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Has anyone else noticed how prevalent Hexbear posters have suddenly become? Maybe sometime last week I noticed nearly every political post had at least one long thread of Hexbear users that do nothing but repeat CCP talking points while waving anyway anything even remotely reliable as Western propaganda. That or getting all excited about trolled libs. The way they tell it, you'd think everything from DW, to Fox, to Propublica, to straight up AP News articles, are all written by the same people.

Not to mention, their info on the Fediverse observer is either straight up wrong or there's some serious botting going on. According to that, the instance is less than a month old, yet somehow they already have one of the largest, most active userbases, along with far and away the most comments of any instance.

Seems to me like Lemmygrad on steroids. Considering we defederated from them, seems like a no-brainer to block Hexbear as well.

So glad this thread could become such a perfect microcosm of why we need to defederate.

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[–] TheCaconym@hexbear.net 78 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

let's talk about the current genocide the CCP is carrying out

The one the UN can find no evidence of ?

Here, educate yourself

[–] riseuppikmin@hexbear.net 76 points 2 years ago

"Let's talk about the current genocide the CCP is carrying out"

"Here's a source from western-aligned organizations disputing this"

"I'm not reading this"

Liberalism in a nutshell

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee -5 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Not reading your propaganda, I'm actively trying to get hexbear admins to block me.

[–] YoungBelden@hexbear.net 69 points 2 years ago

let's talk about the current genocide the CCP is carrying out.

presented with a discussion about the topic, largely backed by western sources

not reading your propaganda

lmao

[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 63 points 2 years ago
[–] TheCaconym@hexbear.net 62 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Please, if you don't read it the view counter doesn't increment and I don't get my weed money from Xi

[–] macabrett@hexbear.net 61 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The UN is now carrying out "CCP" propaganda very-smart

[–] radiofreeval@hexbear.net 51 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can't belive reality is supporting the CPC

[–] jack@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago

Reality has a communist bias smuglord

[–] RuthlessCriticism@hexbear.net 49 points 2 years ago

I would be so embarrassed to type out that message and then choose to send it.

[–] autismdragon@hexbear.net 47 points 2 years ago

Please I'm begging you to have even the slightest bit of intellectual curiosity and stop shutting off your mind with thought terminating cliches. Please.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 46 points 2 years ago

You act like this and yet I'm sure you'll still act offended if people call you proudly and petulantly ignorant, won't you?