Transitive defederation -- defederating from instances that federate with Threads as well as defederating from Threads -- isn't likely to be an all-or-nothing thing in the free fediverses. Tradeoffs are different for different people and instances. This is one of the strengths of the fediverse, so however much transitive defederation there winds up being, I see it as overall as a positive thing -- although also messy and complicated.

The recommendation here is for instances to consider #TransitiveDefederation: discuss, and decide what to do. I've also got some thoughts on how to have the discussion -- and the strategic aspects.

(Part 7 of Strategies for the free fediverses )

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[–] fhqwgads@possumpat.io 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)

We should defederate with any server that has less than 7 degrees of separation with Meta. We can call it the Kevin Bacon rule.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

I just went ahead and defederated with my own brain. This way I never have to worry about Meta sludge ruining my life by existing on my screen.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean if it is really transitive then we should defederate with any server that can be connected to Meta with a finite length path

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

That includes your own server. 😮

[–] thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 10 months ago

And complement the FediBlock tag with FediBacon! It's got success written all over it!