I was a long time lurker of r/cth and it was the only sane place I could go on Reddit to read shit that wasn’t saturated with racist memes about where I was born (China). Like I don’t even live there and haven’t for decades but fuck me is it wearying to see sOCiAl CrEDIt SCorE jokes on every fucking thread. Anyway I’m done with Reddit and was hanging around general lemmy instances and found y’all through the federation noise. I guess this post was kind of pointless but I’m just happy this community is still around.
I started following this site from the beginning, but somewhere along the way I just sorta lost interest. The content wasn't that engaging too me after a while. I remember it as being mostly dunking on American politics and culture war stuff.
The war in Ukraine brought me back because I wanted an online space that wasn't in complete denial about the Western role in the conflict and/or deeply reactionary. This site didn't let me down.
I much prefer engaging with discussions on (geo)political developments with people I disagree with as a matter of degrees, rather than the rabid liberalism on other sites. Eventhough people on this site still say some pretty silly things sometimes, I take it in good faith. As much as I love me some internet drama, it is a breath of fresh air to be able to talk about current events from a socialist perspective without it devolving into a discussion on which 20th century ideology is the real true socialism.
reddit is so american-centered. at least a lot of lemmy instances are hosted whithin the european warm boundaries, so it should feel more welcome-y and diverse (i am already filtering beehaw, duck them and their walled garden)
Woah I woke up and there are so many responses. I would try and find an emote to express how touching the welcome has been, but I don't have three hours to spare so uh, just read this post in an emotional tone in your head
Glad you're here. I tried to go back to reddit after a year of only using this site and it really is unbearable. Lemmy's generally not as bad but there's no instance as good as this one.
Hi. Welcome to Hexbear. To prepare you for our regularly scheduled shitposts, dunks, and struggle sessions, we must first calibrate your suit. Please follow me to the workshop where we will pick up some tools so we can begin the calibration process.
welcome back! this place has gone through some rough patches early on but these days I think it's a nicer place than r/cth was, and a lot less reddit vibes than before (thank god)
You have chosen, or been chosen, to relocate to one of our finest remaining instances. I thought so much of Hexbear.net that I elected to establish my shitposting here, in the Citadel so thoughtfully provided by Our Benefactors. I have been proud to call Hexbear.net my home. And so, whether you are here to stay, or passing through on your way to parts unknown, welcome to Hexbear.net.
Many comrades were scattered to the winds that probably weren't online enough to know where we went. Everything happened so quickly, if you were logged off for just 3 days you could have missed the lifeboat discord and the subreddit's banning, along with most of the possible discussion of alternatives.
It's honestly a bit surprising that so many made it across in the first place.
Talk about Hexbear more, there's literally no reason not to and every time you do more people find it. Wreckers will pop up when you mention it trying to spread shit to stop people coming over but they're extremely easy to ignore. We built up a culture of silence about the place due to the performance problems the site was having - there is no reason to have that anymore, we should be promoting again.
Have you thought about traveling back and visiting China? I kinda like how the place is going. People are super cool and optimistic. The food is amazing, the markets are neat, she transportation is getting really good.
I might be wrong, but I thought that visas were much easier for people with Chinese parents.