While it’s shitty if they’re doing that, I think de-federating is more just for defense of the instance against literal crimes/malicious content. Things like instances hosting CSAM or spam bots. Otherwise it’s pretty easy for users to block instances nowadays (or even to just call for mass boycott)
While it’s shitty if they’re doing that, I think de-federating is more just for defense of the instance against literal crimes/malicious content. Things like instances hosting CSAM or spam bots. Otherwise it’s pretty easy for users to block instances nowadays (or even to just call for mass boycott)