It’s simple, I see Hexbears that I have spent the last THREE YEARS posting with, and I upvote.
They’re conditioned to and glorify negativity, is what it is. I get downvoted for the most innocuous shit when I post or comment in self-proclaimed “liberal” instances.
I’ve been commenting frequently on y’alls posts since you federated. I’ve not received a single downvote here. Not one.
They find even-keeledness and agreeability sinister. That says a lot.
I’ve not received a single downvote here. Not one.
…we, uh, disabled downvotes a long time ago… Don’t worry, downvotes are clearly expressed in words or images should that be needed lol. Welcome, though!
That’s a terrible prank you’ve played on me.
it basically forces people to explain why they disagree instead of bandwagoning like on places with downvotes
or at the very least have to
a person, which gives them a chance to respond, unlike anonymous downvotes
It’s because I upvote anyone with pronouns in their username on Lemmy
It wasn’t fun at the time, but I’m glad we had the pronouns struggle session long before federation.
it shouldnt have been a struggle session at all lol
Everyone talks about it like it was a big one, but the subreddit was home to so many different nominally leftist tendencies and a lot of the more reactionary elements needed to be purged before this community could become what it is now. Can you imagine this place if it were full of bad faith devil’s advocates in every thread about trans issues?
So that’s why I view that struggle session as necessary. It served as a honeypot that lured all of the most bigoted users into exposing themselves at once. It’s also a moment in our history that we can point to and say that this issue has already been definitively decided. We support trans people here, end of story, and anyone who doesn’t like it can eat a quick ban without a second thought. On any other forum you’d get endless relitigation and cliques arguing that their buddy’s ban was undeserved, but here? Crab party, baby. No drama, no arguing - just crabs.
In an ideal world yeah. The silver lining is that it purged a bunch of terfs and people with hidden chud tendencies so we’re probably better off for it.
Tbh, I rarely even have to check someone’s pronouns when commenting because using someone’s hyperlinked username is clearer anyway (which is why there is no other explanation than transphobia to want to deny others the ability to display their preferred pronouns).
But now pronouns allow me to quickly tell whether someone is a hexbear comrade.
Also it’s kinda fun to see the ladies coming out of the woodwork to make fun of libs
I migrated from Lemmy.world just so I can upvote communists bullying liberals lmao
is praxis.I’m thinking about making a alternate on another instance so I can go downvote libs.
Are downvotes disabled at Hexbear?
We don’t have downvotes, so we respond.
Lemmy is much more fun since Hexbear joined, leaving lemmy.world is the best decision I made since I came to the fediverse.
Libs don’t know what having fun means. Everything is constantly assumed to be totally serious at all times in their spaces and they don’t know how to like… Chill the fuck out? Half the posts people are making are from the toilet on a work break. It’s just not that serious.
If they chilled out and enjoyed themselves a bit more the whole thing would be 100x better. This is the primary difference between us. We’re trying to have fun.
Neoliberals have no comradery and see each other as competition. They look for opportunities to tear each other down instead of supporting each other, thus making their community weaker as a whole.
Whereas the communists support one another and seek to help build their community as a whole, thus leading to a stronger, more supportive community.
“The animal species, in which individual struggle has been reduced to its narrowest limits, and the practice of mutual aid has attained the greatest development, are invariably the most numerous, the most prosperous, and the most open to further progress.”- Peter Kropotkin
TLDR- Sucks that you don’t have our level of solidarity, libs.
Yeah, this is probably one of the best online communities I’ve ever participated in
Much better than ceaselessly arguing about which Fallout game was the best
The answer is New VEGAS
And 2.
2 is also good
Have I told you lately that I love you?
I know it babe
Wanna join our polycule?
do you accept himbos and bimbos@Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net I think this can be arranged.
Himbos, thembos and bimbos unite!
