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[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Defederating from Hexbear must be one of the least controversial things a Lemmy admin could do.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Federating with Hexbear is the more contentious position. Knowing what I know now, I would not consider using an instance that is federated with Hexbear.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They aren't all that bad honestly. I find lemmyml to actually be worse. Lemmyml has some bad eggs.

Hexbear is weird but in general they tend to be fairly civil. Can't say that for much else regarding tankies.

Edit:

I'm kind of wrong. They reason I said this was that I've seen normal discussion and even helpful comments from some hexbear users. However, it looks like they were just a sliver of civil in the greater hexbear circlejerk.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Blender tutorials are like:

OK you start Blender up, you delete the default cube...

Lemmy installation tutorials are like:

OK you install Lemmy on your server, you defederate from Hexbear...

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The shitheads whining about how unfair it is their favorite fascist hangout was defederated are so predictable.

[–] goat 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hey pug, it's been a while since I've used lemmy, but from this post how do you visit the link without leaving SJW?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

You can also copy paste the link ( https://startrek.website/post/15928569 ) into your search bar:

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

idk, I just checked through Startrek instance. Using an exclamation mark before a community name can send you through your own instance, but that requires the link poster to do it.

[–] goat 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

can you show what that link looks like?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I’m a bit surprised. I thought all major instances had defederated from hexbear like a year ago.

They sure know how to make friends over there.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I checked the other day when discussing wiith @[email protected]

From the top 20 (https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy/)
Federated

  • lemm.ee
  • lemmy.dbzer0.com
  • discuss.tchncs.de
  • lemmy.sdf.org
  • lemmy.zip
  • feddit.nl
  • aussie.zone

.

Defederated:

  • lemmy.world
  • sh.itjust.works
  • lemmy.ca
  • feddit.org
  • programming.dev
  • lemmy.blahaj.zone
  • sopuli.xyz
  • beehaw.org
  • infosec.pub
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pretty sure .world has them defederated.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah, didn't mention them as I assumed you knew as it's yours

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't say startrek.website is a major instance anymore. A lot of their usebase migrated to .world's Ten Forward community.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Federation setup a DMZ with the cardassians!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'm pretty sure almost no one is using Star Trek website after the drama. This probably won't affect many.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

If we are being honest the interest in startrekwebsite as diminished after the drama that lead everyone to move to ten forward.

Still mildly interesting though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago