On Blahaj and 196 - Hexbear
hexbear.net
Due to multiple factors, such as unaddressed ableist removals [https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/3df0e4c7-bb64-4c00-bbdb-5c753018895c.jpeg?format=webp] from the /c/196 moderators, defense of chasers [https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/97e9abd7-e8be-499e-8db7-7a7d5d1e2762.webp], no-quarter rules regarding our users [https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/8dc37487-d36b-4a55-9519-c3f8bb4fcae6.png], leakage of good-faith DMs from our admin team [https://hexbear.net/post/361826], and a general lack of initiative to punish these behaviors, we have come to the conclusion that the 196 community on lemmy.blahaj.zone has made the fediverse an unsafe space for our queer, disabled, neurodivergent, non-western, and other marginalized comrades on this forum, and we will be defederating from lemmy.blahaj.zone until we can be confident that this will not continue to be an issue. We have attempted to make good-faith parley with both the instance admin and the comm moderators, but we've reached a point which we feel that until these behaviors are addressed by instance administration, we can no longer continue to federate in good-faith while our users are being actively invalidated by a small-but-vocal portion of the forum. Once we are confident that these behaviors have ceased and are unlikely to continue, we are more-than-happy to refederate in the name of queer solidarity. Thanks for bearing with us :07:
  • VeraticusEnglish
    23•11 months ago

    I’m not on this instance but I have been paying attention to what’s going on, and I feel like a lot of the drama is being amplified by bad-faith accounts that are not contextualizing accusations but instead using judgments like “ableism,” “racism,” and “defense of chasers.” While in a certain lens those accusations are accurate, that lens is very distorted; it ignores all context and assumes bad faith from all participants, which I don’t think is warranted.

    I would guess a lot of the Hexbear users also have alts on this instance and are just amplifying the discord since that’s sort of their raison d’être. I imagine it’ll all blow over as they get bored and go back to Hexbear.

    • @vzqEnglish
      17•11 months ago

      drama is being amplified by bad-faith accounts that are not contextualizing accusations but instead using judgments like “ableism,” “racism,” and “defense of chasers.”

      Have you met hexbear posters? That’s exactly how they work.

      It’s like a bizarro upside down version of the late-gamergate “nachoshield” affair.

      • VeraticusEnglish
        9•11 months ago

        I’ve never heard of that and it sounds like I don’t want to!