I used to think I needed to build more credibility before making a post, but it's not the case at all. If you're cool and stay consistent in your values, people here are so willing to give the benefit of the doubt.

Thanks for being a cool community who bans transphobes, debate lords, and chuds.

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[–] Cammy@hexbear.net 40 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (4 children)

Were you there for the guy who expressed his hatred for pumpkin spice drinks through Hanna Barbera usernames?

[–] thirtymilliondeadfish@hexbear.net 29 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Oh I FORGOT all about PSL

wait that was the hana barbera themed guy right

oh yeah that's the good stuff

[–] destroyamerica@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

no. sounds hilarious though lol

[–] Cammy@hexbear.net 29 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

He was so persistent in his misogyny. It was incredible to watch given how long it takes between making a profile and posting for the first time.

[–] destroyamerica@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

i assume this was awhile ago? from what I remember it was pretty easy to make accounts on hexbear before they added the application, just had to give a username and password and maybe pass a captcha? at least that's how I remember it when I made my old hexbear account a ~year ago before the reddit exodus and federation came

[–] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 17 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

we have an application now?

[–] destroyamerica@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

yeah admins added it after enabling federation, funnily enough it was supposed to be temporary at the time but ig they decided to keep it. this is what the application is btw it's nothing too hard:

How did you find out about Hexbear, and why do you want to join?

Why did you choose your username?

What are your views on GSM / LGBTQ rights, racial justice, animal liberation, and similar movements?

for comparison here is grad's appliation:

Why would you like to join?
What left tendency would you call yourself?
Please open this chapter on the Marxist Internet Archive, and paste the first sentence from the second paragraph (right after the quote) as a verification measure.
What is your understanding of gender? Should Marxists support the LGBTQ+ community?
What communities would you most like to participate in?
How or why did you choose your username?

[–] HexcraftDirtFarmer@hexbear.net 27 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

I tried to join so many leftist discords a few years ago and they all had questionnaires which were multipage when I finished and the only response I ever got back was one "what?" I have no idea if I put too much work into answering the questions technically because they were technical questions, or if my opinions are just weird AF because I actually read the theory and drew my own conclusions and that's a great way to become quite eccentric and, let's say interestingly, wrong.

Hexbear's is pretty pain free, never been denied.

[–] thirtymilliondeadfish@hexbear.net 24 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

oh fuck who was the YOU CANNOT DENY ME I WILL NOT BE DENIED poster

oh yeeaah it was ctalin/dtalin/etalin/etc

[–] Zoift@hexbear.net 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I made the screenshot. Hell yeah

[–] thirtymilliondeadfish@hexbear.net 5 points 4 weeks ago

rat-salute-2

[–] destroyamerica@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 4 weeks ago

I've never filled out hexbear's application but I think it's pretty hard to fail grad's too, I got in first try pretty quickly with both my grad accounts and I remember an incident where a 14 year old anticommunist managed to accidentally get an account on grad lol

[–] Cammy@hexbear.net 12 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

This was last year, if i recall correctly.

[–] Antiwork@hexbear.net 13 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I think it was a couple years ago

[–] Cammy@hexbear.net 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Please no. I can't be that old.

[–] Eco@hexbear.net 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

it was 2021. sorry

[–] Cammy@hexbear.net 4 points 4 weeks ago

oooaaaaaaauhhh

[–] destroyamerica@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

hm wonder how i missed that saga then lol I was a lot more active last year, unless it happened before I first joined in the first part of 2023

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The saga only lasted a day or two so it was easy to miss

[–] Eco@hexbear.net 11 points 4 weeks ago

he actually kept going for a good couple of months - i was modding quite a few comms at the time and as funny as it was it was also such a pain lol

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 19 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Lol i do, it started in the mega, the og account was twitter i believe

[–] Eco@hexbear.net 15 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

i'm forever proud for starting this guy on his downward spiral. while it was @Edelgard@hexbear.net who posted the thread it was me who shared it with her in the mega lmao

@DeathToBritain@hexbear.net posting a pumpkin spice megathread was the final straw