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41% of fediverse instances have blocked threads so far!!! (tech.lgbt)

submitted 10 months ago by vantablack@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 174 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (48 children)

I'd argue the system is working quite well, every individual and/or community has the liberty to choose what to do about Meta.

That's what federation is all about, no central power taking decisions in behalf of everyone else.

[–] chitak166@lemmy.world -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

every individual and/or community has the liberty to choose what to do about Meta.

Untrue. Users cannot decide which instances they see.

[–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

of course they can. if they don't like their instance's policies, they just have to move to another. or host their own.

there has been people in pro-threads instances that have moved to one that blocks threads and the other way around.

[–] chitak166@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

if they don’t like their instance’s policies, they just have to move to another.

So they have to sift through instances until they find one that federates exactly how they would? Lol. Or do they have to compromise because they don't actually have the power to choose who they federate with?

host their own.

Hosting their own instance makes them admins.

[–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So they have to sift through instances until they find one that federates exactly how they would? Lol. Or do they have to compromise because they don't actually have the power to choose who they federate with?

You can see the blocklist of any mastodon instance without joining it. You can and should read their policies before joining.

Hosting their own instance makes them admins.

This makes no sense. You are saying that just because you're the admin of an instance you can't be an user?

You can have a single user instance of your own and be done with it. If you don't like someone else choosing what instances defederate, you have that possibility.

[–] chitak166@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It legitimately feels like you are incapable of understanding what I'm saying, so I'm just gonna make the executive decision and duck out.

Have a nice day. You may have the last reply.

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