• freamon
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    1 year ago

    This data suggests there’s only 20 hexbear subscribers to unixporn (if I’m reading it right), but I’m guessing the influx comes from their members browsing All by ‘New Comments’. For me, the word ‘brigade’ invokes the idea of it being co-ordinated in some way, rather than that there’s a lot of them, and the subject matter is close to their hearts.

    Anyway, the Community rules have been updated to dis-allow the term, so drama over I suppose.

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      I’m guessing the influx comes from their members browsing All by ‘New Comments’

      I don’t know why you would guess that instead of the more obvious answer of them actually systematically co-ordinating their posts to actually brigade. They always appear in groups larger than their subscriber numbers in communities outside of their own instance. That is their entire MO and reason for federating.

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        Even supported by their admins. They only intend to brigade, harass, and “dunk on” other instances with bad faith arguments and emoji spam.

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        1 year ago

        If that’s their plan, it was a very long plan in the making. Admirable, in a way.

        I’d be as interested as anyone in seeing the secret Hexbear communities where they conspire, or perhaps leaked screenshots from whatever chat app they find ethically acceptable. Until then, I’m more likely to believe in the “Brigade Effect” rather than actual Brigades.