Hexbear's new head of operations just dropped, and their way of dealing with the fallout of their last struggle session is to hand bans out like candy to their concerned and disillusioned users while throwing out "epic" quips like insecure teenagers along the way coupled with their communication (and seemingly contempt) towards their own userbase which isn't helping their allegations at all and the revelations that were learned about Hexbear's moderators and admins from their most recent struggle session.

The last few days have honestly shaken my faith in Hexbear and their team and I hope the mods and admins at Lemmygrad are monitoring the situation closely.

    • Kuori [she/her]
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      11 days ago

      the admins seem to have wanted HB to be more serious for a long time now, well before federation.

      LG is also not a left unity space the way HB is. it would only be a suitable fit for some (admittedly likely most) of our users.

      • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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        11 days ago

        the admins seem to have wanted HB to be more serious for a long time now, well before federation.

        They should lead by example.

        • Kuori [she/her]
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          11 days ago

          sure, i agree with that. i think i'd personally rather they just dropped the notion altogether, or even just accept that you can have both in the same space with little detriment.

          mostly i just wish they weren't doing...whatever this is.

      • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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        10 days ago

        the admins seem to have wanted HB to be more serious for a long time now, well before federation.

        They must fucking hate me then lmao.

        Well they can deal with the silly, because I'm not about to be less silly and if my silly comrades go then I go too.

          • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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            10 days ago

            Lmao nah, we just need to get rid of some of the problematic mods and unban the people who were wrongfully banned and learn from the damn experience, like I know we can.

    • Water Bowl Slime@lemmygrad.ml
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      11 days ago

      Hexbears seem averse to posting here. When cheap dunking posts were banned, they created another tank comm instead of posting to SRS or SUS. Even now that the tanks are shut, there haven't been any bears that've posted to lemmygrad's equivalent comms.

      • Parzivus@lemmygrad.ml
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        10 days ago

        Hexbear was around for a couple years before federation was a thing so a lot of people only ever post there.
        Also, and I say this as a frequent Hexbear poster, the average Hexbear user has read zero theory and just wants somewhere lefty to shitpost. There is not a ton of overlap between them and people that use Lemmygrad/Leftypol/etc

    • PaX [comrade/them, they/them]
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      11 days ago

      Idk tbh, regardless I feel like they don't have to be contradictory

      I come to this site for the shitposts and the genuine discussion and political education resources

      I should also mention the proposal post later also had statements from mods who said they proposed the idea cuz they thought "dunk" culture has "cishet white vibes", which...... idk, is maybe fair, Hexbear is rly white sometimes and I would hate for people to be put off by that (good reason to be put off ofc). It wasn't rly elaborated upon though