I have seen many comments saying that lemmy.world sucks, and sh.itjust.works is good. I have seen that lemmy.world apparently has a very poor reputation among other instances. Why? After a quick look, sh.itjust.works doesn't look much different to me. Can anyone explain?

Edit: many good replies. the conclusion I'm drawing is that for my purposes it doesn't really matter. I appreciate everyone who responded

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[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I feel as if it runs against the concept of federation itself.

So, you believe that operating a website using Lemmy obligates you to host content from other sites that you don't want to have a relationship with?

Because the concept of 'federation' does not come with the expectation that you abandon editorial control over what you host. That's an expectation you're projecting on it.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee -1 points 20 hours ago

No one is obligated to do anything. The admins run the site and they can moderate how they feel. As a user, I can join their site or another one if I choose to.

My opinion of defederating is that it should only be used as a last resort. Taking a liberal approach to defederation means that a small amount of bad faith actors can completely shut down an instance and make it a pariah on the fediverse.