Can you help me see the appeal of hexbear? I took a look before knowing any of this stuff about the instance(saw it in everything and had a look around). Reading how some users describe it (pro-trans, inclusive, not a US echo chamber) and being LGBT, having a trans husband and poly, and finds pro capitalism stuff kinda tiring I thought it would be a good fit for me but…as I look at posts on hot and the comments I see a lot that makes me uneasy.
Comments about how a user was talking with “euro trash”. The impression that if I’m not pro Russia then I must be pro America is something I see in the few Russia/Ukraine posts I read through.
Like…I’m very much anti capitalism and while I don’t know how far left I go I can’t understand how the community can say Ukraine should surrender to save lives and not become a US puppet when surely they’d just become a Russian puppet instead?
If what hexbear users say about the friendliness and inclusiveness it sounds like a group of people I’d love to chat with, but with what I see when I go there myself I just don’t see it. Yeah I haven’t seen any antilgbt of users but that’s kinda it
While I agree with a lot of what you said (apart from Ukraine not having a chance, I’m not an expert in the matter (and surely it’s their choice?)) And I see the benefit of some cathartic release and generally having a space to complain/rant (god knows I’ve done it many times in more private spaces) I dont see the appeal to anybody who is not already very far down their leftist journey and worry it actively pushes people away. And hey maybe that’s intentional, maybe hexbear only wants these views but I get the impression from the comments defending the instance in other instance communities that this isn’t true?
If it’s intentional then I’m all for you having that space, benefits of the multitude of instances. That reminds me I need to create a new account elsewhere anyway