[idiotsecant]

'cancel culture' is when you decline to federate content users don't want, I guess?

[xigoi]

No, it’s when you decline to federate content that some users don’t want (and many do).

[idiotsecant]

If the users wanted the content it's accessible, I'm not sure what your issue is. Do you use mastadon or is this a feelings issue?

[xigoi]

I am talking about when instance X defederates with instance Y, so the users on X cannot see content from Y, even if they took no part in the decision.

[archagon]

“and many do”

Yeah, that’s definitely citation needed.

[xigoi]

If many people did not want to read other people’s controversial opinions, we wouldn"t be having this whole debate.

[archagon]

It seems like most of the people complaining about this aren't actually on Mastodon.

[xigoi]

Well, obviously you’re not going to be on a platform you dislike. I have signed up for Mastodon several times, but always ended up finding the instance dependency off-putting. I wish for a protocol where the instance mostly doesn’t matter and you can trivially switch to a different one, like with e-mail.

[__d]

How is ActivityPub instance migration worse than switching email providers?

[krapp]

The only true fascists are the ones who insist that actions should have consequences....