Comment on Should instances defederate with other instances anymore if we can filter instances out on our end?
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months agoDefederation is done by the instance administrator and affects all users. Instance blocking is done by the user and affects only them.
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Instance blocks have been admin/instance level before user level instance blocks were a thing. User level instance blocks are more accurately user level filters. Only admin level instance blocks are true blocks.
Admin level blocks are what I’m referring to in this conversation and that most people assume when they see the term “instance block”
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
But the OP specifically talked about how the new ability to block instances can replace defederation, so it’s clear what they had in mind.
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
You seem to be more interested in the semantics than the topic at hand…
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Your original point was that a fediverse without instance blocks would be bad, which is irrelevant to the post because the OP is not advocating for a fediverse without instance blocks: