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?
As a side note, there is lots of (anecdotal) talk about how Lemmygrad was far less insufferable and far more chill and well-read before the GenZedong reddit influx a year ago, and from my experience their shittiest whiny users are a small, screaming minority of them.
My point being, for those user to get banned by us, an instance with an obviously substantial M-L userbase (among other socialist and anarchist ideologies), is a slap in the face I really want to see.
Why would you call yourself an ML unless you've well, read M and L? I feel like you've got to earn the right to be an ornery asshole.
big bill haywood might've had something to say about that, and a lot of maoist outreach was to illiterate peasantry but as for us jackasses on the internet... not being able to focus on long-form reading or find good audiobooks consistently is why i don't identify as any tendency
Everyone I hate hates them so they must have done something right/.