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[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

How come they don't "brigade" normal threads? only political ones.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago

90% of threads are pretty boring. Most of the memes posted on Lemmy are the kinds of things I would expect from /r/memes. On the political threads people often make claims that are simply false (i.e. claiming that Marxists or 'tankies' love the Russian Federation) so naturally Hexbear will show up to contradict that stuff. You'd be hard pressed to find us organizing "brigades," we literally just have a unified ideological line that we're experienced in defending so when we see something that's easily disproven we disprove it.

[–] Pili@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago

Hexbear is a higly politicised instance, it makes sense that people from there are mainly interested in politics and would mostly interact with those posts.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They don't "brigade" anything, they're federated

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Alright, I'll rephrase.
How come they rarely ever comment outside of political threads?

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What's that got to do with the price of eggs?

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, how come their totally not brigading ends outside of political threads?

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It doesn't, they don't brigade any threads.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you avoiding answering my question? not trying to be passive-agressive (or even agressive).

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I did answer your question, they don't brigade any threads

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think you may have misinterpreted it. I asked (paraphrased) "if hexbear isn't brigading, then why do they almost never comment on non-political posts?"

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can you stop "paraphrasing" things in ways that completely change their meaning, please?

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How did I change the meaning? Genuinely asking.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You previously asked why they don't brigade non-political posts.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I don't even know what we're arguing about anymore. I've had enough, goodnight.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Because Hexbear is an explicitly political community. They’re here for politics, so of course that’s what they’re going to comment on.

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