It always had such interesting stuff to say. It was banned recently. I think it should be unbanned and allowed back. It had such interesting perspectives on neurodiversity.

  • BadTakesHaver [he/him, they/them]
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    1 year ago

    @DroneRights@hexbear.net and @DroneRights@lemm.ee Both seemed genuine to me.

    If Dronerights was just some fake transphobic troll, it wouldn't have made so many effort posts on both accounts. It's first post (which wasn't even on their hexbear account it was on lemm.ee) said it had been harassed and doxxed on its previous blahaj account, tried making the neuronormativism effort post on lemmy.world, and it got removed, so then they made a hexbear account

    I don't understand everything it was talking about, but to me it seems like it was just talking about stuff most users and the mods don't really understand, posted 1 or 2 bad takes among like 7 pages of comments and posts, and was banned from being pre-labeled as a troll. It definitely seemed like it was genuine and engaging in good faith, at least to me.

    • Judge_Jury [comrade/them, he/him]
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      1 year ago

      I paid attention to DroneRights from the time its first comment hit the modlog, and I've come to the opposite conclusion on it. To lead with it, I think that the owner of the DroneRights account may also be the owner of FuckYourselfEndless

      FYE was a high-concept shitposter with a problematic record, banned a couple of days before DR showed up. Anyway, I didn't have any trouble accepting its explanation that "drone" wasn't meant as "UAV". I'm not a complete stranger to plural identities or otherkin, and I found its perspective on narcissism interesting but cryptic

      I did find it sus when it brought up and took umbridge with the idea that a UAVgender person would be met with hostility, because the reasons for that would be so obvious to anyone who's paid attention to popular transphobia. More sus still, when it commented on a gaming post to say that its planekin partner has a crush on the digital airplane in question

      Once it got deep into replying to comments on its materialism thread, it got a lot uglier. Particularly, it started framing trans identities as imposing a moral imperitive to perceive them in a way that contradicts reality

      ETA since I'm getting specific, here's what I'm talking about with the last part:

      And the bottom line is: people who put reality above feelings are cruel to trans people.

      • HornyOnMain
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        1 year ago

        banned a couple of days before DR showed up.

        Regarding this bit at least it was getting into struggle sessions on blahaj and lemm.ee 14 days ago and FYE was only banned 13 days ago so it's not a perfect match