Can someone explain the hexbear community? (lemmy.world)

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I'm sorry if this breaks a rule for this sub or isn't in the right place.

I really don't know, most of the time I just lurk. I had an alt on Hexbear because they get defederated all the time, and I really enjoy their content, but it got banned because I called out Nazi propaganda about Ukraine(It's why I was banned. I'm not trying to talk politics I would like to focus on Lemmy), and I'm just very confused. The rules they referenced for the ban seem to barely apply to what I said, and in general, the server seemed like a cool place to be. I definitely felt like I was in a community where I belonged.

I'm just boggled and could really use some hand-holding on this one. In general, the rules of the Lemmyverse confuse me. I want to see everything, but the places I like most are usually defederated from the larger communities.

If this isn't right please please, just point me to where I can ask.

Thanks!

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[-] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 89 points 3 days ago

Hexbear and ml are notorious for this type of behavior. I wouldn't take it personally. They just act like authoritarian leftwing views are the only valid viewpoint and are incredibly thin skinned, especially when it comes to China and Russia. Consider your ban an informal initiation to lemmy. I got banned from one of their communities the other day because of something I said about Kamala Harris that they disagreed with. I also got banned from a different instance because I wasn't nice when someone picked a fight.

Being confused about the rules for all of the different instances is normal. Just do what you're going to do and don't sweat it too much.

[-] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 15 points 3 days ago

banned from .ml for criticizing Stalin ⛓️‍💥🕊️🕊️

[-] kurcatovium@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

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