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> If you do this, then you'll have total control over your moderation policy. The solution to fragmented servers is not another self hosted disconnected server
by yunohn 4y ago
> If you do this, then you'll have total control over your moderation policy.
The solution to fragmented servers is not another self hosted disconnected server?
- ekidd 4y agoWhy would your server be disconnected? Plenty of people are on self-hosted servers, and we can follow each other with no problem.
- dsr_ 4y agoSuppose that everyone who participated ran their own server, population 1. Then choosing to block other servers would be equivalent to blocking other people, which we agree is a good thing. Now someone comes up with an adblock list: subscribe to it, and these servers will not bother you. It's probably not perfect, but it improves your experience a lot. If you don't like it, switch to another, or don't subscribe to any. And now we are back where we started: you can choose to either subscribe to a policy (join an existing server) or be independent.
- luckylion 4y agoIs it public which servers an instance is blocking / what servers they are federating with?
- ekidd 4y agoNormally, yes. Different kinds of blocks are listed at the bottom of an instance's "About" page. Often there's a note for each blocked instance, too, though some admins leave that blank. I've seen a couple of servers which only show the block list to users with accounts. These tend to be restricted-membership servers, ones which don't publish their member directory or local feed, either.
- berkes 4y agoMost servers even have an API endpoint for this.