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Federation is great, actually (hexbear.net)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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Even though federation has led to racists and/or NATO defenders showing up, I've also encountered a number if very cool people from other instances posting things like helpful advice on federation stuff, vivid descriptions of getting vored by a pack of anthro-hyenas, interesting insights and opinions on Star Trek lore, etc. I still haven't found much in the way of active hobby communities, but it's pretty cool to see more Star Trek and furry stuff in the timeline, and I feel it makes having to deal with the occasional deranged lib worth it.

Anyways, to all the genuinely cool people who wander into Hexbear threads, I'm very glad you've showed up to bless us with your wonderful posts and I hope you stick around.

meow-hug

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[–] 74 points 3 years ago* (7 children)

What I will miss though: criticizing China from the left

It is already difficult to do so on Chinese internet because of the censorship and periodic crackdowns (though there are still pockets of QQ groups you can join if you know where to look for them), and pre-federated Hexbear was really one of the last places on the internet where you could have a frank discussion on China without too much propagandized brainworms.

Now I find myself refraining from talking about China because of so many racist libs spouting nonsense propaganda.

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  • [–] 30 points 3 years ago*

    c/sino is an appropriate place to discuss China. if you see sinophobic bullshit, report it and we'll make sure it's dealt with. and criticism from the left is fine; it just needs to be sincere/well-intentioned.

    also, for general or casual discussions, including China or whatever, c/chat is also fine. again, we run it and we'll make sure it doesn't get out of hand, especially if you can help us out but reporting bad actors.

    @silent_water@hexbear.net @Parsani@hexbear.net

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago

    I feel this even more for Russia right now. Can't say anything bad about them or the dronies will take it as a reason the US is justified in fighting them to the last Ukranian.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago

    For what it's worth, most threads criticizing China on lemmygrad seldom have liberals interfering. I'm not sure why, but my guess is that threads criticizing China go against the narratives they often use to dismiss leftist ideas.

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