Has anyone else noticed how prevalent Hexbear posters have suddenly become? Maybe sometime last week I noticed nearly every political post had at least one long thread of Hexbear users that do nothing but repeat CCP talking points while waving anyway anything even remotely reliable as Western propaganda. That or getting all excited about trolled libs. The way they tell it, you'd think everything from DW, to Fox, to Propublica, to straight up AP News articles, are all written by the same people. Not to mention, their info on the Fediverse observer [https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list] is either straight up wrong or there's some serious botting going on. According to that, the instance is less than a month old, yet somehow they already have one of the largest, most active userbases, along with far and away the most comments of any instance. Seems to me like Lemmygrad on steroids. Considering we defederated from them, seems like a no-brainer to block Hexbear as well. So glad this thread could become such a perfect microcosm of why we need to defederate.

    • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      This comment is a great example of the "insight" that you find on that instance. Random insults that don't make much sense unless you uncritically agree with the most boot licking China / Russia defenders.

      It's not insulting, it's just boring. It's like bots repeating old Chapo comments from different articles, none of which make sense.

      • EnsignRedshirt [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        This is a post in the copypasta comm on Hexbear. I literally cannot think of a more appropriate place to make silly, self-referential jokes. Are you doing a bit? It would be a pretty good bit.

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        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          11 months ago

          That scene where the entire bar is suddenly silent and all the big, mean bikers are looking directly at OP.

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      • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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        11 months ago

        lol this is the copypasta comm. But thanks for being exhibit A!

      • AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        Find me a lib that doesn't dive onto the shortest shitpost to claim as representative while screeching 'BOT' at everyone they refuse to engage with in good faith and I'll show you someone who stopped being a lib.

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      • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        This comment is a great example of the "insight" that you find on that instance. Random insults that don't make much sense unless you uncritically agree with the most boot licking USA / NATO defenders.

        It's not insulting, it's just boring. It's like bots repeating old shitlib comments from different NYT articles, none of which make sense.

        Indeed confused-glee

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          11 months ago

          This comment is a great example of the "insight" that you find on that instance. Random insults that don't make much sense unless you uncritically agree with the most boot licking China / Russia defenders.

          It's not insulting, it's just boring. It's like bots repeating old Chapo comments from different articles, none of which make sense.

          This comment is a great example of the "insight" side-eye-1 that you find on that instance mother-jones (holy shit I just found this emoji!). Random brandon insults 🕴 that don't make much sense spenser-rapone unless you uncritically kitty-cri agree with the most boot licking China / Russia russia-cool defenders. order-of-lenin

          It's not insulting, it's just boring debord-tired . It's like bots repeating old Chapo citations-needed comments from different articles heart-sickle , none of which make sense. jesus-cleanse

      • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        This comment is a great example of the "insight" that you find on that instance. Random insults that don't make much sense unless you uncritically agree with the most boot licking China / Russia defenders.

        It's not insulting, it's just boring. It's like bots repeating old Chapo comments from different articles, none of which make sense.

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  • Outdoor_Catgirl [she/her, they/them]
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    11 months ago

    Legit question for liberal lemmitors- How do I defederate the 30-50 feral hogs that run into my thread within 3-5 minutes while I post?

  • AlkaliMarxist
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    11 months ago

    Are they bears that have been hexed? People turned into bears by hexes? Bears casting hexes on us??

    Who are these people!?

  • sovietknuckles [they/them]
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    11 months ago

    You asked about us. We came out in force to answer you. Why is that surprising or evidence of anything? We don't have a downvote feature, so we're used to responding when we disagree. And of course we're going to defend ourselves.

    Its so funny how you guys became so used to being able to live in an echo chamber of western capitalist propaganda on reddit, then moved here, then had that bubble popped by us and lemmygrad, then became INCREDIBLY DESPERATE to get away from opinions you previously were sheltered from. Its just a funny reaction to witness. Meanwhile, liberalism is something I can never really escape. Because its everywhere. I dont actually have the option to completely unplug.

    Anyway, if your instance defeded lemmygrad I have no doubt you'll get your way with us sooner rather than later.

  • Łumało [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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    11 months ago

    This is what I see from lemmygrad due them defederating us.

    Show

    And this is what I see from hexbear...

    Show

    What the fuck did you guys do? :scared:

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    11 months ago

    I started laughing and haven't stopped yet. Literally "THINK MARK! LOOK WHAT THEY NEED TO ACCOMPLISH A FRACTION OF OUR POSTING?!"

    • Vingst [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      German state-owned broadcaster Deutsche Welle