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I joined reddit on the tailwind, so it was all echo chamber, we hate newcomers, gatekeeping, automod frenzy, too many rulebreakers, too many rules, etc I could be wrong, but thats what I imagine it used to be like.

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[-] ruckblack@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

Hexbear users have been some of the most toxic I've come across

[-] gringo_papi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

What's a hexbear?

[-] Faresh@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

They are actually pretty nice with each other, IMO. They do make fun of liberals a lot, but one should take into account that only very recently did Hexbear start to federate with anyone (so they aren't as used to having all of them in their posts, I imagine), and with a community so politically different from the wave of Lemmy newcomers (the old communities I think would have met each other better), I think it's only understandable that there would be some not so nice interactions.

[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago

I don't really have an issue with them being unkind, to me the zealotry is what's toxic.

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah they're very strongly opinionated.

[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Strongly opinionated, and unwilling to elaborate or have actual discussion about their opinions, just insults and accusations towards any disagreement, and I get the sense that they do this out of principle.

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 year ago

yeah, they remind me of /b/ from 2006

[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

"toxic", "opinionated", "unwilling to listen", /b/

Just call them what they are: angsty teens.

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lmao thanks for the peek into that community

It's always nice to remember that the communist yelling at me is really just a hilariously fragile person acting out from their position of extreme privilege.

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