• cazyius@lemmy.world
    13·
    1 year ago

    I’m in the Lemmy.world bubble trying to educate myself about the rest and evaluate if I might need to migrate someplace else. And also trying to figure out the difference between instances. But I can’t figure out what “based” means or is referring to?

    Thanks for this btw! It’s really informative

    • Luke@lemmy.ml
      7·
      1 year ago

      “Based” means the person using it thinks whatever they’re referring to is incredibly awesome, a paragon of virtue.

      • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
        2·
        1 year ago

        Blocking instances on the user level doesn’t solve the core issue which is that Hexbear brigades, trolls and harasses enmasse in the first place. Their comments might be hidden for you, but they’re still a problem for everyone else. Blocking them is really just putting a bandaid over the problem.

          • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
            3·
            1 year ago

            If you haven’t seen it, that’s genuinely surprising. It’s what they’re known for at this point. Any thread about China, Russia or Ukraine gets flooded by them on any instance still federated with them. They shut down discussion, spam huge ugly emojis, and argue in bad faith to defend authoritarian regimes. They aren’t being defederated enmasse for being well-behaved.