Amendments to the Code of Conduct regarding the Fediverse

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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Other instances’s commitment to good moderation is laughable
- The mod of the linustechtips comm DMed me to say that they wouldnt remove the comments of a mysoginistic user (despite removing his original one for mysoginy) because we should "just downvote and move on" (i told them twice we dont have downvotes) and also literally said they would normally remove for lots of reports but wouldnt here because they "all came from the same instance". Also complained about us "making more work" for them by replying. Literally called the user a troll but wouldnt just... ban them from the comm?
  
  name and shame
  
  nah, I had a good convo with them and they came over to hexbear to check it out after. they ended up banning the user, but disagreed that it was misogyny -- not happy about that but at least it got cleaned up.
  
  I had a longer conversation and explained the reasons to them and they deleted the comment. still disagreed that it was misogynist but banned the user for lying about their intentions.
- It basically seems like there isn't any (with the exception of our comrades over at Lemmygrad of course) .
- Yeah but have you considered...