Basically a server owner can block an entire server from their own if they don’t agree with the content or userbase they cater to.
It’s a double-edge sword since a ban-happy server could isolate itself from the fediverse or create a worse echo-chamber; lucky for us, we can just create a new account in another server and just leave that one behind.
It’s better not to attach yourself to your account and just think of it as disposable.
The best analog to federation I’ve heard is email.
Defederating an instance would be like outlook blocking all emails from gmail, and not sending any emails to gmail.
Defederating is a severe course of action
Same as most places. Moderation, ban hammer, and for Lemmy specific solution, defederation with a problem instance.
Hexbear and lemmy.ml both had their share of brigading and trolling to deal with. It will likely become worse as it grows more popular.
The modlog is a useful tool, though it doesn’t capture everything
eli5 defederation?
Basically a server owner can block an entire server from their own if they don’t agree with the content or userbase they cater to.
It’s a double-edge sword since a ban-happy server could isolate itself from the fediverse or create a worse echo-chamber; lucky for us, we can just create a new account in another server and just leave that one behind.
It’s better not to attach yourself to your account and just think of it as disposable.
Makes sense! Thanks!
The best analog to federation I’ve heard is email.
Defederating an instance would be like outlook blocking all emails from gmail, and not sending any emails to gmail.
Defederating is a severe course of action