Ok.

Also: the fact that Hexbear users are making a point to go tone-policing after calling anyone who makes even the slightest criticism against them “racist” and “ableist” should tip y’all off that Hexbear is almost purely a troll instance.

You present needing tone indicators as a negative.

I understand that this is bait and definitely not good-faith, but I’ll bite anyway.

Because I know that a lot of Lemmy users are ND, and, being ND myself, I wanted to emphasize the need for my tone to be understood by everyone.

Didn’t realize it could even be viewed as a “negative” until you said something.

I think this is just a matter of imageboard culture that just can’t / won’t mesh with general internet civility.

Leave Hexbear users to their spaces. My hands are washed.

Yeah, mate. That’s the in-joke I’m referring to. [sarcasm tone indicator, cuz some of y’all need it]

A reasonable person can infer that’s not where my issues stem from.

All this tells me is that Hexbear folks get their jollies from trying to provoke people with weird stretches.

“You don’t like some of our users?? Wow, you’re pro-rascism and ablelist!”

It’s not cute.

Hey, Hexbear users? Can y’all send in a better representative to do damage control?

I really want to like y’all, but damn.

Have you browsed Hexbear? This ain’t trolling. It’s very much genuine.

If it is trolling, then it’s just an entire instance posting an inside joke and then pointing and laughing at the people not in-the-know who don’t “get it.”

It’s not clever.

Mate. That’s not the obnoxious part. Posts like this are the obnoxious part.

I don’t mind the general hexbear ideology in itself. Sure. You do you.

But, damn, I see more than a few of its members just being obnoxious.

I do stuff that involves quite a lot of printing, scanning, and copying.

My goofy lil Canon Pixma MG3620 printer has held strong throughout the years.

I will scream if it ever dies, as I have zero desire to peruse the hellscape of current-day printers.

Honestly? I think it will eventually be astroturfed by corporations and bad actors once it gets big enough.

My guy, just… cut your losses and move along. This thread started as trash fire and it’s not evolving past that.

Find better scenery.

Cool, well… considering all the shitty troll posts this thread has attracted, I’ll assume it’s the very nice members of the instance mentioned, since they seem to feel the need to be so clever about the issues mentioned.

It’s not even, like… good trolling. It’s either baby’s first edgelord post or Facebook boomer “make the libs mad LOL”- shit.

Damn. Stop falling for the bait, people.

The bait here is very obvious. 👍

The n×zi bar argument. (original source is the former birdsite, sorry).

If people want to defend the instance so hard, they can join it and support it.

As for you, I think that association only reflects badly if you keep them around. Like a continuing to invite a friend to hang out when they occasionally say “You know what? I think race-mixing is bad.” You may not believe that, but I’m sure your friend group will stop inviting you, too, if you keep bringing that guy with you.

There’s a lotta tech-folk on Lemmy. It’s really nice when people are eager to lend you their knowledge instead of berating you for not knowing!

What’s the end game? Bragging about being an “epic troll”? Laughing at “making socialists mad”?

There’s no real benefit that doesn’t border on pathetic. What an interesting way to live life.

You’re clearly missing the point of what Beehaw is going for, which may have been a contributing factor to your rejected application.

I know it’s harsh and kinda’ mean, but:

Hey, look! The questions are doing their intended job!