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i don't quite know the details on this un-whitelisting an instance thing that's been happening, but i feel like doing that because of one or two users is gonna cause more harm than good
like one of the key features of this site is that it's supposed to be very easy to move between instances. So the people you want to keep out can just do that, and then all the people you cut off with them are still cut off unless they all move too?
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@sugar i think it's more about being conscious about the company you keep and controlling your environment
if it doesn't bug you to be on an instance that doesn't moderate away nasty peeps, then staying on an instance that federates with everything is probably fine
but if it does, then whitelist-based instances would possibly be more your jam
in theory, the only peeps you can't talk with are ones who specifically choose to be on an instance that lets bad things happen
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@sugar ah! i think i know where you're coming from
if this is about snouts.online and awoo, that wasn't actually because of a single user--it was because of a lot of harassment coming from snouts, and the moderators there ignoring it
(i agree it would be totally nuts if it was just an admin grudge--because that's really easily abusable)
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@thingywott ah, okay yeah that would make things different
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@thingywott yeah but this is instance A cutting off instance B not because instance B is full of awful people, but because instance B has one or two people. Suddenly everybody on A and B now immediately has to take sides to the extent of deciding if they want to move instances over this or not