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Fediverse is a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe".

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Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed" (wedistribute.org)
submitted 7 months ago by deadsuperhero@lemmy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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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.

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[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

When you defederate it stops the traffic flow from threads.net to you but the traffic from you to them is unchanged.

No, that is not how defederation works. One server defederates, traffic stops in both directions. It's not comparable to user blocking.

posts and messages are publicly available to anyone

There's a big difference between the posts being available publicly on the Web and them being sent to Threads via federation.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I hate to admit when I've been wrong but this seems to be one of those cases. I tried to use my lemmyNSFW account to view content on a instance that doesn't federate with them and I indeed can't see any. I stand corrected.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 5 points 7 months ago

Good on you for admitting it - we're all wrong sometimes :) take it as a learning opportunity