I had no idea where the r/CTH people went after the reddit ban. Kinda forgot about the community since its been so long.

But I was pleasantly surprised when I saw random Hexbear posts popping up. It's good to see political shitposts that I agree with.

I'll definitely be sticking around. And I hope you enjoy the furry porn.

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.

I was very skeptical I'll admit, but yeah not only are these dunk threads the funniest shit in the world but yeah we've also been getting cool new comrades joining Hexbear because .world won't let them see our magnificent posting energy.

Imagine what it must be like to be in a thread where everyone is talking about Hexbear and you can't see any of the posts lol.

The only way hobby communities will become active is through member contribution, just saying. I mod a couple, one that has 500+ subs yet I'm commonly the only one populating it. We need more nerds helping.

It’s been good for other instances as well. @Nagarjuna@hexbear.net has helped someone not die over on !mycology@mander.xyz.

https://hexbear.net/comment/3717632

The additional Star Trek stuff has been an unexpected treat.

vivid descriptions of getting vored by a pack of anthro-hyenas

They won't tell you this.

They don't want you to know.

no more half measures walter

well I'm not a furry, I don't have a vore fetish, and I don't watch Star Trek so there's been very little net gain for me lol