I’ve been trying to find a good Marxist instance, but Lemmygrad and Hexbear are widely hated. Why is that? Are there any good leftist instances?

    • Luke
      32•6 months ago

      Hexbear in particular has been annoying in the past with nonsense comments from users there, and so many unhelpful replies that are just a tiny animated image and nothing else. I’m not even sure they actually are leftist as much as just trolls a lot of times, so I’ve blocked the instance in general so that serious leftist conversations aren’t being drowned out by that nonsense.

      If it looks like someone from hexbear (such as yourself here) is making a real contribution then I’ll reveal that comment and engage. It’s a shame there are so many goofballs on that instance, apparently. Maybe their moderation has improved though?

      • Doubledee [comrade/them]English
        29•6 months ago

        I think there was a culture shock when federation first hit. We had a ton of ‘engagement’ from people who were using ableist, racist, and transphobic slurs, which brought out strong reactions from our community because we believe its important to shut that stuff down on solidarity with our comrades. And as things got heated I think our willingness to believe people wanted good faith debate eroded.

        We do love a good dunking though, and I think overall the community has a lower threshold for going full pig poop balls on people than I would prefer.

      • spectre [he/him]English
        18•6 months ago

        Valid criticisms tbh (I even could say the same as a day 0 account lol)

        Moderation isn’t going to “improve” because they generally are fine with everyone being goofballs, so I wouldn’t expect that.

        Some people have the cascade of shitposting and useless emojis coming with their crappy views, but I don’t think our instance is great at propaganda or ROE, which is unfortunate. Would love to see what we could do with a little discipline.

        Also the emojis on every other instance and all mobile apps look more obnoxious because they don’t downscale to their intended resolution.

      • livus
        5•6 months ago

        so many unhelpful replies that are just a tiny animated image and nothing else

        Here on kbin I don’t even see that, just text links with names like “pig poop balls”.

      • @[email protected]
        1•6 months ago

        How did you manage to block the instance individually? I thought that feature wasn’t released yet…?

        • Luke
          2•6 months ago

          I’m using Connect which has the feature to block instances. It shows comments from all users on a blocked instance collapsed behind a spoiler of sorts that can be clicked to reveal if desired.

    • @Kecessa
      3•6 months ago

      I’m a leftist that doesn’t like hanging with racists and totalitarians, that’s why I don’t like them.