needing to create another masto account so i can see convos with a defederated instance is bullshit, and this system sucks. you should always be able to get to someone’s profile and see their toots if you choose. right now i just have broken threads and no understanding of what’s happening. really well thought out feature.
@0xAFAEBABE that's partly because dealing with harassment on a large scale is completely broken in mastodon, and defederation is the only tool available in a lot of cases
@confusedcharlot i feel like i should still be able to follow people if i want or whitelist the server for my account only
@0xAFAEBABE but all communication happens at a server level so not defederating leaves your users open to a lot of bad behavior
@0xAFAEBABE welcome to the fediverse