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What's a Tankie? (lemmy.world)

I keep hearing the term in political discourse, and rather than googling it, I'm asking the people who know better than Google.

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[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 9 points 1 week ago

I actively ban hexbear’s entire instance. I relish the fact that I simply can’t see all the hexbear responses to this thread. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone on hexbear (pre banning) that was even remotely open to considering other viewpoints. It just became so toxic, so quick, whenever their users get involved.

[-] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 days ago

I relish the fact that I simply can’t see all the hexbear responses

I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone on hexbear (pre banning) that was even remotely open to considering other viewpoints.

Uhuh

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago

There are no hexbear responses because .world is defederated from Hexbear. Hex has little tolerance for liberalism in my experience, because that's the default on the english-speaking internet.

[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I’m confused. Maybe I don’t understand federation as well as I thought.

~~This post originates on .ml, right?

So what does .world’s federation status with hexbear have to do with my ability to see hexbear posts on .ml?~~

Edit: Ah, no, the post does in fact originate on .world so .world’s federation status with hexbear is determinant for the lack of hexbear posts, not my individual blocking of the instance.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

Yep, the comm is .ml but the poster is .world, ao it's like it's invisible to anyone that can't see both .ml and .world.

[-] Edie@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

because .world is defederated from Hexbear

Other way around. .world is defederated from lemmygrad, but you can still find this post on there

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago

Hex and .world are mutually defederated, no? .world defederated first I thought.

[-] Edie@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes. But... technically it doesn't show up on hexbear because hexbear defederated from .world, and if it wasn't mutual it would show up (as seen with 'grad)

Edit: It's an pretty much a useless distinction that I'm probably only making cuz I should go to bed.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Haha, fair! Grad can see it, but hex can't, that's what I meant.

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago

Other viewpoints: Maybe been 50% nazi is not so bad!

[-] Edie@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

There isn't any. Hexbear has defederated lemmy.world, which is OPs instance, and so this post does not exist for them.

[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 1 points 6 days ago

Ah right - oh well, however it’s achieved I don’t have see every post in my feed turn into a discussion with two sharply defined poles: Nazis and communism.

this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2025
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