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Rough times, these are. Our beloved host-instance is retiring soon. (gulp) Which is why Lucky's on the lookout for any other instance & solution in which we might carry on... (i.imgur.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [M] to c/eurographicnovels@lemm.ee
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

I'm just curious to find an instance that has the same hands-off approach to federation that allows me to choose what I see/block. Too many instance admins defederate on their own gumption, and while I'm sure there are reasons, I'd rather make the choice myself.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    Too many instance admins defederate on their own gumption

    Hmm, that's disappointing to hear. That kind of thing should happen pretty rarely, based on my understanding of good policy, transparency, and health of the Lemmysphere.

    Any examples, by chance? And backstory about possible 'feuds?'

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I just remember it being a thing a while back between World, Hexbear, ML, ExplodingHeads, etc where admins had a clash of views and decided to just sever federation. Like I get that some instances are run be wackos and some people don't want to see certain certain content, but I'd rather make that choice myself as a user and block what I don't want to see, as opposed to my instance admin making that decision for everyone. One thing I always appreciated about EE was that they defederated from spam and unsavory (ie CP) instances, but they left the majority of it to the user. I'm just not a fan of blanket bans, even if I agree with it.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    World, Hexbear, ML, ExplodingHeads

    I mean... Hexbear is just... yikes. What a complete, total bag of extremist a-holes, and why in the world would any other instance entertain their BS, y'know?

    "World" at least tries to carry the brunt of the server and user-load, whether that's wise or not. But we can certainly admire that, amirite?

    "ML" is arguably 'tankie' in nature, altho personally the main dev has always treated me well, and I really can't say anything bad about those guys.

    ExplodingHeads

    I don't have the slightest clue what that is...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Absolutely, and I've had a lot of the more insane and extreme content block for a long time. That said, I don't agree with admins making executive decisions on what users see and don't see. In a similar vein, i stance admins are free to govern their servers as they please, which is why I'm bummed EE is going down, and why I'd like to find an instance that has a similar stand on federation.

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