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A question about defederation (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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say there are three instances, A, B and C. if A is not federated with B, users from those two instances can't interact (right ?) but what if both are federated with C ? would both indirectly be able to interact ? if there is a post on instance C and a user from B comments on it, would that comment be visible on all three instances ?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

~~Yes, comments from users on instances A and B on a post on C are visible to users on all three instances. De/federation is a way for admins of a specific instance to control which users can interact with posts on their instance. Eg: beehaw defeds sh.itjust.works so users from sh.itjust.works cannot interact with posts on beehaw. Users from both instances can interact with each other on posts on lemmy.world though.~~

~~Edit: In reality, beehaw has defederated both sh.itjust.works and lemmy.world. In my theoretical example, only sh.itjust.works has been defederated.~~

EDIT: I actually tested it and I'm wrong! I logged into my beehaw alt account and came to this thread but I can't see this comment as it's from sh.itjust.works. Because my comment is hidden, I also couldn't see the thread attached to this comment section so the comment thread looked empty.

Sorry for confusion.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

(except for that Beehaw is also defederated from lemmy.world)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Shit, bad choice of third instance... Who hasn't beehaw defederated?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Basically, every major instance that isn't sh.itjust.works, lemmy.world, lemmygrad.ml, or exploding-heads. They moderate in favor of "federate by default, defederate if it becomes a problem, refederate if the problem is addressed"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lemmynsfw.com is not defederated from beehaw.

Edit: don't ask me how I know.

[–] BitingChaos 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What's the deal with Beehaw defederating with so many?

If they don't want to be part of the wide fediverse, why pick software designed for it?

[–] ShadyGrove 1 points 1 year ago

I think they are using it exactly as intended, the software is specifically designed to be decentralized and gives instance admins the power to de/federate as they choose.

Let's say when meta releases their activitypub thing, should everyone federate with them just because they are on the fediverse and will likely have a lot of users?

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