this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2023
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I know it sounds like I'm taking the piss, but I don't think I've encountered a kinder, more accepting community than Hexbear, due to admins here actually enforcing civility rules. And I'm sure there's an equally chill instance for people who aren't interested in tearing the arms off their boss and drinking blood directly from the limbless wounds.
Hexbear is literally the only place on the entirety of the internet where I can be vulnerable in my posts without worry it's going to be used in harassment against me by some reactionary freak.
r/chapotraphouse was one of the most accepting and inclusive subreddits of all time on reddit when it came to not punching down, and Hexbear is orders of magnitude better than even that.
Y'all could be the kindest people but I'd never know because I simply cannot stand the amount of inline media spam in every single @hexbear thread. It's obnoxious to read and detracts from any amount of intelligent conversation that could be occurring.
That is just because they see you as one of them.
Encounter them as a non-hexbear, and they will either bring up the most abrasive takes on communism, worship dictators like gods, or just shitpost because they know they can't win.
Have a look how they treat other communities, and you'll see what I mean.