On this day, 4 years ago the site was first launched (then a day later the first post made), Formed from chapotraphouse remnants, the old admins decided to make a site using Lemmy as its base. Originally called chapo.chat, Hexbear has grown into one of the biggest instances in the lemmyverse.
Despite various sitewide struggle sessions, wrecker incursions from other forums and federation drama, Hexbear has keep growing strong in its 4th year, now with 4 megathreads, over 4 million comments, 300k posts and much more.
Its being great running the general megathread for a bit over 3 years, since i took over i have tried to get it mostly in time and just one unlike during the old times, i like to think i have done a decent job, plus i have also added a bit of reading material to them so you nerds can learn from them and i like to think you have been reading them 
, its also nice to see the new megathreads how they have slowing grown up to the size to the old general mega in the time of the old admins.
dont have much else to say so have a good day nerd. also
Whats has been your favorite post/event from last year (july 2023-july 2024)?
I wont lie, all the fedidrama has been fun to read, especially when libs wander here
Megathreads and spaces to hang out:
- 📀 Come listen to music and Watch movies with your fellow Hexbears nerd, in Cy.tube
- 🔥 Read and talk about a current topics in the News Megathread
- ⚔ Come talk in the New Weekly PoC thread
- ✨ Talk with fellow Trans comrades in the New Weekly Trans thread
reminders:
- 💚 You nerds can join specific comms to see posts about all sorts of topics
- 💙 Hexbear’s algorithm prioritizes comments over upbears
- 💜 Sorting by new you nerd
- 🌈 If you ever want to make your own megathread, you can reserve a spot here nerd
- 🐶 Join the unofficial Hexbear-adjacent Mastodon instance toots.matapacos.dog
Links To Resources (Aid and Theory):
Aid:
Theory:
Also 24 hours after this is posted the admins are closing the site for a day, sorry
I was walking and a large pickup truck slowed down; he asked if I knew the house around the corner with the fence and a dog and I said yes. He asked if I knew somebody, I said no because I didn’t, and he then said “yes you do” before jumping into like 30 seconds of threats. I know the house he’s talking about but I don’t know anyone who lives there or on that street. I don’t think he followed me home but he was in a generic large white pickup truck and there were a few of those on the way back.
A long while back someone mentioned out their window that there was a guy in a truck harassing people so it may be the same guy with a pattern of doing this. I have no idea if he’ll stop, I have no plans to go back down that street but I have family that lives a block away around the corner so it’s not impossible he’ll see me again, it’s also a relatively small suburbs.
I used to have a small pepper spray I carried with me so I was going to get another one of those and I thought about a taser but I don’t know anything about them.
Tasers are generally not legal to carry and often not even to own, although I’m not American. They’re also no fucking joke, we’d obtained one during this incident and you crack it on and see that electric arc and hear the snapping, they’re scary. If it’s just some creep in a truck and he’s been not specifically targeting you, keeping some pepper spray should be fine.