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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[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (15 children)

What does it matter which users are on which server, since we all get the same content anyways, aside from defederation?

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 0 points 1 day ago (4 children)

It doesn't, except for the ones who like to browse local. And the .world admins have quite a few blocked instances. They seem to be a bit too liberal in defederating to my tastes. I feel as if it runs against the concept of federation itself.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day 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 1 day 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.

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