Hi all,
With regards to our recent integration into the Fediverse, it has become evident that specific rules should be outlined regarding our conduct towards it and our place in it. As such, we are making provisional amendments to the Code of Conduct in specific regard to federation as we find our footing and stake our ground as a part of the wider Fediverse ecosystem. The amendments are as such, demarcated within the dividers:
Federation
In regards to the Fediverse, a dual-pronged approach should be assumed:
Local Communities
Conduct remains as previously outlined [in the Hexbear Code of Conduct], except:
- Users visiting Hexbear should be given breathing room to inquire in good-faith about topics that seem obvious to well-trodden leftists. Assume good faith in even the most obvious of questions, except in cases where a user is explicitly acting in a combative or unreasonable manner.
- Do not ping users from other federated instances with intent to goad or mock.
- Do not directly link to comments or posts of other federated instances on public posts with intent to goad or mock.
- Disengagement rules, whilst not amended, are thoroughly emphasized regarding visiting users.
Federated Instances
Assume the conduct outlined regarding local communities, as well as:
- When in a federated instance, their rules (and their code of conduct) apply.
- Allow instances their own space for discussion, if requested implicitly or explicitly. If said discussion regards this site or its users, you are allowed to discuss said discussion within the local purview (meaning, within a Hexbear community), with regards to the rules laid out prior.
- Conduct that is deemed untenably toxic to the Fediverse and Hexbear’s standing within it (by discretion of Hexbear moderation) may be subject to reprisal, regardless of whether it is explicitly outlined.
We're thankful to the moderation and admins of the instances federated with us for their patience as we carve out our own little hole within the Fediverse. And to our beautiful posters, thank you for bearing with us in this week where decades happen 
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IMO admins/mods from other instances should be subject to the same rules for other users proposed above. No pinging, no direct linking etc. They are responsible for their public statements and their statements should be open to criticism. We have seen how easily a scratched liberal becomes a fascist and we shouldn't ignore it when it happens. Federation is good, but not at any cost.
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Maybe a Second Strike Only policy. We won't PPB them first but if they break the piece we will shit all over the pieces.
Tbh I completely disagree that LGBT users were "brigading" an instance primarily stated to be for LGBT people. Most of the people in that thread were some flavor of LGBT. It is right and correct to call out someone for trying to split the largest LGBT communities on the fediverse, on either side of the coin.
Now, yeah, the cishets need to chill out when it comes to blahaj.
yeah that thread and the arguments within just hurt tbh. We're on the same sideeeee
If it makes you feel better, quite a lot of the accounts were made just to post in that thread and stir shit, and none of the regulars really even questioned it. At least hexbears arent being total losers and pretending we're something we're not. I reported multiple accounts that were made within a couple of hours that kept posting repetitive nonsense goading the admin into defederating, but none were banned.
I liked that one 2 month old account that popped out of the woodwork solely to call us bad transes
Yeah, like one other post beside that, but then suddenly like 8 posts about how splitting the trans community is a great idea, actually.
huge thanks to you for your contributions in there btw, it's a weird place to draw a line in the sand about which queer folk can and can't play with us
Brigading is a made up by redditors in an effort to stifle anything they don't like. Idk why you're falling for their attempt to introduce it here.
They don't understand how federation works and think that tankies just input a link to BOTGPT or whatever and it sends a whole ass division to spread propaganda.