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Hexbear is a communist instance, the tankies get a little weird sometimes.
This is a drawback to federation. I'm on my third instance because of stuff like this. I generally like lemmy but this is a reason it won't ever become mainstream, be that for better or for worse.
It's really hard to find history and lore about the various communities beyond “these ones are communist and these ones aren't.” I tend to keep quiet most of the time for that reason. It's not always what you say, but how you say it, and many people are operating from completely different historical touchstones. Like I said, I tend to keep alts so I can see all sides, but the world is so ban-happy these days, idk. I was pretty heated in the moment on those posts, but what can you do? shrug At least I'm getting the news and discussion I want.
Unfortunately I think being ban-happy is also a drawback of federation since some instances want to keep themselves "pure" to their identity
Yeah, but understanding a community makes it a little easier to interact with and contribute to. I don't take it personally. I just wanted to understand it better. It's a different online culture. same as any culture really. respect it while you're there. I just didn't know the unspoken norms.