so I know lemmy.world "pre-emptively defederated hexbear as a last resort" and kept throwing this "troll instance" thing around (https://hexbear.net/post/280770). but for most other instances like sh.itjust.works it was hexbear defederating due to reactionaries flooding hexbear or people just feeling unsafe around them, see
- https://hexbear.net/post/5221649
- https://hexbear.net/post/1672023
- https://hexbear.net/post/528899
- https://hexbear.net/post/458637
- https://hexbear.net/post/369410
"The federation" didn't drop hexbear as a whole, you can just search for "vote" or "defed" in !announcements@hexbear.net and !hexbear@hexbear.net to see the votes for yourself, its all public.