This instance is intended to be a non-sectarian space for leftist discussion, along the lines of hexbear.net, but in a federated micro-blogging format.

Matapacos.dog is an anti-sectarian leftist (read: anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, above all else) instance, established to welcome discussion of the full spectrum of anti-capitalist tactics and theoretical perspectives in good faith.

Historically, this instance was created as an offshoot of Hexbear.net to dip our toes into the Fediverse (when Lemmy compatibility with the microblogging neighborhood of the Fediverse was even worse than it is today), but it is still best described as "unofficial, Hexbear-adjacent" thing since it was launched and (still is) administered unilaterally by a single person.

Account creation currently requires approval. You don't need to write an elaborate biography or "prove your worthiness" or anything, this is mainly a counter-measure against bots. I do my best to check these once or twice a week.

This instance is a member of the FediPact (https://fedipact.online/). This instance is running Mastodon "Glitch Edition" (https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/), a fork with a number of cool experimental features, but fewer guarantees of stability. The post character limit has been increased to 2000 characters. Most of the time, full text search and LibreTranslate are also available.

1. No bigotry or discrimination. It's on sight. If you're being a bigot ironically, you will be removed "ironically."
2. No sectarianism. If somebody makes a fool of themself, take issue with them and their position. Do not do the Ben Shapiro / Jesse Waters shtick where you fish for insignificant cranks to discredit broad movements. Friendly ribbing is OK.
3. Apply content warnings to any graphic nudity, drug use, gore (including of animals), suicide, sexual violence, hate crimes, slurs, etc. Allow people to opt-in to these discussions instead of forcing them to opt-out.
4. We do not reject violence on principle. Our adversaries will not be pacified by rhetoric. Be mindful about the legal implications of what you say though. Explicit threats against living people and organizations will be removed.
5. Be aware of the visibility and context of your posts. Mastodon is a federated network and different instances have different rules. If users from this instance regularly violate the rules of other instances, we will be de-federated.
6. Reactionaries are not welcome. Liberals will be made fun of until we grow bored.
7. Don't get arrested. Don't get me arrested. 😎

1. nothing.tacowolf.net: sospensione