@noiob Say... do we *exclusively* federate with mastodon.social here? Because that would be really sad, people are getting into instances all over the place. But I can't read or follow people from elsewhere, as it seems... //cc @vahnj
@natanji No, it's a whitelist, witches.town was just added to it, there will probably be more in the future but only ones we really trust.
We are doing that to keep our community safe, as awoo.space was created for people who found mastodon.social too unsafe/public/idk I'm bad at explaining
@noiob But... what is that useful for, exactly? Users decide what they want to see by themselves. Where is downside of federating with places you *don't* trust? Is it about the federated timeline, or something else too?
Awoo.space is a Mastodon instance where members can rely on a team of moderators to help resolve conflict, and limits federation with other instances using a specific access list to minimize abuse.
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@natanji @noiob it's about limiting visibility- the less exposure to posts, the less likely people will swarm in to abuse folks.