> Defederation: A server can decide to never communicate with some other specific server. Your vegan community server could decide not to federate with the safari hunter community server, because of the clash of interests. That’s good, it helps focus you on what you want to see and keeps communities cohesive. It gives server admins a giant kill switch to keep their servers safe.
Server admins, X have two switches for defederation another server Y:
1. X silences Y: posts from X aren't visible on X's public timelines.
2. X blocks Y: users on X are unable to follow users from Y.
I see how silencing can be seen as keeping users safe. Unsuspecting users of X might not want to see messages from Y.
I don't see how blocking for content moderation is reasonable: users of X have to opt in to users of Y to see their content anyway.
Server admins, X have two switches for defederation another server Y:
1. X silences Y: posts from X aren't visible on X's public timelines. 2. X blocks Y: users on X are unable to follow users from Y.
I see how silencing can be seen as keeping users safe. Unsuspecting users of X might not want to see messages from Y.
I don't see how blocking for content moderation is reasonable: users of X have to opt in to users of Y to see their content anyway.