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Lemmy Defederation Sync (LDS) to keep your block list up to date (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi all, I'm a Lemmy FOSS app contributor that's made a couple of tools for people starting small instances including Lemmy Community Seeder (LCS) for building content on new server's All Feeds and Lemmy Post Purger (LPP) for clearing old posts on smaller instances.

Today I'm releasing Lemmy Defederation Sync (LDS). When launching a new Lemmy instance, administrators may not understand the necessity of defederation with problem instances. Using LDS, you can sync your instance's "blocked instance" list with that of another server(s) whose admins you trust.

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[–] ram@feddit.nl 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is a terrible idea that steers lemmy into being an echo chamber. Let admins use their own judgement.

[–] FlappyBubble@lemmy.ml 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But isn't that what this program does? It allows you to choose an instance with admins that you trust. And those who want to review every single one manually can still do that. I'd love this tool. The ones setting up these servers aren't stupid. They can use their judgement and use this tool if they want!

[–] ram@feddit.nl 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

And those who want to review every single one manually can still do that.

But will they? This tool promotes blindly trusting another instance block list without due diligence from the admin.

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

Why not set up your own instance?

[–] FlappyBubble@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Don't know. That's up to them. The problem is not the tool but the unreflected trust in blocklists. The Internet is huge, if Lemmy takes off so will the number of instances. The amount of decisions needed to get a legal instance working in many countries will be insurmountable. I'd rather piggyback on someone I do trust as a rough basis. It won't be perfectly tuned with my informed decision but the alternative is me not setting the server up. The list of defederation can be reviewed. If you're careful about the template its not blind trust. Much in the same way as using FOSS software without understanding all components isn't blind trust if you're careful about the source and verify downloads. It's not perfect but the alternative is not using the software at all.