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I want to thank everyone for the ovwhelming support for our cause, you guys mean a lot.
I have been tthinking a lot lately and thing I have a social solution to this problem. It is something I am going to start doing a writeup on ttoday. I think it will not just thelp QOTO but in general address the unwantant fracturing of the fediverse.
I will share the dettails once my writeup is complete but if anyone is intterested in hearing more or potentially help being a part of it, please reply here or reach out to me in DM.
@freemo Just an observation but I believe that the “t” key on your keyboard might be in need of a little maintenance. Or it might have involved a sandwich I don’t know… 🤣
@Nordstahl the t and n key are semi broken and bounce.. yes i need a new keyboard :(
@freemo What is qoto? and what is it for?
@freemo is there a way to see which instances blocked us?
@herid The one tool tthat would let you is very much frowned upon to endorse as it is written by Kiwifarms.
I can tell you that since I've seen the list it is very few large servers... its mostly limited to a bunch of single user servers and very small servers.
These servers are also known for being toxic so probably for the best. Most of them block the vast majorrity of the fediverse.
@freemo thanks. would still like to see the list if possible. can you perhaps post it on the "about qoto" page? It does list silenced servers.
@herid Sadly no, it was written by kiwifarms so using, sharing, or endorsing the list in any way would be quite dangerous and very much frowned upon.
@freemo hmm. I don't know what kiwifarms is so can't comment on that part. but in general I feel that that which instances block which should be public info.
@herid I agree ti should be public info... Kiwifarms is a notoriously evil instance that has caused the suicide of several people... they are the sum of the universe.
@freemo yikes. ok, but it doesn't have to be kiwifarms that provides such tool. someone else should make something similar.
@herid If someone else creates such a took I will be happy to let you know.
@freemo Count me in, in case I can be of any use.
@freemo When I saw this, I thought such a group should have a name that would capture the nature of such a group.
Fractured Fairytales came to mind. I'm not sure this could even be used without attracting the attention of angry lawyers, but if the group were ostracized... "fractured" from the #Fediverse over fairytales, it would seem to me to fit.
@freemo Unwanted? By whom? You, qoto.org, someone else? There's certainly no consensus to whether the formation of factions is unwanted.
@dusnm Unwanted by many.. by my judgement the majority in fact, at least based on how im seeing the conversation go.
@freemo The software (at least Mastodon) is specifically designed to make defederation one of the most useful options in content moderation. How else would we deal with malicious actors? This will inevitably lead to formation of factions as it indeed does. I'd argue it's part of our nature as people, a natural extension of our right for self-determination. To be clear, I have no qualms with people who decide not to use this, it's as much a right to not use it as it is to do.
@dusnm My solution is **not** to convince anyone not to use defederation.. so your making a lot of assumptions about my intent here.
You might want to ask yourself, why do yo already find yourself disagreeing with me when I havent even made my proposal public yet?
@freemo I'm not specifically disagreeing with you. I'm thinking about the problem as well and deciding whether I think it's a problem.
You said the fracturing of the fediverse is unwanted. Suppose it is. The main way fracturing happens is through the use of defederation. My question is not how would we address this, it's whether we need to address it.
I tend to agree... Is there really a problem?
If "most think that defederation is not wanted", doesn't that mean that most are not defederated by definition?
And those who wants to be outside that larger cluster have all their rights to do so...
Maybe I am missing something important here.
no because it doesnt create clean little islands, sadly.. it creates fractured threads where everyone is talking and you cant see half the messages, and the messages you cant see are different than what someone else can see. It drives people to ultimately smaller and smaller islands.
The problem lies int he viral nature of the defederating... the current peer pressure is such that every server demands every other server block the same people they do, meanwhile each server has a different block list. When this plays out to completion everyone is forced into small niche islands and there is no fediverse, if you try to participate in a larger fediverse you are kicked out of even your small island, so no fediverse can exist by that point... it is headed there fast.
To me it sounds like you are making the assumption that most admins want go down this path, but you started with what most of us (admins) don't want. I fail to see how both can be true at the same time.
Do you mean that admins who are anti-defederation will fold to user pressure? Rather than trust the "don't want those users anyway" attitude?
@freemo @niclas I don’t believe in weakness. I think everyone is fighting their own battle. You mentioned philosophy. Socrates would have had something to say along the lines of what you said. He thought the new generations were spoiled and could never inherit the world. I think that’s fallacious for the simple reason history proved it wrong. Every generation thinks they got it all figured out.
@freemo@qoto.org @niclas@angrytoday.com @dusnm@fosstodon.org agreed, defederation may harm the Fediverse, already lacking a full mesh
Ah! So the "I was just following orders, to avoid being punished."-mentality.
Yeah, you might be right. But it also means that "most admins are ok with defederation" and by taking that stance, they assign themselves into a life in ever smaller islands (as you said).
Self-inflicted, or suicide, by "playing it safe".
Most admins are ok with defederation from instances who deserve it in their mind. Most admins are reasonable in who they think deserves it (when not under peer pressure). Most admins seem to block instances with rampant harassment. While we dont defederate here I am not advocating everyone needs to be anti-defederation, just be reasonable and informed about it.
As to the last sentence of your statement, lets focus on legal status of such phrase.
The short answer is: nope, nit always and not anywhere.
More verbosely, at least in my and some european countries, it is illegal for a service provider to decline or cancel providing a service , unless user is carrying out with it an illegal activity. And defederation based on made up hAIDS-peach rules is this illegal. Double so AS it violates users freedom of speech.
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Write, as soon as I can help I will help. :) You can count on my help.
@sp6ina Im writing up a proposal. I can share it with you when its ready for more eyes... in the meantime just help spread the word about the problems.
