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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Just saying. How're yall doing, by the way?

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[-] [email protected] 99 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not from midwest.social, but I did happen upon that thread that blew up. Is it ok if I ask some questions? I'd like to better understand the hexbear instance, so I understand how to consume the content that shows up in my feed. Before I go on, please note that I definitely do not mind seeing content from hexbear and you guys commenting on other instances. My instance is not planning on de-federating (AFAIK) and I am completely fine with that. I lean left myself.

  • Users on other instances say you guys are "tankies", and from what I understand, that's essentially the authoritarian version of the left; instead of being the more moderate-ish(?) leftists/communists. Which one do you guys identify under?

  • I see a lot of shitposts and edgy humor, which is fine; so I initially thought the instance was more of a shitposting community rather than a serious one advocating communism. Or is it?

  • Many comments I see from other instances are mainly complaining of you guys being the former (tankies) on the first bullet, saying you are basically just like the far-right, just on the opposite side. The other complaint is that all they see when they engage with you guys are memes and shitpost gifs, and that it doesn't contribute to the conversation. I know that's not everything, as I do see serious discussions on my feed from time to time, but is the shitposting and trolling done on purpose to antagonize other instances?

I'm happy to be educated/enlightened. Thank you!

Edit: I'm getting a ton of well thought-out responses and I need time to process them before I can respond. Thanks again! And please feel free to continue commenting if you have something more to say.

[-] [email protected] 89 points 2 years ago
  1. We are officially a left-unity community. Anarchists and Marxist-Leninists etc. all welcome, but we don't tolerate right-wing/liberal ideology that contributes to the suffering of the exploited workers of the world.

  2. It's more so a place for leftists to hang out and chat and spread news/content. A bit of both ig.

  3. The people calling us tankies and nazis simultaneously are mostly doing so out of a disingenuous liberal attempt to position anybody to the left of them as being on the right of them, while they are the truly enlightened ones. The shitposting is only ever a response to people who are being disingenuous with their arguments and refusing to have genuine discourse.

[-] [email protected] 86 points 2 years ago

I guess I'm gonna hang out a lot with you guys, sounds like you're "the actual cool kids" while I'm just a .ml normie :'(

Also, the lemmyverse is a much happier place (for me at least) with you guys around!

[-] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago

I'll bring some cat pics over~

[-] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

just make sure there's no PII in said photos feral-hog

[-] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

Everything is gonna be SFW, my darlings are precious~

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

Personally Identifiable Information. NSFW is fine(ish) provided it's appropriately marked as such (content warnings, NSFW checkbox on posts, placing within spoiler tags etc.

We want our users Safe For Wliving

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

Ah, I get it now, new acronym for me. Thanks a bunch, and I'll be sure to be careful with the pics, ~~place black bars over their eyes~~ and erase metadata wherever needed.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Yeah, opsec is a thing here. It's technically illegal to be a communist in the usa, along with a number of other places. Communists aren't allowed to enter the us, either. And a lot of people here are part of oppressed minorities. In general it's a good idea to do what you can to keep your actual identity obfuscated. Some people create new accounts on a regular basis to make it harder to sift through their posts for personal identifying information.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I understand completely, and protecting yourself also protects your comrades. I already use some privacy oriented tools, but I still have loads of room to improve. Getting my old laptop to work again and use as a VPN or something similar is one of my goals for this year.

And thanks again for the safety tips ๐Ÿ’–

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