The instance seems to be mostly right wing trolls. I know defederating is unpopular but I don't think much is to be lost in this case and it can save the mods some headaches.
Edit: the response on exploding-heads.com to my reporting of transphobia. Courtesy of the "second in command"
Isn't it just better to do it on your own accord?
If you do not wish they mingle with you, block the community you do dislike. You can even block individual person.
If you do not want to participate in theirs, just don't visit them.
Defederating is extreme, it takes liberties and freedom from other users, and should only be used as last resort.
EDIT: @eta_aquarid, why you are discussing this instances meta, you are from kbin.social? And then why you blocking me? Is there some sort of brigade going on here?
EDIT2: So many other unrelated instances' user come in here. Wow. There are some coordinated attacks to make sh.itjust.works worse huh?
KBIN.SOCIAL PEOPLE: This https://kbin.social/m/main@sh.itjust.works/t/39264/Hey-could-we-defederate-with-exploding-heads-com#comments means it is HOSTED on sh.itjust.works instance! It is NOT kbin.social post! Even if you can see from your instance!
Wtf, what liberties and freedoms does it take from anyone? No one has the right to anyone’s attention nor any instance. They aren’t being blocked from using the software.
I'm not blocking you; had you been replying to what I said?
also being blocked from an instance doesn't mean you're suddenly not able to use the Fediverse; it just means that that instance doesn't want to associate with yours
this can be fixed by just moving to another instance, or (in this case) getting rid of the alt-right shit
Defederation isn't an attack on free speech; it's a group saying that they don't want to interact with you; freedom of expression doesn't mean everyone must listen
@damon@kbin.social Many common people only joined lemmy for joining niche communities, and agreeing with admin rules.
New users here won't know beehaw stuff. Defederating robbed their communication.
We are all adults, we can block them. I do not participate in exploding-heads, I do not support many of their discussion. But when defederstion stuff comes up, I always think some new, niche users from there who do not know fediverse stuff, want to visit here. They will be the biggest victim.
Like I said, just block them yourself. Block individual that say nasty stuff. Defederation just hurt common users.
Also you are also from kbin? Why are you here discussing this instance direction?
@eta_aquarid@kbin.social I swear I can't reply to you for half an hours. Kbin probably have some issues.
But, how about nonpolitical community? How about people who do not wish to participate in drama of defederating and only want to talk to each other?
Since you are from kbin.social, the outcome of this thing does not affect you at all. I wish you do not participate any further to stir the pot.
considering that I'm definitely not the only kbin user on this thread, no?
and that "nonpolitical" thing, what does that mean?
What do we consider as so normal that believing in it or saying it is considered apolitical?
because the context here is that there are alt-right users on an instance and the instance is either doing a bad job of getting rid of them, or is completely fine with them being there
and maybe that's apolitical to you, but not to a lot of minorities
Then by being a part of the instance that is causing problems they are supporting and enabling the problems. They can continue to participate in the conversations that they wish to participate in by joining the instances they are interested in in good faith.
I'm also from kbin.social, but the whole point of the federation, as you JUST pointed out, is to participate in conversations across instances and provide input in good faith to create multiple perspectives. Additionally, just because THIS post is about sh.itjust.works doesn't mean it won't have an outcome for kbin.social or other instances as well.