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WTF is happening on Hexbear? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by SovietCollie@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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Hexbear's new head of operations just dropped, and their way of dealing with the fallout of their last struggle session is to hand bans out like candy to their concerned and disillusioned users while throwing out "epic" quips like insecure teenagers along the way coupled with their communication (and seemingly contempt) towards their own userbase which isn't helping their allegations at all and the revelations that were learned about Hexbear's moderators and admins from their most recent struggle session.

The last few days have honestly shaken my faith in Hexbear and their team and I hope the mods and admins at Lemmygrad are monitoring the situation closely.

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[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (116 children)

I've seen this same Admin say stuff very similar to this like 4 years in the past, its somehow kind of nostalgic in some strange terrible way lol

Honestly I'm here for it at this point, TC69 is a GOAT

[–] Gribbli@lemmygrad.ml 41 points 4 days ago (115 children)

Eh, never really interacted with TC69 or the cult around her, except once during the post-pronouns shitstorm. A friend, who is trans, ND, long time user and friend to many, asked if the daily "I love my trans comrades" felt "a tiny bit rote/performative" and got fuckin murder-dogpiled and banned instantly. Called terf, chud, etc., by the TC69 adjacent crowd. Was pretty upsetting and she never came back even after the ban was lifted :(

Part of the reason I really don't like the power user/celebrity culture on HB

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah this struggle session has me questioning if this is the community for me.

[–] Gribbli@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 4 days ago

It may be, this stuff is definitely not indicative of the hexbear day-to-day; I think that the return of a "celebrity" poster (for what niche forum e-celebrity is worth), the American election, and the discourse about the tanks, happened to coalesce into the perfect storm. You've been around a while though, you probably have a good idea of the current culture and whether or not it's worth it for you to stick around through this silliness.

Personally, the mod drama convinced me to just eat the ban amidst all this noise and dip. I never really had any personal connections or friendships with hexbear users (that didn't already happen to be friends elsewhere anyway), and I wasn't some "notable". It wasn't worth the drama and stress arguing about hurt feelings and transphobia caused by mod squabbles.

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