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41% of fediverse instances have blocked threads so far!!! (tech.lgbt)
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[+] -7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Apparently this is a divisive topic, moreso than expected. Edited for clarity.

Huh? Green means it has been blocked and needs no further action. Red means it needs attention [if you're on the side of defederating that is].

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Everywhere else, red means stop and green means go. Here, the creator has chosen to reverse that to emphasize that they consider blocking to be good and allowing people to connect to be bad.

    No attention is needed for the instances that are marked with red. They are federating.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The point is that it's portraying not blocking as an inherently negative thing, which isn't universally agreed upon at all. Plenty of people would say that they don't need any attention at all. It's not presenting objective in a neutral way, but rather labeling a group as bad.

    Of course, it's probably fair to assume that the author has no intention of being neutral, but it's still valid grounds to criticize it as a data visualization.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Thanks for the clarification, your second to last line says it all. Sometimes it's easy to forget that many online lack critical thinking skills and/or don't consider the source when browsing. Better to accommodate the lowest common denominator when possible...but to expect that from a biased, private site is asking a lot IMHO.

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