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?

  • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    I don't get people's grips about Lemmygrad. We outnumber them in users and in posting activity. There's little to fear about Hexbear being Lemmygradized. Our megathread is probably as active as their entire instance and we have two megathreads on top of the rest of the site. We're also, shall we say, far more aggressive about airing out our grievances against our online opponents.

    If anything, it's the opposite. They have to fear Lemmygrad being steamrolled by Hexbear users. There's going to be a learning curve because no one would want to federate with us if we're completely aggro on random users even if they completely deserve it lmao