I believe lemmy.world and other instances should start defederating lemmy.ml and other “tankie” instances.

Many users have blocked these instances for extreme political content already.

Please suggest any changes.

EDIT: ok ok ok, I understand this is a stupid idea, how about a default ban list banning lemmy.ml

  • SorteKanin@feddit.dkEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Can’t stand a community or instance? Don’t subscribe. Or unsubscribe or block.

    I agree that defederations should not be done lightly, but I just want to point out that “just block” is not a foolproof strategy. An instance block on Lemmy functions like blocking all communities, so you will still see comments from that instance on other posts. Also, the blocked instance will still influence your feed via their votes.

    it has a responsibility to support the network

    Well, on the other hand it also has a responsibility to provide a reasonably well-moderated space that doesn’t include bigots or what’s worse.

    To be clear, I am not advocating for or against defederation of lemmy.ml, just want to add some nuance to this.