Okay, I'm trying to piece the story together. So, there was a post linking to more secure and decentralised platforms for trans people to use following the US election. I'm not entirely sure which part of it is the extremist pipeline. Did you specifically mean hexbear? I heard some bad stuff about it so yeah idk

[–] will_steal_your_username@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Hexbear is a very toxic instance with mods that allow their users to harass others. Both hexbear and .ml are filled with tankie users and mods, which is another reason to avoid those places

[–] spider@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 3 days ago

with mods that allow their users to harass others

And the mods will even delete your comments if you push back at this.

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 33 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hexbear is another instance that's just full of tankies and terminally online idiots. Most other instances have them banned because all they do is cause trouble

[–] spider@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Most other instances have them banned

Here's lemmy.ca's announcement.

(archived version, if needed)

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I actually saw these comments before they were deleted.

It was a post listing a bunch of resources for trans people to use to digital protect themselves in light of the election. One example is it suggested Matrix instead of Discord.

On the list it included a couple trans-friendly Lemmy instances. IIRC the 3 instances listed were from blahaj.zone, lemmy.ml, and hexbear. A couple people commented that they liked the idea but didn’t like the inclusion of hexbear.

[–] will_steal_your_username@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 3 days ago

The mod also listed their own inactive community rather than the actually active trans communities for whatever reason. It's not a very good list of online spaces whatsoever