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I can understand de-federating from something like lemmygrad.ml. I can't for the life of me understand lemmy.world or sh.itjust.works (love the name btw). Both instances just seem to be filled with regular, moderate people?
Test post from lemmy.world
Regardless of the current situation, I think the option in general to "unsubscribe" from an entire instance could be useful. I know we can create our own instances and defederate, but not everyone has the skills, money, etc. to be able to do that.
Could we use this as an opportunity to change the name to something that doesn't contain hate speech?
Home instance is lemmygrad
Yup, that checks. Try harder
Unfortunately :/
I get about 2-3 of these fake follow requests per day in the official Reddit app.
I had the official app installed alongside Sync. Finally deleted the official app today.
I find it ironic how they claim about not being profitable. How many millions of dollars did they spend on various developers salaries to build this unwanted feature?
Just another nail in the coffin. Time to delete this app
One thing that definitely worries me with federation in general is the barrier to entry to hosting an instance is low, by design. On one hand this is great, but on the other hand it means just about anyone can spin up an instance and collect usernames, passwords, emails, etc. from anyone who signs up
I know this is obviously no better than an single giant corporation who can do that. But it's interesting to think about.
I'm definitely not suggesting kbin.social is doing this by the way. Your post just spurred this thought for me