So, Hexbear.net’s users told me to promote my stuff in their instance—only for mods to ban me soon after for spam, just for crossposting posts from [email protected] including links to my socials. No rule against it, of course, but why let something like rules get in the way of a good old-fashioned power trip?
This is the kind of hypocrisy that doesn’t just rot communities—it rots movements. The same people who’ll lecture you about “solidarity” and “anti-authoritarianism” will turn around and run their little fiefdom like a tinpot dictatorship the second they get the chance. This is the kind of behavior that doesn’t just stay online. Give these people real power, and suddenly you’re looking at a Pinochet-style regime: dissenters disappeared, criticism crushed, and all of it wrapped in the hypocrisy of calling themselves “leftists.” If this is what their version of leftism looks like, I’d hate to see their idea of authoritarianism.
Funny how the loudest voices for “freedom” and “equality” are the first to slam the door shut when someone steps slightly out of line. But I guess that’s the Hexbear way—rules for thee, not for me.
So here’s to Hexbear.net: proof that the only thing more predictable than a mod abusing power is a “leftist” mod who thinks they’re the exception to their own principles.
I wanted to block all of Hexbear when I was new to Lemmy. I just didn’t know how.
I don’t love Hexbear, but I’ve learned to tolerate them. They are on a whole other level over there, and I couldn’t be a Hexbear user, but for the most part, they’re cool. They’re just a little wild. Kind of like us (dbzer0 users), but in a different way. I’m glad I didn’t block their instance.
Just… don’t poke the bear. Because that is one bomb-ass bear. (I got mocked once for not understanding the context behind that joke of theirs. I don’t care. I like bears in general, so I’ll use it my own way. They wanna explain it, I’ll listen; otherwise I’ll just keep on keepin’ on as the old song said.)
You need to learn what authoritarian means. Trying to block spam from a community isn’t part of the definition.
Hexbear has problems. This isn’t one.
i’m not a mod or admin but if you want to promote yourself somewhere that isn’t a bulletin board specifically for promotion, you should participate in non-promotional ways first and continuously.
Bro this is embarrassing. Also if you think a shitposting and social site is any indication of a “movement” you really need to get out more and not take the internet so seriously when it comes to incredibly niche forums only maybe a couple thousand people know about.
Also since you mentioned Pinochet, guess who he was disappearing?
Mostly Marxist Leninists who you lump together with people like him. No investigation no right to speak.
lol ok
sorry we dont allow people to spam their own youtube channel everywhere
Lmao.
Hey! Sorry about that! Twitch promotions are supposed to go through our Pay-Per-Boost program, but the bot that would normally share this was down for maintenance. If there’s anything else we can do to clear things up, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Influencers these days expect everyone to be on outreach, and that’s just not the case.
Just looking at the mod log you only have one post? Unless it was all purged, which I think is typical when removing spam.
I would say there is a difference between “actively participating in a community and sharing links to what I’m working on” vs “only posting links to my socials”. The former is fine. The latter makes you look like a spammer.
If you want to actually participate in the community I’m sure if you message the admins they’ll restore your account. If all you want to do is drive traffic to your stream, well, sounds like spam to me. I will say that although it should be obvious, we apparently don’t explicitly have rules against spam, which is weird. I’ll bring that up to the admins. We used to but the rules were overhauled to be simpler / more clear somewhat recently and I suspect since “don’t spam” should be obvious it was removed
i am so sorry that this happened to you
Tankies on Hexbear and Lemmygrad give a bad name to the rest of the leftists on here in the minds of potential refugees from Reddit.
Everyone to the left of netanyahu is a tankie, to hear lemmy’s centrists talk about it.
There’s nothing wrong with democratic socialism, and I can at least respect a communist who is consistent in showing equal disdain for Russian or Chinese imperialism as they would western imperialism. However, support for dictatorial regimes like Russia or China instead of democracies like Ukraine or Taiwan is far more common than it should be on this platform.
Anyone calling China a dictatorship or that puts it on the same level as Russia is either intentionally misinformed or being paid to promote misinformation.
Which is it for you?
Unlike Russia, China doesn’t even pretend to have elections (not that Russia’s mean anything), is actively conducting ethnic cleansing in Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang, illegally claiming territory from India and in the South China Sea, applied pressure on independent Mongolia for recognizing the independent authority of the Dalai Lama, has a heavy censorship regime in place (including non-recognition of the Tiananmen Square massacres), has rolled back most of Hong Kong’s freedoms, uses its own citizens to spy on its nationals living abroad, and continues to seek the annexation of Taiwan and the end of its democratic government.
Also, while its form of imperialism does not have the overtly militaristic character of Russia or the affinity for regime change of the U.S., the Belt and Road Initiative is not merely an altruistic means for China to facilitate exports, but rather a form of neo-colonialism that gives China substantial and unbalanced access to natural resources in the Global South. Taking on substantial debt from China leaves many countries over-leveraged and dependent on China for further investment, for which China expects political support on the international stage, including express non-recognition of Taiwan by any means.
Unlike Russia, China doesn’t even pretend to have elections
is actively conducting ethnic cleansing in Tibet
Inner Mongolia,
Xinjiang
Edit: To clarify all three links, the only claim of ethnic cleansing for the former two are that China is “erasing culture” by teaching kids Mandarin so they’re not trapped forever in Tibet or Inner Mongolia and have a chance at a normal life of social mobility in the rest of the country where most the jobs and education are; China still teaches, by law, ethnic languages and culture. This includes Cantonese in that area, which is never brought up because they’re not brown enough I guess. All other claims about Xinjiang are also wrong or misleading, and I can address those as needed, but given you grouped them together it’s better to do the Rock meme instead of taking someone like you seriously until you start learning to accept at least some of the information people have paid to have you know is wrong.
illegally claiming territory from India and in the South China Sea
The name’s a clue. Also no, no territory has been claimed from India, despite what the fascist Modi thinks.
applied pressure on independent Mongolia for recognizing the independent authority of the Dalai Lama,
You mean the pedophile who adovcates for child sex slavery?
has a heavy censorship regime in place
Yes, because propaganda works, since you believe the things the US paid for you to believe.
(including non-recognition of the Tiananmen Square massacres),
Then this link shouldn’t exist, right? (note to people other than the person I’m replying to, yeah I could’ve searched longer on Baidu or even used a VPN to access the actual government info page for it, but I’m lazy, not currently in China, and that would be useless to an American this far gone.)
has rolled back most of Hong Kong’s freedoms
Name one. A single one. I think more affordable housing, food, and actual transportation seems to be a key to more freedom, not less.
uses its own citizens to spy on its nationals living abroad
This is a conspiracy theory created entirely by RadioFreeAsia. There is no actual source of this information that does not link back to it.
and continues to seek the annexation of Taiwan and the end of its democratic government.
The government born out of fascism, had no elections until the US forced them to in the 1990s by threatening to get rid of its support if it didn’t?
It’s not annexation if it’s reunification of a land illegally held by a fascist group that committed genocide of the Taiwanese in order to occupy their land illegally.
Also, while its form of imperialism does not have the overtly militaristic character of Russia or the affinity for regime change of the U.S., the Belt and Road Initiative is not merely an altruistic means for China to facilitate exports, but rather a form of neo-colonialism that gives China substantial and unbalanced access to natural resources in the Global South. Taking on substantial debt from China leaves many countries over-leveraged and dependent on China for further investment, for which China expects political support on the international stage, including express non-recognition of Taiwan by any means.
Weird, then, that they forgive debt constantly, stopped imposing tariffs as they allowed African countries as the relationship deepened, and leave countries when asked.
If Imperialism was like that, we’d all be better off as colonies of such an empire. Only it’s not imperialism, objectively, by any definition from the man that defined it.
Like anyone who calls people “tankie” actually makes that distinction unless they’re called on it.
It’s the nazi bar analogy thing. And tankies are basically leftist nazis.
“To place Russian communism on the same moral level with Nazi fascism, because both are totalitarian, is, at best, superficial, in the worse case it is fascism. He who insists on this equality may be a democrat; in truth and in his heart, he is already a fascist, and will surely fight fascism with insincerity and appearance, but with complete hatred only communism.”
Thomas Mann, Essays, ed. by H.Kurzke, Frankfurt 1986, vol. 2, p. 311
Tankies aren’t true communists in any case; taking anti-west foreign policy positions just to be anti-west is hypocritical when the anti-west regimes are not only not communist themselves, but in cases such as Russia, actively fascist.
Yeah agreed, your strawman is not a true communist.
taking anti-west foreign policy positions just to be anti-west is hypocritical
Okay, but that’s not what we’re doing; it’s what you imagine we’re doing.
Hexbear is nothing but angsty 12 year olds with an alcohol addiction
I wouldn’t go that far—I agree with most of their takes, but if their actions aren’t congruent, it’s all just empty words. A community that preaches anti-authoritarianism but bans people for petty reasons is just a joke.
