submitted 1 year ago by self@awful.systems to c/servernews@awful.systems

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whoa, lemmygrad got a vaporwave logo and a much stupider name! too bad their posts are still fucking terrible

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[-] dgerard@awful.systems 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What is Hexbear? It's where r/chapotraphouse went when Reddit banned them
Why did we care? Lately they've been sending us race scientists and totally-not-crypto-bros. Surprising for an avowedly lefty instance, but the rest are no less annoying.
Hexbear has more than a few tankies. But mostly they're just exhausting.
Expand a few threads on this post for more historical drama, and to see what hexbears act like on other servers.

[-] boboblaw235@mastodon.social 1 points 1 year ago

Any links to the race science or cryptobro nonsense? I ask because that's really surprising; generally /r/cth & hexbear have had essentially the same stance on that shit as /r/sneerclub.

I've been a member of both communities for years, on and off, and I just found this lemmy instance after thinking /r/sneerclub was dead since the API change. Now I'm disappointed to learn that the lemmy versions of my favorite communities from Reddit aren't federated.

[-] boboblaw235@mastodon.social 2 points 1 year ago

Would you guys be open to negotiating federation with hexbear, if you could could agree on terms with their admins? I think there is (or was) a considerable overlap in users between the old subreddits.

If not, I guess I can just make another account here.

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 2 points 1 year ago

I'd suggest another account here.

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