Why YSK: Beehaw defederated from Lemmy.World and Sh.itjust.works effectively shadowbanning anyone from those instances. You will not be able to interact with their users or posts.

  • rbits@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Right, but even non-reddit users would be confused by it. When everyone advertises lemmy as seamlessly integrating with all the different instances, it doesn’t matter what instance your account is on, this definitely is not that.

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      1 year ago

      The idea behind federation is, that individuals host their own instance and connect (federate) with others individual’s instances.

      But that’s not easy for less tech savvy people.

    • It’s a young platform experiencing unprecedented growth. There’s going to be growing pains where misunderstandings and misinformation are bound to happen. We need to correct the misinformation and set proper expectations.

      The ability for a server admin to choose what servers they federate with is a core concept of the fediverse and needs to be properly communicated.