• Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    14
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    10 months ago

    Yes, and thus you have one giant mega community in which every bigot can access anyone and everyone else. Which is what a Fediverse without instance blocks would be like

        • xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          10 months ago

          What? The question was literally “Should instances defederate with other instances anymore if we can filter instances out on our end?”.

            • xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              10 months ago

              Defederation is done by the instance administrator and affects all users. Instance blocking is done by the user and affects only them.

              • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                1
                arrow-down
                1
                ·
                10 months ago

                Instance blocks have been admin/instance level before user level instance blocks were a thing. User level instance blocks are more accurately user level filters. Only admin level instance blocks are true blocks.

                Admin level blocks are what I’m referring to in this conversation and that most people assume when they see the term “instance block”

                • xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  1
                  ·
                  10 months ago

                  But the OP specifically talked about how the new ability to block instances can replace defederation, so it’s clear what they had in mind.

                  • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                    link
                    fedilink
                    English
                    arrow-up
                    1
                    arrow-down
                    1
                    ·
                    edit-2
                    10 months ago

                    You seem to be more interested in the semantics than the point I was making