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I'm talking like communities exclusive to an instance where only instance members can participate in. This would be great for communities like The Agora.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What authority does "the fediverse community at large" possess?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

authority? none… but instance admins can defederate, and that has the potential to be powerful

this, however, has nothing to do with the original point:

where there is a can there is always a should or should not… the fediverse has plenty of should or should nots

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Yes - in the broadest, simply practical sense, there are always shoulds and should nots.

But just as you knew that I wasn't simply asking for a clarification regarding the makeup of that "we," I know that you don't actually believe that that broadest sense of the terms "should" and "should not" is the one I intended when I used them.