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Instance blocking should replace defederation (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by HerbalGamer@lemm.ee to c/chat@beehaw.org
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Think about it; instead of those in charge or the instances deciding who they don't want to be federated with and thus restricting content for the users, it would be better if users were able to block entire instances instead.

We'd be able to curate our own browsing experience so much better without admin/mod drama influencing the rest of us.

Edit: Alright so maybe not exactly replace defederation, but it should still be an option available to us, and in general should become the default action before defederation IMHO.

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[–] sparklepower@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

listen, imagine a world where random people don't roll up on beehaw and tell them how to run their shit. just imagine!

[–] HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like this whole Federation thing is going well huh

[–] GunnarRunnar@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

I don't like your idea because it defeats the purpose of picking an instance (and you could just run your own if you want to be in control) but yeah that was uncalled for. If this is the attitude of the instance maybe they should just defed. (If restricting posting isn't possible.)