Introductions
Howdy! This is a comm for new and old users alike to introduce themselves and what their hobbies/interests are. This is also a good place to ask questions on anything you'd like to know more about, and generally to get acquainted with Hexbear and its users.
Rule #1: DON'T DOX YOURSELF - Don't post/comment any personal identifying information. Obviously it's ok to talk about yourself, but make sure there is no information that could potentially lead to doxxing yourself.
Rule #2: BE NICE - Assume everyone making a post here is doing so in good faith. Keep in mind that people introducing themselves may have limited knowledge of site history, in-jokes, etc. Also keep in mind that new people might not have the same understanding of leftist theory and/or knowledge of global politics that you do. We were all there once, so it's not a bad thing to be reasonably understanding and patient with new folks. Likewise, for those who are introducing yourselves, please have an open mind, be willing to interact and make friends, and don't come here with the intent to start fights.
Rule #3: DON'T BE A JERK - Any sort of transphobia, racism, homophobia, ableism, or other forms of bigotry will lead to an immediate ban. Similarly, harassment, being a creep, "chaser" behavior, or anything else done to make others feel uncomfortable will be dealt with harshly. Also try to keep any fediverse drama to a minimum. It's assumed new users are posting here to make friends and not to wade into any previous or existing conflict between instances, so please be respectful of that.
Rule #4: TRY TO BE HELPFUL - It's encouraged to help newcomers wherever possible, including explaining various aspects of this community, providing helpful resources, sharing similar interests you may have, and suggesting comms that they may be interested in.
Rule #5: USE CONTENT WARNINGS - For anything that might be considered a sensitive topic, please use the spoiler format along with a content warning to give people a heads up on what is being discussed.
If anyone has any feedback or any suggestions for improvement to this comm, don't hesitate to reach out to the mods here. Thanks!
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The only reason I even created/have a completely annonymous twitter account with no posts at this point, is to follow geopolitics and news related to that because a lot of information is still posted there and journalists still use the platform, the rest of the website seems like a toxic cesspool that I have no interest in. The website is so obviously artificially manipulated by Musk I don't even understand how it's functional anymore. Haven't tried bluesky yet, but looking at new user activity on here, apparently it's also ended up in the gutter. Sorry to hear that you got doxxed, that's terrible.
Welcome to our weird and crazy (in a good way, I promise) corner of the internet. Hope that you enjoy your it over here.
If you're looking for mobile apps to use hexbear, we're based off a platform called "Lemmy", so any Lemmy client application should work. Some popular ones are "Boost for Lemmy" and "Jerboa for Lemmy". Some hexbear custom features, like the emote picker and setting pronouns, might not work correctly though.
RSS still works for Twitter, but you have to use the nitter instance set up by some fascist reactionary and that asshole temporarily blocks your IP if your RSS feeds updates too much. So the choices are creating an account on a social media site run by a fascist or using RSS feeds on a nitter instance that's also run by a fascist.