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whoa, lemmygrad got a vaporwave logo and a much stupider name! too bad their posts are still fucking terrible

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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

oh yeah, we're not saying it's normal for hexbear, and I see they recently set new registrations to moderated. Tho it is a concern the hexbear admins don't seem to have cared about them. But also the hexbears' behaviour on that sh.itjust.works thread, goodness me.

[–] boboblaw235@mastodon.social 3 points 1 year ago

@dgerard

I just looked up that user on hexbear and 40-50% of their posts are deleted lmao. I assume registrations were limited because mods on Hexbear couldn't keep up with all the new users, and it looks like they aren't as quick to ban users outright as they once were. Probably as part of the post-federation policy, to be more open and welcoming...

[–] boboblaw235@mastodon.social 2 points 1 year ago

@dgerard

Re: sh.itjust.works, I probably missed a lot of the drama, but I feel like the antagonism towards them was at least partly justified. There were a lot of posters from there picking fights on hexbear and posting really "problematic" takes. Similar to your experience with this hexbear user, it seems.

Obviously, I don't condemn the whole instance for what is likely the behavior of a small minority of bad actors, but I understand the animosity. Like I do yours, after seeing that post.