cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/7477620

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 )

  • FaceDeer
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    410 months ago

    So don’t subscribe to Meta-hosted communities?

    Lots of Fediverse instances let you block whole instances, too, so you could personally block them. Problem solved.

    • @thecrotch@sh.itjust.works
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      410 months ago

      I’ve learned that there’s a huge number of people on lemmy who prefer government regulation to self control. I had an argument with a guy the other day who wants $12 lattes banned instead of simply not buying them. Apparently making something available is the same as putting a gun to your head and forcing you to buy it.

      • sour
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        10 months ago

        does self control prevent triangle shirtwaist fire

        • @thecrotch@sh.itjust.works
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          410 months ago

          No, that is an example of an appropriate problem to solve with regulation. “If something I exists I must buy it and that is the vendor’s fault” is not.

          • sour
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            110 months ago

            if regular latte is 12 dollars is economy problem

            • @thecrotch@sh.itjust.works
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              310 months ago

              McDonald’s has a latte for $1 and Dunkin donuts has one for $2.65. It’s not an economy problem. It’s probably a pretty good latte. I dunno, never tried it, $12 is too much for sugar coffee.