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41% of fediverse instances have blocked threads so far!!! (tech.lgbt)
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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, I don't think the conversation should be about the impact of federating with an instance.

If we want to see it, great. If we don't, also great. But we should have the power to decide for ourselves instead of some biased admins.

The only people who disagree with this are those who want to control what other people get to see.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

we should have the power to decide for ourselves instead of some biased admins.

So admins shouldn't defederate from any instances at all? Even right wing Nazi instances with Nazi flags in every profile?

The only people who disagree with this are those who want to control what other people get to see.

Yes, they want to protect their users from harmful instances. This is something the people who join those instances want.

They also want to "deplatform" those types from society as a whole.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So admins shouldn’t defederate from any instances at all? Even right wing Nazi instances with Nazi flags in every profile?

Users should have the power to defederate in addition to admins.

This is something the people who join those instances want.

Not everyone wants the same thing or has the same idea of what constitutes 'harmful' instances.

They also want to “deplatform” those types from society as a whole.

Yes, this is why it's important to take individual control away from the user; to push an agenda.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Users should have the power to defederate in addition to admins.

They do.

Not everyone wants the same thing or has the same idea of what constitutes 'harmful' instances.

That's why I didn't say "everyone". I said "people who join those instances". If you don't want that, you can choose our migrate to a different one. Or even create your own.

Yes, this is why it's important to take individual control away from the user; to push an agenda.

You're correct, of course, but "agendas" are not inherently negative.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They do.

How can I defederate from an instance? Last time this discussion was brought up, I didn't think it was possible and everyone else agreed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Depends on which service you're talking about.

On Mastodon you can go to a profile or post from the domain, click the 3 dots and "block domain".

I think Lemmy just implemented this but I don't know how to do it.