For example, people on Reddit asking redundant questions and give equally redundant or unhelpful answers.
Whenever every ‘What’s the worst show you’ve seen?’ is asked, you’ll get 10,000 “Kardashians” answers, which is just easy karma farming.
If someone posts in a community that’s geared for something like opinions, but someone elects to just go on a full scale rant instead.
Twice now I’ve seen claims of “This instance just exists to support <something bad>! Defederate them!”
Meanwhile I’m subscribed to what appear to be completely normal, reasonable communities on those instances that seem to have nothing to do with the bad thing. Think topics like computer networking and home improvement, stuff like that.
Can we go easy on jumping to the “This instance” claims? Yes, some unsavory communities have been started on various instances. Those instances have, in general, addressed the issues when they were brought to their attention… Can we reserve the nuclear defederation option for repeat offenders or technical issues?
Only Tangentially related but I keep reading “Defederate” as “Defenestrate”. Which is a way better way to deal with rogue instances IMO.
Brings a whole new meaning to “new <thing> just dropped”
Can you share a list of your subscribed communities? I need to bulk up
For home improvement, I’ve been using !homeimprovement@lemmy.world. For computer networking, !networking@sh.itjust.works. sh.itjust.works was one of the ones I saw people screaming to defederate because someone started a community there that most people (including me) found problematic. (Pretty sure the admins deleted it when they became aware.)
Beyond that…what topics interest you? Pretty pictures? Try !pixelpassport@lemm.ee or !earthporn@lemmy.ml .
Cats? !cat@lemmy.world is pretty active already, as one might expect…
I have a few geographically local subscriptions, as well as a sports team…a few TV shows like Futurama and The Simpsons…other hobbies…etc.
Futurama is life. Photography, cooking, home theater, vegetable gardening, reading, movies, sci-fi, Action Figures, bourbon, cocktails, cheese.
!Futurama@lemmy.world
I joined a Nikon community here: !nikon@lemm.ee if that’s what you happen to shoot with.
@limelight79@lemm.ee
Honestly not fan of defederation. I believe the answer should be giving users the ability to block instances. Maybe in the future versions of lemmy.
what are your favorite communities for home improvement?
Right? My feed could really use some more Tim Allen.
The only one I know of is !homeimprovement@lemmy.world (sorry if I didn’t get that link correct). Not much traffic yet, but a few people have posted issues.
(Note - I used home improvement as an example of a general type of community that I subscribe to. I don’t know if lemmy.world was one of the ones I saw people pushing to defederate.)