MeanwhileOnGrad
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Meanwhile On Grad
Documenting hate speech, conspiracy theories, apologia/revisionism, and general tankie behaviour across the fediverse. Memes are welcome!
What is a Tankie?
Alternatively, a detailed blog post about Tankies.
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Basic Rules:
Sh.itjust.works Instance rules apply! If you are from other instances, please be mindful of the rules. — Basically, don't be a dick.
Hate-Speech — You should be familiar with this one already; practically all instances have the same rules on hate speech.
Apologia — (Using the Modern terminology for Apologia) No Defending, Denying, Justifying, Bolstering, or Differentiating authoritarian acts or endeavours, whether be a Pro-CCP viewpoint, Stalinism, Islamic Terrorism or any variation of Tankie Ideology.
Revisionism — No downplaying or denying atrocities past and present. Calling Tankies shills, foreign/federal agents, or bots also falls under this rule. Extremists exist. They are real. Do not call them shills or fake users as it handwaves their extremism.
Tankies can explain their views but may be criticised or attacked for them. Any slight infraction on the rules above will immediately earn a warning and possibly a ban.
Off-topic Discussion — Do not discuss unrelated topics to the point of derailing the thread. Stay focused on the direct content of the post as opposed to arguing.
You'll be warned if you're violating the instance and community rules. Continuing poor behaviour after being warned will result in a ban or removal of your comments. Bans typically only last 24 hours, but each subsequent infraction will double the amount. Depending on the content, the ban time may be increased. You may request an unban at any time.
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I had been seeing and muting tons of hate speech (even explicit calls for torture and murder) posted by Hexbear users but didn't want to take the easy path of blocking a whole community or instance. I don't wish to believe everyone registered there is like that. Today I got banned and labeled reactionary for calling out in a single comment that one of their user's "background check" on a French gamedev was equivalent to those done at US airports. I had it coming I guess? 🤔
Unfortunately, most of their users are like that. They're not widely defederated without good reason for it. Their behaviour both in and out of their instance is nearly as atrocious as the authoritarian regimes they cheer on so much.
Frankly, reading more of others' experiences with them, this reminds me of the disinformation campaigns the far right political parties have been paying for in Europe. It's not that these people even defend a particular ideology when interacting with others. They don't mind contradicting themselves as long as every new shitshow creates easily spreadable lies, manipulates people's emotions and undermines their enemies' trust in each other.