Comment on Do you guys think local only communities should be a thing?

• PupBiru@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  the fediverse community at large, but i’m guessing you got that and you’re asking the question for other reasons, so what are you actually asking?

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  • Rottcodd@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What authority does "the fediverse community at large" possess?

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    • PupBiru@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      authority? none… but instance admins can defederate, and that has the potential to be powerful

      this, however, has nothing to do with the original point:

      where there is a can there is always a should or should not… the fediverse has plenty of should or should nots

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      • Rottcodd@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yes - in the broadest, simply practical sense, there are always shoulds and should nots.

        But just as you knew that I wasn't simply asking for a clarification regarding the makeup of that "we," I know that you don't actually believe that that broadest sense of the terms "should" and "should not" is the one I intended when I used them.

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