and these rules are in sidebar. basically it's 1:1 of what rules on r/ncd used to be, taking into account smaller size and lack of flairs. in case you can't read them in sidebar (because for example you're using app that has it broken) these rules are as follows:
1. Be nice
Do not make personal attacks against each other, call for violence against anyone, or intentionally antagonize people in the comment sections.
2. Explain incorrect defense articles & takes
If you want to post a non-credible take, it must be from a "credible" source (news article, politician, or military leader) and must have a comment laying out exactly why it's non-credible. Random twitter and YouTube comments belong in the Low Hanging Fruit thread.
3. Content must be relevant
Posts must be about military hardware or international security/defense. This is not the page to fawn over Youtube personalities, simp over political leaders, or discuss other areas of international policy.
4. No racism / hatespeech
No slurs. No advocating for the killing of people or insulting them based on physical, religious, or ideological traits.
5. No politics
We don't care if you're Republican, Democrat, Socialist, Stalinist, Baathist, or some other hot mess. Leave it at the door. This applies to comments as well.
6. No seriousposting
We don't want your uncut war footage, fundraisers, credible news articles, or other such things. The world is already serious enough as it is.
7. No classified material
Classified information is off limits regardless of how "open source" and "easy to find" it is.
8. Source artwork
If you use somebody's art in your post or as your post, the OP must provide a direct link to the art's source in the comment section, or a good reason why this was not possible (such as the artist deleting their account). The source should be a place that the artist themselves uploaded the art. A booru is not a source. A watermark is not a source.
9. No low-effort posts
No egregiously low effort posts. These include Social media screenshots with a title punchline / no punchline, recent (after the start of the Ukraine War) reposts, simple reaction & template memes, and images with the punchline in the title. Put these in weekly Low effort thread instead.
10. Don't get us banned.
No brigading or harassing other communities. Do not post memes with a "haha people that I hate died… haha" punchline or violating the sh.itjust.works rules (below). This includes content illegal in Canada.
there was a dude (gender-neutral) out there sprouting z-content and claiming that everone who doesn't agree with them is right-winger, preemptively also "if x/x party was elected nothing of that would happen" gets boring and repetitive pretty quickly and above all doesn't belong here
i guess that shitting on russian politics is okay if ICC agrees with you, we're not discussing here russian railway subsidies or retirement bonuses. international relations, geopolitics, what have you cross into defence pretty naturally. explaining relevant politics is fine, especially if the matter is relatively unknown in the west (bulk of users)
You've run into your first hexbear user I see.
nope, that one was from sh.itjust.works
hexbears seem positively chill by comparison, and i haven't seen a single one there anyway
You're lucky. They have been brigading the bigger Lemmy instances, downvoting anyone who opposes them. I saw them do it with my own eyes. I wish all of the major instances would band together and just defederate from them and Lemmygrad; it would stop them from causing the trouble they do.