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Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed" (wedistribute.org)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Server indexes of places for newcomers to join can be instrumental for Fediverse adoption. However, sudden rule changes can leave some admins feeling pressure to change policies in order to remain listed.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You’re missing the point. Fedi Garden is threatening to defederate from anyone who doesn’t defederate from Threads.

Imagine if other instances start doing this about things that aren’t threads. “Delist from db0 or world will delist you”, “delist from Lemmy.ca or Lemmy.ml will delist you.”

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

I understand your "what if" scenarios, but this is an existential crisis that needs to be resisted against with all instances working in concert. This is not a "what if" scenario. This is the actual iceberg and it is big enough to ruin the fediverse for all instances, no matter their affiliation with the garden.

So, we either unite to defend the independence of the fediverse, or we let a corporate giant take it by ovewhelming us with their "important updates for your security" until we are all assimilated.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Ngl, this screams “think of the children.”