I really wanted the two instances to stay federated and advocated for such, but now I’m not sure if I even want to be here. Here’s hoping we can commandeer 196 and make sure it’s based and doesn’t end up like the reddit one

This contains the most recent issue: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/1989401

There was also leaking DMs, subtle transphobia / chaser issues (a bit like the reddit 196). If you read the hexbear post they have screenshots

People are so caught up with hating hexbear users that the whole 196 mod drama is probably going to be overlooked. I’m waiting to see the statement from our instance mods before deciding if this place is really for me

I’m happy to apply if it means I can ban you

Well this has certainly turned into a shitshow…

I hope we can have camaraderie between them. This issue is very polarising here, so I’m really interested to see what the vote is gonna be.

I think I understand what you’re saying, correct me if I’m wrong. I struggled reading it and it looks like others did as well.

You want us to engage in a discussion about if we want this English only OR encourage adding more languages (I don’t know how we can attract more languages, but we can certainly try and encourage it?). You say that we could make it prominent that this instance is hosted in Sweden (it isn’t too my knowledge) and make Swedish the lingua franca of this instance, but you see the issues with that.

I do think there should at least be some clarification of what languages should be encouraged from a moderation standpoint, but most(?) people here seem to think you want to block other languages that aren’t English when in fact you just postulated the idea as well as encouraging adding more. Maybe it should mention somewhere that we’re primarily English speaking despite having Swedish in the domain name.

From my understanding, this instance is not hosted in Sweden. It just uses the Blåhaj “theme” as it’s a common icon among queer people. I haven’t checked where it’s hosted, but I just assume it’s Australian run.

ADHD when

Putting this down as it may be relevant. It was posted very recently:

https://hexbear.net/post/352119

It would be a shame to defederate them. While they can be abrasive and a bit trolly at times, I think they add very diverse opinions and insights compared to the rest of the community. The most thought provoking comments I’ve read during my time here have come from hexbear users, even if I think it’s a nonsensical take it’s at least unique to me.

The brigading in the other post probably pissed a bunch of people off, but I couldn’t help but find humour in that whole situation. It didn’t seem too bad, just mildly annoying. It doesn’t feel like it’s a widespread enough issue to warrant defederating, but only time will tell I guess.