I prefer HarryLemon tbh.
I'm honestly baffled that people are surprised by the mods' reactions to this. This has always been how they handle things. The only difference is that the target has become a critical mass of regular Hexbear users.
When we first started, we were under threat of wreckers and other reactionary elements. Our mod tools and policies were forged in that environment. But with defederation and increasing isolation, these elements grew to be less and less. Our policies have remained the same. The tools of external subjugation have been turned inward. The techniques we used to hunt down literal nazis are now being turned against the regular userbase.
This has always been how the mod/admin team operated. Hexbear is viewed simultaneously as serious political project that necessitates a party line but also a pet website so they can arbitrarily push changes from above. The only difference is that most users agreed with the decisions at the time, or at least didn't care enough to raise a fuss.
I've been here since the very beginning, all four and a half years plus a few on the subreddit. This is literally the organizational structure the users built and supported. I don't see it changing anytime soon.
I'd say it's a less centrist generation. More radicals on both sides of the equation.
One of my teachers just asked if we're happy about the election. WTF kind of mindfield is this?
I thought this was fakenews?
All good points but something that I don't see talked about more is how many Reps voted Early/Absentee this election. In 2020, early voting was 44% Dem with 30% Rep . In 2024, the percentages were almost dead even. I think Democrats saw the early voting results and wrongly assumed that they'd overwhelming go Dem because they did in the past. Because of this, Democrats were expecting a blue surge at the end to help balance out red votes early in the night. This did not materialize.
Other than that, it's a million small things that any competent campaign could've avoided. Don't alienate the Muslim community, hammer actual policy positions in your questions, have an actual primary instead of a rigged process, etc etc.
Can't find the megathread so here's my hot take:
Cashew milk is straight garbadge, just drink soy, oat, or almond. Cashew just takes like cashes and water, not even close to being creamy enough.
Where are you seeing this?
She also endorsed the official hexbear app back when we had that and we didn't go full isolation mode.
If you live in a republican state, probably -2 hours since if it's even a bit close you'll be drafted into the new state militia and forced to fight federal troops.
If you live in anywhere else, either 5 minutes or never depending on if you're asleep when the nuclear bombs go off.
Come on Jake, we fired you 5 months ago. Now hurry back to blockbuster or else your high school aged manager will be pissed you're late.
I'm just doing a head count to see how many liberals we still have on this site.
I feel the best case for a c/fakenews post is a mildly humorous gotcha. The worst case is causing an anxiety episode for a comrade. The median is just an unfunny post clogging up the timeline. The good posts that comes from c/fakenews can still stick around, just post in c/chapotraphouse and link to a rickroll or something.