Server indexes of places for newcomers to join can be instrumental for Fediverse adoption. However, sudden rule changes can leave some admins feeling pressure to change policies in order to remain listed.

  • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al
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    7 months ago

    While I would love for everyone to defederate from threads, strong-arming people is not the way.

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      7 months ago

      How exactly is anyone being strong armed?
      A single, privately run index site (which, to be clear, I have never even visited, let alone have any affiliation with) doesn’t want to publicise certain instances.
      If anything, forcing them to index instances they don’t want to would be the strong-arming.

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        7 months ago

        Yeah saying they have to list and recommend things they disagree with reeks highly of “freeze peach” principles as understood by right-wing-philosopher-clowns.

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          7 months ago

          Yup, but only when it’s something those clowns disagree with, like excluding Nazis or corporations.

          Now, excluding people from protected groups, who need to be protected in the first place because of the groups the clowns endorse and defend, they’re more than happy to fight for that…

          And conveniently enough anyone who disagrees with them is a traitor they don’t have to listen to, and voilà - built in shield against any criticism or the pointing out of just how massive their hypocrisy is…