Site with over a million users and one of the biggest agitprop vehicles of the last five years and now it's private. Lol. Lmao.

Edit: Ok, now the mods are saying making the site private is only temporary while they "deal with the cleanup from ongoing brigading."

  • clover [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Pretty unfortunate. I never participated or saw it as a mOVeMenT or anything, but it was neat to see some lefty agitprop on /r/all again. All the “THIS IS A LEFTY SUB” posts were encouraging too - just nice to see ideas like that spread around. I figured like at least half the mods were dipshits though and I guess I was proven right with that Fox drama.

    Now the sub currently poised to be its replacement is a lib reformist circlejerk where the mods are getting showered with upvotes and gold (lmao) for telling the refugees everything they want to hear. Goofy shit. No lessons learned. Goes to show all these places (this site included!) are only good for shitposting and venting about how shitty all our lives are. Nothing more, nothing less.

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I just like this place because I can get good commie memes to share with family and friends lol, it's definitley not a revolutuonary venue. Just a good place to kinda chill and discuss reality with likeminded people.

      Any real movement will have to start on the street, but if we have a digital agitprop factory, we should use it.

      • clover [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        I feel the same way. It’s always reassuring and comfy to be around likeminded folks. Keeps me sane in this cartoon world we live in. If I can learn a thing or two or be exposed to important shit, even better.

        But yeah, achieving worthwhile change is always going to involve getting your shit kicked in by a jackbooted pig - not through arguing with randos on a self serious meme forum. Those Kelloggs workers that were celebrated here and on /r/antiwork - they couldn’t give two shits about these sites if they’ve even heard of them. Too busy actually getting that bag.

        • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Yup, the only thing this site has thays moderately revolutionary in the forum/social media sphere is the fact that we seem to have actually achieved some sort of zen. Ive never used a site that had so little bickering and fighting. Any we do have is usually short lived and all the anger is directed the right way and resolved.

          This is only good because sites that generate rage and conflict suck you in more and take up a huge amount of your mental energy. One that doesn't feed off your anger is good because you'll use it less.

          This place is like terminally online rehab lmao

          • clover [she/her]
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            3 years ago

            True. Thinking about it, I realize it was way easier for me to log off from here when we had those early struggle sessions. Feels nice.

            • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              I've noticed that while I come here a lot and comment/read, I never get in arguments. When a reddit thread or a Twitter thread gets linked here, I can feel the difference going to those places.

              The way in which I engage here is totally different than the highly gamified Reddit experience and the void screaming hivemind of Twitter.

    • FidelCastro [he/him]M
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      3 years ago

      Any movement organized online will not be on a public social media site. Hexbear is useful as a platform for leftist education, agitprop, and also (of course) shitposting slop.

      :Hoggers: