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Comment on Reddit CEO pledges to not force subreddits to reopen. Admin team then immediately threatens moderators who closed their subreddits with removal. in ~tech
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Comment on Beehaw.org: defederating effective immediately from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works in ~tech
Tassels Link ParentThis isn’t really the problem on the fediverse that a lot of people outside think it is. I joined the current iteration of fedi back in April 2017, and I can count the number of instances that are...defederating anyone who doesn't defederate your blocklist
This isn’t really the problem on the fediverse that a lot of people outside think it is. I joined the current iteration of fedi back in April 2017, and I can count the number of instances that are this strict on defederation on one hand. And even then, defederation is also a spectrum.
An instance can completely defederate from another, which most instances truly do reserve for literal Nazis, pedos, or instances based on harassing others, but for those instances in the “grey area”, limiting/silencing is an option. That essentially means that by default, you won’t see content from that instance on your federated feed, but you can still follow folks on that instance and see and interact with them in your home feed no problem. If a friend on a silenced instance decides to follow you, you’ll get a follow request instead and be able to verify that they are indeed a friend.
Finally, you also get to choose which instance you join. So as long as you join one with a moderation and federation policy you agree with, none of this is really a problem to begin with.
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Comment on Beehaw.org: defederating effective immediately from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works in ~tech
Tassels Link ParentThat post is a bit disingenuous. The Fediverse instances on that list (and the instances frequently defederated on #fediblock) are, more or less, racist, fascist, transphobic, or CP-ridden...That post is a bit disingenuous. The Fediverse instances on that list (and the instances frequently defederated on #fediblock) are, more or less, racist, fascist, transphobic, or CP-ridden instances most reasonable people wouldn’t want anything to do with. There is nothing lost by declining to federate with them.
The thing is with an open protocol like activitypub, anyone can spin up a site that’s compatible with federation. That doesn’t mean that you should federate with every such site, especially those prone to abuse.
What an absolute knob.
He just doubled down on everything the community hates about this announcement, and continuously claims the blackouts are upsetting most people. Is he being serious? Does he actually believe this crap?
Moving to Reddit from forums was a mistake. I need a new place for local stuff and Star Trek discussion because Reddit ain’t it. No way I’m going back after this trainwreck.