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Thanks for this explanation. I think I have the best understanding of it, that I've ever had. I think with this, I could even do a TL;DR for non tech people.

by robswc 4y ago

Thanks for this explanation. I think I have the best understanding of it, that I've ever had. I think with this, I could even do a TL;DR for non tech people. I guess my only question now is, what if instance "collude" or you end up with powermods 2.0 from reddit? I remember I got banned by one mod on a powertrip in a local city sub and woke up with messages saying I was banned in half a dozen default subs (I never really visited either way though). Would it just completely block users from that instance? as if they didn't exist? Why not let the user make that call? This is probably like asking "what if you don't agree with the moderation policy of the central authority" so maybe it really is just a "trade off" at the end of the day.

rolenthedeep 4y ago
This has happened before. It goes down something like this: Server admin starts harassing people for whatever reason Users from that server start calling them out (usually with a #fediblock tag) Any sympathetic users will block the entire instance where the abuse is happening (this is called de-federation) Any instance is basically a private space, and there is no external authority which can influence what happens there. Instead, that server gets blocked from interacting with other servers. A server in isolation isn't much fun, so those users tend to migrate elsewhere until the offending server is empty and shuts down. The beauty is that there is no central authority which could potentially abuse users, but there is also no central authority to protect them. So we protect each other, and let the toxic servers stew in their own juices away from everyone else.