Comment on Should instances defederate with other instances anymore if we can filter instances out on our end?
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months agoYour 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:
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
I used instance block as a synonym for defederating. Now you know what I meant, can we get on with the discussion instead of arguing about things I didn’t mean
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Alright. To quote your original comment:
How would removing defederation result in a situation where “every bigot can access anyone and everyone else” if user-level instance blocking was still a thing?
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Because user level blocking isn’t really blocking. It’s just filtering. The bigots can still see the content of people that have blocked their instance, and they can even reply to it. The only person that can’t see it is the user who configured the “block”
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
What exactly is the problem with a bigot replying to you if you don’t see the reply?
Also, they can see the content even if you defederate, because it’s public.