It’s not normal content, it’s propaganda. Whether that’s technically spam or not, it’s disinformation and intentionally corrosive content designed to spread division and hate.

It’s not about me filtering out their propaganda and creating an echochamber. It’s about resisting propaganda from dictators, and about playing a part in the Fediverse to help it survive and replace corporate social media.

People checking out Lemmy see Hexbear comments and go back to Reddit or wherever they came from. There are constant threads asking “how can I block a whole instance”.

Great, so now Chinese people who were uncertain will accept the CCP’s propaganda saying that you’re their enemy.

Instead of having allies to fight the CCP, you give them followers.

*trooling

People shouldn’t have children if they can’t provide for them. The earth is already overpopulated which is driving global climate change and the 6th mass extinction of life on Earth.

Because it’s more convenient for them to ignore it, and they’re generally close-minded.

Some concrete examples of instances which we would defederate: An instance which is focused on creating spam in the network

Why doesn’t spamming authoritarian propaganda count? Better to have corporate ads than dictators’ lies.

I don’t know what the figure is today, but I learned a while ago that 25% of all healthcare spending in the US is on paperwork. And the US spends a LOT on healthcare.

The country isn’t the problem, it’s the government. Throwing all the people in with their authoritarian government will drive them into the CCPs arms because they have no other choice.

Mini theatre/reading nook

Why is lemmy.zip still federated with Hexbear??

Another commenter mentioned she refuses to denounce her father’s word there, and pulled funding from a sports org because one of the players had brought up the issue.

Are you paid for all these brand posts or what?

Or maybe he was bending over at a weird angle and it got his spine

There are many news stories in mainstream and alternative media about the Kremlin interfering in elections etc. They use anonymous accounts to influence massive amounts of people.

The Kremlin is willing to spend trillions of dollars for their war of conquest in Ukraine, of course they’re also investing in a much cheaper and more politically palatable cultural war online.

Least self-absorbed social media influencer

Says the Hexbear propagandist.

They don’t care… you’re arguing with Dimitri in St. Petersburg.

His goal is to use Israel’s genocide in Gaza as a wedge issue to get people angry so they don’t vote for Biden. That way the Kremlin can get their asset into the White House again. Trump has already tried to cut support for Ukraine and NATO before the Kremlin even started their barbaric war, no doubt he’ll continue enabling the Kremlin if he wins again.

Side bonus any time Dimitri gets political extremes fighting each other and weakens the social fabric of the US.

Now we can start calling them “killer whales”

And Kazakhstan, and Moldova, and who knows where else if they can spin their genocide in Ukraine as a success and keep going.

Actually yeah you’re right, I’ve even met one of them. He was a wild man o the sea.