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I've been on the Fediverse since 2016, and I still get a little mixed up by how things work.

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[–] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Think about it this way. In real life, you choose who you associate with for many reasons. Do the same in the Fediverse. If your instance gets blocked look at your fellow users as to why, and to the admin policies of your instance administrators. The biggest issue is when Federation ends because that is disruptive. Keep in mind instances mostly never federate with all other nodes. They cannot. Some are illegal, others just full of bad actors and trolls.

I agree that it should be a last resort and it usually is. But when it happens look to your instance not the one de-federating.