instance I’m with admins. Hexbear is a cesspool for genocidal lunatics.
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I can usually tell how mentally ill someone is by how often they use the word “woke” lol
Implying more ableism:
I read this mostly like “they seem like a bunch of assholes so we’re defederating so we don’t have to interact with a bunch of assholes”. Cause the folks on Hexbear seem intense (sic!) compared to lemmygrad, etc. I know it’s really the anti-NATO stuff, but eh.
One good, but dowvoted user though: https://lemmy.world/comment/1973239
Lukewarm take: getting large transfusions of users from other groups has not historically gone well for Hexbear. The need to take a minute to register an account is a good filter for people with shit opinions and we should keep it that way.
Even with that filter in place, we already have to sometimes contend with very brave wrecker accounts that don't get the hint until six, seven, eight, or even more alts made in rapid succession to try to own the tankies.
That is kind of what the federation discussion was about and why a few instances were to be used to approach the lemmyverse. I do think that not opening up would keep a safe platform on hexbear and keep the community developing, but I do think that having the ability to remain an identity over more of networks would lead to more content and communication options (which include lukewarm stuff).
If it is too much the defederation ability or lock in of external users would remain possible.