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A community dedicated to fediverse news and discussion.

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

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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

when X defederates with Y, and people want to see all the content, all else being equal they will pick Y

Hmmm maybe? But I think that's a misunderstanding from a lot of users. You don't want to see all content, trust me. Defederating is not necessarily bad. In most cases, it's healthy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yep I agree with you there :) It's a useful tool, and it's great that we have the option