Hi guys,
Do you think we should have a mega thread (maybe even a locked one if that’s an option) explaining why each specific instance is blocked from this instance?
Just to give some clarity.
As a newbie here, it’d be great to see why things are happening the way they are. Transparency in general is cool imo.
Yeah that would be best for transparency. Blocking an instance is a big deal and the decision should be held under a lot of scrutiny by the community imo so making the list easy to access is a good start
My thoughts exactly. If we have a small group of people deciding what you can access and what you can’t without any form of required transparency, then we are at risk of being part of a dishonest media.
Speaking of, I definitely wouldn’t mind defederating with lemmygrad (and maybe even lemmy.ml itself, since it resolves to the same IP) because it is suuuuper tankie.
Hell, I wouldn’t mind moving to kbin, but that’s probably a bit annoying for most since most of us just moved off of reddit.
We’ve got a kbin instance coming, but as a platform, it’s more alpha than beta, so there are speedbumps. It’s coming though :)
When it comes to defederation, it’s pretty simple. Blahaj is a community for queer and gender diverse folk. Protecting that community and other marginalised users from hate is the main priority of my moderation decisions.
If the admins of any instance (including the devs instances) let hate and bigotry spread and start hurting members of the Blahaj community, then that instance will be blocked. Other than that, I’m unlikely to defederate whole instances.
It’s gonna be realllllly hard to keep people on this instance if we defederate lemmy.ml. Lots of large communities moved there because it’s been treated as the de-facto instance, so we’d be walling ourselves off from tons of thriving communities that have nothing to do with those admins.
Personally, I think defederating an instance should be something done only if absolutely necessary. Is it possible to just block communities we dislike on an account level? (Genuine question, I haven’t tried that yet)
Yeah, probably shouldn’t defederate from lemmy.ml even if they’re probably okay with tankies since it’s still the main instance. Lemmygrad though… Definitely. I’ve already blocked a few subs over there myself, and if I can figure out how to block the instance itself I’ll definitely do it.
But unless they are not doing anything illegal, why should even considering defedarating with them if you don’t agree with their political or other views, ,just don’t visit/follow/post. I just don’t see why would you block access to it - seems a bit authoritarian for somebody to decide that because you belong in this group, you are not allowed to view/access this group.
