You're viewing a single thread.
My experience on lemmy is vastly improved after blocking lemmygrad, lemmy.ml, hexbear, beehaw, and pawb. Wiped out vast swathes of degenerates from my feed.
Sure, occasionally poking them with a stick can be funny, but if you don't like your scrolling punctuated with muttering "oh fuck off" under your breath every few minutes -- it's nice.
Beehaw? I’ve had nothing but good interactions with them, personally.
I can't remember why I blocked them exactly, to be honest, but I remember thinking they were almost as annoying as hexbear users, and I can't be bothered to go have a second look now to see exactly why. Clearly, I was annoyed with them enough to block them, as the ones I listed above are the only instances I have blocked save for lemmynsfw (which is just because I don't care for porn in my feed).
Beehaw's primary identity as an instance is "to be nice to people" which you know what, that's fine, but personally I think it's super annoying lol. Also there are some users from that instance who were also outspoken and especially annoying but I don't see them commenting as much these days.
Beehaw has been... difficult. If you disagree that something is *phobia or *phobic then it's a quick way to get them mad at you.
I remember somebody ( person A) getting especially angry because another person (person B) used the pronoun "them" to refer to person A. It was pointed out that not every client shows the pronouns beside the username and still it was considered *phobic.
That sounds frustrating. I understand what their instance is all about and I want to believe they're mostly decent people who sometimes wrongly lash out at perceived slights.
They're alright now, but they used to be pretty bad. No negativity allowed whatsoever.
I remember there was some sort of thread asking disabled people if they like being disabled...
and the people who said no were banned for being negative lol
Beehaw? The most adorable place in the lemmy space IMO!
If you don't like them fine, but please reconsider lumpung them together with the crazy fascist ones please 😊
There's plenty of fascism on Beehaw.
??? (Mostly) Nothing wrong with Beehaw or pawb.social, most are good people around those parts
now I might not remember why I blocked beehaw but I know damn well the animal fetishists are not "good people", thank you
and just from your instance name... yeah that's another one for the list
Animal fetishists?! You mean... furries?
I think we have a relict from the mid-2000s in our midst, back when half the internet was in open war with furries.
Guy uses "degenerates" straight and is complaining about commies, progressives and furries. 90% they're a cryptofash.
Hating on beehaw makes perfect sense, then. Fascists and an empathy-negating neurosis, generally due to early childhood trauma in that area, name a more iconic duo. All those other things (commies, progressives, furries) actually have their fascist versions but hippies? Forget it. Incompatible in principle.
There’s a lot of weird hippie cults, including Charles Manson’s. If your hippieism leans towards the aesthetic then it’s perfectly compatible with fascism. Not to mention the weird Californian ideology that isn’t straight fascism but sure is authoritarian in its anti-authoritarianism.
Fascism is by definition syncretic. It eats whatever it finds and makes more of itself, with rigid power structures and might makes right logic. Every large enough movement can have a fascist version of itself.
actually have their fascist versions but hippies? Forget it. Incompatible in principle.
♪ Now it is 1984 ♪
♪ Knock-knock at your front door ♪
♪It's the suede denim secret police ♪
♪ They have come for your uncool niece! ♪
I'm too lazy to look through their comment history at the moment, but you're probably right.
You dont have to look far. Literally just this thread
Thank you for pointing this out, I was quite surprised it got this many upvotes.
I know, it must be hard for kids to understand a time before they were born, but don't worry, someday you'll be explaining the facts of life to youngsters yourself.
Man, I was in the trenches of online forums at the time. I was PART of those times. I just eventually grew up past being an edgy preteen.
The lolocaust was specifically about furries that liked to spam furry porn and be obnoxious. They deserved what they got. https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Something_Awful
so just to recap, you gained a newfound appreciation for animal fetishists, and you... think that's a sign of maturity and growth?
okay then. I'll just leave you to it then, champ, you have fun with that <3
Lord.
NGL I thought my instance had gone off the rails while I wasn’t looking for a second there. Getting lumped in with hexbear and .ml is pretty rough. Beehaw? Good company imho.
The worst part is his comments were upvoted a lot when I commented that... there's probably a few chaps who have the impression that everyone on the furry instances is the reincarnation of Lenin now lol
Yeah… especially considering our general stances on things, that inversion really sucks. Hopefully this isn’t a common opinion.
Reading that actually made me double-take and check the modlogs. It was so…. Confident.
I don't know, yiffit folks seem very nice. Not always safe for work, though.
I think my instance already bans beehaw, though. I forget why, unfortunately.
Didn't beehaw defederate from lemmy.world a year ago because they felt it had a bad influence on itself? Mb not theexact reason' but something like that scratches my mind
Beehaw wanted to be its own thing and didn't trust outside users to follow their specific rules. So they defederated to be their own network, which was a really bad idea. Though it contributed a lot to SJW's growth, so that's something
I mean seeing how negative and pissy some sects of the users are on lemmy.world, I can't really blame them. The technology and gaming community on there are so unhelpful and the comments are just variations of "enshittification" or "modern gaming/tech sucks" which...yeah we know, we're on Lemmy.
At least Beehaw users, in my experience, actually read the articles and discuss the topics at hand. Even if there is a lower userbase to engage with, I end up learning something new or productive.
I did say something controversial (apparently) on grad and simply asked what I said wrong and having an open mind showed that they can interact normally.. But Hexbear is just straight up poisoning me lol
I recently added midwest.social to my list.
I guess I understand, but I dig through all the shit to bring my starving people fresh maymay each day anyway.
Its not much, but I do it for those ungrateful bastards just the same.
You blocked lemmy.ml? Why
Beehaw and pawb are peculiar blocks but .ml can be a bit trying. Many users have been swept into, what they believe to be, militant communist zeitgeist. Their opinions exist within an echo-chamber surreptitiously safeguarded by their extremely banhappy admins. Mind that it would be acceptable if they were to openly offer their rule list, including “do not criticize communism, communists, communist countries, China, Russia, or the war in Ukraine” but they refuse to do so given how unpopular and weird that would be if it were visible to their users. If you care to verify, post a picture of tank man or suggest that Russia should leave Ukraine in one of their communities and enjoy your two week vacation from .ml.
Users range from confused and corralled to militant and chronically angry and many don’t understand why. Frankly, most .ml users are fine but their communities are breeding grounds for frustration, delusions, and misinformation. The prime example of admin sanctioned crazy goes by the name of yogthos if you, once again, wish to verify.