This is an admin post, intended for blahaj lemmy users. Top level posts from members of other instances will be removed.

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Edit - Hexbear announced plans to deferedate from us.

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After recent events, it feels to me that sentiment has shifted and more people are asking for defederation of hexbear than previously

I’ve been doing my best to try and mend bridges and keep us connected, as it’s my hope that we can maintain trans solidarity and work with them, despite the friction, however, ultimately, I feel that this is an issue for the blahaj lemmy community to decide, not the admins alone

So here’s what we’re going to do

We’re going to leave things as they are for a week. That will give time for things to calm down whilst we see if we can work together. After a week, I’ll put up a vote and get a feel for where the community is at in regards to our continued federation with hexbear. That poll will run for a week. If there is a strong will to defederate (a clear majority), then that’s what we will do

  • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPM
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    1 year ago

    I don’t mind that they have a community to highlight what they consider to be “bad takes”. Hell, we have communities like that here, like “Are The Straights OK?” and “Bad Women’s Anatomy” etc.

    The issue is when it crosses the line and becomes a source of harassment. I am hoping that the latter has been resolved, but we will see

    • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      Both the communities you list have rules about being civil/not brigading.

      “The dunk tank” rules explicitly say you need to link to source and the point of the community is “This is where you come to post big-brained hot takes by chuds, libs, or even fellow leftists, and tear them to itty-bitty pieces with precision dunkstrikes.”

      I’d say that’s a pretty big difference in purpose of the community.

      Screenshot of their rules, with modlist cropped off.

      • booty [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        The thing you just quoted was written years before Hexbear federated. It is absolutely not an indication that the community is for “brigading” other instances.

        • ezri@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          1 year ago

          Then the rules need to be revised to make that clear. It certainly encouraged brigade behavior, whether that was intended by the community moderators or not

        • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          1 year ago

          It’s a direct image in the comment, I put it in a spoiler once I realized how big the image is.

          I didn’t want to link to the page directly because I didn’t want unnecessary traffic flooding their site.

          It should open with a simple click/tap though.