Digital_Eclipse

I literally vibrate with glee whenever there's a thunderstorm lol

An instance is not federated with another until the first link is initiated manually. After that, they can talk to each other.

This is why if you are browsing a curated list of instances/communities on some website, and then go to search for them on your current instance, sometimes they don't show up, and you have to paste the full link in the search bar and wait for it to "find" it. You are initiating its federation.

So, no, this is not all instances. Some are still yet to be discovered by yours.

This "unlinked" state is different from being blocked, because a blocked instance is actively forbidden from being federated with your server. It can't talk to you even if it wants to, and you can't talk to them either. A total disconnect.

If you make your own instance you'll probably have to manually connect to some others to start with. Following people helps, because it adds any servers that they follow too.

If you all think blocking a fascist server is going "too far" and you want to keep federating, then congratulations on becoming The Nazi Bar.

The "paradox" of tolerance is not some contradictory slippery slope. It is a fact of communities and must always be upheld. I hope our admin makes the correct choice.

Oh shit I scored over 100... I thought I just had adhd 👀

Thanks, TendieMaster69! :)

I could be wrong but I think it's not retroactive? Like once you federate it only shows newly created posts, not their old ones.

Ohh so it's more like asking your friend "would you be mad at me if I did this"? That makes sense

Forgive me, I don't know how these things work. But Iraq and Iran are their own countries, so why do they need "permission" from the US to do a transfer?

What's in it? Random people's suitcases from a year ago? 🤔

Wow... I am much younger than the author but I feel this all the same! The endless cycle of grief of the death of free and safe spaces to profit and fascism. So it goes. :/ We will always have to keep building another.

Hello! I can finally kick my reddit habit. I have a mastodon account, so I'm already familiar with federation. But these two formats are like very different flavors of ice cream, you know? Happy to be here.

Je peux parler francais aussi. Merci pour l'instance :)