• maynarkh@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Isn’t federation symmetrical? So if they defederate most of the Fediverse, they will not be able to interact with it?

    I think it’s logical to keep it that way.

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      1 year ago

      They’re prompting the devs to make defederation one way. So they can block the fediverse at large from interacting with them but their users still have access to everything. Sets a bad example. The pitch is a pooled community. Not a series of tiny insulated Reddits using the same software

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      1 year ago

      I agree. It makes it cost a bit more to defederate and therefore more valuable to keep everything open and available. The best thing with reddit was that it was a one-stop shop while it’s a bit more confusing with this federation stuff. If this defederation wasn’t a two-way street, it would make for weird exclusive instances that could thrive on others content without contributing.