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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[–] Chozo@kbin.social 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (18 children)

I'm not so sure that this sort of divisive policy is healthy for the Fediverse. ActivityPub is meant to connect communities, not split them apart. I feel like this is just going to cause even more fragmentation at a time when ActivityPub can really be showing off its capabilities.

I imagine this would dissuade further adoption by other communities.

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works -4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I feel like this was part of the Meta plan from the start. They know what they're doing.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

It was part of Meta’s plan for us to behave badly?

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I could see it as being part of Meta's plan to make the Fediverse fracture itself to make it easier to manipulate.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

Definitely. My point is that it's our own behavior that's the link the chain, meaning we have an opportunity to not do it.

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