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From what I gather - a group of assholes. They're an asshole instance, just like lemm.ee (from experience) and sh.it.just.works (from experience).
I am not typically an asshole. I picked this instance because I thought the name was amusing. I know nothing about the ethos here. Or if there even is one.
Should I block them too?
They are two of the larger instances so you will be negatively impacting your own experience.
To answer original question, it’s my understanding that hexbear was a refuge place for elchapotraphouse when it was banned from Reddit for harassment. So many users are trolls that intentionally antagonize anyone outside their instance that isn’t left enough. Lemmy.world almost immediately defederated from them so I haven’t seen a hexbear user in like year and a half. You won’t miss them.
Some people also don’t like lemmy.ml because of the admins and some of the more antagonistic users but for the most part, I find most people on .ml perfectly agreeable of the topic isn’t politics. I would just block users and communities from that instance as they come up if you don’t like them
Why should I or anyone tell you what to do? The other commentator gave you an idea.
Do you like/care for politics?
You could literally just go to their community and have a look for yourself too and decide whether or not it's your vibe