Transitive defederation -- defederating from instances that federate with Threads as well as defederating from Threads -- isn't likely to be an all-or-nothing thing in the free fediverses. Tradeoffs are different for different people and instances. This is one of the strengths of the fediverse, so however much transitive defederation there winds up being, I see it as overall as a positive thing -- although also messy and complicated.

The recommendation here is for instances to consider #TransitiveDefederation: discuss, and decide what to do. I've also got some thoughts on how to have the discussion -- and the strategic aspects.

(Part 7 of Strategies for the free fediverses )

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Splitting the fediverse in half just to get back at Meta is an awful idea.

[–] Carighan 16 points 7 months ago

Plus it wouldn't "get back at" Meta anyways. If their goal is to prevent or defend against some sort of EEE approach (nevermind how little indication their is that that is Meta's motivation for federating), then splitting the target into two smaller groups is perfect. They can easily do something about the one half, then claim that in addition to them, one of the two big camps of the fediverse already supports their new Meta-led protocol, in turn claiming the other half is silly for refusing to adhere to standards.

As in: Don't split the standard into two that are then easier to de-standardize if you are interested in standards.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

For instances which choose to intentionally mirror or otherwise make available threads content on instances which defederated threats, instances which know about and are deliberately circumventing the fediblock on those other instances it does indeed make sense though. Keep in mind when I talk about it I'm specifically talking about instances who are intentionally trying to circumvent the fediblocks by a coordinated effort, not just that they federate with threads.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

it's not about getting back at meta. it's about protecting communities.

[–] capital 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If I run an instance that blocks threads, how do my users have interaction with threads users?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

They don't, at least not from your instance.