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I think a little clarification is needed. No. I don't actually think everyone there is insane. I don't care about the bans so stop trying to use that. HB enthusiasts coming here and trying to call me out achieves nothing besides proving my point

Edit: Feel free to keep trying to brigade me. It's not going to scare me to take this down

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[–] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's the whole point of an echo chamber yes. You can say whatever you want without being challenged by other viewpoints and make anything seem plausible.

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

but they are linking a lot of outside sources. That's what I mean by "backing their claims up", studies about covid, about the ukraine war, about Israel, it's not just someone making a claim and then everyone is nodding along.

What I am saying is they were able to completely upend the way I see the world and you just can't do that by claiming thengs and linking to some other claims you make.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 7 points 2 weeks ago

Wait until you hear about Scientology! Not the criticism from haters but the really mindbending stuff they have figured out.

[–] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What you're not accounting for is how they curate who is allowed to post in the first place.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hexbear is not able to curate who is allowed to post in other instances

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online -2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If you’ve heard of Chapo Trap House that’s them.

You seem to have lost the thread of this conversation, but this is how it started. Hexbear admins and mods definitely control who is allowed to post in Chapo Trap House, and related communities such as the_dunk_tank, even from instances other than Hexbear.net.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago

Mathemachristian is on lemm.ee, Hexbear cannot control most of the communities he sees.

Wait, like the drug dealer? but seriously, "they have moderation, so you don't have to read or engage with facts, since they have a viewpoint" isn't the dunk you think it is.

[–] mathemachristian@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

I was on lemm.ee when I got radicalized, all my life Ive been exposed to people claiming all sorts of things. I was a pro-NATO pro-Ukraine anti-ussr anti-china average reddit lib that they were able to convince otherwise.