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I'm posting because originally when I was looking to create a Lemmy account I came across Hexbear. I read the code of conduct and TOS and to me it seemed like a great fit for me. However, after creating an account there, it seems pretty defederated.

Anyway I was curious on the happenings over there, because they have some cute custom emojis over there... but if there's a reason they're so defederated, I might just pretend i never made an account there

EDIT: omg I just found out this instance has cute blob emojis too :3 ablobcatrave

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[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 hours ago

Ok, this isn't really blahaj related and I think it has run its course.

[–] thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (5 children)

I know some of the lore but people have already answered that, so give you my experience, I joined it see what it's like, I reported something that broke there ToS, I was then thrown on a community called "dunk tank" or something like that.

I was new to lemmy and it said in what I thought messages was that I got a message and then I responded to it

Apparently it's against that community rules to respond to it

I was permanently banned

So, yeah hexbear is capitalist bootlickers who mask them selfs as communists.

Although tbh. Lemmy.world seems very capitalist loving but at least I don't get instant banned because I'm new. Never had any problems with Lemmy.ml in my experience, but also I have some problems with shit just works (or whatever its called)

[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 hours ago

thezeesystem

There is an account with that name on hexbear, it has a completely blank modlog, or are you talking about some other account?

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[–] greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works 25 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Do you prefer North Korea and refer to South Korea as ‘Occupied Korea’? Those are the types of people on hexbear, lemmygrad, and .ml

[–] Khlo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 7 hours ago

... no. I was banned from r/pyongyang on reddit lol

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

It's a tankie space where people simp for authoritarian governments.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

Hexbear is a instance run by communist that some people hate because we can be a bit loud and snarky about our politics. Super trans friendly though 👍

Edit: they are indeed heavily defederated which is why I choose to use a lemmy.ml account most of the time. I get to interact with them and most everyone else.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

^ Yea sure bud

Tankies = Authoritarian "Communists"

[–] CabbageRelish@midwest.social 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Nutomic has an instance ban on Hexbear. Otherwise it’s generally a bit of a sore point between them and ML/the devs that nutomic’s around at all.

[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

I can't see cm0002's post here from lemmy.ml, but I want to point out that nutomic was banned from hexbear because of those statements.

Edit: cm0002 has responded to me with bullshit, I don't care.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

There's plenty more evidence of y'all's behavior across the categories

!meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works (but you can't see that one from .ml because .ml admins don't want you see it (talk about censorship))

And !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (4 children)

I do not know who either of those people are or what statements you refer to. I stay out of most of their drama

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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 29 points 7 hours ago

Hexbear, Lemmygrad, .ml are all part of the Tankie Triad. The real rules are all unwritten and you'll never know them till your posts get removed and you're banned

Their support for trans is paper thin at best, this is what Nutomic, head dev, biggest Tankie and lead admin of .ml has to say about the trans community

[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 36 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Lemmy.ml, lemmygrad, and hexbear are the 3 most well known instances to house pro CCP and Putin loyalists

I'd recommend just blocking those 3 as you'll generally have a better time on the fediverse.

If you check !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com you'll find that the moderators themselves are the reasons why those instances are toxic

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 47 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

They are tankies. They like China and Russia because they're supposedly communist and ignore all the human rights violations.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It's hilarious, because no good communist would call Russia and the CCP communism.

[–] Khlo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I was thinking to myself isn't Russia today decidedly not communism

[–] kuato@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It’s not, and literally no one on those instances thinks that it is.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

They defend it to their dying breath though

[–] kuato@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Show me one single example of it, then. You can’t, because they don’t.

[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

They... dont. Pointing out why the war happened, and wanting the war to end: understanding that the only way for the war to end being through negotiations where Ukraine gives up things, and therefore saying that Ukraine should negotiate and end the war, can to some look like defending Russia, it is not.

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 hours ago

It's amazing that when faced with sober geopolitical analysis, people mistake it for moral justification or dehumanization. You can't solve geopolitical issues without acknowledging geopolitics! Of course it was immoral for Russia to attack Ukraine, but shouting that into the void and expecting anything to change does not save Ukrainian or Russian lives.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

The top comment in this thread has no idea what they are talking about and I would not take them seriously. The communist opinions on China and Russia are so much more nuanced than they give credit for. Explaining them would actually take me hours to write but you can go there and ask. They will be forthcoming and genuine as long as you are.

[–] kuato@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Literally no one thinks post-1991 Russia is communist. Show me a single example.

[–] will_steal_your_username@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

True but I've also seen quite a few ml users defend russia invading ukraine and calling ukrainians vermin etc

Edit: That is to say, it's easy to think they think russia is communist when they celebrate them killing civilians as some sort of victory against imperialism

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 11 points 7 hours ago

More "Insist the human rights violations are capitalist/western/CIA propaganda used to fuel a culture war". Which like yeah, the most effective propaganda is the truth and all that...

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 9 points 6 hours ago

Hexbear was one of the earliest servers that is now part of the fediverse. It was started after chapo trap house was banned from Reddit.

Users there realized the danger of the rich being able to shut down online leftist spaces well before the first waves of reddit exodus.

They do not put up with the slightest whiff of transphobic bullshit and moderate & ban that crap swiftly.

You may hear some weird takes on the US's global adversaries, but you won't have to put up with weird takes on the US.

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