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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Well that was fast lol
At one point I was federated with Hexbear, then they didn't like what I had to say and defederated me. For some reason, when I pointed that out recently, they silently re-federated with me, which meant I was in a position to talk with some of them again.
Pretty much instantly after the refederation, some of them started going hard in the paint on one of my posts, with an "it's all NATO's fault Ukraine got invaded, why is the US doing so much to prevent the Russians from their noble goal of seeking peace in Ukraine" viewpoint. I disagreed. We got to talking, and this happened:
That wasn't actually a mod. My comments were removed only on Hexbear, nowhere else, which I assume means it was an admin doing stuff in a way where it would look like it was a moderator. Also:
Which means no one could see:
It is actually really remarkable how blinkered a view of reality people can create for their users by doing this kind of thing. I think that's a lot of the reason why there are genuine users on these instances that think the types of things that they do: It's partly groupthink (so many people in a majority agreeing so aggressively with one point of view that it must be true), but partly it is just that anyone who disagrees gets cancelled out before what they're saying can really gain any traction. So it looks like the view is unanimous except for weird occasional outliers who never really back up what they're saying.
Anyway, it looks like I am back to not really hearing anything from the Hexbears again. Oh well.
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Source: https://lemmy.world/comment/16559382
Modlog: https://photon.lemmy.world/modlog?user=778269
And another honorable mention!
Join the .ml boycott today! No posts, comments or upvotes on any comms on the .ml instance!
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