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We still federate, but god knows how long that will last. They have defederated nearly 400 instances and they sound lile theyre losing the plot

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[–] scrchngwsl 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Same as you, I can neither agree nor disagree with this, and it is of course their choice who they federate with -- that's part of the point of this thing, you can choose who to federate with. It is really interesting to see how lemmy develops and how communities use it to handcraft the sort of online space they want.

It does seem like their immediate goals would be better served with a forum, but I also see why a platform-agnositic approach using ActivityPub and federation makes sense for them over the long run, as there are surely plenty of users on Mastodon for example that they would want to interact with and incude in the safe space they're creating.

The learning for me I think is that when I reply to posts on other instances that are federated onto our instance, I should be mindful of that instance, its culture and its rules. I'm walking into a room and talking to people in that room, so I should read the room first. Again, it will be interesting to see how the culture on lemmy plays out, and whether "reading the room" becomes a core part of how people use federated software.