Think about it; instead of those in charge or the instances deciding who they don’t want to be federated with and thus restricting content for the users, it would be better if users were able to block entire instances instead.
We’d be able to curate our own browsing experience so much better without admin/mod drama influencing the rest of us.
Edit: Alright so maybe not exactly replace defederation, but it should still be an option available to us, and in general should become the default action before defederation IMHO.
I have zero interest in spending that much time wading through crap just so I can have the personal decision to block it.
I have zero interest in keeping track of several accounts across several instances because someone upstairs doesn’t like something posted on one of them.
Make your own instance then. As long as you’re using a service someone else provides for you (free of charge at that), you have to play by their rules.
And can you see how that could end up with a) all users shouting into their own personal void or b) a few big instances filled with complacent users mindlessly consuming what the algorithm feeds them?
Alright let’s check back in a year or so and see if either becomes true though.
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