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Threads is blocking servers on the Fediverse. Here's how we unblocked ourselves. (soapbox.pub)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (3 children)

From HN-user whatshisface's comment:

If the reason for "not forcing them to handle content from server Y" is that the admin of server X had a name calling spat with an individual user on server X, the fact that the fediverse makes instance admins into miniature dukes and dutchesses, complete with wars and Honor, is an unalloyed pain. ;-)

I think this user is saying this as a negative but I really think this is an advantage of the Fediverse and an intended consequeunce.

I don't think I'm alone in thinking that I'd rather have dukes and duchesses ruling little fiefdoms in the fediverse over King Zuck, King Spez, King Musk who have full control over their respective network. Each can have their spats over stupid stuff, but in the fiefdom model, with a little technical knowledge you can make a part of the network you have complete rule over, and engage in something akin to diplomacy with the other little fiefdoms.

[–] squid_slime 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The checks and balances is that we the end user can move

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

That’s the real value prop of the fediverse. My masto presence is a single user instance, and for a whopping $9 a month, I am not forced to see any content I’d prefer not to.

I am beholden to my hosting, whose values and general business model I did a bit of due diligence on before signing up to be sure they aligned with mine.

So much simpler to enjoy the experience this way.

[–] captainlezbian 5 points 11 months ago

Yeah and it allows me to pick someone who doesn’t allow shit I don’t want to see. Early in the Reddit migration there was a server on Lemmy that was basically right wing bigotry humor. I picked .world in part because at the time it hadn’t been defederated from many servers.