Their culture sucks a lot worse than ours. It's not as bad as 4chan proper (which I haven't used in over a decade because of how bad it is) but there are enough endemic bad takes that I can't stand leftypol either.

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder to what extent the format itself informs how the culture develops.

[–] Leegh@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

Superstructure: website culture

Base: website format

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In the same way that Hexbear was formed from Reddit refugees, leftypol was formed from 8chan refugees, and 8chan was probably the worst large site on the internet while it was operational. I don't hate leftypol but I have a pretty thick skin, wouldn't expect most people to want to deal with that culture