Greetings dear lemm.ee folks,

I’m not like those other mean Hexbearians. I’m one of the good ones, I promise. I just want choke

I just want you to love me. I’m so sorry for being on Hexbear. Please, please forgive me. I’ll do anything. Anything.

Do you want me to stop using emojis? Done. No more PPB? Done. Intense sobbing

I hereby forswear socialism. I’m a liberal now. Do you love me now? Please? Please? Just pick me.

I humbly request that all parties involved in the comments refrain from using slurs or name-calling to reduce the workload on mods and admins.

Edit: @[email protected] got banned. Eat shit

  • sicklemode [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    Hate clicks and hate traffic have pretty much always been a thing. You can see it pretty much anywhere you go. Silicon Valley platforms deliberately exploited this through algorithms designed to maximize engagement through hate and other negative emotional turmoil. Like a never ending car crash you can’t look away from, so people would always be trapped for extended periods of time looking at stuff that made them miserable.

    Very profitable for those platforms.

    Another thing is people like to vent and be upset about shit, given their unfulfilling lives. It’s just in this case, that energy is being funneled into bad faith engagement and counterproductive practices (misinformation).

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      I really feel like it’s more of a parroting behavior (in this specific case). Repeating things you hear without ever looking into it. Same reason people hate communism, socialists, etc. Propaganda is a fucking demon. And yes, posting about your own misery can be cathartic, so people do it. The problem is that the misery is internal and the projection is misplaced