They have started federating again, lord help us.

Finally! This place just isn't the same without pics of pigs shitting on their own balls.

I tried to get AI to generate it for me but it's just not the same.

It's about time they showed up, during trans day of visibility no less 😌

Move to an instance that defederates then, and move on? I'm not the biggest fan by any mean, but this kind of posts is just calling for some instance slapstick fights in the comments

For a list:

https://lemmy.ca/ for a North American instance
https://sopuli.xyz/ for a European one

I get what you're saying, but this is mostly a joke.
There is some cool people there.
- If it's a joke, that's all good. It's just that some other people don't make jokes, they try to hide instance beefing messages in some memes, and that usually just brings negativity in the comments.
it won't work, they defederated us and I still see their cancer here.

I just blocked the whole instance as soon as the option was implemented. There were few good posts/comunities from it, but overall better to block it whole.

Somehow I can't block it using Voyager, the only instance appearing is test.hexbear.net. Any idea why?
- SJW blocks them already.
Do be aware of the limitations of user blocking though.

Don't have a problem with what instance you're on as long as you're respectful I'll be respectful back

I totally agree. But that instance is slightly notorious for brigading threads.
[Account 21 days old]
Oh, my sweet summer child.

Me; new here thinking "hexbear" is the furry server.... Oh...

Well I was half right

However will lemmy deal with dissenting or socialist comments? Oh bless my pure centrist heart!

Never noticed they were gone. Just checked and my instance defederated from them. All is good in the world.

Seriously.
Feels good man.

I'm glad my feed has been pretty drab with them gone

Same, but I can't seem to get Voyager to actually do instance blocking. It has the option, but it seems to not work.

Lol at the 4 losers who downvoted every comment somebody from hexbear made. Just block the instance if you're this mad.

Blocking the instance does not block comments from that instance, only posts.
- They should block the users as they see them then, not like there's actually that many.

Pretty much all my experiences with that instance and similar ones have been disgusting.

Pushing people who post burning flags of a country and posts about it to be fully wiped out are accepted... Criticism regarding this gets your comment remove and a ban from the community.

I don't need that again. Where can I block this pseudo-left pro-authoritarian instance in Voyager?

You’re talking about Hexbear being pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist as though they are anti-semetic and wish extermination on Jewish people. No, that’s not how Hexbear is, Hexbear is neither genocidal nor anti-semetic.
You might be talking about something else, but burning a flag of say, the US, does not mean Hexbear wants to slaughter everyone in the US. It means Hexbear stands against the US State and its ruling class, same with Israel and its genocidal ruling class.
Anti-Zionism, anti-fascism, and being pro-Palestine are all 3 Leftist stances.
Anyway, to block a community, you can do it in your settings. You will still see comments from users, just not comms.
- You’re talking about Hexbear being pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist as though they are anti-semetic and wish extermination on Jewish people.
  No, I'm talking about people from there literally suggesting to wipe out Israel... That very innovative idea hasn't worked for the last 80 years and won't in the next 80 years. That's as intelligent as suggesting to wipe out the other side. I am not interested in that kind of content.
Oh no not your precious nationalism.
- not interested in that.
Well, I can totally get what you're talking about, but instance blocking on lemmy only blocks communities and posts from a specific instance.
I'd recommend you check out an instance which defederates from hex. Like lemmy.ca, sh.itjust.works and sopuli.xyz.
- Thanks for the explanation.
Settings -> Filters & Blocks -> Scroll to the bottom to find "Blocked Instances".
You'll still see their comments though on other instances.

Welcome back!

I would love to get some context on this.

You know how there is a subset of leftists that just make everything worse? Up their own ass, stupid standards/priorities, generally annoying? That's the general opinion of hexbear. I haven't really interacted with the instance much, but that's what i gather from the rumors and the occasional wild hexbear comment, but i might just be primed to notice the bad comments because of the reputation. maybe a bit of a dirtier/less stringently controlled beehaw.
Edit: although as lemmy grows chuds will bitch about them just for not being right wing.
Hexbear.net is a Leftist instance with Communists and Anarchists. The bare minimum required is to be an anti-Capitalist of some sort there. As a consequence, some people take issue with that.
- Not as simple as that
Start here.
tankies and the leftists without the ability to have critical thought AND/OR nuanced conversation.
I’m sure some of them are nice people, but they aren’t sending their best.
- I find far more nuance on Hexbear regarding Leftist topics, at least in my experience. The average Hexbear user is more likely to have read theory, be it Anarchist or Marxist, than most other instances, so that baseline really helps elevate what kinds of conversations are had.