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Are you talking about the magic followup thread?
I'm not sure which thread you're referring to, I was generally referring to the reception of another recent post which critisized the dunking culture of Hexbear where many users simply decided OP were themselves dunked for being obviously wrong and we're lashing out in exchange (which was not the case and was their own assumption without research)
I'll write more about it when I get home if you want examples, especially comments in news mega threads and comments c/electoralism has the clearest issues from what I remember
Oh yeah, those threads come up from time to time and get treated like that. Last one I remember is from a few weeks ago but I don't follow them closely. I agree it's shitty and ridiculous.
Pls link the thread I'm curious and bored
As you wish: https://hexbear.net/post/8204512
For the record, I only found out that this thread existed from checking the modlog in response to Dort_Owl's post here, trying to figure out if there was a recent thread to provoke it. I was surprised to find someone mentioned me, and even somewhat positively!
Sometimes I'm glad that i live on the other side of fhe world than most of the hb userbase
I don't really understand what in this specific case is provoking that response.
I mean more generally, that because I'm in the almost opposite timezone, I miss a lot of the struggle session threads that seem inflammatory or pointless, so the net result is that my experience of HB is probably more positive than that of some users.
I on the other hand have the modlog bookmarked as my homepage so I never miss out.
prime posting hours are overrated
Same here, I miss so many struggle sessions to the point that when I do see them it's whiplash
Ah, right, that makes sense.
You were very patient with them
I remember this guy, while I did not think magic could ever be real the fuck is up with these people lining up to insult him???
I mean, I guess I understand why, times are awful and feeling superior does help alleviate stress, but man 60 comments in and no admin or mod stepped up, that is shameful
Mostly I think they aren't insulting the user for believing in magic but for behaving in an extremely bad faith, one-sided way while freely insulting and disparaging people. We have other users who believe in "magical praxis" sometimes and the reception is usually very different.
I do agree generally that a huge portion of the HB social dynamic is a bunch of miserable people wanting to roleplay as the bullies rather than the bullied and that's surely still part of it, but there was a little bit of context in this case.