A community index of servers added a new rule recently, that requires every participant to defederate from Threads. Some admins are unhappy.

Server indexes of places for newcomers to join can be instrumental for Fediverse adoption. However, sudden rule changes can leave some admins feeling pressure to change policies in order to remain listed.

  • Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
    313·
    2 years ago

    I think most people simply just don’t know how federation works and they imagine that defederating blocks Facebook from accessing your content when in reality it’s the exact opposite; it places one way mirror between us from which only they can see thru. There’s also some great irony in the fact that they’re talking about genocide while advocating for using the nuclear option to block Facebook despite the massive number of innocent casualties it’ll cause.

    EDIT: Turns out I was mistaken. Defederation indeed does stop the flow of data both ways.

    • Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works
      81·
      2 years ago

      Brother these things are in no way the same. One is a tech giant knowingly aiding and abbeting governments who are ethnically cleansing their country and another is not being able to see posts from a different instance. The only great irony is you calling them innocent casualties.

      • Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee
        12·
        2 years ago

        It’s a comparison. By definition they’re not the same thing but there are similarities; you’re doing something that affects 100% of the userbase because you have an issue with 2% of them.

        • Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          2 years ago

          You should think of a better comparison cause this one sucks.

          Also no. You’re doing something that affects 100% of users because the node these users use is malicious. The problem is the underlying structure not the people using said structure. Maybe this makes them stop using said structure.

          Its like being upset that I dont answer unknown numbers. “Well only 10% are scammers so you’re affecting 100% of calls”

        • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
          11·
          2 years ago

          This is like comparing requiring students in schools to wash their hands to genocide. The scale is the same but the impact is vastly different, and if you don’t want to wash hands (or be defederated) you can just move. Except for changing activitypub instances is even easier than changing schools and both are easier than leaving Palestine.