Also: the fact that Hexbear users are making a point to go tone-policing after calling anyone who makes even the slightest criticism against them “racist” and “ableist” should tip y’all off that Hexbear is almost purely a troll instance.
You present needing tone indicators as a negative.
I understand that this is bait and definitely not good-faith, but I’ll bite anyway.
Because I know that a lot of Lemmy users are ND, and, being ND myself, I wanted to emphasize the need for my tone to be understood by everyone.
Didn’t realize it could even be viewed as a “negative” until you said something.
I think this is just a matter of imageboard culture that just can’t / won’t mesh with general internet civility.
Leave Hexbear users to their spaces. My hands are washed.
Yeah, mate. That’s the in-joke I’m referring to. [sarcasm tone indicator, cuz some of y’all need it]
A reasonable person can infer that’s not where my issues stem from.
All this tells me is that Hexbear folks get their jollies from trying to provoke people with weird stretches.
“You don’t like some of our users?? Wow, you’re pro-rascism and ablelist!”
It’s not cute.
Hey, Hexbear users? Can y’all send in a better representative to do damage control?
I really want to like y’all, but damn.
Have you browsed Hexbear? This ain’t trolling. It’s very much genuine.
If it is trolling, then it’s just an entire instance posting an inside joke and then pointing and laughing at the people not in-the-know who don’t “get it.”
It’s not clever.
Mate. That’s not the obnoxious part. Posts like this are the obnoxious part.
I don’t mind the general hexbear ideology in itself. Sure. You do you.
But, damn, I see more than a few of its members just being obnoxious.
In order to get the answers you’re looking for, put out the question “what exactly does this statement mean?” instead of “sounds like this means ___” and waiting for a confirmation/rejection of your assumption.
They want to know if your views will mesh well with the community they are trying to curate before they let you in.
I browsed Beehaw for a bit before deciding that it did, and mentioned it in my application.
I think they’re a bit more choosy now, as I used to see folks spouting things like “can you not use the word ‘minorities’? It shows a bias. You need to address everyone, not give preferential treatment,” or some other dumb horseshit.
Honestly, I think they just don’t want to have to deal with people saying stupid shit and they’re tired of trying to argue with people who A). genuinely hold stupid, shitty beliefs, or B). are trolling/pretending to be stupid in order to get a reaction.
More power to them, if that’s the case.
I wrote 3 - 4 sentences and got in.
They want people to join who will make an effort to contribute to their community.
So their “”“essay”“” requirement is working if it keeps out people who think that writing a couple lines is “mental”.
besides the admins of both instances can read them as well.
What?
Ngl, being a professional cosplayer sounds dope.
Is this real? I so dearly want this to be real.
I think your brian might be malfunctioning.
Yeah, that one’s expensive. Microtransactions and such. Very sneaky!
My guy, just… cut your losses and move along. This thread started as trash fire and it’s not evolving past that.
Find better scenery.
Ok.