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Chat is a text only community for casual conversation, please keep shitposting to the absolute minimum. This is intended to be a separate space from c/chapotraphouse or the daily megathread. Chat does this by being a long-form community where topics will remain from day to day unlike the megathread, and it is distinct from c/chapotraphouse in that we ask you to engage in this community in a genuine way. Please keep shitposting, bits, and irony to a minimum.

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It must be said again: Hexbear is one of the few good spaces on the internet (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 days ago by rootsbreadandmakka@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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Like I don't really use any other social media, but sometimes (like this past week) I venture outside of my hexbear bubble and I browse twitter, or reddit, or instagram, or tiktok, and holy shit I just browse those websites for a minute or two and feel worse about myself, worse about the world, it honestly seems like everyone on those sites is completely insufferable and every post is designed in some CIA laboratory to make me irrationally angry. Like look, sometimes we can all get annoyed at each other here, and I am no exception to that, and nowhere is perfect, but wow this place is 1000% better than like the majority of the internet, I honestly don't know how people go through life at this point browsing the regular internet.

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[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 13 points 5 days ago

It's certainly the least rage inducing user base of any other site I visit. reddit-logo induces that 'person is wrong on the internet' feeling so damn often that it's maddening.

[–] NoLeftLeftWhereILive@hexbear.net 9 points 4 days ago

This really is such a breath of fresh air.

I was just telling a lib friend tonight who said they are constantly disappointed in other people not thinking for themselves or seriously engaging with anything, that I have found this corner on the internet where I can enjoy reading the smartest most thoughtfull and well sourced takes on pretty much everything. And that it has greatly increased my life quality and mental health. It's like the discussion club I never had, even though I rarely take part. I love reading the discussions here.

Also great shitposting.

heart-sickle

[–] ItalianMessiah@hexbear.net 11 points 5 days ago

False, hexbear is just one of the least bad options. It still is a pit of misery.

[–] macabrett@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 days ago

agreed, I love this place

[–] Beetle_O_Rourke@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago

Piss

[–] Sulvor@hexbear.net 11 points 5 days ago

Public chats in even the most niche video games are hellholes comparatively

[–] TheChemist@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Honestly, I am used to the unpleasant feelings I receive, and I have no idea how to use this site, despite using Reddit. I often ask myself, "How do I find Discord Communities here" or "How do I ask around here". "How do I talk about my special interests?". "How do I do anything without feeling like I might step on a landmine?" I am honestly lost, but this site is good, even with my great amount of confusion.

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