There's been discussion of federation with Lemmygrad. I think this is probably a good call. I just want to know how the anti-sectarian rule would be enforced. Like, it someone makes an anti-anarchist post on lemmygrad.ml and it shows up on hexbear.net, would the moderators hide the comment on our end but not on Lemmygrad? Would repeat offenders be banned from hexbear.net even though they made the comment on a different iteration?
Same for one of the bigger anarchist instances like lemmy.blahaj.zone which has good leftist and trans content but also has regular struggle sessions about "tankies." It seems like federation with then would be a boon for both sites, but moderating the left unity rule would be a nightmare.
Also, another thought: would downbears from other instances carry over here?
Yeah I need a big sign that tells me. LISTEN UP ere no fun allowed beyond this point. Keep your memes close to your body or they will take them.
Just a bit of personalisation would go a long way. The communities themselves should have the kind of personalisation that you'd see in forum software. The easy differentiation between spaces would then act as a prompt to users on what rulesets they should be observing, the same way it works on reddit.