My prior request was perhaps a bit too jokey and not clear enough and so I figured I should try to lay it out more clearly.
The c/socialism sidebar on Lemmygrad currently contains the explicit term for sexual assault. Hexbear admins have said that it is not federating properly because this word is in Hexbear’s blocklist.
While the comm isn’t super active, when it does get posts, I’d love to be able to see them (and have other people see them) from Hexbear.
If this term is replaced with “Sexual Assault” I believe that the full intent of the comm rules is maintained, while federation to instances which block the current language, like Hexbear, will be re-enabled. This will also remove a term some find triggering, and, as a result, I believe this is a more appropriate approach towards resolving this issue than asking Hexbear to make changes to their word filter.
The lone current moderator is unfortunately no longer around, so at the moment I believe this is a change an admin would need to make.
If I haven’t sufficiently conveyed which word is problematic or you just really, really want to read it:
Rape
I haven’t checked every other comm’s sidebar/federation status for similar issues, but if anyone is aware of other places where this is similarly an issue, I’d certainly appreciate it if they could be updated too!
The rules are all part of the Lemmygrad instance rules so we can just remove them. Only mods can edit a community description but I'll let the other admins know