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Hexbear has been getting a lot more attention and activity as of late, and while it is very fun to dunk on the new people posting on the site in bad faith, a post to appreciate the new good faith users contributing to the site seems like a great idea.

So, what new users do you appreciate, and what should other potential new users do to get the same reception?

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[–] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 110 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hexbear appreciation comment:

My instance doesn't defederate as a general rule. It has its upsides and downsides -- I still have dbzer0 and lemmygrad, but I also have to put up with occasional bullshit from exploding heads and similar. Gotta say it's nice having you folks pop up in my feed to balance out the bad takes.

[–] Venus@hexbear.net 50 points 1 year ago

meow-hug love seeing allies from other instances. rat-salute-2

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[–] north@hexbear.net 98 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve learned a lot from lurking the unfettered conversation that happens here, subjects that I’ve never heard of discussed in great detail. The shitposting is next level. Just a great mix of leftie content here. Also, the site logo is fire.

[–] ElGosso@hexbear.net 47 points 1 year ago (8 children)

If you have questions, feel free to ask.

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[–] good_girl@hexbear.net 93 points 1 year ago (10 children)
[–] Venus@hexbear.net 53 points 1 year ago

Woooow how original, a gay hexbear. Sheesh, get some new material

spoilerjk I love all my comrades, gay, trans, bi, and (may I be forgiven for uttering such profanity) straight

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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[–] PeoplesRepublicOfNewEngland@hexbear.net 82 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Gotta say I have much enjoyed my time here so far

No weird socially conservative "communism"

No state department brained liberal "socialism"

Only good takes and unironically based people

[–] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

Welcome the based-department

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[–] Marxine@lemmy.ml 79 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You guys are the cool commie friends I wish to have, and I'm sad I haven't met you guys before. Such a happy place to get some ~~GOOD OL' MURICAN~~ freedom from all the lib crap we endure daily ❤️✨

[–] DongWang@hexbear.net 71 points 1 year ago (4 children)

My only regret is that I wasn’t here sooner! I missed the CTH discord but now I’m glad to be back in the same boat

[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Washburn@hexbear.net 41 points 1 year ago

welcome back, comrades meow-coffee

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[–] LeBron@hexbear.net 70 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Been lurking for a few months but this is first online space I haven't gotten those fucked vibes from

I'm still getting through my list of theory so I don't feel confident joining certain conversations yet but I'd like to think being open-minded to deprogramming all the western propaganda bullshit I've ingested over a lifetime has helped me discover this community

mao-wave

[–] Flinch@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wish hexbear had gone with the name lib.rehab, because finding this place has done so many wonders for getting the worms out of my brain

[–] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't feel like you can't join conversations because you don't have all the theory down comrade. We've all got plenty gaps in our knowledge and people are pretty cool about explaining things if required.

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[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 65 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Very excited to have you aboard!

No ableism knifecat

Don't forget, if you need to you can disengage from a conversation at any time, just say disengage if you ever need to, if users don't respect that they get banned on the spot o7

Please post, please ask questions, and remember

John Brown did nothing wrong unlimited bloodshed against Slave Owners frog-no-pretext

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[–] TokenBoomer@hexbear.net 64 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I’ve been on Lemmy.world for a month. I’ve wanted to see this place and Genzedong.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago (6 children)

are you literally a boomer? Feel like us olds are in the minority.

[–] JuneFall@hexbear.net 41 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I remember when Chomsky was young plekhanov-bewildered

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[–] kristina@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago

im not that old i swear chomsky-yes-honey

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[–] HornyOnMain@hexbear.net 61 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Idk the new users names yet but I like the one with the pfp that looked like a queer scarecrow I think

[–] TheSpectreOfGay@hexbear.net 51 points 1 year ago

thing but queer is a good pfp theme

[–] Comp4@hexbear.net 57 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I welcome fresh blood. Cant wait for them to start their first struggle session.

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[–] Jobasha@hexbear.net 56 points 1 year ago (3 children)

marx-hi

Finally made an account after lurking for the past few months. This community is one of the few corners of the internet that doesn't give me psychic damage. Hello, comrades, thank you for the warm welcome and for being cool people on a cool bear website.

[–] forcequit@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Welcome comrade!

og-hex-bear look at this bear

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[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 54 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I appreciate @ewichuu@hexbear.net! She seems super cool and sweet and like she's here to listen and learn what we're about, I better not see y'all being mean to her knifecat

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago

i just think our she/they comrades are neat cat-trans

[–] ewichuu@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago

hey thank you, I wasn't expecting this it made me smile <3

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[–] pooh@hexbear.net 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Speaking for myself here, but one thing that always makes me happy is seeing more users who are into Star Trek, furries, into hobbies, or any combination of those.

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[–] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 53 points 1 year ago

Welcome comrades and hopefully soon-to-be comrades. kirby-wave

I've had some really nice exchanges with new users and those from other instances and look forward to more and more of it.

Even those who have just dipped their toes in to ask questions and then backed out presumably because it wasn't for them or didn't like the answers - you won't read this probably but thanks for being on earnest and cool about it. screm-cool

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Welcome to all our new friends. Pls feed me beans bird-screm-2

[–] Red_Eclipse@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm new and I just wanted to stop in and say thank you to everyone for the warm welcome. 🥰 you have all been so friendly and helpful. I'm so happy you federated and I found you. ❤️

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Short answer is I don't remember any of their usernames yet.

But I've seen a good number that have been joining in on the dunking, joining/starting interesting good faith discussions, bringing in more hobby content, and just generally making the place feel fresher and more vibrant. If any of that's you, you know who you are rat-salute

also side note, I tried some interesting search queries to see if I could jog my memory on specific new users to shout out, and it turns out that https://hexbear.net/u/Bunhead is way up there when you sort by "top" presumably because their comment count being negative from deleted comments breaks the algorithm somehow data-laughing

[–] TillieNeuen@hexbear.net 44 points 1 year ago

I don't know the new folks' names yet, but I agree that it's wonderful to get new comrades! meow-hug

[–] leftofthat@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm selfishly encouraging folks to create more bit accounts I really enjoy them. Juan_Guiado one of the all time best.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I kinda miss Praximus_Prime I know they are still active on reddit but I wish they posted here more often.

[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As a libertarian he wants to spend more time on the platform with more minors

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[–] Finger@hexbear.net 35 points 1 year ago

no more half measures walter

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[–] TheCaconym@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well you for one, for making this topic, it's a good idea

Assuming you mean new users even from outside the instance, I've seen a few users from elsewhere post dune memes, and we need more duneposting

Also more generally the free software / anti-IP / linux content seems to have increased (we had comms for those of course but theirs are bigger) and that's pretty great too

[–] hugsfordrugs@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Hello, made an account here since the lame instance I was in only federate with other lame instances. I'm exited to post all my bad takes.

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[–] jack@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago

Blessed young users penguin-love

[–] NormalC@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

Hello! I'm a new user from blahaj.zone, I switched after I saw all the death to NATO responses to the defederation mega-thread. nato-cool. This is my first time using a social media site like Lemmy (never used corpo social media at all). :3 anarchy-trans

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[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] ElGosso@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago

I barely remember the names of old posters shrug-outta-hecks But I have been pleasantly surprised by the number of people who gel so well with our vibe.

[–] autismdragon@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Every time a user from another instance like @Pandantic@midwest.social comes here to ask us genuine good faith questions and is clearly intellectually curious and willing to learn, it warms my heart.

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