Update: anarchist.nexus has been refederated (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by lwadmin@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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Due to a (now former) admin of the instance anarchist.nexus calling for a member of our team, as well as anyone else they call a zionist, to be murdered, the instance has been defederated.

We're currently discussing how we will proceed with this situation and whether it will affect lemmy.dbzer0.com, which is mostly run by the same admin team, notably excluding the person who used to be on the anarchist.nexus admin team.

We will share further updates once we have them.

Update 2026-04-22 23:25 UTC: anarchist.nexus federation has been reactivated.

We are still discussing this matter, but there is currently no point in keeping anarchist.nexus defederated while lemmy.dbzer0.com is federated.

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[-] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 64 points 3 weeks ago

Guess I need to move instances

[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, the great thing about Lemmy, Piefed, and MBin being federated is there really isn’t a reason not to try different servers and services till you find the one you like best. Not like post history and karma mean anything here. Besides it’s nice having a backup account in case your main instance goes down for maintenance or gets DDOS’d. No reason not to have other accounts. Unless you’re doing it for ban evasion, or harassment, vote manipulation, or similar reasons ofc.

[-] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 weeks ago

Except at some point if many instances defederate many other instances you cannot get the whole picture from any of those. Destroying the whole point of federation.

Federation is a strength if played right. If played wrong, like defederating a whole instance for a personal issue between admins, federation becomes a weakness and a deterrent for people who just want to have some fun to want to join or stay in the fediverse.

[-] Blaze@lazysoci.al 11 points 3 weeks ago

Some instances like https://lemmy.zip/ have a very short defederation list: https://lemmy.zip/instances

7 instances, including 2 owned by Meta.

They still suggest some user-level blocking for new joiners, but that way people who want to still see everything can.

Same logic for https://piefed.zip/

[-] kazerniel@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Ah the irony of not being able to see your lemmy.zip link bc I'm in the UK...

Access to Lemmy.zip Restricted for UK Users
Due to the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act, users from the UK can no longer access Lemmy.zip.

Lemmy.zip is hosted in Finland, and to ensure compliance with international regulations while avoiding any legal risks associated with the Act, we have made the difficult decision to block UK access. As a volunteer-run platform, we cannot guarantee full compliance with the Act’s vague and expansive requirements. Additionally, we are unwilling to implement invasive age verification methods that would compromise user privacy by requiring the collection of personal data.

If you disagree with these restrictions, we encourage you to contact your Member of Parliament (MP) to express your concerns about government overreach in internet regulation.

[-] Blaze@lazysoci.al 7 points 3 weeks ago

That UK law is really something.

Do you think there is any chance it will get reviewed at some point?

[-] Skavau@piefed.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

Not really.

At the same time, lemmy.zip is being overcautious because I doubt Ofcom know what lemmy is.

[-] Blaze@lazysoci.al 5 points 3 weeks ago

Better safe than sorry. We've seen enough instances going down lately, being cautious makes sense.

[-] Skavau@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

I don't think that's been the reason why any instance has gone down though.

[-] kazerniel@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

No idea - it was introduced by the less overtly fascistic of the two parties alternating in government, so... D:

Though they are both losing ground to upcoming parties which are more radical than the main ones, so in case the Greens (a party in the left-liberal quadrant of the compass) or the Lib Dems (right-liberals) gets to be part of a coalition government in the next elections, they might be able to push through a repeal.

[-] Skavau@piefed.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

No idea - it was introduced by the less overtly fascistic of the two parties alternating in government, so… D:

Labour has always been authoritarian and were cheering along OSA all the way when the Conservatives introduced it - Nadine Dorries heavily involved before her bizarre defection to Reform. Something they don't get called out for enough.

[-] kazerniel@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah 😕 I'm glad I'm in Scotland where I don't have to choose between Blue Tories and Red Tories.

Though nice to see the Greens coming up in England's polls too!

[-] qevlarr@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Is it actually moving instances or just making a new account on another instance? I'd want to take everything with me including history, is that possible?

[-] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Unfortunately, no. Fediverse allows you to cross-comment on other instances from your "home" instance you're logged into, but you have to make a whole new account on another instance to move.