As many other threads have popped up about this over the last few days, I thought I’d raise a thread on kbin about this too.
From what I’ve seen, they seem like mainly inflammatory trolls who steadfastly support either Russia or the CCP while adding little of value to actual discussions elsewhere on the site.
Was a vote to federate with them in the first place even had?
What’s everyone’s thoughts?
Nonscientific strawpoll:
I have had no interaction with anyone from Hexbear. Personally do not support Russia or the CCP, But I also stand against defederation, regardless of their stances on any topic. It doesn’t make someone a “inflammatory troll” just because they hold different opinions than you. Even if there really are inflammatory trolls coming from that server, it should be enough to block them if you personally dislike them. In general, it’s healthy to expose ourselves to a wide diversity of opinions, and to respectfully discuss topics with people who disagree with us.
As someone who was around for the rapid transition of 4chan from an over the top caricature of racism into an actual racist shithole, no. Just… no. And then another few for good measure. No one laments the absence of assholes. They receive an audience to their caricature, we receive walls of text, bad faith arguments, and general assholery. Not all of them are bad, and I sincerely like a few of the hexbear users, but I’m not going scoop between the putrid piles of defecation to find a piece of corn to eat.
What, 4chan used to be ironic? When was this? I need to get in the way back machine to see that :D
Absolutely. It was the same sorts who ended up in /r/atheism but with an incredibly thick layer of “satire” to keep people away. Wouldn’t you know it, saying race and orientation based slurs all the time didn’t keep everyone away. And bob’s your uncle, racist shithole.
“respectfully” is the keyword here, not diversity of opinion.
Well of course Kbin’s resident Bible-thumping, Fox-watching, birth-forcing, Jew-targeting, TERF-defending, bad-faith arguing, Tucker Carlson meat-riding champion of free speech who compares trans people to murderers, thinks fascism no longer exists, and deletes comments critical of him would have no issue with Hexbear.
Go figure.