I actually think defederation is the greatest strength of Lemmy. It allows everyone to have their space and control the content. I would say though that defederation should be tied more to the admin and mod behavior than individual users.
I don’t usually pay attention to a user’s instance but even I notice patterns with troll accounts. I have no interest in comment sections filled with purposefully offensive trolling and bad jokes. When I see this I don’t block users I block the community because if that is the kind of content they want I have no use for it.
Obviously defederating an entire instance is different but I kind of think the same applies. Is this content you want to see? It appears the admins are ok with it or they would work to change it. Maybe Hexbear admins are. I don’t really care I know where my block buttons are.
My only other comment is that if you sit at the table with six assholes there aren’t six assholes at the table there are seven. The company you keep reflects on you.
I actually think defederation is the greatest strength of Lemmy. It allows everyone to have their space and control the content. I would say though that defederation should be tied more to the admin and mod behavior than individual users.
I don’t usually pay attention to a user’s instance but even I notice patterns with troll accounts. I have no interest in comment sections filled with purposefully offensive trolling and bad jokes. When I see this I don’t block users I block the community because if that is the kind of content they want I have no use for it.
Obviously defederating an entire instance is different but I kind of think the same applies. Is this content you want to see? It appears the admins are ok with it or they would work to change it. Maybe Hexbear admins are. I don’t really care I know where my block buttons are.
My only other comment is that if you sit at the table with six assholes there aren’t six assholes at the table there are seven. The company you keep reflects on you.